Skip to content
Weatherwax Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

Weatherwax Foundation

Its FY2017 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$5.0M
Granted FY2017
49
Grants FY2017
2
States reached
$1.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01FY2017 · 49 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2017

  • Under $10k5 grants · $24k
  • $10k–50k15 grants · $290k
  • $50k–250k24 grants · $2.1M
  • $250k+5 grants · $2.6M
$50,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$290k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HENRY FORD ALLEGIANCE HEALTH$1,000,000
JACKSON FRIENDLY HOME$553,519
CASCADES HUMANE SOCIETY$385,495
JACKSON CIRY PARKS & RECREATION$370,000
MARRIAGE MATTERS JACKSON$300,000
JACKSON COLLEGE FOUNDATION$200,000
CROSWELL OPERA HOUSE$175,000
CATHOLIC CHARITIES$153,000
COMPASSIONATE MINISTRIES OF JACKSON$131,500
HILLSDALE COUNTY DRUG COURT$106,673
JACKSON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$100,000
ST LOUIS CENTER$100,000
FAMILY SERVICE & CHILDREN'S AID$100,000
MICHIGAN THEATRE$90,000
LEGAL SERVICES OF S CENTRAL MI$88,000
02The need
02

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 (FY17–17, $289k) 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%HILLSDALE COUNTY SENIOR SERVICES: $86k → 14%JOHN GEORGE HOME: $50k → 13%KIWANIS FOUNDATION OF JACKSON: $7k → 13%COMPASSIONATE MINISTRIES OF JACKSON: $132k → 13%NONPROFIT NETWORK: $15k → 13%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 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
Jackson Community Ambulance

The mission of jackson community ambulance is to provide high-quality out-of-hospital care and transportation services to the communities we serve.

Public Safety & Disaster
2
Jackson Family Childcare

To provide high quality, comprehensive child development and after school care to ensure that children can reach their highest potential

—
3
Jackson Council on the Aging Inc

The primary function of the Jackson Council on the Aging, Inc. is to improve the quality of life for the parish's elderly and to provide services to the elderly as well as coordinate and monitor the services of other local agencies serving…

—
4
Jackson County Senior Citizens Organization Inc

Assisting senior citizens of jackson county

Human Services
5
Jackson County Community Services Consortium

Enhance delivery of quality, integrated, accessible services

—
6
Jackson County Day Activity Center

The organization's primary exempt purpose is to provide vocational opportunities for adults with developmental disabilities.

Health
7
Jackson County Council On Aging

Provide services to local seniors to improve their quality of life and assist them in remaining in their homes

Human Services
8
Jackson County Casa

Casa is a unique non-profit helping abused and neglected children in the jackson county family court system. our team of trained volunteers,staff case supervisors, and staff attorneys allow each child to be represented in a court of law…

Civil Rights
9
Michigan Christian Home

The michigan christian home dba beacon hill at eastgate, a not-for-profit corporation, provides housing and health services in a christian environment for older adults, thus enabling them to meet their ongoing physical, social and…

—
10
Jackson Center for Independent Living

Independent living development for the disabled

Crime & Legal
11
Judson Care Center Inc

Judson care center's mission, as a charitable, christian organization, is to use its resources to meet the housing, health care, social, physical and spiritual needs of its constituents without regards to race, color, creed, national…

Health
12
The Jackson County United Way Inc

Jackson county united way assesses needs, secures resources and strategically invests those resources to create lasting, measurable change in the areas of education, health and financial stability for all people in jackson county.

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Compassionate Ministries of Jackson County; the most unlike its peers is St Louis Center. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

24 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. 24 of the 49 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.

