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The Charles J Strosacker Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$4.0M
Granted FY2024still arriving
114
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$650k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02Your edgeRead
03Your fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
0181% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant clustered by its grantee’s IRS cause code (NTEE), by year — across FY2023–2024.

Recreation & Sports$1.7MHealth$1.0MArts & Culture$868kEducation$780kPhilanthropy$542kEnvironment$470kHuman Services$413kCommunity Improvement$208kCrime & Legal$80kOther$1.5M
02FY2024 · 114 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 114 grants below total $3,860,119 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $4,050,000 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $189,881 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k70 grants · $173k
  • $10k–50k23 grants · $436k
  • $50k–250k16 grants · $1.5M
  • $250k+5 grants · $1.8M
$5,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$80M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Greater Midland Community Center$650,000
MyMichigan Health Foundation$319,620
Midland Center for the Arts$300,000
Midland Area Community Foundation$250,000
Northwood University$250,000
Chippewa Nature Center$165,000
United Way of Midland County$136,050
Midland Area Community Foundation$100,000
MyMichigan Health Foundation$100,000
Davenport University$100,000
MyMichigan Health Foundation$100,000
Midland County Agricultural & Horticultural Society$100,000
West Midland Family Center$100,000
Gratiot County Historical and Genealogical Society$100,000
Midland Area Community Foundation$87,500
02Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

81%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$5.8M · 42 repeat orgs$1.3M to everyone else

42 repeat relationships — 42 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 31 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

42
30

Total granted

$5.8M
$671k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

0%
+11%

Still filing today

55%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $677k went to new ones.

50%100%’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’23’24
Human ServicesEducationHealthRecreation & SportsArts & CultureCommunity ImprovementOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • GM
    GREATER MIDLAND COMMUNITY CTRS INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $1.5M · revenue +16%
  • MC
    Midland Center for the Arts Inc
    2× · 2023–2024 · $697k · revenue +41%
  • WM
    WEST MIDLAND FAMILY CENTER
    2× · 2023–2024 · $115k · revenue +86%

Funded once

  • FL
    Four Lakes Task Forcegraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $125k · revenue +371%
  • CM
    CLEVELAND MANOR INC
    one grant, 2023 · $125k · revenue -10%
  • AP
    ALMA PUBLIC SCHOOLS
    one grant, 2023 · $100k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

03Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Mid Michigan Community Action Agency Inc

Mid michigan community action guides local residents on the path to self-sufficiency through empowerment, education and community enrichment.

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2
Midland County Cancer Society Dba Cancer Services

To provide personal and compassionate support to cancer patients and their caregivers in our community.

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3
Midmichigan Health Services

To provide high quality community-oriented, patient-centered health services for all.

Health
4
Michigan Assoc of Community Mental Health Boards

Assisting the community mental health boards of michigan in developing methods for mental health planning, care and treatment.

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5
Michigan Chamber of Commerce

To promote conditions favorable to job creation and business success in michigan.

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6
Land Conservancy of West Michigan

Our mission is conserving West Michigans ecologically critical land. We protect land by creating public nature preserves, providing support to communities and local governments in creating natural areas, and helping private landowners…

Environment
7
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
8
Michigan Advocacy Program

To advance the safety, independence, and economic stability of those most affected by poverty, racism, and other structurally oppressive systems by increasing access to justice and working for systemic solutions.

Crime & Legal
9
Midland County Council On Aging

Our mission is to promote and enrich quality of life for older adults and those who care for them by collaboratively providing meaningful services and opportunities.

Human Services
10
Michigan Center for Construction Education & Research Trust Agreement

To educate through collaboration of the construction industry, our membership, employees, and communities; and to develop professional workplace competencies and skills while promoting the construction industry as a career choice.

Education
11
Lincoln Behavioral Services

To provide comprehensive outpatient mental health services to over 5400 individuals and their families in a consumer driven person centered delivery system. Approximately 15% of our staff members are our clients who are involved in a…

Health
12
United Way of the Midlands

United way of the midlands mission is "we unite our community's caring spirit to build a stronger tomorrow".

Philanthropy

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Council of Michigan Foundations and the most unlike its peers is Gratiot County Historical and Genealogical Society. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyCommunity FoundationsChild Abuse Advocacy Servic…Community Hospital SystemsFaith-Based Senior LivingChildhood Cancer SupportYouth Sports ProgramsDomestic Violence and Sexua…College Foundation SupportUnited Way AffiliatesFood Pantries and AssistanceAffordable Housing Construc…Community Arts CentersCommunity Theater CompaniesCommunity Literacy TutoringFaith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Developmental Disabilities …Ymca Community CentersEnvironmental Advocacy and …
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 42 years old; the field is 17. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number20%7%<5yr13%7%5–10yr20%18%10–20yr15%11%20–35yr14%26%35–55yr18%32%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value20%0%<5yr13%2%5–10yr20%5%10–20yr15%2%20–35yr14%19%35–55yr18%72%55yr+

The field is 20% startups (under 5 years old) — 7% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 12% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/71
the rest of the field
12%
6,511/53,785

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

03the grantee network

57 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 57 of the 105 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
57/57
Grantees still filing
27/57
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

