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Tournaments for Charity

Conducted "the dave and other golf tournaments for the benefit of the dave thomas foundation for adoption and other charities.

$5.6M
Granted FY2024still arriving
33
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$2.0M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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 FY2017–2024.

Philanthropy$16MPublic Safety & Disaster$8.2MFood & Nutrition$7.6MHuman Services$6.5MHealth$2.1MYouth Development$1.0MCommunity Improvement$910kEducation$514kOther$0
02FY2024 · 33 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 33 grants below total $5,487,590 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $5,639,549 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $151,959 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 · FY2024

  • Under $10k12 grants · $80k
  • $10k–50k11 grants · $193k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $857k
  • $250k+4 grants · $4.4M
$17,500
Median grant
8
States reached
$6.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SODEXO STOP HUNGER FOUNDATION$2,043,311
THE COLUMBUS FOUNDATION$958,597
DAVE THOMAS FOUNDATION FOR ADOPTION$845,848
ALLY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION$510,000
MARYGROVE$200,750
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER ST LOUIS$200,000
URBAN LEAGUE OF METROPOLITAN ST LOUIS$200,000
UNITED WAY OF THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA$114,000
MCLAREN FLINT FOUNDATION$92,000
LUTHERAN HIGH SCHOOL ASSOCIATION$50,000
FOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION$26,168
GRAND BLANC COMMUNITY SCHOOLS$24,704
THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN$21,600
PINK PAR-TEE OF WARWICK HILLS$20,000
ST CHRISTOPHER'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH$20,000
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.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY19–24, $1.5M) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 98% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%THE SECOND MILE CENTER OF DETROIT: $53k → 21%THE SECOND MILE CENTER OF DETROIT: $39k → 21%THE SECOND MILE CENTER OF DETROIT: $27k → 21%LITTLE BIT FOUNDATION: $13k → 11%LITTLE BIT FOUNDATION: $6k → 11%OZONE HOUSE INC: $20k → 14%OZONE HOUSE: $7k → 14%CHRISTIAN FAMILY SERVICES: $17k → 11%DIRRELL'S CHANCE FOUNDATION: $5k → 16%WHALEY CHILDREN'S CENTER: $463k → 16%WHALEY MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $385k → 16%WHALEY CHILDREN'S CENTER: $243k → 16%WHALEY CHILDREN'S CENTER: $230k → 16%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.

Which US states your grants reach

IL
MI
OH
NJ
CA
MO
MD
KS
TN
NC
GA
TX
FL

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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$30M · 38 repeat orgs$591k to everyone else

38 repeat relationships — 24 still active in FY2024, 14 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

38
30

Total granted

$30M
$537k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+13%
+19%

Still filing today

79%
87%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $53k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHealthFood & NutritionHuman ServicesPhilanthropyRecreation & SportsOther

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

  • SF
    SAFELITE FOUNDATION
    7× · 2017–2023 · $8.2M · revenue +118% · 55% of their budget
  • SS
    SODEXO STOP HUNGER FOUNDATION INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $7.4M · revenue +44% · 61% of their budget
  • DT
    DAVE THOMAS FOUNDATION FOR ADOPTION
    8× · 2017–2024 · $5.0M · revenue +82%

Funded once

  • GC
    GLEANERS COMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN
    one grant, 2019 · $110k · revenue +23%
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF THE FLINT PUBLIC LIBRARY
    one grant, 2019 · $53k · revenue +6%
  • LB
    LEE B TREVINO SUPPORTING FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $25k · revenue +1%

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
Children's Hospital of Michigan Foundation

The children's foundation is a catalyst for change, partnering with the community to advance solutions and discoveries that improve the mental and physical health of children in michigan

Health
2
Business Leaders for Michigan Foundation

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.…

Community Improvement
3
First Growth Children & Family Charities Dba Classic Wines Foundation

Based in portland, oregon, we are dedicated to producing food and wine events to raise funds for local nonprofits benefiting children and families.

Human Services
4
Michigan Federation for Children and Families

To develop and promote programs, funding, etc. for children and families.

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5
Legacy Chm

Administration of charitable funds to support and improve the health and well-being of children by supporting the children's hospital of michigan foundation dba the children's foundation.

Health
6
Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of Greater Cincinnati Inc

Ronald mcdonald house charities of greater cincinnati offers a community of compassion, support and the comforts of home to families with critically ill children, steps away from the medical care they need.

