Michigan · Community foundation
South Haven Community Foundation
To enrich the community by cultivating a spirit of giving and investing in education, arts, culture and economic development through partnerships, contributions, grants, and scholarships.
- $260k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 20
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 87%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $200k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $9,540
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 15
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $7.6M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 87% of the organizations South Haven Community Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 85% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 15% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $132k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 20 | $200k | 70% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $155k | 87% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $30k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $61k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $16k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $52k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan Maritime Museum Inc | $78,100 | 4 | 3% |
| Blessings in a Backpack Inc | $35,000 | 2 | 0% |
| South Haven Scott Club | $25,000 | 1 | 13% |
| Senior Services of Van Buren County | $24,500 | 1 | 1% |
| We Care Inc | $23,900 | 3 | 5% |
| Western Michigan University | $15,750 | 2 | n/a |
| Mitten Childrens Museum | $12,700 | 2 | 3% |
| Beautify Pullman | $12,500 | 2 | 5% |
| People Helping People of Pullman | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| South Haven Regional Business Hub | $10,000 | 1 | 6% |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan Maritime Museum Inc | $78,100 | 4 | 3% |
| Blessings in a Backpack Inc | $35,000 | 2 | 0% |
| South Haven Scott Club | $25,000 | 1 | 13% |
| Senior Services of Van Buren County | $24,500 | 1 | 1% |
| We Care Inc | $23,900 | 3 | 5% |
| Western Michigan University | $15,750 | 2 | n/a |
| Mitten Childrens Museum | $12,700 | 2 | 3% |
| Beautify Pullman | $12,500 | 2 | 5% |
| People Helping People of Pullman | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| South Haven Regional Business Hub | $10,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Michigan Flywheelers Museum Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Van Buren Intermediate School District | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| United Way of Southwest Michigan | $9,540 | 1 | 0% |
| Liberty Hyde Bailey Museum | $9,200 | 1 | 11% |
| Lake Michigan College | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Collective Mess | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hospice Care of Southwest Michigan | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Southwest Michigan | $6,700 | 1 | 0% |
| South Haven Boating Foundation | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| South Haven Project Curb Inc | $5,700 | 1 | n/a |
| Our Town Players | $5,500 | 1 | n/a |
| P R E T T y Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($175k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget South Haven Community Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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: Albemarle Foundation · Berrien Community Foundation Inc · The Allegan County Community Foundation · Perrigo Company Charitable Foundation · Feeding America West Michigan · Kalamazoo Community Foundation · Consumers Energy Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About South Haven Community Foundation
- How much does South Haven Community Foundation give?
- South Haven Community Foundation reported 20 itemized grants totaling $199,940, out of $259,918 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 15 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does South Haven Community Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (32%), Human Services (19%), Education (12%).
- Who are South Haven Community Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Michigan Maritime Museum Inc ($78k), Blessings in a Backpack Inc ($35k), South Haven Scott Club ($25k).
- Does South Haven Community Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 87% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as South Haven Community Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Albemarle Foundation, Berrien Community Foundation Inc, The Allegan County Community Foundation.
- Where is South Haven Community Foundation based?
- South Haven Community Foundation is based in MI.
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