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· Public charity

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
Grants FY2022
2
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% 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
02FY2022 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 7 grants below total $60,200, the rows itemized in this filing. The $180,502 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $120,302 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2022

  • Under $10k4 grants · $30k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $30k
$8,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Outreach Inc$10,100
Cherry Health$10,000
Randy's House$10,000
RAVE$8,000
IM Kids Third Meal$8,000
HAVE MERCY$8,000
Alpha Family Center$6,100
02The need
03

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 (FY17–22, $106k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, 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%Cherry Health: $10k → 11%MONTCALM CASA: $9k → 15%RAVE: $10k → 12%RAVE: $10k → 12%OPTIMIST CAMP WAH WAH TAY SEE: $8k → 15%IM SAFE CHILD ADVOCACY: $9k → 12%RAVE: $9k → 12%RAVE: $9k → 12%Alpha Family Center: $6k → 15%YMCA: $8k → 12%OPTIMIST CAMP: $6k → 15%MONTCALM CASA: $5k → 15%RAVE: $8k → 12%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.
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.

78%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$469k · 8 repeat orgs$136k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +149% since the first grant, against +15% for those funded once.

8 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2022, 5 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
9

Total granted

$469k
$110k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+149%
+15%

Still filing today

63%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

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

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22
Human ServicesHealthHousing & ShelterCrime & LegalFood & NutritionEducationOther
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

  • HM
    Have Mercy
    6× · 2017–2022 · $90k · revenue +176%
  • RA
    RELIEF AFTER VIOLENT ENCOUNTER - IONIA MONTCALM INC
    5× · 2017–2022 · $56k · revenue +101%
  • EI
    EIGHTCAP INC
    4× · 2017–2020 · $37k · revenue +31%

Funded once

  • FA
    FEEDING AMERICA WEST MICHIGANgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $37k · revenue +28%
  • IC
    IONIA COUNTY HD
    one grant, 2021 · $23k
  • IM
    IONIA MONTCALM SECURE & FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER
    one grant, 2021 · $11k · revenue +13%
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
Mary Martha Outreach Inc

Supply food and clothings to all people regardless of origin, race, gender, or sexual orientation, at no charge, in a manner which protects and upholds the dignity of individuals and encourages them to improve their quality of life through…

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2
Making Opportunity Count Inc

Moc's mission is to empower families to achieve economic security by eliminating barriers and creating opportunities.

Human Services
3
Family Lifeline

Family lifeline partners with families and individuals, delivering intensive home and community-based services to achieve an equitable, resilient community where families and individuals are connected, safe, and living a healthy,…

Human Services
4
The Serenity House of Flint

Advocate for people in recovery & provides holistic options for those recovering from substance use disorder, codependency & trauma.

Human Services
5
Iris Family Support Center Inc

Iris family support center, formerly known as scan, protects children, prepares parents, strengthens families and educates our community to stop child abuse and neglect.

Human Services
6
Randolph County Health Department

To provide quality services to protect maintain and enhance community well-being by promoting conditions in which people can achieve their maximum level of health

Health
7
Ywca Metropolitan Chicago

The ywca is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women, and promoting peace, justice, freedom, and dignity for all.

Human Services
8
Adams Wells Crisis Center

To provide shelter and assistance for abused families. the help we offer addresses the fundamental needs of life; temporary refuge in our shelter, food, clothing and emergency medical needs. it is our goal to create hope in the hearts of…

Human Services
9
Domestic Violence Sexual Assault Center Inc

Our mission is to provide compassionate support, resources, and advocacy for victims of violent crime. we are dedicated to empowering children, teens and adults in their journey to healing by offering a safe place, emotional care, and the…

Human Services
10
Active Community Health Center of Broward Inc

We are and Agency created on the fundamental value that strengthening one family at a time will transform our community as a whole. we believe that all people should have access to behavioral healt servicesa and to live a fulfilling life.…

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11
Saginaw County Youth Protection Council

To empower and support children and families in reaching their full potential and becoming self-sufficient, saving lives and creating futures through educational enrichment and shelter services.

Human Services
12
Manna - the Durango Soup Kitchen

The mission of manna soup kitchen is to provide, in the spirit of faith and love, nourishing meals and supportive services in an atmosphere of acceptance and caring for those in need.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Eightcap Inc; the most unlike its peers is Alpha Family Services of Greenville. 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

14 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. 14 of the 20 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
11/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Ionia ISD: $145,893 · OtherIonia ISDOTHER ORGANIZATIONS UNDER 5000: $86,665 · OtherOTHER ORGANIZATIONS UNDER 5000FEEDING AMERICA WEST MICHIGAN: $37,080 · OtherFEEDING AMERICA WEST MICHIGANIONIA COUNTY HD: $22,500 · OtherIONIA COUNTY HDTHE DOLLYWOOD FOUNDATION: $19,500 · OtherTHE DOLLYWOOD FOUNDATIONMONTCALM PREVENTION COLLABORATIVE INC: $12,222 · Other+2 more: $13,611 · OtherRELIEF AFTER VIOLENT ENCOUNTER - IONIA MONTCALM INC: $55,573 · Human ServicesRELIEF AFTER VIOLEN…EIGHTCAP INC: $36,509 · Human ServicesEIGHTCAP INCThe Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Grand Rapids (3019): $8,003 · Human ServicesThe Young Men's Chr…Alpha Family Services of Greenville: $6,100 · Human ServicesAlpha Family Servic…Have Mercy: $90,490 · Housing & ShelterHave MercyMONTCALM AREA READING COUNCIL: $21,911 · EducationRANDY'S HOUSE: $10,000 · HealthCOREWELL HEALTH FOUNDATION WEST MICHIGAN: $6,111 · HealthCherry Street Services Inc: $5,367 · HealthIONIA MONTCALM SECURE & FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER: $11,000 · Crime & LegalOUTREACH INC: $10,100 · InternationalMANNAS MARKET INC: $6,167 · Food & Nutrition
Other$337,471Human Services$106,185Housing & Shelter$90,490Education$21,911Health$21,478Crime & Legal$11,000International$10,100Food & Nutrition$6,167

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

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
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.

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 Commu…Grand Rapids Communit…Consumers Energy Foun…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization United Way of Montcalm-Ionia Counties funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from United Way of Montcalm-Ionia Counties. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's 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
    6report 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
    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.
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    Find your warmest path to United Way of Montcalm-Ionia Counties 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 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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