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Whirlpool Collective Impact Fund

We are helping to provide a healthy community in benton harbor where residents live in safe, affordable housing and are exposed to multiple avenues for education. Through this initiative we see improved overall quality of life and economic stability through greater employment opportunities and a growing tax base.

$150k
Granted FY2021
15
Grants FY2021
14
Organizations funded FY2021
64%
First-time grantees FY2021
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Median grant, FY2021
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2021
$10,000
Organizations funded a year
2 to 20
FY2017 to FY2021
States reached, FY2021
10

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2021, 64% of the organizations Whirlpool Collective Impact Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 67% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 33% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $100k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21
EducationHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY202114$150k64%
FY202015$830k53%
FY201920$1.6M90%
FY20182$1.4M0%
FY201719$2.0Mn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.

Youth Development$4.6MEducation$1.7MRecreation & Sports$750kPhilanthropy$720kHuman Services$70k

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
IL
MI
NY
MA
NV
IN
OH
PA
CA
CO
KY
AZ
AR
DC
LA
MS
AL
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2021, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Southwest Michigan$4,600,000464%
The First Tee of Benton Harbor Inc$750,000464%
Uplift Education$40,00020%
KIPP Texas Inc$30,00020%
Fulton County Schools$30,0001n/a
Girl Scouts of Northern Indiana Michiana Inc$25,00011%
NYC Department of Education$20,0002n/a
Mastery Charter Schools Foundation$20,00020%
Kipp Metro Atlanta Collaborative Inc$20,00010%
Denver Public Schools$20,0002n/a
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All grantees of Whirlpool Collective Impact Fund by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Southwest Michigan$4,600,000464%
The First Tee of Benton Harbor Inc$750,000464%
Uplift Education$40,00020%
KIPP Texas Inc$30,00020%
Fulton County Schools$30,0001n/a
Girl Scouts of Northern Indiana Michiana Inc$25,00011%
NYC Department of Education$20,0002n/a
Mastery Charter Schools Foundation$20,00020%
Kipp Metro Atlanta Collaborative Inc$20,00010%
Denver Public Schools$20,0002n/a
Delaware Valley Fairness Project$20,00028%
Citizens Academy Southeast$20,00020%
Duval County Public Schools$20,0002n/a
Espiritu Community Development Corp$20,00020%
Birmingham Board of Education$20,0001n/a
Heroes K-8 Academy$10,0001n/a
Meridian Public Charter School$10,00010%
Partnership for Los Angeles Schools$10,00010%
Lawrence Public Schools$10,0001n/a
Psis 276$10,0001n/a
Leaders in Our Neighborhood Charter School$10,00010%
Bright Star Schools$10,00010%
Academy for Urban School Leadership$10,00010%
Success Preparatory Academy$10,00010%
Clarksdale Collegiate$10,00010%
Chicago Collegiate Inc$10,00010%
Federal Way Public Schools$10,0001n/a
County of Maricopa Roosevelt School District 66$10,0001n/a
Alliance College-Ready Public Schools$10,0001n/a
Roots Elementary School$10,00010%
Fayette County Public Schools$10,0001n/a
Arise Schools$10,00010%
City of Fall River$10,0001n/a
Acero Charter Schools Inc$10,0001n/a
Steel City Academy Inc$10,00011%
Renew - Reinventing Education$10,00010%
Rainier Valley Leadership Academy$10,00010%
Seattle Public Schools$10,0001n/a
Kipp Delta Public Schools$10,00010%
Floyd County School Board of Education$10,0001n/a
Euphemia L Haynes Public Charter School Inc$10,00010%
Girls Athletic Leadership School Los Angeles$10,00011%
Foundation Preparatory Charter School$10,00011%
Kipp of New Orleans Inc$10,00010%
Futuro Academy Incorporated$10,00010%
Denver School of Science and Technology Inc$10,00010%
Democracy Prep at the Agassi Campus$10,00010%
Summit Academy Charter School$10,00010%
Kipp Chicago Schools$10,00010%
Alliance Kory Hunter Middle School$10,00010%
Global Language Ambassadors Academy$6,4781n/a

Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($45k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Whirlpool Collective Impact Fund supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 34 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Greater Southwest Michigan: $4,600,000 over 4y, 64% of budgetThe First Tee of Benton Harbor Inc: $750,000 over 4y, 64% of budgetUplift Education: $40,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKIPP Texas Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGirl Scouts of Northern Indiana Michiana Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetMastery Charter Schools Foundation: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetKipp Metro Atlanta Collaborative Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDelaware Valley Fairness Project: $20,000 over 2y, 7.5% of budgetCitizens Academy Southeast: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetEspiritu Community Development Corp: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMeridian Public Charter School: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPartnership for Los Angeles Schools: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLeaders in Our Neighborhood Charter School: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBright Star Schools: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAcademy for Urban School Leadership: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSuccess Preparatory Academy: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetClarksdale Collegiate: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetChicago Collegiate Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetRoots Elementary School: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetArise Schools: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSteel City Academy Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetRenew - Reinventing Education: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRainier Valley Leadership Academy: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKipp Delta Public Schools: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEuphemia L Haynes Public Charter School Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGirls Athletic Leadership School Los Angeles: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetFoundation Preparatory Charter School: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetKipp of New Orleans Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFuturo Academy Incorporated: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetDenver School of Science and Technology Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDemocracy Prep at the Agassi Campus: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSummit Academy Charter School: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetKipp Chicago Schools: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAlliance Kory Hunter Middle School: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 34.

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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.

Good Sports IncGenYOUTH IncorporatedProject Lead the Way …Project Lead the Way …For Inspiration and R…Digital Promise GlobalThe Broad CenterDick's Sporting Goods…Gates FoundationCharter Fund Inc D/B/…The Mr Holland's Opus…Share Our Strength
Good Sports IncMA29.4× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Good Sports Inc · GenYOUTH Incorporated · Project Lead the Way Inc · Project Lead the Way Inc · For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) · Digital Promise Global · The Broad Center · Dick's Sporting Goods Foundation · Gates Foundation · Charter Fund Inc D/B/A Charter School Growth Fund · The Mr Holland's Opus Foundation · Share Our Strength

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.

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How do I get to Whirlpool Collective Impact Fund?

Find your warmest path to Whirlpool Collective Impact Fund 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.

About Whirlpool Collective Impact Fund

How much does Whirlpool Collective Impact Fund give?
Whirlpool Collective Impact Fund reported 15 grants totaling $150,000 in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 20 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.
What does Whirlpool Collective Impact Fund fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2021, its largest causes are Youth Development (59%), Education (22%), Recreation & Sports (10%).
Who are Whirlpool Collective Impact Fund's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2021: Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Southwest Michigan ($4.6M), The First Tee of Benton Harbor Inc ($750k), Uplift Education ($40k).
Does Whirlpool Collective Impact Fund fund new organizations?
In FY2021, 64% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Whirlpool Collective Impact Fund?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Good Sports Inc, GenYOUTH Incorporated, Project Lead the Way Inc.
Where is Whirlpool Collective Impact Fund based?
Whirlpool Collective Impact Fund is based in MI.

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 55 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 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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