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The Michael F McManus Foundation at a glance

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The Michael F McManus 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.

$491k
Granted FY2025still arriving
24
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$100k
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.

Education$1.3MAnimals$906kHuman Services$695kYouth Development$343kReligion$115kHealth$91kHousing & Shelter$24kRecreation & Sports$9kOther$0
02FY2025 · 24 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k11 grants · $53k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $137k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $301k
$10,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$5.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SPARKLE$100,000
MAKE A DIFFERENCE RESCUE$91,000
RACQUET UP DETROIT$60,000
WESTSIDE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY$50,000
Individual grant recipient$30,000
HOLY ANGELS SCHOOL FOUNDATION$20,000
ANGELS PLACE$20,000
LIFELINE CHILDRENS SERVICES$15,000
THE CRU FOUNDATION$12,000
CHRIST CHILD SOCIETY$10,000
ST MARY CATHOLIC CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL$10,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
BLUE STARSERVICE DOGS$10,000
THE HOUSE OF PROVIDENCE$5,000
MOTHER AND UNBORN BABY CARE$5,000
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 (FY17–25, $652k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 1% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%BLUE STARSERVICE DOGS: $10k → 5%THE HOUSE OF PROVIDENCE: $5k → 8%THE HOUSE OF PROVIDENCE: $5k → 8%THE HOUSE OF PROVIDENCE: $5k → 8%THE HOUSE OF PROVIDENCE: $5k → 8%THE HOUSE OF PROVIDENCE: $5k → 8%THE HOUSE OF PROIDENCE: $3k → 21%THE HOUSE OF PROIDENCE: $3k → 21%THE HOUSE OF PROVIDENCE: $5k → 8%THE HOUSE OF PROVIDENCE: $3k → 8%JUDSON CENTER: $1k → 8%JUDSON CENTER: $500 → 8%JUDSON CENTER: $500 → 8%JUDSON CENTER: $500 → 8%ANGELS PLACE: $510k → 8%ANGELS PLACE: $21k → 8%ANGELS PLACE: $20k → 8%ANGELS PLACE: $20k → 8%ANGELS PLACE: $8k → 8%ANGELS PLACE: $5k → 8%ANGELS PLACE: $5k → 8%ANGELS PLACE: $3k → 8%ANGELS PLACE: $1k → 8%THE JUDSON CENTER: $5k → 8%JUDSON CENTER: $3k → 8%JUDSON CENTER: $3k → 8%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.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
IN
AZ
KS
TN
AL
TX
FL
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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.3M · 40 repeat orgs$219k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +69% since the first grant, against +31% for those funded once.

40 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2025, 21 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

40
27

Total granted

$3.3M
$71k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+69%
+31%

Still filing today

45%
41%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $148k 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
Human ServicesHealthAnimalsEducationReligionRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • MA
    Make A Difference Rescue Inc
    9× · 2017–2025 · $887k · revenue +511% · 72% of their budget
  • AP
    ANGELS' PLACE
    9× · 2017–2025 · $592k · revenue +84%
  • RU
    RACQUET UP DETROIT
    9× · 2017–2025 · $343k · revenue +19%

Funded once

  • CC
    CHRIST CHURCH CRANBROOK
    one grant, 2020 · $13k
  • IC
    InterVarsity Christian FellowshipUSA
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +9%
  • FW
    FAITH WORKS MICHIGAN
    one grant, 2022 · $8k · revenue -11%
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
Michigan Humane Society

To improve and save lives through compassionate care, community engagement and advocacy for animals.

Animals
2
Michigan Anti-Cruelty Society

To maintain and operate a hospital, ambulance and veterinary services for the care of animals. the maintenance and operation of kennels and suitable chambers for the humane destruction of wounded animals.

Animals
3
Noah Project

Noah project is a no-kill animal shelter dedicated to the rescue of abused, abandoned and unwanted animals. its mission is to not allow a healthy, adoptable dog or cat that is accepted at the center to be destroyed.

Animals
4
Organ Procurement Agency of Michigan

We honor life through donation.

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5
Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries
Health
6
Friends for Animals of Metro Detroit

The friends are dedicated to the rescue, protection, and adoption of companion animals in need while inspiring the human-animal bond. we meet our mission by:-saving 100% of healthy and treatable animals.-providing high-quality animal care…

Animals
7
Michigan Christian Home

The michigan christian home dba beacon hill at eastgate, a not-for-profit corporation, provides housing and health services in a christian environment for older adults, thus enabling them to meet their ongoing physical, social and…

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8
Catholic Social Services of Washtenaw County

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…

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9
The New Foster Care

The new foster care will show the love of jesus christ by making a measurable, meaningful, and transformative change in the michigan foster care system and in the lives of those who have experienced foster care by: 1) providing direct…

Human Services
10
Brilliant Detroit

Helping families and neighborhoods succeed by providing a place and support to assure kids ages 0-5 are school ready and families are healthy and stable.