GREATER MIDLAND COMMUNITY CTRS INC — $1,529,500 · Recreation & SportsGREATER MIDLAND COMMUNITY…MIDLAND COUNTY AGRICULTURAL AND HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY — $100,000 · Recreation & SportsMIDLAND COUNTY AGRICULTUR…+2 more — $80,000 · Recreation & SportsUnited Way of Midland County — $274,120 · OtherUnited Way of Midland CountyMichigan State University — $109,500 · OtherGRATIOT COUNTY HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY — $100,000 · OtherALMA PUBLIC SCHOOLS — $100,000 · OtherMIDLAND COUNTY EDUCATIONAL SERVICES — $77,000 · OtherGladwin County Community Foundation — $75,000 · OtherCLEVELAND MANOR INC — $125,000 · OtherCLEVELAND MANOR INCWEST MIDLAND FAMILY CENTER — $114,500 · OtherFamily & Children's Services of Mid-Michigan Inc — $75,500 · OtherMIDLAND BUSINESS ALLIANCE FNDN — $195,000 · OtherMIDLAND BUSINESS ALLIANCE FNDNNorthern MI Mobile Child Advocacy Center — $80,000 · Other+68 more — $876,898 · Other+68 moreMYMICHIGAN HEALTH FOUNDATION — $1,005,370 · HealthMYMICHIGAN HEAL…+5 more — $41,515 · HealthMidland Center for the Arts Inc — $697,000 · Arts & CultureMidland Cent…TEMPLEARTS — $170,000 · Arts & CultureTEMPLEARTS+1 more — $600 · Arts & CultureNorthwood University — $636,500 · EducationNorthwood U…DAVENPORT UNIVERSITY — $100,000 · EducationDAVENPORT U…Legacy Center for Community Success — $27,750 · Education+4 more — $15,790 · EducationMIDLAND AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $463,250 · PhilanthropySaginaw Community Foundation — $55,000 · PhilanthropyCOUNCIL OF MICHIGAN FOUNDATIONS — $22,000 · Philanthropy+1 more — $2,000 · PhilanthropyCHIPPEWA NATURE CENTER — $344,650 · EnvironmentFour Lakes Task Force — $125,000 · Environment
Recreation & Sports$1,709,500Other$2,202,518Health$1,046,885Arts & Culture$867,600Education$780,040Philanthropy$542,250Environment$469,650

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetGREATER MIDLAND COMMUNITY CTRS INC — $1,529,500 over 2y, 4.7% of budgetMYMICHIGAN HEALTH FOUNDATION — $1,005,370 over 2y, 9.1% of budgetMidland Center for the Arts Inc — $697,000 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetNorthwood University — $636,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetMIDLAND AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $463,250 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetCHIPPEWA NATURE CENTER — $344,650 over 2y, 4.1% of budgetUnited Way of Midland County — $274,120 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetMIDLAND BUSINESS ALLIANCE FNDN — $195,000 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetTEMPLEARTS — $170,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetFour Lakes Task Force — $125,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCLEVELAND MANOR INC — $125,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetWEST MIDLAND FAMILY CENTER — $114,500 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetGRATIOT COUNTY HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY — $100,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetDAVENPORT UNIVERSITY — $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMIDLAND COUNTY AGRICULTURAL AND HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY — $100,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetNorthern MI Mobile Child Advocacy Center — $80,000 over 2y, 5.8% of budgetFamily & Children's Services of Mid-Michigan Inc — $75,500 over 1y, 6.5% of budgetSaginaw Community Foundation — $55,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetThe Arc of Midland — $50,000 over 1y, 6.0% of budgetMichigan Masonic Home — $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetIron Belle Trail Fund — $50,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetMidland County Child Protection Council — $50,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF CLARE COUNTY — $44,105 over 2y, 8.0% of budgetGRATIOT COUNTY FAIR FOR YOUTH — $30,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetLegacy Center for Community Success — $27,750 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetChildrens Grief Center of the Great Lakes Bay Region — $25,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetCOUNCIL OF MICHIGAN FOUNDATIONS — $22,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetISABELLA COUNTY CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER — $20,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetMACKINAC CENTER — $16,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMIDLAND VOLUNTEERS FOR RECYCLING — $15,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetMIDLAND MONTESSORI SCHOOL — $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetLOCKWOOD STEM ALLIANCE INC — $10,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetPEER 360 RECOVERY ALLIANCE — $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetPhoenix Community Farm — $10,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetMidland County Food Assistance Network — $10,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetMICHIGAN BASEBALL FOUNDATION INC — $7,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetEversight — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Michigan — $5,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetABLE ACADEMY INC — $5,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetLIONS OF MICHIGAN SERVICE FOUNDATION INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetMidland County Habitat for Humanity — $4,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetThe Kings Daughters and Sons of Midland — $3,500 over 1y, 7.4% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WYOMING FOUNDATION — $3,290 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJUDICIAL WATCH INC — $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetReece Endeavor of Midland — $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetALMA COLLEGE — $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FIBROUS DYSPLASIA FOUNDATION — $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetADOPTION OPTION INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Midland Area Communit…The Herbert H & Grace…Rollin M Gerstacker F…The Patricia and Davi…Consumers Energy Foun…United Way of Midland…Bierlein Companies Fo…Harry a and Margaret …Bill and Linda Stavro…Dow Company FoundationThe Mary C Currie Fou…Alden and Vada Dow Fu…
Midland Area Community FoundationMI80.4× affinity37 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Midland Area Community Foundation · The Herbert H & Grace a Dow Foundation · Rollin M Gerstacker Foundation · The Patricia and David Kepler Foundation · Consumers Energy Foundation · United Way of Midland County · Bierlein Companies Foundation · Harry a and Margaret D Towsley Foundation · Bill and Linda Stavropoulos Family Foundation · Dow Company Foundation · The Mary C Currie Foundation · Alden and Vada Dow Fund

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

04Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to The Charles J Strosacker Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Charles J Strosacker Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 105 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $4.9M of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2024, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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