Michigan · Nonprofit
AFRICAN COLLABORATIVE NETWORK
AFRICAN COLLABORATIVE NETWORK (Michigan) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $116,967 to it, the largest being GRAND RAPIDS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($116,967). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $69k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $117k
- Net assets
- $61k
What African Collaborative Network does
Mission
We are an african collaborative, purposely engaging in advocacy, dialogues and partnerships to provide access to resources and opportunities for the african community within west michigan. We want to see a united and engaged african community as empowered stakeholders, contributing to cultural, social, and economic development. The African Collaborative Network (acn) is an organization of african professionals focused on promoting unity, community involvement, and collaboration within the african community. We aim to highlight the professional achievements of africans in west michigan and encourage their participation in social, economic, and political spheres. The acn operates with a working board and provides a supportive environment for african immigrants and refugees to voice our concerns and find solutions. We offer support mechanisms such as community organizing, advocacy, assistance for entrepreneurial ventures, and engagement in public affairs. The acn aims to address systemic
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Program
In 2024, African Collaborative Network (acn) made significant progress toward its mission of strengthening unity, representation, and collective advocacy among african immigrantled organizations in west michigan. Community unity & coalition building (flagship achievement) acn designed and facilitated a community unity that led to visioning initiative in 2025 aimed at strengthening collaboration and shared leadership across african organizations in the region. This effort culminated in a visioning convening that brought together 12 african-led organizations and 41 organizational representatives. The event focused on collective priorities, governance alignment, and strategies for coordinated advocacy, resulting in a stronger, more representative, and action-oriented coalition of african organizations in west michigan. Through its youth internship and mentorship programs, acn supported african immigrant and refugee youth with career exposure, skillbuilding, and mentoring relationships. Youth participants gained hands-on experience, professional guidance, and increased readiness for employment and leadership within their communities.
$26,616 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $26,616.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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 2024 to 2025, from $34k to $61k (+80%).
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.
100% of AFRICAN COLLABORATIVE NETWORK’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (77% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
1 of 1 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 AFRICAN COLLABORATIVE NETWORK’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.
Where its funders are
100% of AFRICAN COLLABORATIVE NETWORK'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. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $117k 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.
Against its field
AFRICAN COLLABORATIVE NETWORK runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 6,328 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,328 community improvement nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
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In Michigan
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for AFRICAN COLLABORATIVE NETWORK: 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 AFRICAN COLLABORATIVE NETWORK?
- AFRICAN COLLABORATIVE NETWORK (Michigan) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $116,967 to it, the largest being GRAND RAPIDS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($116,967). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does AFRICAN COLLABORATIVE NETWORK have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $116,967 in grants to AFRICAN COLLABORATIVE NETWORK, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AFRICAN COLLABORATIVE NETWORK?
- GRAND RAPIDS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $116,967 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AFRICAN COLLABORATIVE NETWORK 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 2023–2025), and the filings of 1 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