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Ray & Peg Hirvonen Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Ray & Peg Hirvonen Charitable Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$843k
Granted FY2024still arriving
47
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$250k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$658kHuman Services$369kRecreation & Sports$368kHealth$271kEducation$258kEnvironment$244kFood & Nutrition$112kPublic Benefit$100kOther$0
02FY2024 · 47 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k26 grants · $102k
  • $10k–50k18 grants · $278k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $213k
  • $250k+1 grant · $250k
$5,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$13M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DAVID THU BRULE YMCA MARQUETTE COUN$250,000
Individual grant recipient$113,400
Individual grant recipient$100,000
MARQUETTE COUNTY FAIR$40,000
SHIRAS INSTITUTE$25,000
UNITED WAY OF MARQUETTE$25,000
MARQUETTE MARITIME MUSEUM$20,000
TRILLIUM HOUSE$15,315
SUPERIOR CENTRAL SCHOOLS$15,000
CANCER CARE OF MQT CO$15,000
MARTIN ARTS$15,000
ELLIOTT MUSEUM$15,000
Individual grant recipient$12,500
FEDING AMERICA SW MICHIGAN$10,000
TREASURE COAST HOSPICE$10,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $66k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%LIFELINE PILOTS: $5k → 14%MISS OF THE TREASURE COAST: $1k → 10%MISS OF THE TREASURE COAST: $1k → 10%TRILLIUM HOUSE: $15k → 11%TRILLIUM HOUSE: $15k → 11%TRILLIUM HOUSE: $7k → 11%TRILLIUM HOUSE: $5k → 11%TRILLIUM HOUSE: $5k → 11%TRILLIUM HOUSE: $5k → 11%LAKE SUPERIOR HOSPICE ASSOCATION: $4k → 11%TRILLIUM HOUSE: $3k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

72%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.8M · 59 repeat orgs$718k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +39% since the first grant, against +32% for those funded once.

59 repeat relationships: 36 still active in FY2024, 23 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

59
24

Total granted

$1.8M
$161k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+32%

Still filing today

31%
29%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 34% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $558k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesEnvironmentEducationYouth DevelopmentScience & TechOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • MM
    MARQUETTE MARITIME MUSEUM
    8× · 2017–2024 · $90k · revenue +224%
  • FU
    FINLANDIA UNIVERSITY
    6× · 2017–2022 · $66k · revenue +39%
  • BC
    BAY CLIFF HEALTH CAMP
    8× · 2017–2024 · $65k · revenue +65%

Funded once

  • CO
    CITY OF MARQUETTE
    one grant, 2023 · $100k
  • WP
    WXEL PUBLIC TV TREASURE COAST
    one grant, 2023 · $5k
  • PO
    PBS OF SOUTH FLORIDA
    one grant, 2020 · $5k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Upper Peninsula Land Conservancy

Up land conservancy protects land in michigan's upper peninsula by owning it as nature preserves and working forest reserves, and through conservation easements(perpetual, voluntary agreements that guard the conservation values of the…

Environment
2
Michilimackinac Historical Society

To preserve, record and maintain the historical information of the area between michigan's upper and lower peninsulas, known as michilimackinac.

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3
Waterfront Festival

Increase awareness of the fine arts through films

Arts & Culture
4
Little Traverse Conservancy Conservation Trust

To protect scenic and natural lands in northern Michigan.

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5
Michigan Philharmonic

To enrich the communities of Southeastern Michigan in fostering excellence and innovation to our community in the performance of orchestral music to educate current and future audiences

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6
Great Lakes Center for the Arts

The Center's mission is to inspire, entertain, educate, and serve all in Northern Michigan year-round by presenting exceptional experiences across the full spectrum of the performing arts and offering impactful educational opportunities.

Arts & Culture
7
Lake Superior Community Partnership Inc

To stimulate and sustain a vibrant regional economy by facilitating economic growth and prosperity.

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8
Manistee County Historical Society Inc

To educate the public on the history of Manistee County

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9
Marquette County Historical Society

Preserving the history of our area brings an understanding to the past and present, and provides a guide for the future. we not only maintain exhibits, artifacts and a research library, we provide a forum for engaging the community and…

Arts & Culture
10
Friends of Ludington State Park

FLSP was established May 25, 1992 and functions privately, as a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization, to promote the wise use and conservation of the Ludington State Park, one of the most beautiful state parks ever.

Philanthropy
11
Pine Mountain Music Festival

To produce superb classical music in michigan's upper peninsula.

Arts & Culture
12
Salmon Unlimited Conservation & Charitable Trust

Lake michigan conservation

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Noquemanon Trails Network Council; the most unlike its peers is Start the Cycle. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

32 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 32 of the 94 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
30/32
Grantees still filing
21/32
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

