Michigan · Nonprofit
BELLWETHER HARBOR ANIMAL SHELTER
BELLWETHER HARBOR ANIMAL SHELTER (Michigan) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $530,230 to it, the largest being BELLWETHER FOUNDATION ($246,161). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
BELLWETHER HARBOR ANIMAL SHELTER runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 6,424 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,424 animals nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Three funders worth looking at
Grantmakers with no record of funding this organization, ranked by how strongly the co-funder graph and the mission embeddings agree. The evidence is in section 03.
- Mecosta - Osceola United Way Incshared funders
- The Association for Animal Welfare Advancementportfolio match
- Martha Morse Beck Von Peccoz Animal Plcportfolio match
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 29% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of BELLWETHER HARBOR ANIMAL SHELTER’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
BELLWETHER HARBOR ANIMAL SHELTER leans on a few funders — its largest provides 46% of grant income and the top three 96%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
33% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund BELLWETHER HARBOR ANIMAL SHELTER.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
71% of BELLWETHER HARBOR ANIMAL SHELTER's grant income comes from Michigan funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $153k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Funders to approach
Grantmakers that don’t fund you yet, surfaced two ways: they back organizations that share your funders, or their grantees resemble your mission. The ones both signals agree on come first. Your 4 funders put you typical among the 324 organizations that share them.
- Mecosta - Osceola United Way Incshared fundersMI · backs 10 organizations that share your funders
- The Association for Animal Welfare Advancementportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Martha Morse Beck Von Peccoz Animal Plcportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Greater Good Charitiesportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Pedigree Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Grey Muzzle Organizationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Duffield Family Foundation Dba Maddie's Fundportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Massachusetts Animal Coalition Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Best Friends Animal Societyportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Humane World for Animals Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- BISSELL Pet Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animalsportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
From the co-funder graph (funders backing at least two comparable organizations, shrunk for grantee count, donor-advised and mega-funds excluded) and the universe embeddings. A research starting point; overlap is association, not a guarantee of fit.
Organizations like BELLWETHER HARBOR ANIMAL SHELTER
Nonprofits whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over the universe of US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Michigan
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
71% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BELLWETHER HARBOR ANIMAL SHELTER: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
Screens are triage, not determinations; a source that cannot be read reports not screened, never clear. How the screen works · on the API as GET /api/screening/{ein}?format=pdf
Questions and answers
- Who funds BELLWETHER HARBOR ANIMAL SHELTER?
- BELLWETHER HARBOR ANIMAL SHELTER (Michigan) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $530,230 to it, the largest being BELLWETHER FOUNDATION ($246,161). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BELLWETHER HARBOR ANIMAL SHELTER have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $530,230 in grants to BELLWETHER HARBOR ANIMAL SHELTER, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BELLWETHER HARBOR ANIMAL SHELTER?
- BELLWETHER FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $246,161 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BELLWETHER HARBOR ANIMAL SHELTER find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Michigan. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2024–2024), and the filings of 4funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported August 27, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing