Michigan · Nonprofit
Advancing Macomb Foundation Inc
Advancing Macomb Foundation Inc (Michigan) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,500,750 to it, the largest being THE RALPH C WILSON JR FOUNDATION ($1,318,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $600k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $1.5M
- Net assets
- $1.3M
What Advancing Macomb Foundation Inc does
Mission
Advancing Macombs mission is to strengthen Macomb County, Michigan, by connecting community challenges with high-impact solutions.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Advancing Macomb Focused on Empowering Community Groups in Mount Clemens, The County Seat, To Find Innovative Solutions to Change the Narrative of the city and improve quality of life. The Challenges brought on by COVID-19 also Amplified the need for support for the non-profit sector and the rapid deployment of resources throughout the county. In 2025, the organization offered a grant program to local nonprofits for capacity building support, structured as a re-grantin program.
$360,740 spent$550,845 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $360,740.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $190k to $1.3M (+573%).
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.
92% of Advancing Macomb Foundation Inc’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (87% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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
Phil Gilchrist
Executive Director
Board chair
Kelly Walters
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2023 and FY2024, and between the FY2024 and FY2025 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income rose $80k → $623k.
Left out of every figure on this page: $267k from 2 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan). These are real filings, and they are not money Advancing Macomb Foundation Inc raised.
From the IRS filings of Advancing Macomb Foundation Inc’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
Advancing Macomb Foundation Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 88% of grant income and the top three 97%; 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: 2020 94% · 2021 70% · 2022 80% · 2023 99% — growing more concentrated.
“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
95% of Advancing Macomb Foundation Inc's grant income comes from Michigan funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.
Against its field
Advancing Macomb Foundation Inc is better cushioned than half of the 4,237 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,237 philanthropy nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding Advancing Macomb Foundation Inc receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $480k on record.
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$480k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like Advancing Macomb Foundation Inc
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
42% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
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 1 related entity
- Advancing Macomb Inc · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Advancing Macomb Foundation Inc: 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.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Advancing Macomb Foundation Inc?
- Advancing Macomb Foundation Inc (Michigan) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,500,750 to it, the largest being THE RALPH C WILSON JR FOUNDATION ($1,318,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Advancing Macomb Foundation Inc have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $1,500,750 in grants to Advancing Macomb Foundation Inc, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Advancing Macomb Foundation Inc?
- THE RALPH C WILSON JR FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,318,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Advancing Macomb Foundation Inc 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.
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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 5 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing