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W E Upjohn Unemployment Trustee Corporation at a glanceMostly funded, not a grantmaker: see who funds it →

· Public charity

W E Upjohn Unemployment Trustee Corporation

To conduct research into the causes and effects of unemployment and to study and investigate the feasibility and methods of insuring against unemployment and to devise ways and means of preventing and alleviating the distress and hardship caused by unemployment, and to create, experiment with and put into effect any plan or device that…

$3.8M
Granted FY2025still arriving
14
Grants FY2025still arriving
8
States reached
$2.1M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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 2025.

Education$21MEmployment$11MHuman Services$402kYouth Development$310kScience & Tech$187kSocial Science$140kCommunity Improvement$125kReligion$60kOther$0
02FY2025 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 14 grants below total $3,659,048, the rows itemized in this filing. The $3,773,632 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $114,584 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 · FY2025

  • Under $10k7 grants · $53k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $462k
  • $250k+2 grants · $3.1M
$10,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$301M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
KRESA FOUNDATION$2,123,165
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE (WDI)$1,011,229
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA$187,384
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON$139,770
VOCES$75,000
RUSSEL SAGE FOUNDATION$60,000
CHILD CARE BACK OFFICE$10,000
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS$7,500
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY$7,500
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY$7,500
CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY$7,500
CORNELL UNIVERSITY$7,500
UNIVERSITY OF SOURTHERN CALIFORNIA$7,500
UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER$7,500
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY19–25, $615k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%VOCES: $200k → 14%VOCES: $75k → 14%SOUTHWESTERN MICHIGAN URBAN LEAGUE: $125k → 14%WOMAN'S CO-OP: $78k → 14%WOMAN'S CO-OP: $40k → 14%SOUTHWEST CHILD CARE RESOURCES: $86k → 12%SOUTHWEST CHILD CARE RESOURCES: $12k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
WA
MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
CA
AZ
TN
DC
GA
TX
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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$32M · 12 repeat orgs$854k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +29% since the first grant, against -2% for those funded once.

12 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
13

Total granted

$32M
$471k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+29%
-2%

Still filing today

83%
69%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $382k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementEmploymentYouth DevelopmentSocial ScienceOther
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

  • KR
    KALAMAZOO REGIONAL EDUCATIONAL SERVICE AGENCY FOUNDATION
    8× · 2017–2025 · $20M · revenue +365%
  • MS
    MICHIGAN STATE AFL-CIO WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE
    8× · 2017–2025 · $10.0M · revenue +329% · 55% of their budget
  • NEW LEVEL SPORTS
    2× · 2022–2023 · $310k · revenue +29%

Funded once

  • SM
    Southwestern Michigan Urban League
    one grant, 2023 · $125k · revenue -40%
  • GK
    Greater Kingdom International
    one grant, 2023 · $123k
  • BURMESE AMERICAN INITIATIVE INC
    one grant, 2023 · $74k · revenue -4%
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
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
2
The George Washington University

The mission of the george washington university (gw) is to educate individuals in liberal arts, languages, sciences, learned professions, and other courses and subjects of study, and to conduct scholarly research and publish the findings…

Education
3
Trustees of Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College educates the most promising students and prepares them for a lifetime of learning and of responsible leadership, through a faculty dedicated to teaching and the creation of knowledge.

Education
4
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Wpi transforms lives, turns knowledge into action to confront global challenges, and revolutionizes stem through distinctive and inclusive education, projects and research. (http://www.wpi.edu/about/mission.html)

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5
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
6
Roger Williams University

At Roger Williams University, students are prepared to be thinkers and doers ready to solve challenging problems with innovative solutions. RWU offers robust offerings of undergraduate, graduate and professional programs across eight…

Education
7
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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8
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
9
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
10
The Rockefeller University

The rockefeller university (the university) is a world renowned center for research and graduate education in the biomedical sciences, chemistry, bioinformatics, and physics. the university's 73 laboratories conduct both clinical and basic…

