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Ruth Mott Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$4.1M
Granted FY2024still arriving
51
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$400k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Philanthropy$9.5MCommunity Improvement$9.3MRecreation & Sports$3.5MYouth Development$3.4MEmployment$3.1MArts & Culture$3.0MHuman Services$2.9MEducation$2.8MOther$0
02FY2024 · 51 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k6 grants · $32k
  • $10k–50k19 grants · $591k
  • $50k–250k22 grants · $2.1M
  • $250k+4 grants · $1.4M
$50,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$272M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY$400,000
GENESEE COUNTY PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION$390,000
URBAN RENAISSANCE CENTER$315,000
GENESEE COUNTY LAND BANK AUTHORITY$300,000
EVERGREEN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE$150,000
SYLVESTER BROOME EMPOWERMENT VILLAGE$150,000
METRO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INC$150,000
SIPI INC$141,230
HISPANIC TECHNOLOGY AND COMMUNITY CENTER DBA LATINX TECHNOLOGY AND COMMUNIT$125,000
ASBURY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION$112,500
NEIGHBORHOOD ENGAGEMENT HUB$105,000
YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER FLINT$100,000
UNITED WAY OF GENESEE COUNTY$100,000
COMMUNITIES FIRST INC$95,000
MADE INSTITUTE$92,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–24, $2.1M) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 87% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%NEW MEXICO IMMIGRANT LAW CENTER: $4k → 14%MICHIGAN LEAGUE FOR PUBLIC POLICY: $40k → 9%GIRLS ON THE RUN MID MICHIGAN INC: $10k → 12%CHILD CARE NETWORK WASHTENAW REGIONAL 4C: $75k → 14%MICHIGAN LEAGUE FOR PUBLIC POLICY: $40k → 9%MICHIGAN LEAGUE FOR PUBLIC POLICY: $40k → 9%CHILD CARE NETWORK WASHTENAW REGIONAL 4C: $60k → 14%MICHIGAN LEAGUE FOR PUBLIC POLICY: $40k → 9%ARAB COMMUNITY CENTER FOR ECONOMIC & SOCIAL SERVICES ACCESS: $10k → 21%MICHIGAN LEAGUE FOR PUBLIC POLICY: $40k → 9%CHILD CARE NETWORK WASHTENAW REGIONAL 4C: $60k → 14%MICHIGAN LEAGUE FOR PUBLIC POLICY: $35k → 9%MICHIGAN LEAGUE FOR PUBLIC POLICY: $35k → 9%CHILD CARE NETWORK WASHTENAW REGIONAL 4C: $60k → 14%CHILD CARE NETWORK WASHTENAW REGIONAL 4C: $50k → 14%CHILD CARE NETWORK WASHTENAW REGIONAL 4C: $50k → 14%CHILD CARE NETWORK WASHTENAW REGIONAL 4C: $50k → 14%CHILD CARE NETWORK: $50k → 14%INVOLVEDDAD: $75k → 16%INVOLVEDDAD: $75k → 16%INVOLVEDDAD: $75k → 16%INVOLVEDDAD: $75k → 16%HAND OF HOPE-FLM: $5k → 16%NORTH FLINT REINVESTMENT CORPORATION INC: $250k → 16%NORTH FLINT REINVESTMENT CORPORATION INC: $230k → 16%NORTH FLINT REINVESTMENT CORPORATION INC: $150k → 16%NORTH FLINT REINVESTMENT CORPORATION INC: $100k → 16%INVOLVEDDAD: $75k → 16%INVOLVEDDAD: $75k → 16%INVOLVEDDAD: $75k → 16%INVOLVEDDAD: $60k → 16%YWCA GREATER FLINT: $15k → 16%FRIENDS OF BERSTON: $5k → 16%CROSSOVER OUTREACH: $5k → 16%NORTH FLINT REINVESTMENT CORPORATION INC: $5k → 16%FRIENDS OF BERSTON: $5k → 16%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

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IL
MI
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CA
CO
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US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

04

Where the work is directed

The same grants, placed two ways — where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose earmarks the money.

About 5% of Ruth Mott Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked, by their stated purpose, for a different county than the recipient’s own address — money that lands at a nonprofit in one place but is meant to do its work in another.

Ruth Mott Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address

Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the foundation’s own 990 grant descriptions.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$39M · 93 repeat orgs$1.4M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +55% since the first grant, against +43% for the ones you funded once.

