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Trapp Family Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$105k
Granted FY2025still arriving
31
Grants FY2025still arriving
9
States reached
$11k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Human Services$398kHealth$280kHousing & Shelter$110kPhilanthropy$102kEducation$94kFood & Nutrition$85kPublic Safety & Disaster$60kArts & Culture$52kOther$0
02FY2025 · 31 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k26 grants · $54k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $51k
$1,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$1.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
REVIVE & THRIVE PROJECT$11,000
LAND AND SEA FOR ALL FOUNDATION$10,000
HUNTINGTON'S DISEASE SOCIETY OF AMERICA$10,000
PHYSICIANS COMMITTEE FOR RESPONSIBLE MEDICINE$10,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF MICHIGAN$10,000
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF MICHIGAN$9,750
Individual grant recipient$5,000
CANAL ALLIANCE$5,000
LIGHTHOUSE OF OAKLAND COUNTY$3,500
THE MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION OF WEST MICHIGAN$3,000
EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE$3,000
HRDC$3,000
WEST SHORE FAMILY SUPPORT$2,500
FARMINGTONFARMINGTON HILLS EDUCATION FOUNDATION$2,000
THE IMMIGRANT LEGAL RESOURCE CENTER$1,250
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $97k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%REVIVE & THRIVE PROJECT: $11k → 11%THE IMMIGRANT LEGAL RESOURCE CENTER: $1k → 10%REVIVE & THRIVE PROJECT: $10k → 11%REVIVE & THRIVE PROJECT: $10k → 11%REVIVE & THRIVE PROJECT: $10k → 11%REVIVE & THRIVE PROJECT: $10k → 11%REVIVE & THRIVE PROJECT: $8k → 11%REVIVE & THRIVE PROJECT: $3k → 11%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $15k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $15k → 14%COVENANT HOUSE OF MICHIGAN: $5k → 21%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.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MT
MI
NY
MA
PA
CA
CO
VA
MD
NC
DC
AL
GA
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.2M · 37 repeat orgs$105k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +49% since the first grant, against +26% for those funded once.

37 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2025, 24 since wound down; 18 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

37
27

Total granted

$1.2M
$62k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+49%
+26%

Still filing today

59%
48%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 59% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $43k 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
HealthHuman ServicesEducationArts & CultureFood & NutritionAnimalsOther
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

  • HF
    HABITAT FOR HUMANITY
    8× · 2017–2024 · $101k · revenue +69%
  • Physicians Committee for Responsible Med
    9× · 2017–2025 · $100k · revenue +55%
  • UNITED WAY FOR SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN
    8× · 2017–2024 · $98k · revenue +87%

Funded once

  • KC
    KENT CAREER TECH CENTER
    one grant, 2018 · $8k
  • TH
    TAMALPAIS HIGH BOOSTER CLUBgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $7k · revenue +49%
  • COVENANT HOUSE MICHIGAN
    one grant, 2019 · $5k · revenue +23%
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 Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
2
Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
3
Altamed Health Services Corporation

To eliminate disparities in health care access and outcomes by providing superior quality health and human services through an integrated world-class delivery system for latino, multi-ethnic underserved communities in southern california.

Health
4
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
5
Marin Humane Society

Marin humane transforms lives through exceptional animal care, humane education, and advocacy. every day, marin humane inspires compassion and positive relationships between people and animals.

Animals
6
Toxic-Free Future F/K/a Washington Toxics Coalition

As a national leader in environmental health research and advocacy, toxic- free future uses the power of science, education, and activism, to drive strong laws and corporate responsibility that protect the health of all people and the…

Environment
7
University Family Physicians Inc

Engage actively and continuously in medical research, education and training in the practice of medicine in conjunction with the department of family medicine of the indiana university school of medicine and indiana university…

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8
American Flood Coalition Inc

To drive transformational adaptation to protect communities across the country from higher seas, stronger storms, and more frequent flooding.

Environment
9
Farm Sanctuary Inc

We pursue bold solutions to end animal agriculture and foster just and compassionate vegan living through education and policy advocacy.

Animals
10
Environmental Investigation Agency

To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.

International
11
Animal Outlook Inc

Animal outlook is a national animal protection organization working to end the abuse of farmed animals using a variety of strategies, including investigations, legal advocacy, corporate and food system reform, and vegan outreach.

Animals
12
Arbor Research Collaborative for Health

Arbor research collaborative for health is committed to improving patient care through research that shapes medical policies and practice. in particular, arbor research conducts health outcomes research on chronic disease and end-stage…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Alternatives for Girls; the most unlike its peers is Dr Gary Burnstein Community Health Clinic. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

