· Public charity
The Fremont Area Elderly Needs Fund
To complement and supplement the charitable objectives of fremont area community foundation by making grants to charitable organizations that serve the older adult population of newaygo county and the surrounding western michigan area.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- $10k–50k6 grants · $112k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $270k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CATHOLIC CHARITIES WEST MICHIGAN | $188,415 |
| TRUENORTH COMMUNITY SERVICES | $82,058 |
| GRANTMAKERS IN AGING | $35,000 |
| REEMAN CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH | $23,833 |
| BELLWETHER HARBOR ANIMAL SHELTER | $20,760 |
| FREMONT AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | $12,368 |
| SENIOR SING ALONG | $10,000 |
| RENEW MOBILITY | $10,000 |
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 (FY18–24, $353k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 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.
7 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $66k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- COCounty of Newaygo Office of Administration7× · 2017–2023 · $1.3M
- CCCATHOLIC CHARITIES WEST MICHIGAN8× · 2017–2024 · $740k · revenue +32%
- TCTRUENORTH COMMUNITY SERVICES3× · 2022–2024 · $282k · revenue -15%
Funded once
- NCNewaygo County Mental Healthone grant, 2018 · $37k
- CHCOREWELL HEALTHone grant, 2017 · $18k
- LTLILLEY TOWNSHIPone grant, 2020 · $8k
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.
Through internal expertise, external partnerships, and advocacy, the area agency on aging of western michigan provides older adults, adults with disabilities, and their caregivers equitable access to services that promote independence and…
Bethany is a faith-based, non-profit senior living community proving a nurturing christian environment and continuum of care that responds to individual needs and choices at all life stages.
Humane society of southwestern michigan exists to provide shelter and care for sick, homeless and unwanted animals. in addition, the organization provides adoption services for the animals in its care.
To enable older persons to live in dignity and independence.
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.
To retrieve, care for, shelter and adopt out cats and dogs in calhoun county michigan
The mission of the wraa is to empower and support aging individuals and people with disabilities to achieve wellness, independence and dignity through strategic partnerships, advocacy and quality services.
Animal shelter - provide a safe haven for animals without homes.
To serve and advocate for older adults, adults with disabilities, and caregivers by supporting their independence, dignity, and quality of life.
Provide care for homeless/abused animals
The mission of gw homeless services of northern michigan, inc is to provide safe, supportive shelter to individuals experiencing homelessness.the 2023 990 was for 10/1-12/31/23 due to an accounting period change.
Central illinois agency on aging believes in the independence and dignity of older persons, and that each older person should be empowered to exert control over their own life & have access to needed services. we do planning, program…
How this is measured
9 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. 9 of the 16 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 CHARITIES WEST MICHIGAN ↗
- Who funds TRUENORTH COMMUNITY SERVICES ↗
- Who funds Fremont Area Community Foundation ↗
- Who funds BELLWETHER FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds GRANTMAKERS IN AGING INC ↗
- Who funds NEWAYGO COUNTY COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS INC ↗
- Who funds SENIOR SING ALONG ↗
- Who funds BELLWETHER HARBOR ANIMAL SHELTER ↗
- Who funds RENEW MOBILITY ↗
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: Fremont Area Community Foundation · Grand Rapids Community Foundation · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Fremont Area Elderly Needs Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Fremont Area Elderly Needs Fund. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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