Human Services
7
Lake Michigan Junior Golf Association

To impact the lives of young people by providing educational programs that build character, instill life-enhancing values and promote healthy choices through the game of golf.

Recreation & Sports
8
Blythedale Children's Hospital

Blythedale children's hospital is dedicated to improving the health & well-being of children. blythedale is a leader in the diagnosis & treatment of children with disabling and complex medical conditions.

Health
9
The Futures Foundation

The mission of the futures foundation is to be a voice for people with developmental disabilities by helping individuals get access to everyday fundamental needs, facilitating creation of ways to address systemic needs and being a catalyst…

Health
10
Michigan Health Endowment Fund

The mission of the michigan health endowment fund is to improve the health of michigan residents, with special emphasis on the health and wellness of children and seniors, while reducing the cost of health care.

Health
11
The Minneapolis Foundation

The foundation cultivates generosity by taking action on the greatest civic, social, and economic needs partnering with nonprofits, facilitating grantmaking, driving research and advocacy, and providing services to donors seeking to make a…

Philanthropy
12
Corey C Griffin Charitable Foundation

Following corey's tragic passing on august 16th, 2014, the griffin family and close friends founded the corey c. griffin charitable foundation.given his incredible passion for life and uncommon dedication to philanthropy, it was not…

Philanthropy

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of Michigan and the most unlike its peers is Safelite Foundation. 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 backsteadyFood Banks and PantriesSenior Support ServicesYouth Development CentersHealth Access Advocacy and …Youth Sports ProgramsCancer Support ServicesAnimal Rescue and ShelterIndependent K-12 SchoolsCommunity Food PantriesChristian Missionary Organi…Developmental Disabilities …Elementary Literacy TutoringOrchestra and Ensemble Perf…Affordable Housing Construc…United Way AffiliatesChild Abuse Advocacy Servic…Community Foundations
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 32 years old; the field is 19. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number18%1%<5yr12%10%5–10yr21%21%10–20yr14%24%20–35yr16%21%35–55yr20%24%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value18%0%<5yr12%6%5–10yr21%1%10–20yr14%49%20–35yr16%4%35–55yr20%39%55yr+

The field is 18% startups (under 5 years old) — 1% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 1% lost their exemption, against 11% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
1%1/80
the rest of the field
11%
8,037/74,226

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

67 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. 67 of the 78 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
65/67
Grantees still filing
43/67
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

COLUMBUS FOUNDATION — $12,626,204 · PhilanthropyCOLUMBUS FOUNDATIONALLY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION — $1,855,055 · PhilanthropyALLY CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONUNITED WAY OF GENESEE COUNTY — $549,035 · Philanthropy+4 more — $52,015 · PhilanthropySAFELITE FOUNDATION — $8,191,584 · Public Safety & DisasterSAFELITE FOUNDATION+1 more — $14,572 · Public Safety & DisasterSODEXO STOP HUNGER FOUNDATION INC — $7,449,825 · Food & NutritionSODEXO STOP HUNGER …+5 more — $164,547 · Food & NutritionDAVE THOMAS FOUNDATION FOR ADOPTION — $4,973,661 · OtherDAVE THOMAS FOUNDAT…URBAN LEAGUE OF METROPOLITAN ST LOUIS — $900,000 · OtherURBAN LEAGUE OF MET…+42 more — $1,704,232 · Other+42 moreCHILD CENTER-MARYGROVE — $912,250 · HealthPINK PAR-TEE OF SECURITY CREDIT UNION — $653,145 · HealthMCLAREN FLINT FOUNDATION — $467,280 · HealthGarretts Place Life Skills Center for Autism — $417,057 · Health+4 more — $55,000 · HealthWhaley Children's Center Inc — $1,320,853 · Human ServicesTHE SECOND MILE CENTER OF DETROIT — $118,242 · Human Services+4 more — $67,755 · Human ServicesBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER ST LOUIS INC — $900,000 · Youth DevelopmentGATEWAY PGA REACH FOUNDATION — $95,500 · Youth Development+3 more — $24,250 · Youth Development
Philanthropy$15,082,309Public Safety & Disaster$8,206,156Food & Nutrition$7,614,372Other$7,577,893Health$2,504,732Human Services$1,506,850Youth Development$1,019,750

