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The Auto Club Group Foundation at a glance

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The Auto Club Group Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$539k
Granted FY2024still arriving
74
Grants FY2024still arriving
15
States reached
$50k
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 2024.

Public Safety & Disaster$774kHuman Services$654kEducation$568kHealth$382kHousing & Shelter$102kCrime & Legal$100kPublic Benefit$61kRecreation & Sports$57kOther$0
02FY2024 · 74 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k51 grants · $175k
  • $10k–50k22 grants · $314k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$5,000
Median grant
15
States reached
$6.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SAFE KIDS WORLDWIDE$50,000
NASHVILLE INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR EMPOWERMENT$30,480
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN$26,500
MILWAUKEE BOARD OF SCHOOL DIRECTORS$25,000
LINCOLN TOWNSHIP FIRE DEPARTMENT$18,095
CITY OF FORSYTH FIRE DEPT$16,534
MARIETTA SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC$15,000
FOOTHILLS REGIONAL EMERGENCY MEDICAL AND TRAUMA ADVISORY COUNCIL$15,000
VILLAGE OF HOFFMAN ESTATES$14,736
MOUNT CLEMENS HIGH SCHOOL$14,000
CASWELL CARES$13,915
GEORGIA COMMITTEE ON EMPLOYMENT OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES INC$13,500
MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN$10,800
SC CAREER KIDS$10,500
UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT MERCY$10,000
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 (FY17–24, $229k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 95% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%MARY LANNING HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION: $6k → 11%PASCO KIDS FIRST INC: $33k → 11%HOPE HELPS INC: $25k → 11%FOSTERING HOPE FLORIDA INC: $3k → 12%FISC CONSUMER CREDIT COUNSELING OF DOOR COUNTY INC: $3k → 8%GEORGIA COMMITTEE ON EMPLOYMENT OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES INC: $14k → 27%A KID AGAIN INC: $10k → 15%MARY LANNING HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION: $6k → 11%HANDS OF THE CARPENTER: $4k → 7%MOUNTAIN-PLAINS YOUTH SERVICES COALITION: $4k → 10%MARY LANNING HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION: $6k → 11%CHILDREN & FAMILIES OF IOWA: $5k → 10%MIDDLETON OUTREACH MINISTRIES: $20k → 10%WARREN VILLAGE: $18k → 12%CHILDRENS HOME & AID: $2k → 14%WARREN VILLAGE: $5k → 12%SECUREFUTURES FOUNDATION INC: $5k → 17%LUTHERAN FAMILY SERVICES OF NEBRASKA: $6k → 12%LUTHERAN FAMILY SERVICES OF NEBRASKA: $6k → 12%LUTHERAN FAMILY SERVICES OF NEBRASKA: $6k → 12%NEBRASKA CHILDRENS HOME SOCIETY INC: $5k → 12%REFUGEE WOMEN RISING: $38k → 12%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.

Which US states its grants reach

ND
MN
IL
WI
MI
IA
IN
OH
PA
CT
UT
CO
NE
KY
MD
KS
TN
NC
SC
LA
GA
FL
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.

38%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.1M · 42 repeat orgs$1.8M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +54% since the first grant, against +22% for those funded once.

42 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2024, 29 since wound down; 58 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

42
232

Total granted

$1.1M
$1.4M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+54%
+22%

Still filing today

36%
22%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 32% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $362k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthEducationPublic Safety & DisasterCommunity ImprovementCrime & LegalOther
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

  • SK
    SAFE KIDS WORLDWIDE
    2× · 2023–2024 · $75k · revenue +42%
  • UO
    University of Michigan
    3× · 2022–2024 · $63k · revenue +92%
  • BM
    BREAKTHROUGH MIAMI INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $30k · revenue +69%

Funded once

  • BC
    BOONE COUNTY HEALTH CENTER
    one grant, 2023 · $50k
  • MC
    MACKINAC COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
    one grant, 2023 · $50k
  • LI
    LOVE INC
    one grant, 2021 · $40k
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
United Children's Services of Bennington County Inc

Children's services

Human Services
2
Cornerhouse

The mission of cornerhouse is to partner with families, communities, and systems - entrusted with the safety of children, youth and vulnerable adults - to reduce trauma and end abuse.

Crime & Legal
3
Minnesota Chamber of Commerce and Industry

The minnesota chamber of commerce proactively leads the business community statewide to: advance pro-business, responsible minnesota public policy that creates jobs and grows the econony; provde member services to address evolving business…

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4
Choices Coordinated Care Solutions Inc

To strengthen youth and families while enhancing systems and communities.

