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United Way of Montcalm-Ionia Counties

To make studies of community needs and to provide funds for the maintenance and operations of organizations in Montcalm and Ionia counties that meet these needs.

$181k
Granted FY2022
7
Itemized grants FY2022
6
Organizations funded FY2022
50%
First-time grantees FY2022
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Itemized, FY2022
$60k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2022
$8,000
Largest grant, FY2022
$10,100
Organizations funded a year
5 to 11
FY2017 to FY2022
States reached, FY2022
2

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2022, 50% of the organizations United Way of Montcalm-Ionia Counties funded were first-time grantees, receiving 44% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 56% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $26k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22
HealthHuman ServicesEducationCrime & LegalInternationalFood & NutritionOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY20226$60k50%
FY202111$183k64%
FY20207$85k14%
FY20196$82k33%
FY20187$95k29%
FY20175$100kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.

Human Services$206kFood & Nutrition$170kHousing & Shelter$90kArts & Culture$40kEducation$32kPublic Benefit$23kHealth$21kCrime & Legal$11kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Ionia ISD$145,8936n/a
Have Mercy$90,49063%
Relief After Violent Encounter - Ionia Montcalm Inc$55,57352%
Feeding America West Michigan$37,08010%
Eightcap Inc$36,50940%
Ionia County Hd$22,5001n/a
Montcalm Area Reading Council$21,9113n/a
The Dollywood Foundation$19,50020%
Montcalm Prevention Collaborative Inc$12,2222n/a
Ionia Montcalm Secure & Friendly Environment Child Advocacy Center$11,00012%
Show all 19 grantees
All grantees of United Way of Montcalm-Ionia Counties by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Ionia ISD$145,8936n/a
Have Mercy$90,49063%
Relief After Violent Encounter - Ionia Montcalm Inc$55,57352%
Feeding America West Michigan$37,08010%
Eightcap Inc$36,50940%
Ionia County Hd$22,5001n/a
Montcalm Area Reading Council$21,9113n/a
The Dollywood Foundation$19,50020%
Montcalm Prevention Collaborative Inc$12,2222n/a
Ionia Montcalm Secure & Friendly Environment Child Advocacy Center$11,00012%
Outreach Inc$10,10010%
Randy's House$10,00011%
The Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Grand Rapids (3019)$8,00310%
Thornapple Manor$7,5001n/a
Mannas Market Inc$6,16713%
We Care for Kids Council$6,1111n/a
Corewell Health Foundation West Michigan$6,1111n/a
Alpha Family Services of Greenville$6,10014%
Cherry Street Services Inc$5,36710%

Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($87k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget United Way of Montcalm-Ionia Counties supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHave Mercy: $90,490 over 6y, 3.0% of budgetRelief After Violent Encounter - Ionia Montcalm Inc: $55,573 over 5y, 2.4% of budgetFeeding America West Michigan: $37,080 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEightcap Inc: $36,509 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe Dollywood Foundation: $19,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetIonia Montcalm Secure & Friendly Environment Child Advocacy Center: $11,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetOutreach Inc: $10,100 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetRandy's House: $10,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetThe Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Grand Rapids (3019): $8,003 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMannas Market Inc: $6,167 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetAlpha Family Services of Greenville: $6,100 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetCherry Street Services Inc: $5,367 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 12.

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.

Greenville Area Community FndMI22.1× affinity8 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greenville Area Community Fnd · Grand Rapids Community Foundation · Consumers Energy Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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.

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About United Way of Montcalm-Ionia Counties

How much does United Way of Montcalm-Ionia Counties give?
United Way of Montcalm-Ionia Counties reported 7 itemized grants totaling $60,200, out of $180,502 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 11 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2022.
What does United Way of Montcalm-Ionia Counties fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2022, its largest causes are Human Services (34%), Food & Nutrition (28%), Housing & Shelter (15%).
Who are United Way of Montcalm-Ionia Counties's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2022: Ionia ISD ($146k), Have Mercy ($90k), Relief After Violent Encounter - Ionia Montcalm Inc ($56k).
Does United Way of Montcalm-Ionia Counties fund new organizations?
In FY2022, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as United Way of Montcalm-Ionia Counties?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greenville Area Community Fnd, Grand Rapids Community Foundation, Consumers Energy Foundation.
Where is United Way of Montcalm-Ionia Counties based?
United Way of Montcalm-Ionia Counties is based in MI.

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 20 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports $36k of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2022, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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