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The Specialized Staffing Charitable Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Specialized Staffing Charitable Foundation Inc

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.

$230k
Granted FY2024still arriving
29
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Religion$753kHuman Services$273kYouth Development$69kHealth$57kEducation$56kEmployment$37kHousing & Shelter$31kArts & Culture$6kOther$0
02FY2024 · 29 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k22 grants · $27k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $103k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $100k
$675
Median grant
3
States reached
$661k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GRANGER COMMUNITY CHURCH$100,175
GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF MICHIANA$25,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF ST JOSEPH COUNTY$20,000
WOMEN'S CARE CENTER$20,000
CHURCH COMMUNITY SERVICES$14,206
YWCA NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA$12,250
IVY TECH FOUNDATION$11,500
LA CASA DE AMISTAD$5,650
CENTER FOR THE HOMELESS$5,000
CENTER FOR HISTORY$3,800
COMMUNITY TENNIS ASSOCIATION LEEPER FUND$3,500
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF ELKHART COUNTY$2,500
VAN ANDEL INSTITUTE$2,000
CATHOLIC CHARITIES USA$819
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS$675
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY19–24, $11k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, 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.

area typical 10%RENEW THE HOPE: $10k → 14%FAMILY JUSTICE CENTER OF ST JOSEPH COUNTY: $450 → 13%SPA WOMEN'S MINISTRY HOMES: $200 → 13%HELLO GORGEOUS OF HOPE INC: $500 → 13%TOLSON CENTER: $100 → 13%REAL SERVICES: $63 → 13%THE LGBTQ CENTER: $50 → 13%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.
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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.2M · 24 repeat orgs$119k to everyone else

24 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

24
67

Total granted

$1.2M
$108k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+15%
+20%

Still filing today

67%
36%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthFood & NutritionYouth DevelopmentHousing & ShelterEmploymentOther
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

  • WC
    WOMEN'S CARE CENTER INC
    6× · 2019–2024 · $105k · revenue +179%
  • IT
    IVY TECH FOUNDATION INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $56k · revenue +82%
  • LC
    LA CASA DE AMISTAD INC
    6× · 2019–2024 · $53k · revenue +119%

Funded once

  • TF
    THE FATHERS HOUSE INC
    one grant, 2020 · $20k
  • FH
    FATHERS HOUSE OAKLAND INC
    one grant, 2023 · $10k
  • RT
    RENEW THE HOPE INC
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue -40%
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
New Hope Services Inc

Provide services in response to individual need

Human Services
2
Choices of Manistee County Inc

Choices of manistee county, inc. provides emergency shelter, crisis intervention, counseling, advocacy, and education to survivors of domestic violence in manistee county, empowering survivors to achieve safety and self-determination.

Human Services
3
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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4
Family Promise of the Chippewa Valley Inc

Advocate for and support families who are homeless in our community by providing temporary housing and support services, and by fostering independence.

Human Services
5
Hope House of Northwest Michigan

Hope house of northwest michigan is a non-profit christian maternity home that provides a safe loving residential environment for single expectant young women. through up to two years of residence the organization offers housing baby…

Human Services
6
Goodwill Industries of Central Michigan's Heartland Inc

Changing lives through the power of work.

Employment
7
Family Outreach Center

Leading the way in promoting healthy family living by reaching out to underserved populations and those who are in our community.

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8
Caring House Inc

To promote a violence free atmosphere from domestic and sexual violence in which survivors can recognize their options to have the opportunity to continue living violence free and regain their sense of self-worth; to educate and raise…

Human Services
9
Cathedral Center Inc

Cathedral center's mission is to provide a safe environment for women and families, while working to end homelessness one life at a time. the cathedral center serves unaccompanied women and families with children who are homeless or…

Religion
10
House of Hope Green Bay Inc

House of hope green bay provides a safe and supportive place where youth and young families with children experiencing homelessness will be come confident, independent, and successful members of our community. house of hope envisions a…

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11
Goodwill Industries of Northern Michigan Inc

We bring food to neighbors, help vulnerable people find home, and provide empowering employment through our community-supported social enterprise and collaborative partnerships.the 2023 990 was for 10/1-12/31/23 due to an accounting period…

Employment
12
Beacon of Hope Center for Women Inc

Beacon of hope crisis center is a christ-centered organization empowering victims of domestic violence and sexual assualt to become self-sufficient by providing safety, education, and support.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Kids' Food Basket Inc; the most unlike its peers is Mishawaka Troop Town Inc. 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