Human Services
5
Children's Physicians

Children's physicians delivers the highest quality pediatric primary care while supporting education and research.

Health
6
Florida Community Health Centers Inc

Florida community health centers, inc. (fchc) is a federally qualified health center serving medically needy populations in south florida, with an emphasis on serving rural and farm worker communities.

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7
Nebraska Children & Families Foundation

Nebraska children's mission is to create positive change for children through community engagement. our vision is a nebraska where all children will have the resources and support to reach their full potential. our values are (1)…

Philanthropy
8
Greater Minneapolis Crisis Nursery

The mission of greater minneapolis crisis nursery is to end the abuse and neglect of children and create strong and healthy families.

Human Services
9
Minnesota Council on Foundations

MCF is a vibrant philanthropic community connecting, strengthening and mobilizing the power of philanthropy to advance prosperity and equity.

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10
Dane County Parent Council Inc

Dane county parent council changes the lives of underserved children and families through education and supportive services.

Education
11
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Inc

To make kids better today and healthier tomorrow.

Health
12
Community Shares of Minnesota

The mission of community shares of minnesota is to create a fair, just and equitable minnesota. community shares of minnesota accomplishes its mission by: supporting collective action to eliminate root causes of inequality and injustice;…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Fostering Hope Florida Inc; the most unlike its peers is Tebony and James Rosa Family Foundation. 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

91 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. 91 of the 336 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
19
Early backer (in before they grew)
91/91
Grantees still filing
61/91
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ADOPT A FAMILY HOLIDAY PROGRAM MANY: $300,000 · OtherADOPT A FAMILY HOLIDAY PROGRAM MANYNEBRASKA SAFETY COUNCIL: $95,000 · OtherAMERICAN AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION: $74,000 · OtherNATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL NEBRASKA: $70,000 · Other+148 more: $1,542,336 · Other+148 moreREFUGEE WOMEN RISING: $38,130 · Human ServicesREFUGEE W…PASCO KIDS FIRST INC: $33,000 · Human ServicesPASCO KID…HOPE HELPS INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesHOPE HELP…WARREN VILLAGE INC: $23,000 · Human ServicesWARREN VI…WAYFORWARD RESOURCES INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesWAYFORWAR…MARY LANNING HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION: $18,000 · Human ServicesMARY LANN…LUTHERAN FAMILY SERVICES OF NE INC: $18,000 · Human ServicesLUTHERAN …GEORGIA COMMITTEE ON EMPLOYMENT OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES INC: $13,500 · Human ServicesGEORGIA C…Childrens Homes of Cleveland County Inc: $10,000 · Human ServicesA KID AGAIN INC: $9,500 · Human Services+7 more: $28,650 · Human Services+7 moreSAFE KIDS WORLDWIDE: $75,000 · HealthCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $26,400 · HealthCOMMONSPIRIT HEALTH: $20,000 · HealthALTRU HEALTH SYSTEM: $15,000 · HealthCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 · HealthLUMBERTON RESCUE AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE INC: $10,000 · HealthST LOUIS COUNTY VOLUNTEER RESCUE SQUAD: $8,844 · HealthMARY LEES HOUSE INC: $8,000 · HealthSPARROW FOUNDATION: $7,000 · Health+2 more: $9,320 · HealthBREAKTHROUGH MIAMI INC: $30,000 · EducationSTUDENT U: $15,000 · EducationTHE MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN INC: $10,800 · EducationSC CAREER KIDS: $10,500 · EducationCommunities in Schools of Georgia: $10,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF DETROIT MERCY: $10,000 · EducationASSET BUILDERS OF AMERICA INC: $10,000 · EducationEARLY LEARNING COALITION OF MANATEE COUNTY INC: $8,000 · EducationBOOKS IN HOMES USA INC: $5,000 · EducationCOMMUNITY HOUSING NETWORK INC: $30,000 · Community ImprovementCENTER FOR PEOPLE IN NEED: $10,000 · Community ImprovementCENTER FOR SUCCESS NETWORK: $10,000 · Community ImprovementFM Rotary Foundation: $5,000 · Community ImprovementUNION MISSION INC: $20,000 · Housing & ShelterBRIDGE COMMUNITIES INC: $14,500 · Housing & ShelterATLANTA CHILDREN'S SHELTER INCORPORATED: $12,500 · Housing & ShelterTENNESSEE ASSOCIATION OF CHIEFS OF POLICE: $13,125 · Crime & LegalSUNCOAST VOICES FOR CHILDREN FOUNDATION INC: $12,500 · Crime & LegalALLIANCE AGAINST INTOXICATED MOTORISTS: $10,000 · Crime & LegalTHE CHALDEAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Crime & Legal
Other$2,081,336Human Services$236,780Health$194,564Education$109,300Community Improvement$55,000Housing & Shelter$47,000Crime & Legal$45,625

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNEBRASKA SAFETY COUNCIL: $95,000 over 4y, 2.9% of budgetSAFE KIDS WORLDWIDE: $75,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetUniversity of Michigan: $62,880 over 3y, 9.5% of budgetREFUGEE WOMEN RISING: $38,130 over 1y, 34% of budgetPASCO KIDS FIRST INC: $33,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetNASHVILLE INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR EMPOWERMENT: $30,480 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH MIAMI INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetMarietta Schools Foundation Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY HOUSING NETWORK INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $26,400 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetHOPE HELPS INC: $25,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetWARREN VILLAGE INC: $23,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetWAYFORWARD RESOURCES INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetUNION MISSION INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNEBRASKA STATE PATROL FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 2y, 8.5% of budgetCOMMONSPIRIT HEALTH: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARY LANNING HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION: $18,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetLUTHERAN FAMILY SERVICES OF NE INC: $18,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDisabled American Veterans: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALTRU HEALTH SYSTEM: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetStopDistractions org: $15,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTUDENT U: $15,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetBRIDGE COMMUNITIES INC: $14,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetGEORGIA COMMITTEE ON EMPLOYMENT OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES INC: $13,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTENNESSEE ASSOCIATION OF CHIEFS OF POLICE: $13,125 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetATLANTA CHILDREN'S SHELTER INCORPORATED: $12,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetSUNCOAST VOICES FOR CHILDREN FOUNDATION INC: $12,500 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetTHE MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN INC: $10,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSC CAREER KIDS: $10,500 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetCommunities in Schools of Georgia: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBUILDON INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSTRATEGIC AIR COMMAND & AEROSPACE MUSEUM: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetChildrens Homes of Cleveland County Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetALLIANCE AGAINST INTOXICATED MOTORISTS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetMIDLAND AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCENTER FOR CHILDHOOD SAFETY INC: $10,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetMidwest Center for Traffic Safety NFP: $10,000 over 1y, 7.9% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF DETROIT MERCY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLUMBERTON RESCUE AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetNaples Pathways Coalition Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetTHE CHALDEAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCENTER FOR PEOPLE IN NEED: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFOX VALLEY UNITED WAY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCENTER FOR SUCCESS NETWORK: $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF OSHKOSH INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetASSET BUILDERS OF AMERICA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetA KID AGAIN INC: $9,500 over 1y, 0.1% 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 NEBRASKA SAFETY COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds SAFE KIDS WORLDWIDE ↗
  • Who funds University of Michigan ↗
  • Who funds REFUGEE WOMEN RISING ↗
  • Who funds PASCO KIDS FIRST INC ↗
  • Who funds NASHVILLE INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR EMPOWERMENT ↗
  • Who funds BREAKTHROUGH MIAMI INC ↗
  • Who funds Marietta Schools Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY HOUSING NETWORK INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HOPE HELPS INC ↗
  • Who funds WARREN VILLAGE INC ↗
  • Who funds WAYFORWARD RESOURCES INC ↗
  • Who funds UNION MISSION INC ↗
  • Who funds NEBRASKA STATE PATROL FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMONSPIRIT HEALTH ↗
  • Who funds MARY LANNING HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds LUTHERAN FAMILY SERVICES OF NE INC ↗
  • Who funds Disabled American Veterans ↗

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.

Greater Green Bay Com…The Sherwood Foundati…Lincoln Community Fou…The Lozier FoundationMichigan Health Endow…United Way for Southe…Bnsf Railway Foundati…Publix Super Markets …Community Foundation …Dollar General Litera…AT&T FoundationWisconsin Public Serv…
Greater Green Bay Community Foundation IncWI20.2× affinity9 shared granteesties to 8 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Green Bay Community Foundation Inc · The Sherwood Foundation · Lincoln Community Foundation Inc · The Lozier Foundation · Michigan Health Endowment Fund · United Way for Southeastern Michigan · Bnsf Railway Foundation · Publix Super Markets Charities Inc · Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · Dollar General Literacy Foundation · AT&T Foundation · Wisconsin Public Service 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 Auto Club Group Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Auto Club Group Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 13%
  • Harbor House of Central Florida Inc: 24% of income from government
  • Pasco Kids First Inc: 13% of income from government
  • Safe Kids Worldwide: 1% of income from government
  • United Way of St Johns County Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
42report 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 336 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-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
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$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home