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TO PARTNER WITH SCHOOLS, TEACHERS AND STUDENTS TO EDUCATE STUDENTS REGARDING PHILANTHROPY AND ALLOW STUDENTS TO BE PART OF PHILANTHROPIC EFFORTS.

$13k
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
0197% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2021–2025.

Health$24kFood & Nutrition$11kHousing & Shelter$10kReligion$6kPublic Benefit$5kHuman Services$4kRecreation & Sports$2kAnimals$1kOther$0
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

$1,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$8k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WELCOME HOME MINISTRIES AFRICA$5,000
COVENANT HOUSE MICHIGAN$5,000
CAMP SUNSHINE$1,000
MISSION 26$1,000
FAMILY HOPE FOUNDATION$500
HUNT 2 HEAL$500
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.

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Your human-services grants (FY21–25, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%BENJAMIN'S HOPE: $1k → 8%CAMP SUNSHINE: $1k → 8%CAMP SUNSHINE INC: $500 → 8%COVENANT HOUSE MICHIGAN: $5k → 11%PAWS WITH A CAUSE: $1k → 8%FAMILY HOPE FOUNDATION: $500 → 8%WEST MICHIGAN MIRACLE LEAGUE: $1k → 8%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 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
House of Hope Midwest

The House of Hope is dedicated to serving individuals, families, and our community by providing a hand up into a hope-filled future.

Human Services
2
Hope On Horseback

Hope on Horseback is dedicated to enhancing the physical, mental, emotional and social wellbeing of individuals with special needs through safe equine assisted activities.

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3
Camp High Hopes

The mission of camp high hopes is to provide fun, safe, and adaptive recreational experiences for children, teens, and adults with disabilities, special needs, and chronic illnesses.

Human Services
4
Healing Farm Ministries

To provide hope and opportunity to people with disabilities and their families, while teaching the community to do the same.

Recreation & Sports
5
With Hope

With Hope is an non-profit organization that provides resources for individuals with special needs.

Human Services
6
House of Hope

House of Hope's mission is to encourage, equip, and empower women to live fully through classes, community, housing, and therapy.

Health
7
Friendship House Corporation

The Friendship House provides assistance and support to the families of children with special needs.

Human Services
8
Hope Reins

Hope reins' vision is to inspire true hope and real healing for every child. at our ranch, we pair children and teens experiencing trauma with a rescued horse and mentor to find hope and healing. the free-of-charge individual and group…

Health
9
St Gerard House

Our Mission is to help individuals with autism and their families experience more joy and achieve meaningful life outcomes by providing evidence-based therapies, innovative programs and continuous advocacy.

Education
10
Hope Harbor Home Inc

Hope Harbor Home strives to break the cycle of domestic and sexual violence in Brunswick County, North Carolina.

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11
Beacon of Hope

Beacon of hope's mission is to be god's hand offering christ-centered, inclusive, accessible and professional mental health counseling.

Religion
12
Bridge of Hope Ministries

Transforming lives in the Ville through access to supportive services and efficacy.

Religion

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Camp Sunshine and the most unlike its peers is 92 for 22. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 15 years old; the field is 16. You back the younger end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%5%<5yr13%15%5–10yr20%55%10–20yr17%10%20–35yr15%15%35–55yr13%0%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%2%<5yr13%23%5–10yr20%46%10–20yr17%13%20–35yr15%16%35–55yr13%0%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 5% of your grantees by number, and just 2% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 10% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/22
the rest of the field
10%
486/4,823

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

18 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. 18 of the 26 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
12/18
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Our Hope Association — $5,250 · OtherOur Hope AssociationWELCOME HOME MINISTRIES AFRICA — $5,000 · OtherWELCOME HOME MINISTRIES AFRICATHE GREEN APPLE PANTRY — $5,000 · OtherTHE GREEN APPLE PANTRYSANFILIPPO HOPE INITIATIVE — $5,000 · OtherSANFILIPPO HOPE INITIATIVELOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR — $1,250 · OtherFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES — $1,000 · OtherMISSION 26 — $1,000 · Other+3 more — $1,500 · Other+3 moreCOVENANT HOUSE MICHIGAN — $5,000 · Human ServicesCOVENANT HOUSE MICHIGANGeorgetown Harmony Homes — $5,000 · Human ServicesGeorgetown Harmony HomesCAMP SUNSHINE — $1,500 · Human ServicesCAMP SUNSHINEWEST MICHIGAN MIRACLE LEAGUE — $1,000 · Human ServicesWEST MICHIGAN MIRACLE LEA…BENJAMIN'S HOPE — $1,000 · Human ServicesBENJAMIN'S HOPEPaws With A Cause — $1,000 · Human ServicesPaws With A CauseTHE FAMILY HOPE FOUNDATION INC — $500 · Human ServicesHUNT2HEAL — $5,500 · HealthHUNT2HEALSTARLITE SHORES FAMILY CAMP — $5,000 · HealthSTARLITE SHORES FAMI…I Understand Love Heals — $1,000 · HealthI Understand Love He…CHILDREN'S HEALING CENTER — $500 · HealthHAND2HAND — $6,000 · Food & NutritionHAND2HAND92 FOR 22 — $5,000 · Public Benefit20 Liters — $1,000 · InternationalH U G S for Horses and Children — $1,000 · AnimalsAYA YOUTH COLLECTIVE — $500 · Housing & Shelter
Other$25,000Human Services$15,000Health$12,000Food & Nutrition$6,000Public Benefit$5,000International$1,000Animals$1,000Housing & Shelter$500

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetHAND2HAND — $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHUNT2HEAL — $5,500 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetOur Hope Association — $5,250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE MICHIGAN — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget92 FOR 22 — $5,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetGeorgetown Harmony Homes — $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSTARLITE SHORES FAMILY CAMP — $5,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetCAMP SUNSHINE — $1,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budget20 Liters — $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWEST MICHIGAN MIRACLE LEAGUE — $1,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetH U G S for Horses and Children — $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetI Understand Love Heals — $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBENJAMIN'S HOPE — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPaws With A Cause — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAYA YOUTH COLLECTIVE — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S HEALING CENTER — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAGGIES MISSION CAFE — $500 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

The Community Foundat…Grand Rapids Communit…Peter C & Emajean Coo…The Mercantile Bank F…Frey FoundationLarry and Karen Mulde…The Shine FoundationCdv5 FoundationHeart of West Michiga…Consumers Energy Foun…Natl Christian Charit…Raymond James Charita…
The Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area IncMI19.7× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area Inc · Grand Rapids Community Foundation · Peter C & Emajean Cook Foundation · The Mercantile Bank Foundation · Frey Foundation · Larry and Karen Mulder Foundation · The Shine Foundation · Cdv5 Foundation · Heart of West Michigan United Way · Consumers Energy Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund

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 University of Giving 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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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%your 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
    4report 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

    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.

    04Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to University of Giving?

    Find your warmest path to University of Giving 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 26 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-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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