93 repeat relationships — 43 still active in FY2024, 50 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

93
63

Total granted

$39M
$1.3M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+55%
+43%

Still filing today

63%
41%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $76k 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 ServicesPhilanthropyCrime & LegalCommunity ImprovementYouth DevelopmentOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • SB
    SYLVESTER BROOME EMPOWERMENT VILLAGE
    7× · 2018–2024 · $1.6M · revenue +262% · 32% of their budget
  • MC
    Metro Community DevelopmentInc
    6× · 2017–2024 · $1.1M · revenue +66%
  • AC
    ASBURY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP
    8× · 2017–2024 · $902k · revenue +25%

Funded once

  • FS
    FRESH START COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC
    one grant, 2018 · $250k
  • BA
    BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB
    one grant, 2023 · $160k
  • EC
    EVERGREEN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INITITATIVE
    one grant, 2017 · $150k

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

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Flint & Genesee Group

To promote the common economic interests of all the commercial enterprises in the Genesee County, Michigan community. The Organization strives to enhance the business climate in the area and advocates for public policy that supports…

Community Improvement
2
Flint Center for Educational Excellence

The flint center for educational excellence is building an educational ecosystem that works for all flint kids by providing programs. research, and advocacy that ensure flint kids, their families, schools, and communities thrive.

Education
3
Greater Flint Health Coalition Inc

Improve the health of genesee county residents. improve the quality and cost effectiveness of the health care system in our community.

Health
4
Ferris Wheel Innovation Center

Housed in flint, michigan, we are a non-profit with a mission to relieve the innovator of the entrepreneurial burden. we know entrepreneurship can be difficult, and that's why we're here to help. as a community of student professionals,…

Education
5
Flint Social Club

Flint Social Club is to lower access barriers for the Flint food community by mentoring chefs and creating equitable opportunities for growth.

Employment
6
Genesee Area Focus Fund

The Genesee Area Focus Fund's purpose is to receive and administer funds dedicated to improving the economy and quality of life of the people of Genesee County, Michigan. The Focus Fund provides support to publicly supported organizations…

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7
Business Leaders for Michigan

Business leaders for michigan is a nonprofit, nonpartisan statewide organization driven by ceos from the state's leading employers, all working toward a shared goal: making michigan a top 10 state for jobs, talent and a thriving economy.…

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8
Community Education Commission

CEC works with diverse stakeholders across Detroit to develop critical resources and system-level solutions that address common challenges faced by Detroit families in accessing quality education.

Education
9
Michigan Future Inc

To be a source of new ideas on how michigan's people, enterprises, and communities can succeed in the information age.

Unclassified
10
Family Outreach Center

Leading the way in promoting healthy family living by reaching out to underserved populations and those who are in our community.

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11
Business Leaders for Michigan Foundation

Business leaders for michigan is a nonprofit, nonpartisan statewide organization driven by ceos from the state's leading employers, all working toward a shared goal: making michigan a top 10 state for jobs, talent and a thriving economy.…

Community Improvement
12
Michigan Family Resources

Michigan Family Resources mission is to deliver holistic family-centered services to children that promote their well-being and development.

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Community Foundation of Greater Flint and the most unlike its peers is Specialized Employment Services Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 25 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%3%<5yr14%9%5–10yr18%30%10–20yr17%19%20–35yr14%26%35–55yr15%13%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%0%<5yr14%4%5–10yr18%34%10–20yr17%12%20–35yr14%38%35–55yr15%12%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 3% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 2% lost their exemption, against 15% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
2%2/110
the rest of the field
15%
4,289/29,418

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

05the grantee network

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

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 95 of the 165 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

17
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
40
Early backer (in before they grew)
92/95
Grantees still filing
65/95
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

