Michigan · Nonprofit
GRACE CENTERS OF HOPE
GRACE CENTERS OF HOPE (Michigan) receives grants from 131 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,722,655 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($710,101). 80 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 52% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $13M
- Funders on record
- 131
- Grants received
- $5.7M
- Net assets
- $8.9M
What Grace Centers of Hope does
Mission
Our mission is to positively change the lives of the homeless, addicted and unwanted through the gospel of jesus christ, personal accountability, life skills, education, and work-related programs. Grace Centers of Hope's most significant activities include its 1-year life skills program, 2-year aftercare program, career and education center where residents can obtain their ged and job placement counseling, hands of hope daycare center for our residents with children, and our home ownership program.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Life skills program: our life skills education program is part of our one-year rehabilitation program for both men and women. Daily classes are designed to help rebuild a balanced life and encourage successful choices. Classes include: substance abuse recovery, co-dependency, self-discovery, relationships, parenting, overcoming and preventing abuse, goal setting and money management. An important component of our program is a work routine that develops skills necessary for the workforce. In the end, our goal is to return men and women to society as useful, responsible, self-supporting citizens of the community.
$4,376,299 spent40% of program spendingHands of hope childcare: a safe and nurturing environment for children whose families are in Grace Centers of Hope's life skills or after-care programs. This state-licensed childcare facility offers excellence in education, development and recreation for children ages newborn to 5 years--all free of charge.
$803,217 spent7% of program spendingOther: rescued treasures: operates thrift stores that receive donated clothing and other items to provide employment to homeless shelter residents.
$5,753,687 spent53% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $10,933,203.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $8.1M to $9.4M (+17%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Darin Weiss
CEO / board
Board chair
Kent W Clark
Board chair/
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2024 and FY2025 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 30 funders to 45 funders, grant income rose $558k → $566k.
21 of 131 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 52% 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 GRACE CENTERS OF HOPE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 131 funders by total. 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
GRACE CENTERS OF HOPE has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 12% of grant income, and it takes 6 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 6 funders to its left
57% 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 GRACE CENTERS OF HOPE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 38% · 2018 18% · 2019 32% · 2020 37% · 2021 19% · 2022 18% · 2023 27% — diversifying over time.
“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.
How long its funders stay
47% of GRACE CENTERS OF HOPE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 61% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
52% of GRACE CENTERS OF HOPE's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $2.7M that is directly attributable, 85% of it comes from Michigan funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3.0M arriving through sponsors registered in 17 states 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.
Organizations like GRACE CENTERS OF HOPE
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the 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
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 6 related entities
- Rescued Treasures Sterling Heights · disregarded
- Rescued Treasures Waterford · disregarded
- Rescued Treasures Thrift Store III · disregarded
- Rescued Treasures Warren · disregarded
- Hands of Hope Childcare Center · disregarded
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Questions and answers
- Who funds GRACE CENTERS OF HOPE?
- GRACE CENTERS OF HOPE (Michigan) receives grants from 131 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,722,655 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($710,101). 80 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 52% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does GRACE CENTERS OF HOPE have?
- IRS filings report 131 organizations giving $5,722,655 in grants to GRACE CENTERS OF HOPE, 80 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GRACE CENTERS OF HOPE?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $710,101 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GRACE CENTERS OF HOPE 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 131 funders 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 October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing