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United Way of Southwest Michigan

UNITED WAY OF SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN works in berrien, cass, and van buren counties to sustain a united community where everyone contributes, belongs, and thrives.

$2.6M
Granted FY2024still arriving
47
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$216k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
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.

Human Services$4.9MHealth$3.4MYouth Development$3.0MEmployment$1.5MEducation$1.0MCrime & Legal$947kHousing & Shelter$696kFood & Nutrition$568kOther$0
02FY2024 · 47 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $24k
  • $10k–50k25 grants · $692k
  • $50k–250k19 grants · $1.9M
$40,950
Median grant
2
States reached
$4.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
REGION IV AREA AGENCY ON AGING INC$215,670
KINEXUS$159,250
BERRIEN COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT$134,876
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF BENTON HARBOR$127,400
YMCA OF SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN$118,300
SALVATION ARMY - BENTON HARBOR$118,300
THE AVENUE FAMILY NETWORK$96,460
CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER OF SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN$95,550
CENTER(ED) ON WELLNESS$94,640
LOGAN COMMUNITY RESOURCES$91,000
BENTON HARBOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION$82,355
BERRIEN COUNTY CANCER SERVICE$81,900
EMERGENCY SHELTER SERVICES INC$77,350
YOUTH SOLUTIONS$75,530
BERRIEN RESA$72,800
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 (FY17–24, $3.0M) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%DISABILITY NETWORK OF SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN: $24k → 12%DOMESTIC AND SEXUAL ABUSE SERVICES: $10k → 13%UNITED CHRISTIAN SERVICES OF EASTERN VAN BUREN COUNTY: $27k → 14%DISABILITY NETWORK OF SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN: $21k → 12%DISABILITY NETWORK OF SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN: $21k → 12%UNITED CHRISTIAN SERVICES OF EASTERN VAN BUREN COUNTY: $20k → 14%DISABILITY NETWORK OF SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN: $21k → 12%DISABILITY NETWORK OF SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN: $15k → 12%DISABILITY NETWORK OF SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN: $13k → 12%UNITED CHRISTIAN SERVICES OF EASTERN VAN BUREN COUNTY: $20k → 14%DISABILITY NETWORK OF SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN: $13k → 12%UNITED CHRISTIAN SERVICES OF EASTERN VAN BUREN COUNTY: $20k → 14%UNITED CHRISTIAN SERVICES OF EASTERN VAN BUREN COUNTY: $15k → 14%WELL OF GRACE: $14k → 15%UNITED CHRISTIAN SERVICES OF EASTERN VAN BUREN COUNTY: $15k → 14%SENIOR SERVICES OF VAN BUREN COUNTY: $14k → 14%NEIGHBOR BY NEIGHBOR: $23k → 15%NEIGHBOR BY NEIGHBOR: $13k → 15%NEIGHBOR BY NEIGHBOR: $13k → 15%THE AVENUE FAMILY NETWORK: $96k → 15%THE AVENUE FAMILY NETWORK: $89k → 15%THE AVENUE FAMILY NETWORK: $89k → 15%THE AVENUE FAMILY NETWORK: $89k → 15%CHILD & FAMILY SERVICES OF SOUTHWESTERN MI INC: $84k → 15%CHILD & FAMILY SERVICES OF SOUTHWESTERN MI INC: $84k → 15%BENTON HARBOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $82k → 15%HEARTLAND HUMAN CARE SERVICES INC: $80k → 15%THE AVENUE FAMILY NETWORK: $53k → 15%THE AVENUE FAMILY NETWORK: $53k → 15%OCCDA: $46k → 15%BENTON HARBOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $45k → 15%BENTON HARBOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $45k → 15%MOSIAC OCCDA: $40k → 15%OCCDA: $40k → 15%OCCDA: $40k → 15%OCCDA: $40k → 15%OCCDA: $40k → 15%OCCDA: $25k → 15%OCCDA: $25k → 15%REGION IV AREA AGENCY ON AGING INC: $216k → 15%REGION IV AREA AGENCY ON AGING INC: $162k → 15%REGION IV AREA AGENCY ON AGING INC: $162k → 15%REGION IV AREA AGENCY ON AGING INC: $162k → 15%REGION IV AREA AGENCY ON AGING INC: $162k → 15%REGION IV AREA AGENCY ON AGING INC: $142k → 15%REGION IV AREA AGENCY ON AGING INC: $119k → 15%REGION IV AREA AGENCY ON AGING INC: $119k → 15%NEW HEIGHTS CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION: $18k → 15%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.

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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$17M · 48 repeat orgs$224k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +30% since the first grant, against +24% for the ones you funded once.

48 repeat relationships — 45 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

48
5

Total granted

$17M
$215k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+30%
+24%

Still filing today

81%
80%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesYouth DevelopmentHealthCrime & LegalEmploymentEducationOther

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

  • RI
    REGION IV AREA AGENCY ON AGING INC (WITH FOSTER GRANDPARENTS PROGRAM)
    8× · 2017–2024 · $1.2M · revenue +67%
  • BW
    BERRIEN-CASS-VANBUREN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $1.2M · revenue +14%
  • YM
    YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER MICHIANA INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $823k · revenue +177%

Funded once

  • HH
    HEARTLAND HUMAN CARE SERVICES INC
    one grant, 2017 · $80k · revenue +21%
  • YO
    YMCA OF GREATER MICHIANA
    one grant, 2017 · $50k
  • AU
    ANDREWS UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2017 · $40k · revenue +16%

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
Area Agency On Aging of Western Michigan Inc

Through internal expertise, external partnerships, and advocacy, the area agency on aging of western michigan provides older adults, adults with disabilities, and their caregivers equitable access to services that promote independence and…

Human Services
2
Mid Michigan Community Action Agency Inc

Mid michigan community action guides local residents on the path to self-sufficiency through empowerment, education and community enrichment.

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3
Michigan Assoc of Community Mental Health Boards

Assisting the community mental health boards of michigan in developing methods for mental health planning, care and treatment.

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4
Michigan Legal Services

Provide free legal assistance to indigent and low income persons

Crime & Legal
5
Housing Services of Mid Michigan

To assist people with low or moderate income to obtain safe and affordable housing

Housing & Shelter
6
Lakeshore Legal Aid

Standing with our neighbors, Lakeshore Legal Aid fights poverty and injustice through advocacy and by providing meaningful and dignified access to the legal system.

Crime & Legal
7
Catholic Social Services of Washtenaw County

Catholic Social Services of Washtenaw County D/B/A Catholic Charities Washtenaw County provides diverse, holistic social services including adoption and pregnancy counseling, food and basic needs assistance, domestic and child abuse…

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8
Lincoln Behavioral Services

To provide comprehensive outpatient mental health services to over 5400 individuals and their families in a consumer driven person centered delivery system. Approximately 15% of our staff members are our clients who are involved in a…

Health
9
Barry County United Way

None

Philanthropy
10
Pace of Southwest Michigan Inc

Surrounding seniors with the care you need to remain in the home you love.

Human Services
11
Michigan Family Resources

Michigan Family Resources mission is to deliver holistic family-centered services to children that promote their well-being and development.

Education
12
211 Northeast Michigan

To provide Northeast Michigan with referrals and information to assist with essential needs.

Community Improvement

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Berrien County Council for Children and the most unlike its peers is Feeding America. 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 backsteadyLocal Community Organizatio…Regional Tourism and Cultur…Christian Ministry Organiza…Southwest Michigan Communit…Youth Sports & Arts ProgramsSouthwest Michigan Communit…
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 39 years old; the field is 17. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number19%2%<5yr13%14%5–10yr21%9%10–20yr12%16%20–35yr16%44%35–55yr20%14%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value19%1%<5yr13%8%5–10yr21%7%10–20yr12%11%20–35yr16%52%35–55yr20%21%55yr+

The field is 19% startups (under 5 years old) — 2% of your grantees by number, and just 1% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 2% lost their exemption, against 11% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
2%1/54
the rest of the field
11%
160/1,488

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

45 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. 45 of the 54 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.

5
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
15
Early backer (in before they grew)
44/45
Grantees still filing
32/45
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

SALVATION ARMY SOCIAL SERVICES OF KENT COUNTY — $1,421,550 · OtherSALVATION ARMY SOCIAL SERVICES OF KENT COUNTYBERRIEN-CASS-VANBUREN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD INC — $1,169,250 · OtherBERRIEN-CASS-VANBUREN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD INCBERRIEN COUNTY PARKS DEPARTMENT — $1,007,876 · OtherBERRIEN COUNTY PARKS DEPARTMENTYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER MICHIANA INC — $823,300 · OtherYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER MICHIANA INCBERRIEN RESA — $630,800 · OtherBERRIEN RESALogan Community Resources Inc — $541,000 · OtherLogan Community Resources IncBERRIEN COUNTY COUNCIL FOR CHILDREN — $525,550 · OtherBERRIEN COUNTY COUNCIL FOR CHILDRENBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF BERRIEN AND CASS INC — $434,362 · OtherLEWIS CASS ISD — $408,950 · OtherLAKE MICHIGAN COLLEGE FOUNDATION — $403,250 · Other+20 more — $2,054,927 · Other+20 moreREGION IV AREA AGENCY ON AGING INC (WITH FOSTER GRANDPARENTS PROGRAM) — $1,242,670 · Human ServicesREGION IV AREA AGENC…THE AVENUE FAMILY NETWORK INC — $636,560 · Human ServicesTHE AVENUE FAMILY NE…MOSAIC CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION INC — $295,500 · Human ServicesMOSAIC CHRISTIAN COM…BENTON HARBOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION — $172,855 · Human ServicesBENTON HARBOR COMMUN…DISABILITY NETWORK SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN — $126,160 · Human ServicesUNITED CHRISTIAN SERVICES OF EASTERN VAN BUREN COUNTY — $117,300 · Human Services+7 more — $375,183 · Human Services+7 moreBERRIEN COUNTY CANCER SERVICES INC — $839,400 · HealthBERRIEN CO…SAMARITAN COUNSELING CENTER INC — $638,640 · HealthSAMARITAN …LAKELAND HEALTH FOUNDATION BENTON HARBOR/STJOSEPH — $100,000 · HealthLAKELAND H…BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN — $782,400 · Youth DevelopmentGIRLS ON THE RUN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN — $249,967 · Youth DevelopmentCAMP FIRE RIVER BEND INC — $147,750 · Youth Development+1 more — $30,000 · Youth DevelopmentKINEXUS YOUTH SOLUTIONS — $478,530 · EmploymentTHE CENTER FOR GROWTH AND INDEPENDENCE — $341,900 · EmploymentEMERGENCY SHELTER SERVICES INC — $508,183 · Housing & ShelterFeeding America — $304,150 · Food & Nutrition
Other$9,420,815Human Services$2,966,228Health$1,578,040Youth Development$1,210,117Employment$820,430Housing & Shelter$508,183Food & Nutrition$304,150

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetREGION IV AREA AGENCY ON AGING INC (WITH FOSTER GRANDPARENTS PROGRAM) — $1,242,670 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetBERRIEN-CASS-VANBUREN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD INC — $1,169,250 over 8y, 1.8% of budgetBERRIEN COUNTY CANCER SERVICES INC — $839,400 over 8y, 28% of budgetYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER MICHIANA INC — $823,300 over 8y, 2.4% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN — $782,400 over 8y, 6.4% of budgetSAMARITAN COUNSELING CENTER INC — $638,640 over 8y, 33% of budgetTHE AVENUE FAMILY NETWORK INC — $636,560 over 8y, 3.5% of budgetLogan Community Resources Inc — $541,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetBERRIEN COUNTY COUNCIL FOR CHILDREN — $525,550 over 8y, 13% of budgetEMERGENCY SHELTER SERVICES INC — $508,183 over 8y, 5.3% of budgetKINEXUS YOUTH SOLUTIONS — $478,530 over 7y, 2.5% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF BERRIEN AND CASS INC — $434,362 over 8y, 44% of budgetLAKE MICHIGAN COLLEGE FOUNDATION — $403,250 over 7y, 5.8% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR GROWTH AND INDEPENDENCE — $341,900 over 8y, 3.5% of budgetFeeding America — $304,150 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetMOSAIC CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION INC — $295,500 over 8y, 5.8% of budgetSENIOR NUTRITION SERVICES REG IV INC — $263,550 over 8y, 2.4% of budgetGIRLS ON THE RUN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN — $249,967 over 8y, 38% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF NORTHERN IN INC — $198,200 over 7y, 1.3% of budgetBENTON HARBOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION — $172,855 over 3y, 28% of budgetSOUTHWESTERN MICHIGAN COLLEGE FOUNDATION — $153,480 over 7y, 4.4% of budgetCAMP FIRE RIVER BEND INC — $147,750 over 7y, 6.3% of budgetOUTCENTER — $126,850 over 5y, 16% of budgetDISABILITY NETWORK SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN — $126,160 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetSOUTHWEST MICHIGAN COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY — $124,850 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetUNITED CHRISTIAN SERVICES OF EASTERN VAN BUREN COUNTY — $117,300 over 6y, 16% of budgetCOMMUNITY AIDS RESOURCE & EDUCATION SERVICES OF SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN — $116,880 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetMICHIGAN COALITION TO END DOMESTIC AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE — $107,750 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetLegal Aid of Western Michigan — $90,300 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetNational Court Appointed Special Advocate Association — $90,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetHEARTLAND HUMAN CARE SERVICES INC — $80,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWell of Grace Ministries Inc — $78,650 over 8y, 7.4% of budgetCourt Appointed Special Advocates of Southwest MI — $76,400 over 3y, 14% of budgetSENIOR SERVICES OF VAN BUREN COUNTY — $58,650 over 6y, 4.1% of budgetSAFE HARBOR CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER — $57,300 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetDOMESTIC AND SEXUAL ABUSE SERVICES — $54,100 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetNeighbor by Neighbor — $47,750 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetANDREWS UNIVERSITY — $40,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW HEIGHTS CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPM — $38,200 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA — $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWE CARE INC — $28,650 over 3y, 4.5% of budgetMI-JOURNEY — $17,833 over 3y, 5.8% of budgetHarbor Habitat for Humanity Inc — $15,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetMICHIANA FAMILY CENTER — $9,100 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.

  • Who funds REGION IV AREA AGENCY ON AGING INC (WITH FOSTER GRANDPARENTS PROGRAM) ↗
  • Who funds BERRIEN-CASS-VANBUREN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD INC ↗
  • Who funds BERRIEN COUNTY CANCER SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER MICHIANA INC ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN COUNSELING CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds THE AVENUE FAMILY NETWORK INC ↗
  • Who funds Logan Community Resources Inc ↗
  • Who funds BERRIEN COUNTY COUNCIL FOR CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds EMERGENCY SHELTER SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds KINEXUS YOUTH SOLUTIONS ↗
  • Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF BERRIEN AND CASS INC ↗
  • Who funds LAKE MICHIGAN COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE CENTER FOR GROWTH AND INDEPENDENCE ↗
  • Who funds Feeding America ↗
  • Who funds MOSAIC CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds SENIOR NUTRITION SERVICES REG IV INC ↗
  • Who funds GIRLS ON THE RUN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF NORTHERN IN INC ↗
  • Who funds BENTON HARBOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHWESTERN MICHIGAN COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CAMP FIRE RIVER BEND INC ↗
  • Who funds OUTCENTER ↗
  • Who funds DISABILITY NETWORK SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY ↗
  • Who funds UNITED CHRISTIAN SERVICES OF EASTERN VAN BUREN COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY AIDS RESOURCE & EDUCATION SERVICES OF SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds MICHIGAN COALITION TO END DOMESTIC AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE ↗
  • Who funds LAKELAND HEALTH FOUNDATION BENTON HARBOR/STJOSEPH ↗
  • Who funds Legal Aid of Western Michigan ↗
  • Who funds National Court Appointed Special Advocate Association ↗
  • Who funds HEARTLAND HUMAN CARE SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds Well of Grace Ministries Inc ↗

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.

Berrien Community Fou…Whirlpool FoundationCorewell Health Group…St Josephbenton Harbo…The Pokagon Fund IncFeeding America West …American Electric Pow…Van Buren County Unit…Lakeland Health Found…The McLoughlin Family…Region IV Area Agency…Bill Nygren Foundation
Berrien Community Foundation IncMI62.2× affinity28 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Berrien Community Foundation Inc · Whirlpool Foundation · Corewell Health Group Return · St Josephbenton Harbor Rotary Foundation Inc · The Pokagon Fund Inc · Feeding America West Michigan · American Electric Power Foundation · Van Buren County United Way Inc · Lakeland Health Foundation Benton Harbor/Stjoseph · The McLoughlin Family Foundation · Region IV Area Agency on Aging Inc (With Foster Grandparents Program) · Bill Nygren 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 United Way of Southwest Michigan 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 · 00%3%10%23%40%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    16report 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 54 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.

    Source object · view filing

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