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The Allegan County Community Foundation

To positively impact allegan county through financial stewardship, education, and community partnerships.

$769k
Granted FY2022
45
Grants FY2022
3
States reached
$41k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.

Education$1.4MHuman Services$531kFood & Nutrition$295kHealth$227kArts & Culture$156kCrime & Legal$150kAnimals$104kReligion$93kOther$0
02FY2022 · 45 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 45 grants below total $625,511, the rows itemized in this filing. The $769,476 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $143,965 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2022

  • Under $10k20 grants · $145k
  • $10k–50k25 grants · $480k
$10,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$27M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SAUGATUCK CENTER FOR THE ARTS$41,000
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN$38,400
WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY$36,200
GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY$30,611
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY$30,000
MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY$23,700
HUNGRY FOR CHRIST$20,806
SYLVIA'S PLACE$20,611
OUTDOOR DISCOVERY CENTER$20,000
WINGS OF HOPE HOSPICE$20,000
ALMA COLLEGE$18,000
ALLEGAN COUNTY UNITED WAY$16,122
CHRISTIAN NEIGHBORS-SE$15,836
CONGREGATIONAL KITCHEN$15,000
WINGS HOME INC$15,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–22, $604k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%RESILIENCE: $14k → 8%RESILIENCE: $7k → 8%RESILIENCE: $6k → 8%CENTER FOR WOMEN IN TRANSITION: $6k → 8%LOVE INC OF NW ALLEGAN COUNTY: $10k → 10%GRANT ME HOPE: $11k → 10%GRANT ME HOPE: $11k → 10%GRANT ME HOPE: $11k → 10%CHRISTIAN NEIGHBORS-SE: $17k → 10%CHRISTIAN NEIGHBORS-SE: $16k → 10%GRANT ME HOPE: $10k → 10%CHRISTIAN NEIGHBORS-SE: $12k → 10%CHRISTIAN NEIGHBORS-SE: $11k → 10%CHRISTIAN NEIGHBORS-SE: $10k → 10%CHRISTIAN NEIGHBORS-SE: $8k → 10%RENEW THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER: $6k → 10%HOSPICE OF HOLLAND: $6k → 10%HOSPICE OF HOLLAND: $6k → 10%SYLVIA'S PLACE: $67k → 10%SYLVIA'S PLACE: $58k → 10%SYLVIA'S PLACE: $56k → 10%SYLVIA'S PLACE: $56k → 10%SYLVIA'S PLACE: $48k → 10%SYLVIA'S PLACE: $21k → 10%WINGS OF HOPE HOSPICE: $20k → 10%WINGS OF HOPE HOSPICE: $18k → 10%WINGS OF HOPE HOSPICE: $17k → 10%WINGS OF HOPE HOSPICE: $13k → 10%WINGS OF HOPE HOSPICE: $12k → 10%WINGS OF HOPE HOSPICE: $10k → 10%COMMUNITY ACTION OF ALLEGAN COUNTY: $7k → 10%ALLEGAN COUNTY CENTRAL FOOD PANTRY: $7k → 10%ALLEGAN COUNTY CENTRAL FOOD PANTRY: $6k → 10%ALLEGAN COUNTY CENTRAL FOOD PANTRY: $6k → 10%ALLEGAN COUNTY CENTRAL FOOD PANTRY: $6k → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.7M · 48 repeat orgs$251k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +28% since the first grant, against +23% for those funded once.

48 repeat relationships: 34 still active in FY2022, 14 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

48
18

Total granted

$2.7M
$131k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+23%

Still filing today

60%
56%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $120k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22
EducationHuman ServicesCrime & LegalHealthFood & NutritionArts & CultureOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). 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

  • SP
    SYLVIA'S PLACE
    8× · 2017–2024 · $306k · revenue +34%
  • HF
    HUNGRY FOR CHRIST
    8× · 2017–2024 · $132k · revenue +87%
  • SC
    SAUGATUCK CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC
    5× · 2017–2023 · $96k · revenue +93%

Funded once

  • WC
    WILLIAM CRISPE COMMUNITY HOUSE INC
    one grant, 2018 · $10k · revenue -65%
  • LI
    Love in the Name of Christ
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +22%
  • AD
    ALLEGAN DISTRICT LIBRARY
    one grant, 2018 · $10k
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.

04Its field

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.

1
The Northern Michigan University Foundation

The nmu foundation will establish and foster relationships to generate resources that benefit the strategic goals of northern michigan university.

Education
2
Alfred University

Alfred University's mission is helping students realize their purpose. People living a life of purpose enjoy longer and happier lives. Alfred University promotes its mission through three core strengths - Intersections, Mentorship, and…

Education
3
Michigan Christian Home

The michigan christian home dba beacon hill at eastgate, a not-for-profit corporation, provides housing and health services in a christian environment for older adults, thus enabling them to meet their ongoing physical, social and…

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4
Central Michigan University Research Corporation

To receive, administer, and distribute funds to promote and encourage research, scholarship, creative activities, and other applied research and technology at CMU.

