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Thrift Shop Association of Ann Arbor

To provide resources to cover the emergency housing, utility, health-related and food insecurity needs of area residents

$495k
Granted FY2025still arriving
17
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$60k
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.

Public Safety & Disaster$965kHousing & Shelter$665kHuman Services$459kEducation$10kHealth$10k
02FY2025 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 17 grants below total $482,793 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $495,360 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $12,567 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $13k
  • $10k–50k11 grants · $252k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $218k
$25,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SOS Community Services$60,000
Avalon Housing$55,000
Friends in Deed$53,000
Delonis Center$50,000
Jewish Family Services of Washtenaw County$34,000
Corner Health Center$26,000
Packard Health$25,000
Peace Neighborhood Center$25,000
A Brighter Way$25,000
Food Gatherers$22,000
Ozone House$22,000
Community Action Network$21,000
SafeHouse Center$20,000
Dawn Farm$20,000
St Andrews Breakfast Program$12,000
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.

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Your human-services grants (FY17–25, $464k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%Children's Literacy Network: $15k → 14%Michigan Ability Partners: $18k → 14%Hands Across The Water: $10k → 14%SafeHouse Center: $20k → 14%SafeHouse Center: $20k → 14%SafeHouse Center: $15k → 14%SafeHouse Center: $12k → 14%SafeHouse Center: $6k → 14%Safe House Center: $6k → 14%SafeHouse Center: $6k → 14%SafeHouse Center: $6k → 14%Womens Center SE MI: $6k → 14%SafeHouse Center: $6k → 14%SOS Community Services: $60k → 14%SOS Community Services: $50k → 14%SOS Community Services: $41k → 14%SOS Community Services: $24k → 14%Ozone House: $22k → 14%Ozone House: $12k → 14%Peace Neighborhood Center: $29k → 14%Peace Neighborhood Center: $25k → 14%Peace Neighborhood Center: $25k → 14%Peace Neighborhood Center: $21k → 14%Peace Neighborhood Center: $9k → 14%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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$2.0M · 19 repeat orgs$117k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +20% since the first grant, against 0% for the ones you funded once.

19 repeat relationships — 16 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
12

Total granted

$2.0M
$117k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+20%
0%

Still filing today

89%
92%

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
Human ServicesHousing & ShelterHealthYouth DevelopmentFood & NutritionEducationOther

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

  • AN
    AVALON NONPROFIT HOUSING CORPORATION
    9× · 2017–2025 · $354k · revenue +133%
  • SA
    SHELTER ASSOCIATION OF WASHTENAW COUNTY
    9× · 2017–2025 · $294k · revenue +149%
  • FI
    Friends In Deed
    4× · 2022–2025 · $203k · revenue +5%

Funded once

  • MA
    MICHIGAN ABILITY PARTNERS
    one grant, 2023 · $18k · revenue +1%
  • CL
    CHILDRENS LITERACY NETWORK
    one grant, 2022 · $15k · revenue -6%
  • FP
    Foundations Preschool of Washtenaw County
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue -19%

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.

1
Lincoln Behavioral Services

To provide comprehensive outpatient mental health services to over 5400 individuals and their families in a consumer driven person centered delivery system. Approximately 15% of our staff members are our clients who are involved in a…

Health
2
Health Net of West Michigan

To improve the health of children and adults, particularly vulnerable populations, through education and connections to health care and support services.

Health
3
Washtenaw Housing Alliance

The mission of the washtenaw housing alliance is to end homelessness in our community.

Housing & Shelter
4
Washtenaw Care-Based Safety

Care-Based Safetys mission is to provide a nonpolice response program that will grow life-affirming support and opportunities for all community members in Washtenaw County. We deliver a community cocreated program with two mutually…

Human Services
5
Child & Family Service of Saginaw

Child and Family Service of Saginaw County is a social work agency dedicated to enhancing the quality of life in our community by fostering personal growth, emotional development, recovery from trauma, self- reliance, and healthy…

Human Services
6
Community & Home Supports Inc

Community & home supports, inc. was founded to help people and communities address poverty and homelessness. we strive to fulfill our purpose by developing, leading, and participating in collaborative and innovative efforts that support…

Human Services
7
St Johns Community Center

to provide food and shelter for the homeless of Detroit

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8
Community Human Services Corporation

Chs empowers individuals and families to live in stable housing, connect to community resources, build relationships and access quality food.

Human Services
9
Homeless Action Network of Detroit

Our mission is to increase awareness of the problems of people who are homeless and the development and carrying out of strategies to create permanent solutions to homelessness in our community.

Human Services
10
Ywca West Central Michigan

The mission of the ywca west central michigan is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women and girls, and promoting peace, justice, freedom, and dignity for all.

Human Services
11
Center for Family Health

The mission of the Center for Family Health is opening the door to health care for all.

Health
12
Oakland Integrated Healthcare Network

To provide for the health and wellness needs of the underserved of Oakland County through the provision of comprehensive, integrated primary, behavioral health, and dental care.