YMCA OF MARQUETTE COUNTY: $295,000 · OtherYMCA OF MARQUETTE COUNTYDAVID THU BRULE YMCA MARQUETTE COUN: $250,000 · OtherDAVID THU BRULE YMCA MARQUETTE COUNIndividual grant recipient: $213,400 · OtherIndividual grant recipientCITY OF MARQUETTE: $100,000 · OtherMESSIAH LUTHERAN CHURCH: $81,500 · OtherPETER WHITE PUBLIC LIBRARY FDN: $80,000 · OtherMARQUETTE REGIONAL HISTORY MUSEUM: $80,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF THE LYRIC THEATER: $77,500 · OtherELLIOTT MUSEUM: $71,300 · Other+65 more: $873,600 · Other+65 moreMARQUETTE MARITIME MUSEUM: $90,000 · Arts & CultureMARQUETTE …LIBERTY CHILDRENS ART PROJECT: $36,900 · Arts & CultureLIBERTY CH…SUPERIOR STRING ALLIANCE INC: $31,000 · Arts & CultureSUPERIOR S…Treasure Coast Youth Symphony Inc: $19,000 · Arts & CultureTreasure C…WILLIAM BONIFAS FINE ARTS CENTER: $17,000 · Arts & CultureWILLIAM BO…SOUTH FLORIDA PBS INC: $11,000 · Arts & CultureMARQUETTE AREA BLUES SOCIETY: $9,000 · Arts & CultureMARQUETTE CITY BAND INC: $8,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $4,502 · Arts & CultureTRILLIUM HOUSE INC: $54,565 · Human ServicesLIFELINE INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesLAKE SUPERIOR HOSPICE ASSOCIATION: $4,025 · Human Services+1 more: $2,000 · Human ServicesMARQUETTE COUNTY FAIR: $51,000 · Food & NutritionNOQUEMANON TRAILS NETWORK COUNCIL: $35,000 · Recreation & SportsINDIAN RIVER STATE COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · EducationMARQUETTE BEAUTIFICATION & RESTORATION COMMITTEE INC: $21,000 · EnvironmentSUPERIOR WATERSHED PARTNERSHIP: $2,000 · EnvironmentFRIENDS OF THE EVERGLADES INC: $1,000 · Environment
Other$2,122,300Arts & Culture$226,402Human Services$65,590Food & Nutrition$51,000Recreation & Sports$35,000Education$25,000Environment$24,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMARQUETTE MARITIME MUSEUM: $90,000 over 8y, 13% of budgetFINLANDIA UNIVERSITY: $66,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetBAY CLIFF HEALTH CAMP: $65,220 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetTRILLIUM HOUSE INC: $54,565 over 7y, 2.5% of budgetMARQUETTE COUNTY FAIR: $51,000 over 5y, 8.5% of budgetLIBERTY CHILDRENS ART PROJECT: $36,900 over 8y, 14% of budgetNOQUEMANON TRAILS NETWORK COUNCIL: $35,000 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetFEEDING AMERICA WEST MICHIGAN: $34,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSUPERIOR STRING ALLIANCE INC: $31,000 over 8y, 9.7% of budgetINDIAN RIVER STATE COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSHIRAS INSTITUTE: $25,000 over 1y, 35% of budgetMARQUETTE BEAUTIFICATION & RESTORATION COMMITTEE INC: $21,000 over 8y, 8.0% of budgetTreasure Coast Youth Symphony Inc: $19,000 over 7y, 4.2% of budgetWILLIAM BONIFAS FINE ARTS CENTER: $17,000 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetSOUTH FLORIDA PBS INC: $11,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMARQUETTE AREA BLUES SOCIETY: $9,000 over 7y, 2.1% of budgetLIFELINE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MARQUETTE COUNTY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF MARQUETTE COUNTY: $5,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetLAKE SUPERIOR HOSPICE ASSOCIATION: $4,025 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMOLLY'S HOUSE INC: $4,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetFRESH COAST FILM FESTIVAL: $2,500 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetBULLSUGAR ALLIANCE INC: $2,500 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetSchoolcraft Memorial Hospital: $2,100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMALTZ JUPITER THEATRE INC: $2,002 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSUPERIOR WATERSHED PARTNERSHIP: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCEDAR TREE: $1,900 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE EVERGLADES INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds MARQUETTE MARITIME MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds FINLANDIA UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds BAY CLIFF HEALTH CAMP ↗
  • Who funds TRILLIUM HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds MARQUETTE COUNTY FAIR ↗
  • Who funds LIBERTY CHILDRENS ART PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds NOQUEMANON TRAILS NETWORK COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds FEEDING AMERICA WEST MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds SUPERIOR STRING ALLIANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds INDIAN RIVER STATE COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds SHIRAS INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds MARQUETTE BEAUTIFICATION & RESTORATION COMMITTEE INC ↗
  • Who funds Treasure Coast Youth Symphony Inc ↗
  • Who funds WILLIAM BONIFAS FINE ARTS CENTER ↗

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Phyllis & Max Reynold…Frazier Fund IncSuperior Health Found…West End Health Found…L G Kaufman Endowment…Robert & Jeanine Dage…Tourville FoundationUnited Way of Marquet…Community Foundation …Incrediblebank Founda…The Cleveland-Cliffs …Katers Charitable Fou…
Phyllis & Max Reynolds FoundationMI28.5× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Phyllis & Max Reynolds Foundation · Frazier Fund Inc · Superior Health Foundation · West End Health Foundation · L G Kaufman Endowment Foundation · Robert & Jeanine Dagenais Foundation · Tourville Foundation · United Way of Marquette County · Community Foundation of Marquette County · Incrediblebank Foundation Inc · The Cleveland-Cliffs Foundation · Katers Charitable Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Ray & Peg Hirvonen Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ray & Peg Hirvonen Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • South Florida Pbs Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 94 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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