48 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. 48 of the 83 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
47/48
Grantees still filing
34/48
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LIGHTHOUSE OF OAKLAND COUNTY: $354,500 · Human ServicesLIGHTHOUSE OF OAKLAND COUNTYRevive & Thrive Project: $61,000 · Human ServicesRevive & Thrive ProjectAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $30,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Cons…+2 more: $6,250 · Human ServicesHUNTINGTON'S DISEASE SOCIETY OF AMERICA INC: $78,000 · OtherHUNTINGTON'S DISEASE SOCIETY OF A…FARMINGTON FAMILY YMCA: $41,000 · OtherFARMINGTON FAMILY YMCAAMERICAN RED CROSS: $30,000 · OtherAMERICAN RED CROSSREDFORD UNION BLUE AND GOLD CLUB: $21,000 · OtherLand and Sea for All Foundation: $20,000 · OtherP-POD: $17,500 · OtherFOX RUN SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $17,500 · OtherGRAND RAPIDS YOUTH COMMONWEALTH INC: $15,000 · Other+54 more: $154,170 · Other+54 morePhysicians Committee for Responsible Med: $99,500 · HealthPhysicians Commit…PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF MICHIGAN: $84,500 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOO…+5 more: $16,580 · Health+5 moreHABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $101,000 · Housing & ShelterHABITAT F…ALTERNATIVES FOR GIRLS: $6,000 · Housing & ShelterALTERNATI…UNITED WAY FOR SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN: $98,000 · Public Safety & DisasterTAM HIGH FOUNDATION: $52,000 · Education10000 DEGREES: $6,500 · Education+2 more: $4,000 · EducationBridge the Gap College Prep: $8,500 · Youth DevelopmentTAMALPAIS HIGH BOOSTER CLUB: $7,000 · Youth Development
Human Services$451,750Other$394,170Health$200,580Housing & Shelter$107,000Public Safety & Disaster$98,000Education$62,500Youth Development$15,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetLIGHTHOUSE OF OAKLAND COUNTY: $354,500 over 8y, 90% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $101,000 over 8y, 6.9% of budgetPhysicians Committee for Responsible Med: $99,500 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY FOR SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN: $98,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF MICHIGAN: $84,500 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetHUNTINGTON'S DISEASE SOCIETY OF AMERICA INC: $78,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetRevive & Thrive Project: $61,000 over 7y, 7.2% of budgetTAM HIGH FOUNDATION: $52,000 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLand and Sea for All Foundation: $20,000 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetGRAND RAPIDS YOUTH COMMONWEALTH INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $10,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF MICHIGAN: $9,750 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBridge the Gap College Prep: $8,500 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetTAMALPAIS HIGH BOOSTER CLUB: $7,000 over 1y, 4.8% of budget10000 DEGREES: $6,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFruit Tree Planting Foundation: $6,500 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetALTERNATIVES FOR GIRLS: $6,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetDR GARY BURNSTEIN COMMUNITY HEALTH CLINIC: $5,080 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCANAL ALLIANCE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE MICHIGAN: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNutritionfactsorg Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCASS COMMUNITY SOCIAL SERVICES INC: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION OF WEST MICHIGAN: $3,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SAN FRANCISCO SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPLANT BASED NUTRITION SUPPORT GROUP: $3,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetAMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHANDICAP INTERNATIONAL: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWEST SHORE FAMILY SUPPORT: $2,500 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetFARMINGTON-FARMINGTON HILLS EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetFriends of Marshyangdi School: $2,000 over 1y, 7.3% of budgetTHE JEANNETTE RANKIN FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDETROIT PUBLIC MEDIA: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSasha Farm Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetWORLD VISION INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPlant-based Prevention Of Disease Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetGLEN ARBOR ARTS CENTER: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEMPIRE AREA COMMUNITY CENTER: $1,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCONSERVATION RESOURCE ALLIANCE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD ALLERGY RESEARCH & EDUCATION 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.

  • Who funds LIGHTHOUSE OF OAKLAND COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY ↗
  • Who funds Physicians Committee for Responsible Med ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY FOR SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds HUNTINGTON'S DISEASE SOCIETY OF AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds Revive & Thrive Project ↗
  • Who funds TAM HIGH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds Land and Sea for All Foundation ↗
  • Who funds GRAND RAPIDS YOUTH COMMONWEALTH INC ↗
  • Who funds ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds Bridge the Gap College Prep ↗
  • Who funds TAMALPAIS HIGH BOOSTER CLUB ↗
  • Who funds 10000 DEGREES ↗
  • Who funds Fruit Tree Planting Foundation ↗
  • Who funds ALTERNATIVES FOR GIRLS ↗
  • Who funds DR GARY BURNSTEIN COMMUNITY HEALTH CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds CANAL ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds COVENANT HOUSE MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds Nutritionfactsorg Inc ↗
  • Who funds CASS COMMUNITY SOCIAL SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION OF WEST MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE ↗
  • Who funds THE SAN FRANCISCO SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ↗

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.

United Way for Southe…Community Foundation …Grand Rapids Communit…DTE Energy FoundationMichigan Health Endow…Ge Aerospace Foundati…National Philanthropi…The Pfizer Foundation…Verizon FoundationThe Blackbaud Giving …The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…
United Way for Southeastern MichiganMI17.1× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United Way for Southeastern Michigan · Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · Grand Rapids Community Foundation · DTE Energy Foundation · Michigan Health Endowment Fund · Ge Aerospace Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Verizon Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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 Trapp Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Trapp Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    Find your warmest path to Trapp Family Foundation Inc 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 83 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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