· Public charity
Talentfirst Inc
Talentfirst convenes business leaders, leverages data and insights, and advances strategies to define the skills and credentials employers need, close workforce gaps, and strengthen west michigan as a leader in employer-driven talent solutions.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- $10k–50k1 grant · $30k
- $50k–250k4 grants · $622k
- $250k+3 grants · $989k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY | $383,081 |
| GLEN OAKS COMMUNITY COLLEGE | $345,670 |
| WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY | $260,219 |
| MUSKEGON COMMUNITY COLLEGE | $231,056 |
| CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY | $161,107 |
| JACKSON COLLEGE | $116,698 |
| MONROE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE | $113,590 |
| GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY | $30,330 |
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 (FY25–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 15%. 26% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
0 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2025–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2025 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 0 of the 8 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.
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