Education
5
Spring Arbor University

Spring arbor university is a community of learners distinguished by our lifelong involvement in the study and application of the liberal arts, total commitment to jesus christ as the perspective for learning and critical participation in…

Education
6
Davenport University

Davenport university prepares individuals and organizations to excel in the knowledge-driven environment of the 21st century.

Education
7
Culver-Stockton College

The mission of culver-stockton college is to prepare students to be bold, think big, and create change through experiential learning, innovation, and community engagement.

Education
8
Great Lakes Bible College

Great lakes christian college, an institution of higher education affiliated with christian churches/churches of christ, seeks to glorify god by preparing students to be servant-leaders in the church and world.

Education
9
Allen University

Allen University is an academic community which provides students an opportunity to obtain baccalaureate and graduate degrees in liberal arts and professional programs in traditional and distance education formats. The University has a…

Education
10
Cleary University

To provide a business education that equips individuals to deliver superior service to employers and their communities.

Education
11
Western Michigan University Foundation

Mission statement (adopted 2018) the mission of the western michigan university foundation is to promote and support western michigan university so that it can effectively carry out its mission of teaching, research and service. the…

Education
12
Oakton Community College Educational Foundation

To enable student success.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Allegan County Community Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Saugatuck-Douglas Historical Society. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

61 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 61 of the 79 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
16
Early backer (in before they grew)
55/61
Grantees still filing
42/61
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY: $180,401 · OtherGRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITYWESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY: $174,086 · OtherWESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITYMICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY: $171,500 · OtherMICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITYMichigan Tech University: $121,700 · OtherMichigan Tech UniversityKALAMAZOO VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $113,892 · OtherKALAMAZOO VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGEFERRIS STATE UNIVERSITY: $60,500 · OtherODC NETWORK: $68,350 · OtherFIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF ALLEGAN: $56,000 · Other+35 more: $707,333 · Other+35 moreSYLVIA'S PLACE: $305,634 · Human ServicesSYLVIA'S PLACEWINGS OF HOPE HOSPICE & PALLIATIVE CARE INC: $89,990 · Human ServicesWINGS OF HOPE HOSPICE…CHRISTIAN NEIGHBORS SE: $73,953 · Human ServicesCHRISTIAN NEIGHBORS S…GRANT ME HOPE: $42,500 · Human ServicesGRANT ME HOPERESILIENCE ADVOCATES FOR ENDING VIOLENCE: $33,331 · Human ServicesRESILIENCE ADVOCATES …ALLEGAN MINISTERIUM CENTRAL FOOD PANTRY: $24,000 · Human Services+4 more: $34,317 · Human Services+4 moreALMA COLLEGE: $53,000 · EducationALMA COLLEG…CALVIN UNIVERSITY: $31,550 · EducationCALVIN UNIV…Kettering University: $30,000 · EducationKettering U…HOPE COLLEGE: $28,525 · EducationHOPE COLLEG…EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $28,500 · EducationEASTERN MIC…Michigan Tech Fund: $23,700 · EducationMichigan Te…Cornerstone University: $20,000 · EducationCornerstone…University of Notre Dame du Lac: $16,000 · EducationLAKE SUPERIOR STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $15,000 · EducationKALAMAZOO COLLEGE: $13,900 · Education+8 more: $49,378 · Education+8 moreHUNGRY FOR CHRIST: $132,487 · Food & NutritionCONGREGATIONAL KITCHEN: $30,000 · Food & NutritionSAFE HARBOR CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER: $71,950 · Crime & LegalCENTER FOR DISPUTE RESOLUTION DBA MEDIATION SERVICES: $49,250 · Crime & LegalALLEGAN COUNTY LEGAL ASSISTANCE CTR: $38,750 · Crime & LegalSAUGATUCK CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC: $95,700 · Arts & CultureMITTEN CHILDRENS MUSEUM: $30,307 · Arts & CultureTHE ALLEGAN COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $115,150 · Philanthropy
Other$1,653,762Human Services$603,725Education$309,553Food & Nutrition$162,487Crime & Legal$159,950Arts & Culture$126,007Philanthropy$115,150

