· Public charity
Michigan Student Assembly of the University of Michigan
We, the Michigan Student Assembly (MSA) of the University of Michigan, are comprised of students of different backgrounds who have come together to serve our fellow students and the entire University of Michigan community.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k24 grants · $171k
- $10k–50k9 grants · $160k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| THE MUSLIM COALITION | $48,614 |
| Individual grant recipient | $19,000 |
| The Ann Arbor Tenants Union | $18,000 |
| University of Michigan Ballroom Dance Team | $13,756 |
| MRun - Running Club at the University of Michigan | $13,673 |
| Jewish Resource Center | $13,064 |
| Muslim Students Association | $11,855 |
| Not Even Really Drama Students (NERDS) | $11,052 |
| Michigan TAAL | $10,830 |
| College Mentors for Kids at University of Michigan | $9,730 |
| New Michigan Table Tennis Club | $9,110 |
| The Pakistani Student Association | $8,960 |
| Michigan All-Girl Competitive Cheer | $8,869 |
| University of Michigan Science Olympiad (UMSO) | $8,452 |
| Individual grant recipient | $8,148 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 7% of Michigan Student Assembly of the University of Michigan’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 100% of the giving stays in MI; by stated purpose, 88%.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
39 repeat relationships: 22 still active in FY2024, 17 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $93k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- MCMUSLIM COALITION2× · 2023–2024 · $85k
- IGIndividual grant recipient4× · 2021–2024 · $81k
- IGIndividual grant recipient4× · 2020–2023 · $44k
Funded once
- TITHE INTER-COOPERATIVE COUNCIL AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANgraduatedone grant, 2021 · $32k · revenue +39%
- ROREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANone grant, 2020 · $16k
- TTEDXUOFMone grant, 2020 · $10k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
7 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. 7 of the 77 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
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How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Michigan Student Assembly of the University of Michigan funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Michigan Student Assembly of the University of Michigan. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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