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UAW-GM Center for Human Resources

Development, delivery and administration of joint programs for uaw-gm employees.

$900k
Granted FY2017
33
Grants FY2017
9
States reached
$140k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01FY2017 · 33 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 33 grants below total $798,770 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $900,250 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $101,480 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 · FY2017

  • Under $10k3 grants · $24k
  • $10k–50k26 grants · $470k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $305k
$15,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$3.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHILDREN'S DEFENSE FUND$140,000
FOCUS HOPE$60,000
BUILDON$55,000
LCLAA$50,000
GREATER FLINT HEALTH COALITION$35,000
DETROIT-WINDSOR DANCE ACADEMY$30,000
BOGGS CENTER$30,000
NAIAS CHARITY PREVIEW$27,200
NAACP CONVENTION$25,000
Charles H WRIGHT MUS OF AFRICAN AMER HIST$25,000
AMERICAN RED CROSS$25,000
AMERICAN CORPORATE PARTNERS$25,000
WE THE PEOPLE OF DETROIT$25,000
NAACP DETROIT BRANCH$25,000
GAMALIEL$20,000
02The need
02

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 (FY17–17, $148k) land where the poverty rate runs at 20%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 93% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%AMERICAN CORPORATE PARTNERS: $25k → 17%MICHIGAN LEAGUE FOR PUBLIC POLICY: $10k → 9%POPE FRANCIS CENTER: $10k → 21%VFW NAT HOME FOR CHLDREN: $10k → 21%FOCUS HOPE: $60k → 21%BRIDGING COMMUNITIES INC: $8k → 21%WE THE PEOPLE OF DETROIT: $25k → 21%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
NY
MA
IA
OH
CT
CA
DC

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 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
Detroit Historical Society

The Detroit Historical Society tells Detroit's stories and why they matter through its exhibits, programs, outreach, and the preservation and dissemination of its artifacts and collections.

Arts & Culture
2
Business Leaders for Michigan

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.…

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3
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
4
Detroit Economic Growth Corporation

Promotion of activities to spur economic growth and revitalization in the city of detroit

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5
Urban League of Detroit and Southeastern Michigan

To enable african americans and people in need to reach their full human potential

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6
The Greater Detroit Health Transition Company

Gdahc mission: together with our partners, we empower and improve the health and economic vitality of individuals, organizations and communities by catalyzing the power of collaboration. gdahc vision: healthy people. healthy community.…

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7
Detroit Food Policy Council

The organization was founded by a group of concerned citizens, working in cooperation with the detroit city council, to shape food policy and to work for a more localized, more just, and environmentally friendly food system. the…

Food & Nutrition
8
The Greening of Detroit

The greening of detroit's mission is the sustainable growth of a healthy urban community through trees, green spaces, healthy living, education, training and job opportunities.

Environment
9
Michigan Chamber of Commerce

To promote conditions favorable to job creation and business success in michigan.

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10
Community Education Commission

CEC works with diverse stakeholders across Detroit to develop critical resources and system-level solutions that address common challenges faced by Detroit families in accessing quality education.

Education
11
Michigan Enviromental Council

Informing and educating the public and decision makers about environmental issues.

Environment
12
Downtown Detroit Partnership Inc

Our mission is to advance detroit by driving engagement, development and programs that benefit businesses, residents and visitors throughout the downtown's urban core. we strengthen and support downtown detroit through strategic…

Community Improvement

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Children's Defense Fund and the most unlike its peers is Danialle Karmanos' Work It Out. 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 backsteadyLegal Aid & Immigration Ser…Professional Ballet Compani…Faith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Environmental Advocacy Orga…Youth Development CentersGovernment Accountability R…Veteran Support ServicesClassical Music EnsemblesCommunity Health CentersCommunity Arts Organizations
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 43 years old; the field is 17. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number20%0%<5yr13%3%5–10yr20%10%10–20yr15%27%20–35yr14%30%35–55yr18%30%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value20%0%<5yr13%2%5–10yr20%8%10–20yr15%25%20–35yr14%22%35–55yr18%43%55yr+

The field is 20% 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 — 3% lost their exemption, against 12% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
3%1/32
the rest of the field
12%
6,510/53,824

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.

