Michigan · Nonprofit
ALTERNATIVES FOR GIRLS
ALTERNATIVES FOR GIRLS (Michigan) receives grants from 135 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,300,007 to it, the largest being McGregor Fund ($1,944,020). 76 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $9.4M
- Funders on record
- 135
- Grants received
- $12M
- Net assets
- $5.4M
What Alternatives for Girls does
Mission
Alternatives for Girls helps homeless and high-risk youth avoid violence, teen pregnancy, and exploitation, and helps them to explore and access the support, resources, and opportunities necessary to be safe, to grow strong, and to make positive choices in their lives.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Shelter/transition to independent living program:1) the residential program served 107 participants, including 22 minors. 2) 34 youth were pregnant and/or parenting at intake. In addition to the pregnant and parenting mothers, 29 of their infants/toddlers lived with them. 3) 5,740 nights of care and 18,624 meals were provided to participants and their children. 4) participants were provided counseling, case management, life skills, and parenting groups. 5) residents participated in workforce development groups, including education about a variety of possible careers and financial literacy education, and advocacy days across the state. 51 percent of participants gained employment, and 37 percent were enrolled in school while in the til.
$1,463,351 spentof which $46,598 as grants$41,475 earned by the program20% of program spendingOutreach and education program:1) 885 participants directly served across regular programming.2) 399 individuals were seen in the crisis resource center. 3) 172 individuals were served through street outreach. 4) 323 participants were enrolled and active in the workforce development hub; all received case management services, while 75 percent achieved employment and 16 percent enrolled in vocational and educational programs. 57 employer and training partnerships.
$2,532,758 spentof which $46,598 as grants34% of program spendingCommunity-based prevention program: 1) 62 youth participated in after-school workshops, mentoring, and the summer program. 2) 569 youth were seen at least once during youth street outreach. 41 of these youth received ongoing additional support. 3) 220 youth were served in the pregnancy prevention "girls with ambition" research project. 4) 1047 youth were served overall. 100 percent of high school girls avoided unplanned pregnancy.
$1,762,424 spentof which $46,598 as grants24% of program spendingHousing stability program: served 136 households (315 adults and their children) who have experienced homelessness, providing 100% of them with support for education, employment, casework services, and rent subsidies. 40 percent of participants secured/maintained income.early childhood education program: state of michigan licensed program for the children of mothers living in the organization's shelter; the organization cared for 21 infants, toddlers, and young children, ages six weeks to five years old, and also provided parenting education and support to the young mothers living in the shelter/transition to independent living program. 72 percent of infants/toddlers living in shelter enrolled.
$1,680,030 spentof which $46,598 as grants23% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $7,438,563.
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 2017 to 2018, from $4.7M to $5.4M (+14%).
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: 2017 58% · 2018 52% · 2019 64% · 2020 55% · 2021 58% · 2022 48% · 2023 47% · 2024 60% · 2025 67%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of ALTERNATIVES FOR GIRLS’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (39% 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
Tonya Adair
CEO
Board chair
Rochelle Lento
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
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 26 funders to 56 funders, grant income rose $495k → $2.4M.
22 of 135 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 16% 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 ALTERNATIVES FOR GIRLS’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 135 funders by total. 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
ALTERNATIVES FOR GIRLS has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 16% of grant income, and it takes 6 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 6 funders to its left
44% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund ALTERNATIVES FOR GIRLS.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 54% · 2018 22% · 2019 25% · 2020 25% · 2021 23% · 2022 31% · 2023 25% — 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.
How long its funders stay
56% of ALTERNATIVES FOR GIRLS's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
81% of ALTERNATIVES FOR GIRLS's grant income comes from Michigan funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.9M arriving through sponsors registered in 18 states 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
ALTERNATIVES FOR GIRLS has grown faster than half of the 2,367 housing & shelter nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,367 housing & shelter nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding ALTERNATIVES FOR GIRLS receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $24.1M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$14.5M
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$6.2M
- Department of Justice$3.4M
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 ALTERNATIVES FOR GIRLS
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
77% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ALTERNATIVES FOR GIRLS: 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 ALTERNATIVES FOR GIRLS?
- ALTERNATIVES FOR GIRLS (Michigan) receives grants from 135 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,300,007 to it, the largest being McGregor Fund ($1,944,020). 76 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ALTERNATIVES FOR GIRLS have?
- IRS filings report 135 organizations giving $12,300,007 in grants to ALTERNATIVES FOR GIRLS, 76 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ALTERNATIVES FOR GIRLS?
- McGregor Fund is the largest funder on record, with $1,944,020 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ALTERNATIVES FOR GIRLS 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 135 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing