· Public charity
Small Business Association of Michigan
The SMALL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION OF MICHIGAN's mission is to help michigan small businesses succeed by promoting entrepreneurship, leveraging buying power and engaging in political advocacy.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2021
- Under $10k123 grants · $1.0M
- $10k–50k152 grants · $1.5M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| RR HOLDINGS 1 LLC | $15,000 |
| ALEX & BECK LLC | $15,000 |
| TK FUND QOZB LLC | $15,000 |
| CITY OF TECUMSEH DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY | $13,793 |
| JIMEVA INC | $10,000 |
| K AND R RESTAURANT GROUP LLC DBA BENSTEIN GRILLE | $10,000 |
| MARIMO LLC O'S PUB & GRILL | $10,000 |
| THE ROYAL PUB INC | $10,000 |
| WABEEK HOSPITALITY LLC | $10,000 |
| FABIANO'S RIVER HOUSE BAR & GRILL | $10,000 |
| BELLA PIATTI LLC | $10,000 |
| BIERS INWOOD BREWERY LLC | $10,000 |
| KEWEENAW BREWING COMPANY | $10,000 |
| SMOKE & BARREL LLC | $10,000 |
| AJ'S WALLEYE LODGE BAR & GRILL | $10,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY21–21) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 62% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
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.
Instruction on the safe use and operation of boats
To develop and encourage competitive and recreational boating, sportsmanship, and boating safety on lake michigan.
Group boating activities, sailing school, and classes for members
Operation of yacht club for members, and to provide goodwill between boat owners, property owners, and fishermen.
To promote the sport of rowing
Provide a location for the members' to persue their free association rights and further maritime education.
We are a historic, private yacht club dedicated to providing a variety of outstanding dining, social, recreational and boating programs for our members, families and guests.
A private membership country club providing golf, tennis, swimming, racquet sports, clubhouse and dining facilities for the social and recreational benefits of its members.
Allow members to golf and socialize
To own and operate a private club for the recreation, pleasure and benefit of club members, their families and guests.
Promote yachting, boating and social activities of club members.
To create and maintain an institution with a world class level of competitive sailing that is instructional at all levels and maintain one of the countrys finest sailing racing facilities.
How this is measured
8 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. 8 of the 275 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
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.
Open a dossier: Michigan Municipal League Foundation · The Right Place Inc · Ann Arbor Spark · Lakeshore Advantage Corporation · Detroit Economic Growth Association · Southwest Michigan First Corp · Lansing Economic Area Partnership
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Small Business Association of Michigan funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Small Business Association of Michigan. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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