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSYLVIA'S PLACE: $305,634 over 8y, 13% of budgetHUNGRY FOR CHRIST: $132,487 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetTHE ALLEGAN COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $115,150 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetSAUGATUCK CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC: $95,700 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetWINGS OF HOPE HOSPICE & PALLIATIVE CARE INC: $89,990 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetCHRISTIAN NEIGHBORS SE: $73,953 over 8y, 3.2% of budgetSAFE HARBOR CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER: $71,950 over 7y, 2.6% of budgetODC NETWORK: $68,350 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetFIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF ALLEGAN: $56,000 over 5y, 3.4% of budgetARC OF ALLEGAN COUNTY: $53,499 over 8y, 16% of budgetALMA COLLEGE: $53,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR DISPUTE RESOLUTION DBA MEDIATION SERVICES: $49,250 over 8y, 3.6% of budgetGRANT ME HOPE: $42,500 over 5y, 6.2% of budgetWISHBONE PET RESCUE ALLIANCE: $39,137 over 4y, 4.3% of budgetALLEGAN COUNTY LEGAL ASSISTANCE CTR: $38,750 over 7y, 10% of budgetALLEGAN COUNTY UNITED WAY: $37,422 over 4y, 2.7% of budgetPEOPLE HELPING PEOPLE OF PULLMAN: $36,500 over 6y, 2.1% of budgetRESILIENCE ADVOCATES FOR ENDING VIOLENCE: $33,331 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetWINGS HOME: $33,200 over 4y, 6.6% of budgetCALVIN UNIVERSITY: $31,550 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMITTEN CHILDRENS MUSEUM: $30,307 over 4y, 14% of budgetCONGREGATIONAL KITCHEN: $30,000 over 3y, 5.4% of budgetKettering University: $30,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE COLLEGE: $28,525 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $28,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetST MARGARET CHURCH ST VINCENT DE PAUL CONFERENCE: $25,945 over 5y, 2.9% of budgetALLEGAN MINISTERIUM CENTRAL FOOD PANTRY: $24,000 over 4y, 15% of budgetMichigan Tech Fund: $23,700 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSAUGATUCK-DOUGLAS HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $21,261 over 3y, 4.3% of budgetCornerstone University: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac: $16,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLAKE SUPERIOR STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetKALAMAZOO COLLEGE: $13,900 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHOSPICE OF HOLLAND INC: $11,100 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWILLIAM CRISPE COMMUNITY HOUSE INC: $10,361 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetLove in the Name of Christ: $10,191 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetBEAUTIFY PULLMAN: $10,000 over 3y, 5.1% of budgetLAKE MICHIGAN COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $8,256 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetALLEGAN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $8,245 over 2y, 21% of budgetAscension Borgess Allegan Hospital: $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT HOPE MINISTRIES: $7,791 over 3y, 9.6% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION: $7,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOLORADO MESA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $7,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGRAND RAPIDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $6,028 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGLEN OAKS COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $6,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRENEW THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER: $5,776 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF OREGON FOUNDATION: $5,750 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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 SYLVIA'S PLACE ↗
  • Who funds HUNGRY FOR CHRIST ↗
  • Who funds THE ALLEGAN COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SAUGATUCK CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC ↗
  • Who funds WINGS OF HOPE HOSPICE & PALLIATIVE CARE INC ↗
  • Who funds CHRISTIAN NEIGHBORS SE ↗
  • Who funds SAFE HARBOR CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds ODC NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF ALLEGAN ↗
  • Who funds ARC OF ALLEGAN COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds ALMA COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR DISPUTE RESOLUTION DBA MEDIATION SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds GRANT ME HOPE ↗
  • Who funds WISHBONE PET RESCUE ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds ALLEGAN COUNTY LEGAL ASSISTANCE CTR ↗
  • Who funds ALLEGAN COUNTY UNITED WAY ↗
  • Who funds PEOPLE HELPING PEOPLE OF PULLMAN ↗
  • Who funds RESILIENCE ADVOCATES FOR ENDING VIOLENCE ↗
  • Who funds WINGS HOME ↗
  • Who funds CALVIN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds MITTEN CHILDRENS MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds CONGREGATIONAL KITCHEN ↗
  • Who funds Kettering University ↗
  • Who funds HOPE COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ST MARGARET CHURCH ST VINCENT DE PAUL CONFERENCE ↗
  • Who funds THE RENEWED HOPE FREE HEALTH CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds ALLEGAN MINISTERIUM CENTRAL FOOD PANTRY ↗

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.

The Mignon Sherwood D…The Community Foundat…Perrigo Company Chari…Allegan County United…Grand Rapids Communit…Greater Ottawa County…Heart of West Michiga…Consumers Energy Foun…Michigan College Acce…Feeding America West …Grand Haven Area Comm…Michigan Gateway Comm…
The Mignon Sherwood Delano FundPA45.3× affinity19 shared granteesties to 9 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Mignon Sherwood Delano Fund · The Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area Inc · Perrigo Company Charitable Foundation · Allegan County United Way · Grand Rapids Community Foundation · Greater Ottawa County United Way · Heart of West Michigan United Way · Consumers Energy Foundation · Michigan College Access Network · Feeding America West Michigan · Grand Haven Area Community Foundation Inc · Michigan Gateway Community Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Allegan County Community Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Allegan County Community Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
15report 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
How this is measured
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 a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than 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 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 79 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its 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.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports $817k of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2022, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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