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Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$64k
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$40k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Religion$96kEducation$37kHealth$36kFood & Nutrition$22kPhilanthropy$13kYouth Development$10kHuman Services$6kAnimals$1kOther$0
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k6 grants · $14k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $50k
$3,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$477k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
KIRK IN THE HILLS CHURCH$40,000
HOPES GARDEN$10,000
ALZHEIMERS ASSOCIATION$6,000
SHADES OF PINK FOUNDATION$3,000
FALLEN AND WOUNDED SOLDIERS$2,000
WEST SIDE CHRISTIAN ACADAMY$2,000
GRACE CENTER FOR HOPE$690
Individual grant recipient$500
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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 47% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 12%SKYDOG SANCTUARY: $1k → 14%WOMEN OF TOMORROW: $3k → 15%LEELANAU CONSERVNACY: $500 → 7%VARIETY CHILDRENS CHARITY: $300 → 8%RONALD MC DONALD HOUSE: $150 → 14%SHADES OF PINK FOUNDATION: $3k → 21%BLANCHET HOUSE OF HOSPITALITY: $500 → 12%ALZHEIMERS ASSOCIATION: $10k → 14%WOMEN OF TOMORROW MENTOR AND SCHOLA: $2k → 15%LEELANAU CONSERVATORY: $500 → 7%KENSINGTON CHURCH: $5k → 8%SHADES OF PINK FOUNDATION: $3k → 21%BLANCHET HOUSE OF HOSPITALITY: $500 → 12%ALZHEIMERS ASSOCIATION: $6k → 14%WOMEN OF TOMORROW MENTOR AND SCHOLA: $2k → 15%LEELANAU CONSERVANCY: $200 → 7%PLCC EMPLOYEES SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $250 → 8%SHADES OF PINK FOUNDATION: $1k → 21%BLANCHET HOUSE OF HOSPITALITY: $300 → 12%ALZHEIMERS ASSOCIATION: $3k → 14%WOMEN OF TOMORROW MENTOR AND SCHOLA: $2k → 15%KIRK IN THE HILLS CHURCH: $40k → 8%WESTSIDE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $5k → 21%BLANCHET HOUSE OF HOSPITALITY: $200 → 12%ALZHEIMERS ASSOCIATION: $3k → 14%WOMEN OF TOMORROW MENTOR AND SCHOLA: $2k → 15%GRACE CENTER FOR HOPE: $690 → 8%WEST SIDE CHRISTIAN ACADAMY: $4k → 21%HOPES GARDEN: $10k → 12%ALZHEIMERS ASSOCIATION: $2k → 14%KIRK IN THE HILLS CHURCH: $21k → 8%WESTSIDE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $3k → 21%HOPES GARDEN: $10k → 12%ALZHEIMERS ASSOCIATION: $2k → 14%LIGHTHOUSE OF OAKLAND CTY: $300 → 8%WESTSIDE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $3k → 21%ALZHEIMERS ASSOCIATION: $2k → 14%KIRK IN THE HILLS CHURCH: $13k → 8%WESTSIDE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $3k → 21%ALZHEIMERS ASSOCIATION: $1k → 14%GRACE CENTER FOR HOPE: $300 → 8%WEST SIDE CHRISTIAN ACADAMY: $2k → 21%KIRK IN THE HILLS CHURCH: $10k → 8%WEST SIDE CHRISTIAN ACADAMY: $2k → 21%GRACE CENTER FOR HOPE: $150 → 8%WESTSIDE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $1k → 21%KIRK IN THE HILLS CHURCH: $7k → 8%CHILD SAFE OF AMERICA: $5k → 8%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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$206k · 10 repeat orgs$16k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +32% since the first grant, against +5% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
10

Total granted

$206k
$15k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+32%
+5%

Still filing today

70%
30%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $500 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthEducationPhilanthropyAnimalsYouth DevelopmentEnvironmentOther
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

  • AD
    ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC
    8× · 2018–2025 · $29k · revenue +32%
  • BB
    BEYOND BASICS
    6× · 2018–2024 · $15k · revenue +321%
  • FA
    FALLEN AND WOUNDED SOLDIERS FUND
    6× · 2017–2025 · $13k · revenue +39%

Funded once

  • CS
    CHILD SAFE OF AMERICA
    one grant, 2019 · $5k
  • KC
    KENSINGTON COMMUNITY CHURCH
    one grant, 2017 · $5k
  • WO
    WOMEN OF TOMORROW MENTOR AND SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM INC
    one grant, 2023 · $3k · revenue +5%
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
Wings of Hope Hospice & Palliative Care Inc

Hospice care - wings of hope hospice and palliative care, inc. provides compassionate care in the later stages of life and support through the grief experience for individuals and families.

