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The Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Grand Rapids (3019)

Guided by our christian principles, we strengthen the spirit mind and body of all individuals.

$10M
Granted FY2025still arriving
28
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$2.8M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2025.

Human Services$9.8MYouth Development$1.3MFood & Nutrition$354kHealth$336kEducation$76kPhilanthropy$15k
02FY2025 · 28 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $50k–250k17 grants · $2.3M
  • $250k+11 grants · $7.9M
$199,550
Median grant
2
States reached
$106M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
YMCA of Metropolitan Detroit$2,776,500
YMCA of Greater Kalamazoo$1,192,000
Monroe Family YMCA$769,910
State Alliance of Michigan YMCAs$724,144
Ann Arbor YMCA$483,395
YMCA of Greater Michiana$401,768
YMCA of Greater Flint$335,895
YMCA of Metropolitan Lansing$324,000
YMCA of the Blue Water Area$310,060
Shiawassee Family YMCA$301,344
Northern Lights YMCA$284,961
YMCA of Saginaw$231,275
United Methodist Community House$220,308
YMCA of Greater Toledo$199,550
Jackson YMCA$167,601
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–25, $7.9M) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 56% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%TriCities Family YMCA: $110k → 8%State YMCA of Michigan: $114k → 9%Monroe Family YMCA: $770k → 10%The David & Tru Brule YMCA of Marquette County: $64k → 11%Shiawassee Family YMCA: $301k → 12%Greater Marinette-Menominee YMCA: $128k → 12%Sherman Lake YMCA: $125k → 12%Northern Lights YMCA: $285k → 13%Cadillac Area YMCA: $124k → 13%Jackson YMCA: $168k → 13%State Alliance of Michigan YMCAs: $724k → 14%YMCA of Metropolitan Lansing: $33k → 16%YMCA of Saginaw: $231k → 18%YMCA of Metropolitan Detroit: $2.8M → 21%State YMCA of Michigan: $735 → 9%Shiawassee Family YMCA: $22k → 12%YMCA of Greater Kalamazoo: $1.2M → 12%Northern Lights YMCA Inc: $21k → 13%Cadillac Area Young Mens Christian Association: $3k → 13%YMCA OF METROPOLITAN LANSING: $19k → 16%YMCA of Saginaw: $36k → 18%YMCA of Greater Kalamazoo: $33k → 12%YMCA of Metropolitan Lansing: $324k → 16%Baxter Community Center: $129k → 11%Baxter Community Center: $123k → 11%Hispanic Center of West MI: $51k → 11%Hispanic Center of West MI: $27k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

43%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$5.1M · 21 repeat orgs$6.8M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +1% since the first grant, against 0% for the ones you funded once.

21 repeat relationships — 14 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
5

Total granted

$5.1M
$290k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+1%
0%

Still filing today

86%
80%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 36% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6.5M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’24’25
Human ServicesHealthRecreation & SportsCivil RightsCommunity ImprovementPhilanthropyOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • YM
    YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF KALAMAZOO
    2× · 2019–2025 · $1.2M · revenue +59%
  • UM
    UNITED METHODIST COMMUNITY HOUSE
    2× · 2024–2025 · $446k · revenue +3%
  • MY
    MUSKEGON YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION
    4× · 2017–2025 · $188k · revenue +43%

Funded once

  • TR
    The Refugee Education Center
    one grant, 2024 · $215k · revenue 0%
  • YO
    Y-CENTER OF BATTLE CREEK
    one grant, 2019 · $33k · revenue -12%
  • GR
    GRAND RAPIDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE
    one grant, 2024 · $23k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

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The Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Grand Rapids (3019)

Guided by our christian principles, we strengthen the spirit mind and body of all individuals.

Human Services
2
Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Oklahoma City

To put christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind and body for all.

Human Services
3
Young Men's Christian Association of Brainerd

The mission of the brainerd family ymca is to enhance the lives in the brainerd lakes area by connecting individuals and families with opportunities based on christian values that build a healthy spirit, mind, & body.

Human Services
4
Young Men's Christian Association

We build strong kids, strong families, and strong communities with a primary focus on youth activities and programs.

Human Services
5
The Young Mens Christian Association of the Chippewa Valley

Our mission is to build strong kids, strong families, and strong communities. The YMCA of the Chippewa Valley is a community centered association dedicated to building a healthy spirit, mind and body for all people, while maintaining an…

Human Services
6
Young Men's Christian Association of Southeast Texas

To put christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind, and body for all.

Human Services
7
Young Mens Christian Association of Greater Cincinnati

The mission of the YMCA of Greater Cincinnati is to put Christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind and body for all. Counting members and program participants, the Y reaches more than 114,000 people…

Philanthropy
8
Lake County Young Men's Christian Association

The mission of the lake county ymca is to put christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind and body for all.

Human Services
9
Young Men's Christian Association of Greensboro Inc

Our mission is to put Judeo-Christian principles into practice though programs that build a healthy spirit, mind and body for all. The YMCA of Greensboro is a volunteer-led public charity that includes men, women, and children of all ages,…

Human Services
10
The Young Mens Christian Association of Greater Des Moines

The y's programs focus on improving people's spiritual, intellectual, and physical well-being to support people as they actualize their fullest potential. the ymca serves community members of all abilities, ages, cultural backgrounds,…

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11
Young Mens Christian Association of Massillon Ymca of Western Stark County

Youth development and healthy living

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12
Shasta County Young Men's Christian Association

The shasta family ymca strengthens community through programs and activities that create a healthy spirit, mind and body for all.