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/24
Grantees still filing
17/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HENRY FORD ALLEGIANCE HEALTH: $1,000,000 · OtherHENRY FORD ALLEGIANCE HEALTHTHE JACKSON FRIENDLY HOME: $553,519 · OtherTHE JACKSON FRIENDLY HOMEJACKSON CIRY PARKS & RECREATION: $370,000 · OtherJACKSON CIRY PARKS & RECREATIONMARRIAGE MATTERS JACKSON: $300,000 · OtherMARRIAGE MATTERS JACKSONCATHOLIC CHARITIES: $153,000 · Other+30 more: $1,271,998 · Other+30 moreCASCADES HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $385,495 · AnimalsJACKSON COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $200,000 · EducationTHE SHOP RAT FOUNDATION INC: $54,790 · EducationALBION COLLEGE: $50,000 · EducationCOMPASSIONATE MINISTRIES OF JACKSON COUNTY: $131,500 · Human ServicesHILLSDALE COUNTY SENIOR SERVICES CENTER INC: $85,938 · Human ServicesJOHN GEORGE HOME INC: $50,000 · Human ServicesNONPROFIT NETWORK: $15,000 · Human Services+1 more: $6,500 · Human ServicesCROSWELL OPERA HOUSE & FINE ARTS ASSOCIATION: $175,000 · Arts & CultureINTERLOCHEN CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $10,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $5,000 · Arts & CultureJackson Community Foundation: $100,000 · PhilanthropyHELPS INTERNATIONAL: $60,000 · International
Other$3,648,517Animals$385,495Education$304,790Human Services$288,938Arts & Culture$190,000Philanthropy$100,000International$60,000

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 budgetTHE JACKSON FRIENDLY HOME: $553,519 over 1y, 31% of budgetCASCADES HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $385,495 over 1y, 14% of budgetMARRIAGE MATTERS JACKSON: $300,000 over 1y, 48% of budgetJACKSON COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $200,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetCROSWELL OPERA HOUSE & FINE ARTS ASSOCIATION: $175,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetCOMPASSIONATE MINISTRIES OF JACKSON COUNTY: $131,500 over 1y, 31% of budgetJackson Community Foundation: $100,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetFamily Service and Childrens Aid: $100,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetHILLSDALE COUNTY SENIOR SERVICES CENTER INC: $85,938 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetHELPS INTERNATIONAL: $60,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetTHE SHOP RAT FOUNDATION INC: $54,790 over 1y, 28% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF LENAWEE INC: $50,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetALBION COLLEGE: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHOSPICE OF LENAWEE: $50,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetJOHN GEORGE HOME INC: $50,000 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetSMILES ON WHEELS: $35,006 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetTHE READING WRITING CONNECTION: $25,000 over 1y, 23% of budgetNONPROFIT NETWORK: $15,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetINTERLOCHEN CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLUE LAKE FINE ARTS CAMP: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $883 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

Consumers Energy Foun…The Alvin L Glick Fou…Phil & Pat Willis Fou…Lavery FoundationThe Hurst FoundationSpeckhard-Knight Char…Samuel Higby Camp Fou…Macchia Family Founda…Melling Family Founda…John George Jr Paragr…Jackson Community Fou…Addison P Cook III Fo…
Consumers Energy FoundationMI29.3× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Consumers Energy Foundation · The Alvin L Glick Foundation · Phil & Pat Willis Foundation · Lavery Foundation · The Hurst Foundation · Speckhard-Knight Charitable Foundation · Samuel Higby Camp Foundation · Macchia Family Foundation · Melling Family Foundation · John George Jr Paragraph X Trust · Jackson Community Foundation · Addison P Cook III 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 Weatherwax Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Weatherwax Foundation. 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%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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 49 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-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2017, released 2017. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Source object · view filing

    Play a game based on Weatherwax’s filings →

    More from the funding graph

    The unnamed billions
    grants reported with no recipient in the public record
    The regranting layer
    51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
    The DAF merry-go-round
    $9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
    The endowment market
    who holds foundation money, and what just moved
    The camps
    funders cluster by geography, not ideology
    By state
    where grant money is based, and what stays home