Health

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hands Across the Water Inc and the most unlike its peers is Dawn Incorporated. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 41 years old; the field is 15. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number23%0%<5yr14%7%5–10yr19%4%10–20yr19%32%20–35yr13%39%35–55yr13%18%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value23%0%<5yr14%4%5–10yr19%4%10–20yr19%33%20–35yr13%52%35–55yr13%8%55yr+

The field is 23% 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 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/32
the rest of the field
13%
296/2,274

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

29 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. 29 of the 32 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/29
Grantees still filing
18/29
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

AVALON NONPROFIT HOUSING CORPORATION — $354,150 · Housing & ShelterAVALON NONPROFIT HOUSING CORPORATIO…SHELTER ASSOCIATION OF WASHTENAW COUNTY — $294,400 · Housing & ShelterSHELTER ASSOCIATION OF WASHTENAW CO…+1 more — $16,000 · Housing & ShelterFriends In Deed — $203,000 · OtherFriends In DeedJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF WASHTENAW COUNTY INC — $115,000 · OtherJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF WASHTEN…FOOD GATHERERS — $68,000 · OtherFOOD GATHERERSA Brighter Way — $62,000 · OtherA Brighter WayCORNER HEALTH CENTER — $50,000 · OtherCORNER HEALTH CENTERCatholic Social Services of Washtenaw County — $44,408 · OtherCatholic Social Services of Washt…REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN — $33,500 · OtherREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICH…+5 more — $45,000 · Other+5 moreSOS COMMUNITY SERVICES — $175,000 · Human ServicesSOS COMMUNITY SERVICESPeace Neighborhood Center — $108,750 · Human ServicesPeace Neighborhood CenterDomestic Violence Project — $97,200 · Human ServicesDomestic Violence ProjectCOMMUNITY ACTION NETWORK — $77,000 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY ACTION NETWORKOZONE HOUSE INC — $34,000 · Human ServicesOZONE HOUSE INC+4 more — $48,750 · Human Services+4 morePackard Health Inc — $76,000 · HealthDawn Incorporated — $72,766 · HealthGARRETT'S SPACE — $10,000 · HealthBREAKFAST PROGRAM AT ST ANDREWS — $69,500 · Food & NutritionNETWORK FOR GOOD — $28,385 · Public Safety & DisasterGROWING HOPE INC — $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentGIRLS GROUP — $6,000 · Youth DevelopmentFoundations Preschool of Washtenaw County — $10,000 · Education
Housing & Shelter$664,550Other$620,908Human Services$540,700Health$158,766Food & Nutrition$69,500Public Safety & Disaster$28,385Youth Development$16,000Education$10,000

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 budgetAVALON NONPROFIT HOUSING CORPORATION — $354,150 over 9y, 0.7% of budgetSHELTER ASSOCIATION OF WASHTENAW COUNTY — $294,400 over 9y, 1.5% of budgetFriends In Deed — $203,000 over 4y, 8.0% of budgetSOS COMMUNITY SERVICES — $175,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF WASHTENAW COUNTY INC — $115,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetPeace Neighborhood Center — $108,750 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetDomestic Violence Project — $97,200 over 9y, 0.7% of budgetCOMMUNITY ACTION NETWORK — $77,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetPackard Health Inc — $76,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetDawn Incorporated — $72,766 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetBREAKFAST PROGRAM AT ST ANDREWS — $69,500 over 7y, 7.0% of budgetFOOD GATHERERS — $68,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetA Brighter Way — $62,000 over 3y, 3.2% of budgetCORNER HEALTH CENTER — $50,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetCatholic Social Services of Washtenaw County — $44,408 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetOZONE HOUSE INC — $34,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetNETWORK FOR GOOD — $28,385 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMICHIGAN ABILITY PARTNERS — $18,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetInterfaith Hospitality Network of Washtenaw County — $16,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetCHILDRENS LITERACY NETWORK — $14,750 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetFoundations Preschool of Washtenaw County — $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetGROWING HOPE INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetAnn Arbor Young Men's Christian Association — $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHANDS ACROSS THE WATER INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGARRETT'S SPACE — $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF ANN ARBOR — $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetHOPE MEDICAL CLINIC INC — $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGIRLS GROUP — $6,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE WOMEN'S CENTER OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN — $6,000 over 1y, 0.3% 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.

Ann Arbor Area Commun…United Way of Washten…Community Foundation …Kiwanis Club of Ann A…United Way for Southe…James a and Faith Kni…Trinity Health - Mich…Harry a and Margaret …Food GatherersDuffy FoundationJenkins FoundationSpeckhard-Knight Char…
Ann Arbor Area Community FoundationMI59.1× affinity26 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation · United Way of Washtenaw County · Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · Kiwanis Club of Ann Arbor Foundation Inc · United Way for Southeastern Michigan · James a and Faith Knight Foundation · Trinity Health - Michigan · Harry a and Margaret D Towsley Foundation · Food Gatherers · Duffy Foundation · Jenkins Foundation · Speckhard-Knight Charitable 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 Thrift Shop Association of Ann Arbor 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.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%your share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    13report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    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 32 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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