Michigan · Nonprofit
ALBERT KAHN LEGACY FOUNDATION
ALBERT KAHN LEGACY FOUNDATION (Michigan) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $43,525 to it, the largest being CS CRAIG FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($32,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.1M
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $44k
- Net assets
- $138k
What Albert Kahn Legacy Foundation does
Mission
Preserving the legacy of albert kahn, the foundation is dedicated to celebrating his life, work, and enduring impact on architecture through education, advocacy, and public engagement.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
Albert kahn llegacy foundation received a grant from the michigan department of labor & economic oppurtunity to assist in the repairs and preservation of the detroit michigan fisher building in the amount of $5,000,000. This grant is to be paid out as work is completed and invoices are received. As of 6/30/2025 Albert Kahn Legacy Foundation has received $1,081,849 and expensed $1,038,575. The difference is associated with a 4% fee paid to Albert Kahn Legacy Foundation for administration fees.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Acted as a non-profit fudiciary to administer a state of michigan leo grant to renovate building entrance doors at the albert kahn designed fisher building in detroit, michigan
$1,038,575 spentof which $1,038,575 as grants$1,081,849 earned by the program96% of program spendingEvents - held 6 in person and online educational events including the production and presentation of the albert kahn sonata, a multi-media musical event held in the lobby of the fisher building with an attendance of 200. A special presentation was also given to detroit public school students.
$26,403 spent$10,035 earned by the program2% of program spendingTours and educational services - conducted 14 educational tours, held educational program for detroit public school students at michigan central station, continued expansion of aklfs website and social media presence, and other community outreach initiatives.
$19,406 spentof which $3,250 as grants$13,053 earned by the program2% of program spendingOther program services expensed include: membership and event tracking software, online meeting software, and miscellaneous expenses. Revenue consists of donations received.
$2,934 spent$22,159 earned by the program0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,087,318.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 $95k to $138k (+45%).
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: 2025 95%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
96% of ALBERT KAHN LEGACY FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income rose $1k → $6k.
From the IRS filings of ALBERT KAHN LEGACY FOUNDATION’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
ALBERT KAHN LEGACY FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 74% of grant income and the top three 92%; 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: 2021 98% · 2022 50% · 2023 83% — 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.
Where its funders are
ALBERT KAHN LEGACY FOUNDATION draws 85% of its grant income from funders outside Michigan, across 3 states in all.
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
ALBERT KAHN LEGACY FOUNDATION has grown faster than three-quarters of the 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like ALBERT KAHN LEGACY FOUNDATION
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
99% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
0%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ALBERT KAHN LEGACY FOUNDATION?
- ALBERT KAHN LEGACY FOUNDATION (Michigan) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $43,525 to it, the largest being CS CRAIG FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($32,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ALBERT KAHN LEGACY FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $43,525 in grants to ALBERT KAHN LEGACY FOUNDATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ALBERT KAHN LEGACY FOUNDATION?
- CS CRAIG FAMILY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $32,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ALBERT KAHN LEGACY FOUNDATION 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 2021–2025), and the filings of 8 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