Youth Development
11
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
12
Friends of Michigan Animals Rescue

Friends of michigan animals rescue's mission is to protect animals and residents by promoting a safe and healthy environment for all.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Lifeline Children's Services Inc; the most unlike its peers is Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago. 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

32 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. 32 of the 72 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
31/32
Grantees still filing
22/32
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ST MARY CATHOLIC CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL: $115,000 · OtherST MARY CATHOLIC CENTRAL HIGH…SOUTHFIELD CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $101,740 · OtherSOUTHFIELD CHRISTIAN SCHOOLHOLY ANGELS SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC: $95,500 · OtherHOLY ANGELS SCHOOLS FOUNDATIO…Individual grant recipient: $95,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $90,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientTHE CRU FOUNDATION: $69,600 · OtherTHE CRU FOUNDATIONMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION: $54,000 · OtherMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATIONMICHIGAN ELITE 25: $40,000 · OtherCHRIST CHILD SOCIETY: $39,500 · OtherCARE NET PREGNANCY CENTER: $34,500 · Other+34 more: $182,517 · Other+34 moreMake A Difference Rescue Inc: $887,293 · AnimalsMake A Difference Rescue Inc+3 more: $8,575 · AnimalsANGELS' PLACE: $591,500 · Human ServicesANGELS' PLACEHOUSE OF PROVIDENCE: $37,500 · Human ServicesHOUSE OF PROVIDENCEMARY'S MANTLE: $24,000 · Human Services+5 more: $47,000 · Human Services+5 moreWestside Christian Academy: $391,150 · EducationWestside Chris…Eton Academy: $33,500 · EducationEton Academy+2 more: $7,500 · EducationRACQUET UP DETROIT: $342,500 · Recreation & SportsRACQUET UP …+1 more: $500 · Recreation & SportsSparklefaith Inc: $100,000 · ReligionLIFELINE CHILDREN'S SERVICES INC: $25,000 · ReligionInterVarsity Christian FellowshipUSA: $10,000 · ReligionMother and Unborn Baby Care Inc: $22,000 · HealthPenrickton Center for Blind Children: $17,000 · HealthSOUTHWEST AUTISM RESEARCH AND RESOURCE CENTER: $7,500 · HealthAMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION: $2,500 · HealthRehabilitation Institute of Chicago: $2,000 · HealthThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $2,000 · Health+1 more: $500 · Health
Other$917,357Animals$895,868Human Services$700,000Education$432,150Recreation & Sports$343,000Religion$135,000Health$53,500

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 budgetMake A Difference Rescue Inc: $887,293 over 9y, 72% of budgetANGELS' PLACE: $591,500 over 9y, 3.7% of budgetWestside Christian Academy: $391,150 over 9y, 6.3% of budgetRACQUET UP DETROIT: $342,500 over 9y, 3.9% of budgetHOUSE OF PROVIDENCE: $37,500 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetEton Academy: $33,500 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetLIFELINE CHILDREN'S SERVICES INC: $25,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMARY'S MANTLE: $24,000 over 7y, 2.0% of budgetMother and Unborn Baby Care Inc: $22,000 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetPenrickton Center for Blind Children: $17,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetJUDSON CENTER INC: $12,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetBLUE STAR SERVICE DOGS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetHOPE AGAINST TRAFFICKING: $10,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetSOUTHWEST AUTISM RESEARCH AND RESOURCE CENTER: $7,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFAITH WORKS MICHIGAN: $7,500 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetLEADER DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $7,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMICHIGAN ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMICAH 6 COMMUNITY: $5,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE COLLEGE OF THE HOLY CROSS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGRACE CENTERS OF HOPE: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCRANBROOK EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRehabilitation Institute of Chicago: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDETROIT DOG RESCUE: $1,575 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRebel Dogs Detroit Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE BOTTOMLESS TOY CHEST INC: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGLEANERS COMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN: $300 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 Make A Difference Rescue Inc ↗
  • Who funds ANGELS' PLACE ↗
  • Who funds Westside Christian Academy ↗
  • Who funds RACQUET UP DETROIT ↗
  • Who funds Sparklefaith Inc ↗
  • Who funds HOUSE OF PROVIDENCE ↗
  • Who funds Eton Academy ↗
  • Who funds LIFELINE CHILDREN'S SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds MARY'S MANTLE ↗
  • Who funds Mother and Unborn Baby Care Inc ↗
  • Who funds Penrickton Center for Blind Children ↗
  • Who funds JUDSON CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds BLUE STAR SERVICE DOGS INC ↗
  • Who funds InterVarsity Christian FellowshipUSA ↗
  • Who funds HOPE AGAINST TRAFFICKING ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHWEST AUTISM RESEARCH AND RESOURCE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds FAITH WORKS MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds LEADER DOGS FOR THE BLIND ↗
  • Who funds MICHIGAN ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE ↗
  • Who funds MICAH 6 COMMUNITY ↗

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.

Community Foundation …The Barton Malow Foun…Catholic Foundation o…Eagles for ChildrenCanton Community Foun…Raymond James Charita…The Mihalich Charitab…Seizert Family Founda…Somerset Collection C…Lula C Wilson Trust X…Phillip and Elizabeth…The Kresge Foundation
Community Foundation for Southeast MichiganMI22.5× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · The Barton Malow Foundation · Catholic Foundation of Michigan · Eagles for Children · Canton Community Foundation Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · The Mihalich Charitable Foundation · Seizert Family Foundation · Somerset Collection Charitable Foundation · Lula C Wilson Trust Xxxxx3003 · Phillip and Elizabeth Filmer Memorial · The Kresge 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Michael F McManus Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Michael F McManus Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    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 72 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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