Education
11
Arcadia University

Arcadia university's pioneering, global, integrated, liberal arts, and professional learning experience cultivates leaders who are intellectually fearless and uniquely prepared for life and work. our highly regarded, values-based learning…

Education
12
Delaware Valley University

See schedule o.we are inspired by the ideals of our founder who, in 1896, emphasized respect for all people and ideas, who honored knowledge with practice, progress and the common good. our historical commitment to experiential learning…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Berrien-Cass-Vanburen Workforce Development Board Inc; the most unlike its peers is Greater Kingdom International. 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

26 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. 26 of the 36 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/26
Grantees still filing
12/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

KALAMAZOO REGIONAL EDUCATIONAL SERVICE AGENCY FOUNDATION: $20,302,274 · EducationKALAMAZOO REGIONAL EDUCATIONAL SERVICE AGENCY FOUNDATION+10 more: $90,000 · EducationMICHIGAN STATE AFL-CIO WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE: $9,980,402 · EmploymentMICHIGAN STATE AFL-CIO WORKFORCE D…BERRIEN-CASS-VANBUREN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD INC: $301,924 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA: $187,384 · OtherRUSSELL SAGE FOUNDATION: $180,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON: $139,770 · OtherGreater Kingdom International: $123,000 · OtherRISE CORP: $50,000 · Other+10 more: $107,002 · OtherVOCES: $275,000 · Human ServicesSouthwestern Michigan Urban League: $125,000 · Human ServicesWOMENS NETWORK INC: $117,955 · Human ServicesCHILD CARE RESOURCE AND REFERRAL OF KALAMAZOO: $97,319 · Human ServicesNEW LEVEL SPORTS: $309,726 · Youth DevelopmentBATTLE CREEK UNLIMITED INC: $100,300 · Community ImprovementDEVELOP IOSCO INCORPORATED: $25,000 · Community ImprovementBURMESE AMERICAN INITIATIVE INC: $74,400 · Arts & Culture
Education$20,392,274Employment$9,980,402Other$1,089,080Human Services$615,274Youth Development$309,726Community Improvement$125,300Arts & Culture$74,400

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMICHIGAN STATE AFL-CIO WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE: $9,980,402 over 8y, 55% of budgetNEW LEVEL SPORTS: $309,726 over 2y, 13% of budgetBERRIEN-CASS-VANBUREN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD INC: $301,924 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetVOCES: $275,000 over 2y, 24% of budgetRUSSELL SAGE FOUNDATION: $180,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetSouthwestern Michigan Urban League: $125,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetWOMENS NETWORK INC: $117,955 over 2y, 17% of budgetBATTLE CREEK UNLIMITED INC: $100,300 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetCHILD CARE RESOURCE AND REFERRAL OF KALAMAZOO: $97,319 over 2y, 9.7% of budgetBURMESE AMERICAN INITIATIVE INC: $74,400 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetRISE CORP: $50,000 over 1y, 6.6% of budgetDEVELOP IOSCO INCORPORATED: $25,000 over 1y, 8.8% of budgetTHE URBAN INSTITUTE: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHAPMAN UNIVERSITY: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVanderbilt University: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMassachusetts Institute of Technology: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCornell University: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Middlebury College: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTAYLOR TRUST FBO ASU FOUNDATION: $7,500 over 1y, 9.6% 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.

United Way of South C…WK Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek Communit…Battle Creek Unlimite…Miller FoundationAmazonsmile Foundation
United Way of South Central MichiganMI24× affinity9 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United Way of South Central Michigan · WK Kellogg Foundation · Battle Creek Community Foundation · Battle Creek Unlimited Inc · Miller Foundation · 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 W E Upjohn Unemployment Trustee Corporation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from W E Upjohn Unemployment Trustee Corporation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 35%
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 35% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Middlebury College: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
8report 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
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.

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 36 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The unnamed billions
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The regranting layer
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The endowment market
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The camps
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By state
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