· Private foundation
The Fletcher 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k11 grants · $52k
- $10k–50k5 grants · $90k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ST VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY ST AUGUSTINE CATHEDRAL | $20,000 |
| KALAMAZOO LOAVES & FISHES | $20,000 |
| FRIENDSHIP HOUSE | $20,000 |
| ST VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY ST JOSEPH CATHOLIC CHURCH | $20,000 |
| AACORN | $10,000 |
| FAMILY & CHILDREN SERVICES | $5,000 |
| SHEPHERD'S CENTER OF GREATER KALAMAZOO | $5,000 |
| MINISTRY WITH COMMUNITY | $5,000 |
| COMMUNITY HOMEWORKS | $5,000 |
| CENTRICA CARE NAVIGATORS | $5,000 |
| BUILDING BLOCKS OF KALAMAZOO | $5,000 |
| COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF KALAMAZOO | $5,000 |
| BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER KALAMAZOO | $5,000 |
| CATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF KALAMAZOO | $5,000 |
| DISABILITY NETWORK OF SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $99k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +43% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.
17 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 47% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $75k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- KLKALAMAZOO LOAVES & FISHES INC9× · 2017–2025 · $85k · revenue +63%
- CFCATHOLIC FAMILY SERVICES4× · 2022–2025 · $20k · revenue +1%
- HCHospice Care of Southwest Michigan9× · 2017–2025 · $16k · revenue +84%
Funded once
- FCFIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF KALAMAZOOone grant, 2021 · $3k
- TRTRAUMA RECOVERY ASSOCIATESone grant, 2021 · $3k · revenue -91%
- HFHOLY FAMILY HEALTHCAREone grant, 2021 · $2k · revenue 0%
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.
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.
Kalamazoo housing advocate is a nonprofit working to break the cycle of homelessness in kalamazoo county.
Catholic human services inc. enhances the lives of those we serve by providing hope-filled social, emotional and spiritual support to all people.
South county community services (sccs) is the only human service agency dedicated to serving the 25,000 residents who live in the southern tier of kalamazoo county. with a mission to work with families to improve quality of life, the…
Inspired by the church's social teachings, catholic charities west michigan fosters individuals and families to flourish by providing help and creating hope.
To provide refuge and care to homeless, stray, and unwanted cats and dogs.
Catholic Social Services of Washtenaw County D/B/A Catholic Charities Washtenaw County provides diverse, holistic social services including adoption and pregnancy counseling, food and basic needs assistance, domestic and child abuse…
Acquiring land and homes for the purpose of building new homes, and renovating existing homes to sell to very low income families under interest free land contracts or mortgages. the homes are located in urban areas of kalamazoo county,…
Our values and mission vision: sharing the power of mental wellbeing mission: providing compassionate care throughout our community core values: dignity - we treat everyone as individuals and with respect. stewardship - we are trusted…
Counseling individuals and families and foster care services.
Kalamazoo Family Nonprofit Housing Corporation (FAMILY) was created for the exclusive purpose of providing housing facilities or persons of low income, or for persons whose income does not exceed limits established by federal guidelines…
New genesis, inc. is committed to positively impacting lives in southwest michigan. new genesis is a youth and family services organization whose mission is to transform lives through programs and services that effectively meet expressed…
How this is measured
18 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. 18 of the 28 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.
- Who funds CATHOLIC FOUNDATION OF MICHIGAN ↗
- Who funds KALAMAZOO LOAVES & FISHES INC ↗
- Who funds CATHOLIC FAMILY SERVICES ↗
- Who funds FRIENDSHIP HOUSE ↗
- Who funds Hospice Care of Southwest Michigan ↗
- Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF KALAMAZOO INC ↗
- Who funds MINISTRY WITH COMMUNITY INC ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF KALAMAZOO ↗
- Who funds FAMILY & CHILDREN SERVICES INC ↗
- Who funds ST MARY - ST PAUL MINISTRY ↗
- Who funds FIRST DAY SHOE FUND ↗
- Who funds Father Flanagan's Boys' Home ↗
- Who funds SHEPHERD'S CENTER OF GREATER KALAMAZOO ↗
- Who funds BUILDING BLOCKS OF KALAMAZOO ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY HOMEWORKS INC ↗
- Who funds DISABILITY NETWORK SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN ↗
- Who funds TRAUMA RECOVERY ASSOCIATES ↗
- Who funds HOLY FAMILY HEALTHCARE ↗
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.
Open a dossier: Kalamazoo Community Foundation · Dorothy U Dalton Foundation Inc · Tyler-Little Family Foundation · Harold and Grace Upjohn Foundation · Irving S Gilmore Foundation · United Way of South Central Michigan · Marvin and Rosalie Okun Foundation · John E Fetzer Institute Inc · H P & Genevieve Connable Fund · The Burdick-Thorne Foundation · Suzanne Upjohn Delano Parish Foundation · The Ronda E Stryker and William D Johnston Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Fletcher Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Fletcher Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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