03the 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 33 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)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/29
Grantees still filing
24/29
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

CHILDREN'S DEFENSE FUND — $140,000 · Civil RightsCHILDREN'S DEFENSE FUNDLABOR COUNCIL FOR LATIN AMERICAN ADVANCEMENT — $50,000 · Civil RightsLABOR COUNCIL FOR LATIN AMERICAN…NAACP EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMS INC — $25,000 · Civil RightsNAACP EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMS INCUnited States Hispanic Leadership Institute Inc — $12,500 · Civil RightsUnited States Hispanic Leadershi…FOCUSHOPE — $60,000 · Human ServicesFOCUSHOPEDetroit Auto Dealers Association Charity Preview — $27,200 · Human ServicesDetroit Auto Dealers Associa…AMERICAN CORPORATE PARTNERS — $25,000 · Human ServicesAMERICAN CORPORATE PARTNERSAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $25,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross …We the People of Detroit — $25,000 · Human ServicesWe the People of DetroitMICHIGAN LEAGUE FOR PUBLIC POLICY — $10,000 · Human ServicesVFW NATIONAL HOME — $10,000 · Human ServicesPOPE FRANCIS CENTER — $10,000 · Human ServicesBRIDGING COMMUNITIES INC — $8,000 · Human ServicesNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE — $25,000 · OtherNATIONAL ASSOCIATION F…GAMALIEL FOUNDATION — $20,000 · OtherGAMALIEL FOUNDATIONHOLY CROSS SERVICES INC — $15,000 · OtherHOLY CROSS SERVICES IN…DANIALLE KARMANOS' WORK IT OUT — $12,670 · OtherDANIALLE KARMANOS' WOR…WELL BEING COLLABORATIVE OF OHIO — $10,000 · OtherWELL BEING COLLABORATI…GM AFRICAN AMERICAN ANCESTRY NETWORK — $10,000 · OtherGM AFRICAN AMERICAN AN…DETROIT ASSOCIATION OF BLACK ORGANIZATIONS — $7,500 · OtherUNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC — $17,500 · OtherUNITED NEGRO COLLEGE F…COLLEGE FOR CREATIVE STUDIES — $15,000 · OtherCOLLEGE FOR CREATIVE S…BELLE ISLE CONSERVANCY — $15,000 · OtherBELLE ISLE CONSERVANCYALTERNATIVES FOR GIRLS — $10,000 · OtherALTERNATIVES FOR GIRLSDETROIT WINDSOR DANCE ACADEMY INC — $30,000 · Arts & CultureDETROIT WI…MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY — $25,000 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM OF …MOTOWN HISTORICAL MUSUEM INC — $10,000 · Arts & CultureMOTOWN HIS…MICHIGAN THANKSGIVING PARADE FOUNDATION — $8,400 · Arts & CultureMICHIGAN T…BUILDON INC — $55,000 · InternationalGREATER FLINT HEALTH COALITION INC — $35,000 · HealthCenter for Environmental Health — $10,000 · HealthTHE JAMES AND GRACE LEE BOGGS CTR TO NURTURE COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP — $30,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN — $10,000 · Youth Development
Civil Rights$227,500Human Services$200,200Other$157,670Arts & Culture$73,400International$55,000Health$45,000Youth Development$40,000

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 budgetCHILDREN'S DEFENSE FUND — $140,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetFOCUSHOPE — $60,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBUILDON INC — $55,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetLABOR COUNCIL FOR LATIN AMERICAN ADVANCEMENT — $50,000 over 1y, 7.3% of budgetGREATER FLINT HEALTH COALITION INC — $35,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetTHE JAMES AND GRACE LEE BOGGS CTR TO NURTURE COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP — $30,000 over 1y, 22% of budgetDetroit Auto Dealers Association Charity Preview — $27,200 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetNAACP EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMS INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN CORPORATE PARTNERS — $25,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY — $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetUNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC — $17,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOLY CROSS SERVICES INC — $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOLLEGE FOR CREATIVE STUDIES — $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBELLE ISLE CONSERVANCY — $15,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetDANIALLE KARMANOS' WORK IT OUT — $12,670 over 1y, 15% of budgetUnited States Hispanic Leadership Institute Inc — $12,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCenter for Environmental Health — $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMICHIGAN LEAGUE FOR PUBLIC POLICY — $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMOTOWN HISTORICAL MUSUEM INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVFW NATIONAL HOME — $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetALTERNATIVES FOR GIRLS — $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN — $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMICHIGAN THANKSGIVING PARADE FOUNDATION — $8,400 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBRIDGING COMMUNITIES INC — $8,000 over 1y, 1.6% 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.

Community Foundation …The Kresge FoundationThe Ford FoundationThe Skillman Foundati…Ford PhilanthropyCharles Stewart Mott …WK Kellogg FoundationHenry Ford Health Sys…Hudson-Webber Foundat…The Fred & Barbara Er…United Jewish Foundat…Dte Energy Foundation
Community Foundation for Southeast MichiganMI20.8× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · The Kresge Foundation · The Ford Foundation · The Skillman Foundation · Ford Philanthropy · Charles Stewart Mott Foundation · WK Kellogg Foundation · Henry Ford Health System · Hudson-Webber Foundation · The Fred & Barbara Erb Family Foundation · United Jewish 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 UAW-GM Center for Human Resources 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 · 10%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    6report 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.

    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 33 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 2017, released 2017. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2017, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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