GENESEE COUNTY PARKS & RECREATION COMMISSION — $3,129,617 · OtherGENESEE COUNTY PARKS & RECREATION COMMISSIONGENESEE COUNTY LAND BANK AUTHORITY — $2,171,800 · OtherGENESEE COUNTY LAND BANK AUTHORITYSIPI INC — $1,196,875 · OtherCITY OF FLINT — $1,135,854 · OtherYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER FLINT — $941,930 · OtherSt Luke N E W Life Center Inc — $828,000 · OtherGenesee County Habitat for Humanity — $814,000 · OtherMICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY — $800,000 · OtherFLINT DISTRICT LIBRARY DBA FLINT PUBLIC LIBRARY — $775,000 · OtherFLINT POLICE FOUNDATION INC — $1,179,723 · OtherEVERGREEN COMMUNITY DEVELOPEMENT IN — $1,060,000 · Other+101 more — $9,168,664 · Other+101 moreCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER FLINT — $5,063,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION O…UNITED WAY OF GENESEE COUNTY — $2,110,460 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF GENESEE …COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN — $1,000,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION F…MARIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $990,000 · PhilanthropyMARIN COMMUNITY FOUNDA…+8 more — $355,222 · PhilanthropySYLVESTER BROOME EMPOWERMENT VILLAGE — $1,599,350 · Community ImprovementSYLVESTER BROOME…URBAN RENAISSANCE CENTER — $1,340,702 · Community ImprovementURBAN RENAISSANC…Metro Community DevelopmentInc — $1,059,459 · Community ImprovementMetro Community …ASBURY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP — $902,215 · Community ImprovementASBURY COMMUNITY…NEIGHBORHOOD ENGAGEMENT HUB — $898,425 · Community ImprovementNEIGHBORHOOD ENG…THE MADE INSTITUTE — $650,500 · Community ImprovementTHE MADE INSTITU…LOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION — $525,000 · Community ImprovementLOCAL INITIATIVE…Flint Institute of Music — $683,416 · Arts & CultureTAPOLOGY INC — $480,000 · Arts & CultureSPHINX ORGANIZATION INC — $441,000 · Arts & CultureFlint Cultural Center Corporation — $261,248 · Arts & CultureAFRICAN DRUM & DANCE PARENTS ASSOCIATION — $188,000 · Arts & CultureBANGTOWN STUDIO ON THE GO — $173,200 · Arts & CultureEl Ballet Folklorico Estudiantil — $129,980 · Arts & Culture+4 more — $122,953 · Arts & CultureNORTH FLINT REINVESTMENT — $735,000 · Human ServicesInvolvedDad — $585,000 · Human ServicesChild Care Network — $455,000 · Human ServicesMICHIGAN LEAGUE FOR PUBLIC POLICY — $270,000 · Human Services+7 more — $58,500 · Human ServicesCRIME STOPPERS OF FLINT & GENESEE COUNTY — $563,700 · Crime & LegalLegal Services of Eastern Michigan — $415,464 · Crime & LegalMOTHERLY INTERCESSION — $298,800 · Crime & LegalRe-Connections Inc — $175,000 · Crime & LegalMICHIGAN CENTER FOR YOUTH JUSTICE — $68,000 · Crime & Legal+3 more — $98,500 · Crime & LegalBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER FLINT — $585,465 · Youth DevelopmentBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF FLINT AND GENESEE COUNTY — $562,000 · Youth DevelopmentACTIVE BOYS IN CHRIST — $224,875 · Youth DevelopmentCLINGMAN FOUNDATION — $190,400 · Youth Development
Other$23,201,463Philanthropy$9,518,682Community Improvement$6,975,651Arts & Culture$2,479,797Human Services$2,103,500Crime & Legal$1,619,464Youth Development$1,562,740