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetCOLUMBUS FOUNDATION — $12,626,204 over 7y, 1.5% of budgetSAFELITE FOUNDATION — $8,191,584 over 7y, 55% of budgetSODEXO STOP HUNGER FOUNDATION INC — $7,449,825 over 4y, 61% of budgetDAVE THOMAS FOUNDATION FOR ADOPTION — $4,973,661 over 8y, 3.2% of budgetALLY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION — $1,855,055 over 4y, 6.1% of budgetWhaley Children's Center Inc — $1,320,853 over 4y, 6.3% of budgetCHILD CENTER-MARYGROVE — $912,250 over 5y, 2.5% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER ST LOUIS INC — $900,000 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetURBAN LEAGUE OF METROPOLITAN ST LOUIS — $900,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetPINK PAR-TEE OF SECURITY CREDIT UNION — $653,145 over 6y, 76% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GENESEE COUNTY — $549,035 over 4y, 3.3% of budgetMCLAREN FLINT FOUNDATION — $467,280 over 6y, 3.1% of budgetGarretts Place Life Skills Center for Autism — $417,057 over 4y, 63% of budgetGenesee County Habitat for Humanity — $233,838 over 2y, 11% of budgetUNITED WAY OF THE CSRA INC — $165,140 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetGRAND BLANC ATHLETIC FOUNDATION — $120,463 over 4y, 97% of budgetTHE SECOND MILE CENTER OF DETROIT — $118,242 over 3y, 24% of budgetGLEANERS COMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN — $110,011 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJUNIOR GOLF FOUNDATION OF GREATER ST LOUIS — $109,000 over 4y, 7.5% of budgetGATEWAY PGA REACH FOUNDATION — $95,500 over 3y, 3.6% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN INC — $62,615 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION — $39,103 over 3y, 12% of budgetIMA RECREATION ASSOCIATION — $38,500 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetLANDLOVERS FOUNDATION INC — $35,780 over 3y, 12% of budgetOZONE HOUSE INC — $27,005 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetLEE B TREVINO SUPPORTING FOUNDATION — $25,000 over 1y, 5.8% of budgetRiser Foundation — $25,000 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetNicklaus Children's Health Care Foundation — $25,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetKID ROCK FOUNDATION — $25,000 over 1y, 77% of budgetCLARK PARK COALITION — $25,000 over 1y, 5.8% of budgetOPERATION GRADUATION — $25,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetRonald McDonald House Global — $24,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOPERATION FOOD SEARCH INC — $22,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSAINT LOUIS COUNSELING INC — $20,800 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE LITTLE BIT FOUNDATION — $18,750 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetGOOD SHEPHERD CHILDREN & FAMILY SERVICES — $17,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetChristian Family Services — $17,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetCASS COMMUNITY SOCIAL SERVICES INC — $15,900 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMilitary Family Resource Fund Mid Atlantic Inc — $14,572 over 2y, 19% of budgetFood Bank of Eastern Michigan — $12,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSECOND HARVEST INC — $12,420 over 1y, 14% of budgetUNITED WAY OF THE COASTAL EMPIRE — $12,015 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHARLIES FOREVER FARM — $12,000 over 2y, 5.8% of budgetTHE BRETT BOYER FOUNDATION INC — $10,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFAMILYFORWARD — $10,500 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF MICHIGAN — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER FLINT — $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetERIK JONES FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 1y, 5.4% 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.

The Serra FoundationCommunity Foundation …Charles Stewart Mott …Ruth Mott FoundationNartel Family Foundat…Stella & Frederick Lo…Moneta Group Charitab…Comerica Charitable F…Employees Community F…Dte Energy FoundationAT&T FoundationThe Hagerman Foundati…
The Serra FoundationMI28.2× affinity11 shared granteesties to 9 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Serra Foundation · Community Foundation of Greater Flint · Charles Stewart Mott Foundation · Ruth Mott Foundation · Nartel Family Foundation · Stella & Frederick Loeb Charitable Trust · Moneta Group Charitable Foundation · Comerica Charitable Foundation · Employees Community Fund of the Boeing Company · Dte Energy Foundation · AT&T Foundation · The Hagerman 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 Tournaments for Charity 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 · 50%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    5get no government money at all
    17report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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.

    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Tournaments for Charity?

    Find your warmest path to Tournaments for Charity through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 78 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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