· Community foundation
Three Rivers Area Community Foundation
The foundation's purpose is to receive and accept contributions to be administered exclusively for charitable purposes, primarily in and for the benefit of residents of st.
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.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k6 grants · $42k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $20k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ST JOSEPH COUNTY PARKS AND REC | $20,000 |
| GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY | $8,000 |
| SOUTHWESTERN MICHIGAN COLLEGE | $7,750 |
| WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY | $7,500 |
| 3R PICKLEBALL ASSOC | $7,085 |
| HILLSDALE COLLEGE | $6,250 |
| MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY | $5,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 98% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +24% since the first grant, against -11% for those funded once.
6 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 5 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, 13% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $48k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TRTHREE RIVERS ROTARY CLUB INC6× · 2017–2023 · $72k · revenue -2% · 35% of their budget
- TRTHREE RIVERS FOOD SITE INC4× · 2017–2020 · $60k · revenue +51%
- RCRIVER COUNTRY SPORTS COMMISSION3× · 2021–2023 · $51k
Funded once
- TRTHREE RIVERS CHAMBER OF COMMERCEone grant, 2020 · $25k
- COCITY OF THREE RIVERSone grant, 2021 · $25k
- SJST JOSEPH COUNTY VETERAN SERVICES2× · 2017–2018 · $18k
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.
To educate students in the liberal arts through free inquiry and the open exchange of ideas.when grinnell college framed its charter in the iowa territory of the united states in 1846, it set forth a mission to educate its students "for…
Coe college is a private, four-year co-educational liberal arts college.
To provide the residents of southwest Michigan with the opportunity to both appreciate and create visual art.
The corporation of saint mary's college, notre dame (saint mary's) is a catholic, residential, women's, liberal arts college offering undergraduate degrees and co-educational graduate programs. (continued in schedule o)
Wesleyan university is dedicated to providing an education in liberal arts by building a diverse, energetic community of students, faculty, and staff who value independence of mind and generosity of spirit. see additional description in…
As a jesuit catholic university committed to academic rigor, inclusive excellence, and care for the whole person, john carroll university inspires individuals of intellect and character to learn, lead and serve in the community and…
Cornell college offers an innovative and rigorous learning community where faculty and staff collaborate with students to develop the intellectual curiosity, creativity and moral courage necessary for a lifetime of learning and engaged…
Enriched by the lasallian catholic heritage, saint mary's university of minnesota awakens, nurtures, and empowers learners to ethical lives of service and leadership.
The foundation's purpose is to receive and accept contributions to be administered exclusively for charitable purposes, primarily in and for the benefit of residents of st. joseph county and the southwest michigan area.
To support the educational efforts of the college, the staff, and the faculty with financial support through fundraising and development efforts. in this role, three rivers college foundation performs many functions for the college.
The corporation shall be operated exclusively for the purpose of providing support and assistance to montgomery county community college (hereinafter referred to as the "college") in developing the programs, facilities and services…
The college for creative studies nurtures the creativity that is vital to the enrichment of modern culture. the college educates visual artists and designers, knowledgeable in varied fields, who will be leaders in creative professions that…
How this is measured
8 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. 8 of the 23 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 THREE RIVERS ROTARY CLUB INC ↗
- Who funds THREE RIVERS FOOD SITE INC ↗
- Who funds CARNEGIE CENTER COUNCIL FOR THE ART ↗
- Who funds CULTURE IS NOT OPTIONAL NFP ↗
- Who funds THREE RIVERS AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ↗
- Who funds HILLSDALE COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds KALAMAZOO VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY HOMER STRYKER MD SCHOOL OF MEDICINE ↗
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Three Rivers Area Community Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Three Rivers Area Community Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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