Human Services

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Young Men's Christian Assn - Tri-Cities Michigan and the most unlike its peers is The Refugee Education Center. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyYmca and Christian Youth Ce…Regional Land ConservationHealth Systems and Medical …Professional Trade Associat…Labor Union LocalsFaith-Based Emergency Assis…
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 61 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%0%<5yr14%5%5–10yr19%11%10–20yr16%8%20–35yr14%16%35–55yr16%60%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%0%<5yr14%2%5–10yr19%7%10–20yr16%4%20–35yr14%11%35–55yr16%76%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 14% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/40
the rest of the field
14%
3,702/26,334

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

37 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 37 of the 40 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
36/37
Grantees still filing
13/37
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

YMCA of Metropolitan Detroit — $2,776,500 · Human ServicesYMCA of Metropolitan DetroitYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF KALAMAZOO — $1,225,333 · Human ServicesYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF KALAMAZOOTHE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF MONROE MICHIGAN — $769,910 · Human ServicesTHE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF MONROE MICHIGANState Alliance of Michigan YMCAs (0050) — $724,144 · Human ServicesState Alliance of Michigan YMCAs (0050)Young Mens Christian Association of Lansing Michigan — $376,428 · Human ServicesShiawassee Family YMCA — $323,660 · Human ServicesNORTHERN LIGHTS YMCA INC — $305,635 · Human ServicesYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOC-SAGINAW — $266,810 · Human Services+9 more — $1,165,567 · Human Services+9 moreAnn Arbor Young Men's Christian Association — $483,395 · OtherAnn Arbor Young Men's Christian…YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF MICHIANA INC — $449,094 · OtherYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATI…UNITED METHODIST COMMUNITY HOUSE — $445,769 · OtherUNITED METHODIST COMMUNITY HOUS…YMCA of Greater Flint — $335,895 · OtherYMCA of Greater FlintTHE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE BLUE WATER AREA — $310,060 · OtherTHE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOC…Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Toledo — $199,550 · OtherYoung Men's Christian Associati…MUSKEGON YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION — $187,965 · OtherMUSKEGON YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN A…YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF BARRY COUNTY — $149,000 · OtherDOW BAY AREA FAMILY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION — $147,925 · OtherKENT COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT — $136,413 · OtherGRAND TRAVERSE BAY YMCA — $119,015 · Other+6 more — $298,583 · Other+6 moreCherry Street Services Inc — $174,312 · HealthCOREWELL HEALTH — $52,823 · HealthThe Refugee Education Center — $215,162 · Civil RightsSTEEPLETOWN NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES INC — $92,158 · Community ImprovementHOPE GARDENS — $45,836 · Food & NutritionY-CENTER OF BATTLE CREEK — $33,333 · Recreation & Sports
Human Services$7,933,987Other$3,262,664Health$227,135Civil Rights$215,162Community Improvement$92,158Food & Nutrition$45,836Recreation & Sports$33,333

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetYMCA of Metropolitan Detroit — $2,776,500 over 1y, 9.0% of budgetYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF KALAMAZOO — $1,225,333 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTHE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF MONROE MICHIGAN — $769,910 over 1y, 14% of budgetAnn Arbor Young Men's Christian Association — $483,395 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetUNITED METHODIST COMMUNITY HOUSE — $445,769 over 2y, 4.1% of budgetYoung Mens Christian Association of Lansing Michigan — $376,428 over 3y, 4.1% of budgetYMCA of Greater Flint — $335,895 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetShiawassee Family YMCA — $323,660 over 2y, 17% of budgetTHE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE BLUE WATER AREA — $310,060 over 1y, 5.6% of budgetNORTHERN LIGHTS YMCA INC — $305,635 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOC-SAGINAW — $266,810 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetBAXTER COMMUNITY CENTER — $251,871 over 2y, 5.7% of budgetThe Refugee Education Center — $215,162 over 1y, 7.7% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of Greater Toledo — $199,550 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMUSKEGON YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION — $187,965 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetCherry Street Services Inc — $174,312 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetJackson YMCA Inc — $167,601 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF BARRY COUNTY — $149,000 over 2y, 6.4% of budgetDOW BAY AREA FAMILY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION — $147,925 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetCADILLAC AREA YMCA — $127,800 over 2y, 5.9% of budgetSherman Lake YMCA Outdoor Center — $124,500 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetGRAND TRAVERSE BAY YMCA — $119,015 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetSTATE YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF MICHIGAN — $114,235 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSN - TRI-CITIES MICHIGAN — $109,500 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetSTEEPLETOWN NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES INC — $92,158 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetDA BLODGETT - ST JOHN'S — $92,135 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetHISPANIC CENTER OF WESTERN MICHIGAN INC — $78,255 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER MICHIANA INC — $70,936 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetDAVID AND THU BRULE YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOC OF MARQUETTE COUNTY — $63,500 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetCOREWELL HEALTH — $52,823 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE GARDENS — $45,836 over 3y, 12% of budgetY-CENTER OF BATTLE CREEK — $33,333 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetHEART OF WEST MICHIGAN UNITED WAY — $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNEW CITY NEIGHBORS — $4,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

National Council of Y…State Alliance of Mic…Consumers Energy Foun…Grand Rapids Communit…Heart of West Michiga…Corewell Health Group…WK Kellogg FoundationFeeding America West …Frey FoundationEarly Learning Neighb…The Wege FoundationDte Energy Foundation
National Council of YMCAs of the USAIL57× affinity26 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Council of YMCAs of the USA · State Alliance of Michigan YMCAs (0050) · Consumers Energy Foundation · Grand Rapids Community Foundation · Heart of West Michigan United Way · Corewell Health Group Return · WK Kellogg Foundation · Feeding America West Michigan · Frey Foundation · Early Learning Neighborhood Collaborative · The Wege Foundation · Dte Energy Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization The Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Grand Rapids (3019) funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

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no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%your share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    23report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 40 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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