· Private foundation
The Hall Houseman Family Foundation
Its FY2024 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 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k26 grants · $121k
- $10k–50k11 grants · $162k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $76k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN LAND CONSERVANCY | $75,533 |
| WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY-WMUK | $30,000 |
| LEELANAU CONSERVANCY | $27,435 |
| MINISTRY WITH COMMUNITY | $20,000 |
| KALAMAZOO LOAVES AND FISHES | $15,000 |
| BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS | $10,000 |
| YWCA OF KALAMAZOO | $10,000 |
| BRONSON HEALTH FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| GOODWILL OF SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN | $10,000 |
| CORNELL LAB OF ORNITHOLOGY | $10,000 |
| GREATER BOSTON PFLAG | $10,000 |
| OUT METROWEST | $10,000 |
| KALAMAZOO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA | $8,000 |
| IRVING S GILMORE KEYBOARD FESTIVAL | $5,000 |
| CLEAN AIR TASK FORCE | $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 (FY18–24, $43k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 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
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
39 repeat relationships: 26 still active in FY2024, 13 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (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 FY2024, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $59k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- MWMINISTRY WITH COMMUNITY INC8× · 2017–2024 · $81k · revenue +980%
- KSKALAMAZOO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA8× · 2017–2024 · $66k · revenue +42%
- KLKALAMAZOO LOAVES & FISHES INC6× · 2019–2024 · $48k · revenue +49%
Funded once
- WWMUKone grant, 2019 · $10k
- NCNATURE COAST COMM SERVICE FOUNDone grant, 2020 · $5k
- GIGOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN INCgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue +60%
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.
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…
The mission of kalamazoo college is to prepare its graduates to better understand, live sucessfully within, and provide enlightened leadership to a richly diverse and increasingly complex world. as a highly selective, nationally renowened…
The nmu foundation will establish and foster relationships to generate resources that benefit the strategic goals of northern michigan university.
Safeguard southern michigan's land and water to support diverse, resilient, and thriving communities - forever
The lansing art gallery & education center provides public awareness, education and enjoyment of the visual arts by promoting the work of michigan artists.
Mifma supports the viability of all community-driven marketplaces so that they can connect all consumers to local farms and businesses.
The Center's mission is to inspire, entertain, educate, and serve all in Northern Michigan year-round by presenting exceptional experiences across the full spectrum of the performing arts and offering impactful educational opportunities.
Bird research and conservation in the western lake michigan region of the united states.
Inspire awareness, appreciation and passion for michigan's history and stories, culture and environment through the arts.
To permanently protect and improve natural environments in Mid-Michigan by leading and inspiring actions that conserve vital habitats and waterways for the benefit of our entire community.
The mission of the michigan science center is to inspire curious minds of all ages to discover, explore and appreciate science, technology, engineering and math in a creative, dynamic learning environment.
The minnesota land trust protects and restores minnesota's most vital natural lands in order to provide wildlife habitat, clean water, outdoor experiences and scenic beauty for generations to come.
How this is measured
30 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. 30 of the 59 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 SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN LAND CONSERVENCY INC ↗
- Who funds MINISTRY WITH COMMUNITY INC ↗
- Who funds LEELANAU CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds KALAMAZOO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ↗
- Who funds KALAMAZOO LOAVES & FISHES INC ↗
- Who funds Sherman Lake YMCA Outdoor Center ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF KALAMAZOO ↗
- Who funds IRVING S GILMORE INTERNATIONAL KEYBOARD ↗
- Who funds Kalamazoo Institute of Arts ↗
- Who funds KALAMAZOO COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds Bronson Health Foundation ↗
- Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
- Who funds CLEAN AIR TASK FORCE INC ↗
- Who funds LArche USA ↗
- Who funds THE IZZY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds OUT METROWEST INC ↗
- Who funds TRAVERSE AREA RECREATION & TRANSPORTATION TRAILS INC ↗
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 · Preston S and Barbara J Parish Foundation · The Burdick-Thorne Foundation · Tyler-Little Family Foundation · Suzanne Upjohn Delano Parish Foundation · Dorothy U Dalton Foundation Inc · Harold and Grace Upjohn Foundation · Irving S Gilmore Foundation · John E Fetzer Institute Inc · H P & Genevieve Connable Fund · Marvin and Rosalie Okun Foundation · Jim Gilmore Jr Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Hall Houseman Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Hall Houseman Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Out Metrowest Inc: 9% of income from government
How this is measured
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