46 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. 46 of the 103 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
44/46
Grantees still filing
27/46
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GRANGER COMMMUNITY CHURCH INC: $735,195 · OtherGRANGER COMMMUNITY CHURCH INCLA CASA DE AMISTAD INC: $52,763 · OtherYWCA NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA INC: $42,475 · Other+75 more: $184,920 · Other+75 moreWOMEN'S CARE CENTER INC: $104,600 · HealthWOMEN'S CARE…Beacon Health Foundation Inc: $37,500 · HealthBeacon Healt…+3 more: $1,350 · HealthBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF THE NORTHERN INDIANA CORRIDOR INC: $52,500 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF ELKHART COUNTY INC: $5,000 · Youth Development+3 more: $450 · Youth DevelopmentIVY TECH FOUNDATION INC: $55,505 · EducationGOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF MICHIANA INC: $26,500 · EmploymentCULTIVATE CULINARY SCHOOL AND CATERING INC: $2,776 · EmploymentRENEW THE HOPE INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesHELLO GORGEOUS OF HOPE INC: $500 · Human ServicesFAMILY JUSTICE CENTER OF ST JOSEPH COUNTY INC: $450 · Human Services+4 more: $413 · Human ServicesFOOD BANK OF NORTHERN INDIANA INC: $1,521 · Food & NutritionTWELVE BASKETS: $938 · Food & NutritionKALAMAZOO LOAVES & FISHES INC: $650 · Food & NutritionMINISTRY WITH COMMUNITY INC: $525 · Food & Nutrition+1 more: $50 · Food & Nutrition
Other$1,015,353Health$143,450Youth Development$57,950Education$55,505Employment$29,276Human Services$11,363Food & Nutrition$3,684

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWOMEN'S CARE CENTER INC: $104,600 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetIVY TECH FOUNDATION INC: $55,505 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetLA CASA DE AMISTAD INC: $52,763 over 6y, 1.6% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF THE NORTHERN INDIANA CORRIDOR INC: $52,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetYWCA NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA INC: $42,475 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetBeacon Health Foundation Inc: $37,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetGOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF MICHIANA INC: $26,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCHURCH COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $24,664 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR THE HOMELESS INC: $22,690 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetLogan Community Resources Inc: $11,050 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRENEW THE HOPE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetFAITH MISSION OF ELKHART INC: $5,087 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF ELKHART COUNTY INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF NORTHEAST INDIANA INC: $4,300 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCULTIVATE CULINARY SCHOOL AND CATERING INC: $2,776 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTH BEND MUSEUM OF ART: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetJameson Animal Rescue Ranch: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVAN ANDEL INSTITUTE: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WINDOW INC: $1,813 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetIntrepid Professional Women Network: $1,550 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFOOD BANK OF NORTHERN INDIANA INC: $1,521 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHEARTS HELPING EMPOWER ADOLESCENTS TO REJECT THOUGHTS OF SUICIDE: $1,150 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF ELKHART COUNTY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE OF GRAND RAPIDS: $988 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTWELVE BASKETS: $938 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSt Margarets House: $937 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKALAMAZOO LOAVES & FISHES INC: $650 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOUSING RESOURCES INC: $549 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMINISTRY WITH COMMUNITY INC: $525 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHELLO GORGEOUS OF HOPE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFAMILY JUSTICE CENTER OF ST JOSEPH COUNTY INC: $450 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMarshall County Humane Society Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSPA INC: $200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSHARE OUR STRENGTH: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMISHAWAKA TROOP TOWN INC: $200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFIVE STAR LIFE INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEVER THE SAME: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGRYPHON PLACE: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTOLSON CENTER INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHEROES CAMP INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREAL SERVICES INC: $63 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKIDS' FOOD BASKET INC: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LGBTQ CENTER INC: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Grand Rapids Red Project: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGUNSDOWN INC: $25 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.

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 …Community Foundation …1st Source Bank Found…University of Notre D…Radiology Inc Foundat…Carroll F V Char Tr-M…Fields Foundation Irr…The Leep Foundation I…United Way of St Jose…Judd Leighton Foundat…Everwise Foundation I…Muessel Ellison Mem I…
Community Foundation of Elkhart County IncIN38.9× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Elkhart County Inc · Community Foundation of St Joseph County Inc · 1st Source Bank Foundation Inc Xxx-Xx-Xxxx · University of Notre Dame du Lac · Radiology Inc Foundation · Carroll F V Char Tr-Main · Fields Foundation Irr Tua · The Leep Foundation Inc · United Way of St Joseph County Inc · Judd Leighton Foundation Inc · Everwise Foundation Inc · Muessel Ellison Mem Irr Tua

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 Specialized Staffing Charitable Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Specialized Staffing Charitable Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    19report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    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 103 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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