Michigan · Nonprofit
THE COMMUNITY RENAISSANCE FUND
THE COMMUNITY RENAISSANCE FUND (Michigan) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $711,804 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF ST CLAIR COUNTY ($702,742). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
THE COMMUNITY RENAISSANCE FUND is better cushioned than half of the 11,946 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,946 community improvement 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.
- United Way of St Clair Countylocal
- Council of Michigan Foundationsportfolio match
- Independent Colleges of Indiana Incportfolio match
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. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
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.
59% of THE COMMUNITY RENAISSANCE FUND’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (62% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2021: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $107k → $293k.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 99% 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 THE COMMUNITY RENAISSANCE FUND’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation.
How concentrated its funding is
THE COMMUNITY RENAISSANCE FUND leans on a few funders — its largest provides 99% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2021 97% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration.
Where its funders are
100% of THE COMMUNITY RENAISSANCE FUND's grant income comes from Michigan funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing.
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.
- United Way of St Clair CountylocalMI · funds 27 organizations near you
- Council of Michigan Foundationsportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Independent Colleges of Indiana Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Cfleadsportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Indiana Philanthropy Alliance Foundation Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Indiana Philanthropy Alliance Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Iowa Council of Foundationsportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Scholarship America Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Slappey Family Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Regional Opportunity Initiatives Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- John and Cindy Family Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Funders for Lesbian and Gay Issues Inc Dba Funders for Lgbtq Issuesportfolio 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 THE COMMUNITY RENAISSANCE FUND
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
99% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 3 related entities
- Community Foundation of St Clair · exempt
- Blue Water Land Fund · exempt
- Thumb Coast Dream Makers Inc · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE COMMUNITY RENAISSANCE FUND: 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 THE COMMUNITY RENAISSANCE FUND?
- THE COMMUNITY RENAISSANCE FUND (Michigan) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $711,804 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF ST CLAIR COUNTY ($702,742). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE COMMUNITY RENAISSANCE FUND have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $711,804 in grants to THE COMMUNITY RENAISSANCE FUND, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE COMMUNITY RENAISSANCE FUND?
- COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF ST CLAIR COUNTY is the largest funder on record, with $702,742 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE COMMUNITY RENAISSANCE FUND 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 2funders 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. What this page cannot tell you · view filing