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The Frankenmuth Community Foundation Inc

To honor the past, focus on the present, and plan for the future by way of being an effective and reliable vehicle for planned-giving philanthropic efforts in frankenmuth.

$1.1M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
51
Itemized grants FY2024
14
Organizations funded FY2023
43%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2024
$784k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$12,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$105,846
Organizations funded a year
8 to 32
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
2
Total assets, FY2024
$20M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 43% of the organizations The Frankenmuth Community Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 27% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $148k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
PhilanthropyArts & CultureHuman ServicesHealthRecreation & SportsInternationalOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving41$784k76%
FY202314$539k43%
FY202232$660k81%
FY20218$311k0%
FY202010$851k30%
FY201915$555k60%
FY201820$3.0M65%
FY201714$965kn/a
92% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Philanthropy$2.1MPublic Benefit$844kArts & Culture$606kEducation$390kYouth Development$374kFood & Nutrition$262kHealth$225kRecreation & Sports$206kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Frankenmuth Insurance Foundation$2,021,8681n/a
City of Frankenmuth$764,7918n/a
Frankenmuth Historical Association$366,280524%
Frankenmuth Jaycees$225,000235%
Covenant Healthcare Foundation$120,34625%
Frankenmuth School District$115,7896n/a
Independence Village$99,0446n/a
Frankenmuth Youth Sports Association Inc$65,824186%
Michigan Heroes Museum$60,000116%
United Way of Saginaw County$56,0002n/a
Show all 36 grantees
All grantees of The Frankenmuth Community Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Frankenmuth Insurance Foundation$2,021,8681n/a
City of Frankenmuth$764,7918n/a
Frankenmuth Historical Association$366,280524%
Frankenmuth Jaycees$225,000235%
Covenant Healthcare Foundation$120,34625%
Frankenmuth School District$115,7896n/a
Independence Village$99,0446n/a
Frankenmuth Youth Sports Association Inc$65,824186%
Michigan Heroes Museum$60,000116%
United Way of Saginaw County$56,0002n/a
Ferris Foundation$50,00011%
Lutheran Child & Family Service of Michigan Inc$45,00010%
The Arc of Midland$35,00033%
Frankenmuth Chamber of Commerce$35,00012%
Reece Endeavor of Midland$30,00032%
Nelson Family Life Foundation Inc$22,00012%
United Cancer Alliance$20,000122%
Frankenmuth Bible Church$17,7951n/a
Linwood Civic Improvement Club$15,6001n/a
Region VII Area Agency on Aging$15,00010%
Vassar Cork Pine Fair$14,0001n/a
Tuscola Citizens Council$12,8401n/a
Hope for the Forgotten Outreach$12,000117%
The Freeland Robotics Boosters$12,000118%
Saginaw Community Food Club & Kitchen$10,00011%
Lifeclinic Community Resources$10,00010%
Bridgeport Charter Township$10,0001n/a
Bay County Fair & Youth Exposition$10,00013%
Father Vincent Welch Memorial Fund$10,00013%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$10,00010%
Greater Flint Health Coalition Inc$8,63110%
Food Bank of Eastern Michigan$7,00010%
Saginaw County Sports Hall of Fame$6,500113%
Frankenmuth Rotary Club$5,67015%
Midland Center for the Arts Inc$5,50010%
Frankenmuth Civic Events Council$5,20014%

Plus 66 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.3M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Frankenmuth Community Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 26 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFrankenmuth Historical Association: $366,280 over 5y, 24% of budgetFrankenmuth Jaycees: $225,000 over 2y, 35% of budgetCovenant Healthcare Foundation: $120,346 over 2y, 5.0% of budgetFrankenmuth Youth Sports Association Inc: $65,824 over 1y, 86% of budgetMichigan Heroes Museum: $60,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetFerris Foundation: $50,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetLutheran Child & Family Service of Michigan Inc: $45,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Arc of Midland: $35,000 over 3y, 3.1% of budgetFrankenmuth Chamber of Commerce: $35,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetReece Endeavor of Midland: $30,000 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetNelson Family Life Foundation Inc: $22,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetUnited Cancer Alliance: $20,000 over 1y, 22% of budgetRegion VII Area Agency on Aging: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHope for the Forgotten Outreach: $12,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetThe Freeland Robotics Boosters: $12,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetSaginaw Community Food Club & Kitchen: $10,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetLifeclinic Community Resources: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetBay County Fair & Youth Exposition: $10,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetFather Vincent Welch Memorial Fund: $10,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGreater Flint Health Coalition Inc: $8,631 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFood Bank of Eastern Michigan: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSaginaw County Sports Hall of Fame: $6,500 over 1y, 13% of budgetFrankenmuth Rotary Club: $5,670 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetMidland Center for the Arts Inc: $5,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFrankenmuth Civic Events Council: $5,200 over 1y, 4.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 26.

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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.

Wallace & Irene Bronner Family Charitable FoundationMI17.7× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Wallace & Irene Bronner Family Charitable Foundation · Saginaw Community Foundation · Consumers Energy Foundation · Wickson-Link Memorial Foundation · Frankenmuth Insurance Foundation · Frankenmuth Auto Fest Inc · Duane & Dorothy Bierlein Family Foundation · Harvey Randall Wickes Foundation · Credit Unions Chartered in the State of Michigan Frankenmuth Credit Union · Allen E & Marie A Nickless Memorial Foundation · Rollin M Gerstacker Foundation · Harry a and Margaret D Towsley 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.

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About The Frankenmuth Community Foundation Inc

How much does The Frankenmuth Community Foundation Inc give?
The Frankenmuth Community Foundation Inc reported 51 itemized grants totaling $784,260, out of $1,084,238 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 32 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does The Frankenmuth Community Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (28%), Public Benefit (11%), Arts & Culture (8%).
Who are The Frankenmuth Community Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Frankenmuth Insurance Foundation ($2.0M), City of Frankenmuth ($765k), Frankenmuth Historical Association ($366k).
Does The Frankenmuth Community Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Frankenmuth Community Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Wallace & Irene Bronner Family Charitable Foundation, Saginaw Community Foundation, Consumers Energy Foundation.
Where is The Frankenmuth Community Foundation Inc based?
The Frankenmuth Community Foundation Inc is based in MI.

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 102 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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