Human Services
2
Women of Tomorrow Mentor & Scholarship Program Detroit Metro

To inspire, motivate and empower at-risk young women to live up to their full potential through a unique mentoring program with highly accomplished professional women.

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3
Sunset Legacy Foundation

None

Human Services
4
West Michigan Horticultural Society Inc Dba Frederik Meijer Gardens

To promote the enjoyment, understanding and appreciation of gardens, sculpture, the natural environment and the arts. the most significant activity is to allow guests to experience horticulture and the arts.

Environment
5
Women's Foodservice Forum

Accelerate the advancement of women leaders in the food industry. we believe in limitless opportunity for all women.

Food & Nutrition
6
Waldorf School Association of Mich

Detroit waldorf school is a nonprofit educational community whose mission is to inspire and empower a diverse population of students to reach their fullest potential as creative, collaborative, and responsible global citizens.

Education
7
Women's Humane Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Inc

As america's first animal shelter, founded in 1869, women's humane society dba women's animal center (wac), assists people in the community, saves the lives of animals, and improves the health of pets through its shelter and adoptions…

Animals
8
Western Growers Association

Western growers association's mission is to enhance the competitiveness and profitability of our members and lead our members and the fresh produce industry toward a healthy, sustainable and profitable future.

—
9
Keep Growing Detroit

Keep growing detroit exists to promote a food sovereign city where the majority of fruits and vegetables detroiters consume are grown by residents within the city's limits.

Community Improvement
10
Boardsource

To inspire and support nonprofit boards and executives to lead justly and with purpose. boardsource envisions a future where the nonprofit community has the leadership to fulfill its purpose and create a world where all can thrive.

Arts & Culture
11
Shield of Faith Missions

Sof is called to empower warriors to find purpose, be resilient, and live well. we develop and provide customized treatment plans for veterans through our national network of partners.

Religion
12
Firefly Sisterhood

The mission of firefly sisterhood is to foster one-to-one connections between women diagnosed with breast cancer and inspirational survivors and thrivers that serve as their peer mentor guides. our goal is a future where no woman faces…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Grace Centers of Hope; the most unlike its peers is Westside Christian Academy. 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

10 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. 10 of the 21 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/10
Grantees still filing
7/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

KIRK IN THE HILLS CHURCH: $90,500 · OtherKIRK IN THE HILLS CHURCHHOPES GARDEN: $20,000 · OtherHOPES GARDENWOMEN OF TOMORROW MENTOR AND SCHOLA: $7,800 · OtherWOMEN OF TOMORROW MENTOR AND SCHOLACHILD SAFE OF AMERICA: $5,000 · OtherKENSINGTON COMMUNITY CHURCH: $5,000 · Other+8 more: $4,640 · OtherWestside Christian Academy: $22,185 · EducationWestside Christian…BEYOND BASICS: $14,500 · EducationBEYOND BASICSALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $28,500 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEAS…SHADES OF PINK FOUNDATION: $7,000 · HealthSHADES OF PINK FOU…FALLEN AND WOUNDED SOLDIERS FUND: $13,250 · PhilanthropyWOMEN OF TOMORROW MENTOR AND SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM INC: $2,500 · Youth DevelopmentSKY DOG SANCTUARY INC: $1,000 · AnimalsLEELANAU CONSERVANCY: $200 · Environment
Other$132,940Education$36,685Health$35,500Philanthropy$13,250Youth Development$2,500Animals$1,000Environment$200

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $28,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetWestside Christian Academy: $22,185 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetBEYOND BASICS: $14,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetFALLEN AND WOUNDED SOLDIERS FUND: $13,250 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetSHADES OF PINK FOUNDATION: $7,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetWOMEN OF TOMORROW MENTOR AND SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBLANCHET HOUSE OF HOSPITALITY: $1,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGRACE CENTERS OF HOPE: $1,140 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSKY DOG SANCTUARY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetLEELANAU CONSERVANCY: $200 over 1y, 0.0% 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 ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Westside Christian Academy ↗
  • Who funds BEYOND BASICS ↗
  • Who funds FALLEN AND WOUNDED SOLDIERS FUND ↗
  • Who funds SHADES OF PINK FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds WOMEN OF TOMORROW MENTOR AND SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM INC ↗
  • Who funds BLANCHET HOUSE OF HOSPITALITY ↗
  • Who funds GRACE CENTERS OF HOPE ↗
  • Who funds SKY DOG SANCTUARY INC ↗
  • Who funds LEELANAU CONSERVANCY ↗

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.

Community Foundation …Network for GoodNational Philanthropi…Natl Christian Charit…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Community Foundation for Southeast MichiganMI13.3× affinity4 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Read Family Charitable Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Read Family Charitable Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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 21 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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