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The Crossroads Foundation at a glance

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The Crossroads Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$80k
Granted FY2025still arriving
11
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$15k
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 2025.

Health$154kEducation$124kHuman Services$106kFood & Nutrition$55kReligion$43kHousing & Shelter$20kAnimals$15kRecreation & Sports$11kOther$0
02FY2025 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k5 grants · $15k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $65k
$10,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$789k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CATCH CHARITY FOR CHILDREN$15,000
GUIDING LIGHT MISSION$10,000
NEW HART CHURCH$10,000
DAISY FOUNDATION COREWELL NURSES$10,000
KIDS FOOD BASKET$10,000
DEGAGE MINISTRIES$10,000
CALVIN SEMINARY$6,500
GRAND RAPIDS SYMPHONY$5,000
FREDERICK MEIJER GARDENS$1,500
RENEE ROBERTS CROSS FOUNDATION$1,000
TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION$500
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 (FY20–25, $20k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $10k → 14%DEGAGE MINISTRIES: $10k → 11%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.

61%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$334k · 10 repeat orgs$215k to everyone else

10 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
23

Total granted

$334k
$171k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-26%
+50%

Still filing today

50%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 45% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $44k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHuman ServicesHealthFood & NutritionRecreation & SportsAnimalsOther
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

  • CC
    CATCH CHARITY FOR CHILDREN
    5× · 2021–2025 · $60k
  • KF
    KIDS' FOOD BASKET INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $55k · revenue +12%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    3× · 2022–2024 · $45k

Funded once

  • CH
    COREWELL HEALTH FOUNDATION WEST MICHIGAN
    one grant, 2018 · $40k
  • WW
    WOUNDED WARIIOR PROJECT
    one grant, 2018 · $20k
  • MT
    MEL TROTTER MINISTRIESgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $20k · revenue +136%
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
Trinity Health Grand Haven Hospital

We, trinity health grand haven hospital and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities.trinity health grand haven hospital is a member of trinity…

Health
2
Mercy Health Partners

We, mercy health and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities.mercy health partners is a member of mercy health and trinity health.

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3
Trinity Health - Michigan

We, trinity health-michigan and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. trinity health-michigan is a member of trinity health.

Health
4
Advantage Healthsaint Mary's Medical Group

We, advantage health/saint mary's medical group and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities.advantage health/saint mary's medical group…

Health
5
Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services

Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services is called to express the healing ministry of Jesus Christ by providing behavioral health services with professional excellence, Christian integrity, and compassion.

Health
6
Lutheran Homes of Michigan Foundation

Motivated by christ's love, we engage people as they experience and embrace their god-given potential.

Housing & Shelter
7
Genesis Health System

We, genesis health system and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities.

Health
8
West Michigan Christian Foundation

None

Religion
9
Gull Lake Ministries

Gull lake ministries provides bible based, christian retreats year-round for families, churches and organizations where we exalt jesus and share his truth.

Religion
10
Trinity Health Pace

We, trinity health pace and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities.trinity health pace is a member of trinity health.

—
11
Mymichigan Medical Center Gladwin

Creating healthy communities - together

Health
12
Saint Mary's Foundation

We, saint mary's foundation and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities.saint mary's foundation is a member of trinity health-michigan and…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Degage Ministries; the most unlike its peers is Grand Haven Christian School. 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

16 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. 16 of the 40 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
7/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CATCH CHARITY FOR CHILDREN: $60,000 · OtherCATCH CHARITY FOR CHILDRENIndividual grant recipient: $45,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientALLENDALE CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS: $45,000 · OtherALLENDALE CHRISTIAN SCHOOLSGUIDING LIGHT MISSION INC: $30,000 · OtherGUIDING LIGHT MISSION INCWOUNDED WARIIOR PROJECT: $20,000 · OtherWOUNDED WARIIOR PROJECTMEL TROTTER MINISTRIES: $20,000 · OtherMEL TROTTER MINISTRIESEAST GRAND RAPIDS PUBLIC SCHOOL: $15,000 · OtherNEW HEART CHURCH: $13,000 · Other+21 more: $96,500 · Other+21 moreSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $30,500 · EducationSTEPHEN SILLE…LORI'S VOICE: $30,000 · EducationLORI'S VOICEGrand Haven Christian School: $5,000 · EducationGrand Haven C…KIDS' FOOD BASKET INC: $54,500 · Food & NutritionKIDS' FOOD …COREWELL HEALTH FOUNDATION WEST MICHIGAN: $40,000 · HealthEMMANUEL HOSPICE: $2,000 · HealthWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesPINE REST FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Human ServicesDEGAGE MINISTRIES: $10,000 · Human ServicesEAST GRAND RAPIDS TOUCHDOWN CLUB: $11,000 · Recreation & SportsODC NETWORK: $1,000 · Animals
Other$344,500Education$65,500Food & Nutrition$54,500Health$42,000Human Services$30,000Recreation & Sports$11,000Animals$1,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetKIDS' FOOD BASKET INC: $54,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $30,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGUIDING LIGHT MISSION INC: $30,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetLORI'S VOICE: $30,000 over 3y, 3.1% of budgetMEL TROTTER MINISTRIES: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetEAST GRAND RAPIDS TOUCHDOWN CLUB: $11,000 over 2y, 9.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPINE REST FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetDEGAGE MINISTRIES: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE SOCIETY FOR CHRISTIAN INSTRUCT ALLENDALE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGrand Haven Christian School: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetGRAND RAPIDS RIGHT TO LIFE: $5,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetEMMANUEL HOSPICE: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOSPICE OF MUSKEGON COUNTY INC D/B/A HARBOR HOSPICE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetODC NETWORK: $1,000 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 KIDS' FOOD BASKET INC ↗
  • Who funds COREWELL HEALTH FOUNDATION WEST MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds GUIDING LIGHT MISSION INC ↗
  • Who funds LORI'S VOICE ↗
  • Who funds MEL TROTTER MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds EAST GRAND RAPIDS TOUCHDOWN CLUB ↗
  • Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds PINE REST FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds DEGAGE MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds THE SOCIETY FOR CHRISTIAN INSTRUCT ALLENDALE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds Grand Haven Christian School ↗
  • Who funds GRAND RAPIDS RIGHT TO LIFE ↗
  • Who funds EMMANUEL HOSPICE ↗
  • Who funds HOSPICE OF MUSKEGON COUNTY INC D/B/A HARBOR HOSPICE ↗
  • Who funds ODC NETWORK ↗

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.

Grand Haven Area Comm…Edgar and Elsa Prince…The Samuel L Westerma…Grand Rapids Communit…Peter C & Emajean Coo…Raymond James Charita…Barnabas FoundationConsumers Energy Foun…Christian Community F…Baird Foundation IncNatl Christian Charit…The Pfizer Foundation…
Grand Haven Area Community Foundation IncMI19.8× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Grand Haven Area Community Foundation Inc · Edgar and Elsa Prince Foundation · The Samuel L Westerman Foundation · Grand Rapids Community Foundation · Peter C & Emajean Cook Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Barnabas Foundation · Consumers Energy Foundation · Christian Community Foundation Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc

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 Crossroads Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Crossroads Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
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 40 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$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