· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k11 grants · $81k
- $10k–50k9 grants · $119k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| SOUTH HAVEN SCOTT CLUB | $25,000 |
| BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK | $20,000 |
| MICHIGAN MARITIME MUSEUM | $14,000 |
| SOUTH HAVEN AREA EMERGENCY SERVICES | $10,000 |
| WE CARE COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER | $10,000 |
| VAN BUREN INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICT | $10,000 |
| MICHIGAN FLYWHEELERS MUSEUM | $10,000 |
| SOUTH HAVEN REGIONAL BUSINESS HUB | $10,000 |
| PEOPLE HELPING PEOPLE PULLMAN INC | $10,000 |
| UNITED WAY OF SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN | $9,540 |
| LIBERTY HYDE BAILEY MUSEUM | $9,200 |
| SOUTH HAVEN CENTER FOR THE ARTS | $9,150 |
| WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY | $9,050 |
| COLLECTIVE MESS | $8,000 |
| BEAUTIFY PULLMAN | $7,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $47k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those 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
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
8 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 32% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $135k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- MMMICHIGAN MARITIME MUSEUM INC4× · 2022–2025 · $78k · revenue +24%
BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC2× · 2020–2025 · $35k · revenue -19%- WCWE CARE INC3× · 2020–2024 · $24k · revenue -1%
Funded once
- BIBLESSINGS IN A BACKPACKone grant, 2024 · $38k
- SSSENIOR SERVICES OF VAN BUREN COUNTYone grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue -7%
- GVGRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITYone grant, 2024 · $11k
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.
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.
Maintain historical museum
To promote historical study and preserve the lighthouse museum
To preserve the knowledge, skills and technology involved with the maintenance and operation of steam locomotives and to educate the public about the enormous impact that these machines had in the economic development of owosso and the…
To be a center for the interpretation of history, design, and innovation that connects and inspires the community and enthusiasts around the world. this is accomplished through programming, active collecting, and the display of vehicles,…
To provide a hands-on environment that engages children to use their curiosity and creativity while learning about the wonders of our world.
The mission of the museum is to propagate our history through preservation, education, & innovation to inspire wonder in our past and foster cultural understanding today and in the future.
To promote the education and advancement of art in the city of south bend, st. joseph county, and surrounding areas.
Natural and cultural history interpretation and preservation
The organization provides services that promote the growth and professionalism of the museum community and advocates on that community's behalf.
To inspire a love for learning in science, technology, engineering, math, and art, and awaken imagination through hands-on play.
How this is measured
14 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. 14 of the 37 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
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.
- Who funds MICHIGAN MARITIME MUSEUM INC ↗
- Who funds BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC ↗
- Who funds SOUTH HAVEN SCOTT CLUB ↗
- Who funds SENIOR SERVICES OF VAN BUREN COUNTY ↗
- Who funds WE CARE INC ↗
- Who funds MITTEN CHILDRENS MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds BEAUTIFY PULLMAN ↗
- Who funds PEOPLE HELPING PEOPLE OF PULLMAN ↗
- Who funds SOUTH HAVEN REGIONAL BUSINESS HUB ↗
- Who funds MICHIGAN FLYWHEELERS MUSEUM INC ↗
- Who funds UNITED WAY OF SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN ↗
- Who funds LIBERTY HYDE BAILEY MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds Hospice Care of Southwest Michigan ↗
- Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization South Haven Community Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from South Haven Community Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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