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER FLINT — $5,063,000 over 7y, 6.3% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GENESEE COUNTY — $2,110,460 over 8y, 5.7% of budgetSYLVESTER BROOME EMPOWERMENT VILLAGE — $1,599,350 over 7y, 32% of budgetURBAN RENAISSANCE CENTER — $1,340,702 over 6y, 89% of budgetFLINT POLICE FOUNDATION INC — $1,179,723 over 4y, 91% of budgetEVERGREEN COMMUNITY DEVELOPEMENT IN — $1,060,000 over 7y, 49% of budgetMetro Community DevelopmentInc — $1,059,459 over 6y, 8.2% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN — $1,000,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetMARIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $990,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetASBURY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP — $902,215 over 8y, 24% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD ENGAGEMENT HUB — $898,425 over 6y, 53% of budgetSt Luke N E W Life Center Inc — $828,000 over 7y, 15% of budgetGenesee County Habitat for Humanity — $814,000 over 6y, 13% of budgetFlint and Genesee Group Foundation — $763,680 over 7y, 20% of budgetNORTH FLINT REINVESTMENT — $735,000 over 4y, 12% of budgetFlint Institute of Music — $683,416 over 7y, 3.5% of budgetTHE MADE INSTITUTE — $650,500 over 8y, 70% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER FLINT — $585,465 over 6y, 11% of budgetInvolvedDad — $585,000 over 8y, 70% of budgetCRIME STOPPERS OF FLINT & GENESEE COUNTY — $563,700 over 8y, 50% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF FLINT AND GENESEE COUNTY — $562,000 over 8y, 11% of budgetLOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION — $525,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTAPOLOGY INC — $480,000 over 5y, 34% of budgetChild Care Network — $455,000 over 6y, 4.9% of budgetSPHINX ORGANIZATION INC — $441,000 over 6y, 2.2% of budgetFAIR FOOD NETWORK INC — $430,000 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetLegal Services of Eastern Michigan — $415,464 over 5y, 3.1% of budgetCPSA COURIER — $356,210 over 7y, 46% of budgetMOTHERLY INTERCESSION — $298,800 over 7y, 12% of budgetFaith Foundation Resources — $284,048 over 5y, 35% of budgetPROJECT SYNCERE — $278,800 over 8y, 2.2% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SHIAWASSEE AND GENESEE COUNTIES — $276,000 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetMICHIGAN LEAGUE FOR PUBLIC POLICY — $270,000 over 7y, 3.5% of budgetFlint Cultural Center Corporation — $261,248 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetCENTER FOR HIGHER EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT — $244,770 over 6y, 24% of budgetACTIVE BOYS IN CHRIST — $224,875 over 7y, 23% of budgetCommunities First Inc — $210,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetCLINGMAN FOUNDATION — $190,400 over 6y, 55% of budgetAFRICAN DRUM & DANCE PARENTS ASSOCIATION — $188,000 over 8y, 25% of budgetTHE CRIM FITNESS FOUNDATION INC — $186,240 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetFlint Institute of Science & History — $179,600 over 2y, 67% of budgetRe-Connections Inc — $175,000 over 7y, 45% of budgetBANGTOWN STUDIO ON THE GO — $173,200 over 5y, 43% of budgetGREATER FLINT ARTS COUNCIL — $151,380 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetSAFE & JUST MICHIGAN — $135,000 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetEl Ballet Folklorico Estudiantil — $129,980 over 8y, 17% of budgetFLOYD J MCREE THEATRE — $123,750 over 4y, 4.2% of budgetCOUNCIL OF MICHIGAN FOUNDATIONS — $113,300 over 7y, 0.4% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

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

  • Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER FLINT ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF GENESEE COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds SYLVESTER BROOME EMPOWERMENT VILLAGE ↗
  • Who funds URBAN RENAISSANCE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds FLINT POLICE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds EVERGREEN COMMUNITY DEVELOPEMENT IN ↗
  • Who funds Metro Community DevelopmentInc ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds MARIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ASBURY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP ↗
  • Who funds NEIGHBORHOOD ENGAGEMENT HUB ↗
  • Who funds St Luke N E W Life Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds Genesee County Habitat for Humanity ↗
  • Who funds Flint and Genesee Group Foundation ↗
  • Who funds NORTH FLINT REINVESTMENT ↗
  • Who funds Flint Institute of Music ↗
  • Who funds THE MADE INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER FLINT ↗
  • Who funds InvolvedDad ↗
  • Who funds CRIME STOPPERS OF FLINT & GENESEE COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF FLINT AND GENESEE COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds LOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds TAPOLOGY INC ↗
  • Who funds Child Care Network ↗
  • Who funds SPHINX ORGANIZATION INC ↗
  • Who funds FAIR FOOD NETWORK INC ↗
  • Who funds Legal Services of Eastern Michigan ↗
  • Who funds SPECIALIZED EMPLOYMENT SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds CPSA COURIER ↗
  • Who funds MOTHERLY INTERCESSION ↗

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Community Foundation …Charles Stewart Mott …Foundation for FlintStella & Frederick Lo…The Hagerman Foundati…Anna Paulina Foundati…Consumers Energy Foun…Nartel Family Foundat…The Serra FoundationUnited Way of Genesee…Merkley Charitable Tr…The Whiting Foundation
Community Foundation of Greater FlintMI114.3× affinity55 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Greater Flint · Charles Stewart Mott Foundation · Foundation for Flint · Stella & Frederick Loeb Charitable Trust · The Hagerman Foundation · Anna Paulina Foundation · Consumers Energy Foundation · Nartel Family Foundation · The Serra Foundation · United Way of Genesee County · Merkley Charitable Trust · The Whiting Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Ruth Mott Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    32report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Ruth Mott Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Ruth Mott Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 165 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

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

    Source object · view filing

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