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The Worsham Family Foundation at a glance

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The Worsham Family 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.

$14k
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$3k
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.

Animals$35kHuman Services$24kArts & Culture$19kFood & Nutrition$19kEducation$7kHousing & Shelter$6kEmployment$5kScience & Tech$4kOther$0
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$136k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SAFEHOUSE CENTER$3,000
FOOD GATHERERS$3,000
HORSES HAVEN$2,500
HUMANE SOCIETY OF HURON VALLEY$1,500
CHELSEA HISTORICAL SOCIETY$1,000
WASHTENAW ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNITY ADVOCACY$1,000
SOCIETY OF WOMEN ENGINEERS DETROIT$1,000
ANN ARBOR HANDS-ON-MUSEUM$1,000
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 (FY17–18, $9k) land where the poverty rate runs at 19%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%COVENANT HOUSE OF MICHIGAN: $3k → 21%COVENANT HOUSE OF MICHIGAN: $3k → 21%PEACE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER: $3k → 14%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.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 9% of The Worsham Family Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 98% of the giving stays in MI; by stated purpose, 78%.

The Worsham Family Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 20% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
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.
$112k · 14 repeat orgs$11k to everyone else

14 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
10

Total granted

$112k
$11k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+74%
+86%

Still filing today

79%
80%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
Arts & CultureAnimalsEducationHuman ServicesHealthScience & TechOther
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

  • FG
    FOOD GATHERERS
    6× · 2020–2025 · $19k · revenue +28%
  • HS
    HUMANE SOCIETY OF HURON VALLEY
    7× · 2019–2025 · $17k · revenue +53%
  • HH
    HORSES' HAVEN
    9× · 2017–2025 · $14k · revenue +97%

Funded once

  • PN
    Peace Neighborhood Centergraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $3k · revenue +230%
  • MS
    MICHIGAN SCIENCE CENTERgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $2k · revenue +110%
  • GIRLS GROUPgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $1k · revenue +80%
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
The Flint Children's Museum

To inspire a love for learning in science, technology, engineering, math, and art, and awaken imagination through hands-on play.

Arts & Culture
2
Michigan Enviromental Council

Informing and educating the public and decision makers about environmental issues.

Environment
3
Humane Society of West Michigan

Our mission is to promote the humane treatment and responsible care of animals in west michigan through education, example, placement and protection.

Animals
4
Historical Society of Michigan

The Historical Society of Michigan will foster in citizens a deeper understanding of and appreciation for all Michigan history through programs and publications; preserve and promote Michigan history through conferences, publications,…

Arts & Culture
5
Michigan Council of Women in Technology Foundation

Inspire and grow women in technology.

Youth Development
6
Michigan Legacy Art Park

Inspire awareness, appreciation and passion for michigan's history and stories, culture and environment through the arts.

Arts & Culture
7
Michigan Water Environment Association

Be and create stewards for the water environment of michigan. provide high quality education for michigan's water professionals. educate and inform policy makers and the general public. promote scientifically sound environmental practices…

Environment
8
Waldorf School Association of Mich

Detroit waldorf school is a nonprofit educational community whose mission is to inspire and empower a diverse population of students to reach their fullest potential as creative, collaborative, and responsible global citizens.

Education
9
Alumni Association of the University of Michigan

The Association is an independent worldwide organization that nurtures lifelong relationships with and among current and future Michigan alumni. As a committed partner of the University the Association offers programs of relevance and…

Education
10
Michigan Humane Society

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

Animals
11
Business Leaders for Michigan

Business leaders for michigan is a nonprofit, nonpartisan statewide organization driven by ceos from the state's leading employers, all working toward a shared goal: making michigan a top 10 state for jobs, talent and a thriving economy.…

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12
Land Conservancy of West Michigan

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…

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum; the most unlike its peers is Girl Develop It. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

21 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. 21 of the 24 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/21
Grantees still filing
18/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SAFEHOUSE CENTER: $21,000 · OtherSAFEHOUSE CENTERFOOD GATHERERS: $19,000 · OtherFOOD GATHERERS826 MICHIGAN INC: $6,000 · Other826 MICHIGAN INCSOCIETY OF WOMEN ENGINEERS DETROIT: $5,000 · OtherSOCIETY OF WOMEN ENGINEERS DETROITCHELSEA HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $3,000 · OtherDexter Area Museum Inc: $3,000 · Other+4 more: $5,500 · Other+4 moreHUMANE SOCIETY OF HURON VALLEY: $17,000 · AnimalsHUMANE SOCIETY OF HURON VALLEYHORSES' HAVEN: $13,500 · AnimalsHORSES' HAVENMICHIGAN ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE: $4,000 · AnimalsMICHIGAN ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUEANN ARBOR HANDS-ON MUSEUM: $6,000 · Arts & CultureANN ARBOR H…UNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY: $5,000 · Arts & CultureUNIVERSITY …STEEP THEATRE: $500 · Arts & CultureALLIED MEDIA PROJECTS INC: $500 · Arts & CultureCOVENANT HOUSE MICHIGAN: $6,000 · Human ServicesPeace Neighborhood Center: $2,500 · Human ServicesMICHIGAN SCIENCE CENTER: $1,500 · EducationCRANBROOK EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY: $1,000 · EducationGIRLS GROUP: $1,000 · Youth DevelopmentTHE WISTAR INSTITUTE OF ANATOMY AND BIOLOGY: $1,000 · HealthGIRL DEVELOP IT: $1,000 · Science & Tech
Other$62,500Animals$34,500Arts & Culture$12,000Human Services$8,500Education$2,500Youth Development$1,000Health$1,000Science & Tech$1,000

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 budgetFOOD GATHERERS: $19,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF HURON VALLEY: $17,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetHORSES' HAVEN: $13,500 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetANN ARBOR HANDS-ON MUSEUM: $6,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budget826 MICHIGAN INC: $6,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE MICHIGAN: $6,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY: $5,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSOCIETY OF WOMEN ENGINEERS DETROIT: $5,000 over 5y, 3.8% of budgetMICHIGAN ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE: $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDexter Area Museum Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetPeace Neighborhood Center: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWASHTENAW ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNITY: $2,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetLESLIE SCIENCE AND NATURE CENTER: $1,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetMICHIGAN SCIENCE CENTER: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGIRLS GROUP: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCRANBROOK EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WISTAR INSTITUTE OF ANATOMY AND BIOLOGY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGIRL DEVELOP IT: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHAVEN FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSTEEP THEATRE: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetALLIED MEDIA PROJECTS INC: $500 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 …Ann Arbor Area Commun…Vaughan FoundationTHE MOSAIC FOUNDATION…DTE Energy FoundationDuffy FoundationThe Martin Family Fou…Kiwanis Club of Ann A…United Way of Washten…The Skillman Foundati…The Kresge FoundationThe Pfizer Foundation…
Community Foundation for Southeast MichiganMI19.1× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation · Vaughan Foundation · THE MOSAIC FOUNDATION (Of R & P Heydon) · DTE Energy Foundation · Duffy Foundation · The Martin Family Foundation · Kiwanis Club of Ann Arbor Foundation Inc · United Way of Washtenaw County · The Skillman Foundation · The Kresge Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc

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 Worsham Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Worsham Family Foundation. 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 →median 7%
  • Girl Develop It: 7% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
8report 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 24 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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