Michigan · Nonprofit
AMPLIFY GR
AMPLIFY GR (Michigan) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,732,491 to it, the largest being IFF ($558,565). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $12M
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $1.7M
- Net assets
- $19M
What Amplify Gr does
Mission
In partnership with neighbors, local businesses, and community organizations, agr seeks to widen pathways so that all residents have a greater opportunity to participate in and benefit from community growth including providing resources that support holistic revitalization of neighborhoods in and around grand rapids, michigan by coordinating and investing in access to affordable low and mixed-income housing; fostering cradle-to-career educational opportunities; reinvigorating neighborhood economies through workforce development, local entrepreneurship and business development; and enhancing quality of life through community health and wellness efforts; and by engaging in activities related to the foregoing.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
In the purpose built communities network, Amplify Gr is a community quarterback organization, meaning we align partners and set strategies for the overall development effort based on the community's vision. In this role, we facilitate the following activities: amplify neighbor ideas through our amp the good grant program, which supports neighbor-led initiatives and projects that build community. Agr also supports neighborhood events and place activation to strengthen social capital. Attracting jobs and building business ownership through the business strong grant program to assist businesses with infrastructure improvements and entrepreneurial coaching. Incubator spaces for makers and small neighborhood-based food businesses to start and grow on their business journeys are online. Innovation strong focuses on workforce development and employee supports with local and small businesses. Agr increases the love of learning with outbridge grants, which provide direct financial support to families in the service area to invest in enrichment activities for children. The organization leverages partnerships for early childhood, k-12, and workforce development opportunities, including…
$1,646,825 spentof which $386,336 as grants$55,339 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,646,825.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 $2.3M to $26M (+1023%).
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: 2022 35% · 2023 48% · 2024 30%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
96% of AMPLIFY GR’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (61% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 6 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
Jon Ippel
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 8 funders, grant income rose $123 → $869k.
2 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% 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 AMPLIFY GR’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
AMPLIFY GR leans on a few funders — its largest provides 32% of grant income and the top three 69%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
58% 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 AMPLIFY GR.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 100% · 2022 72% · 2023 32% — 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
AMPLIFY GR draws 74% of its grant income from funders outside Michigan, across 5 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $13k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
AMPLIFY GR runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 659 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 659 community improvement nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Government funding AMPLIFY GR receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.5M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$1.5M
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 AMPLIFY GR
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
68% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
40%
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 4 related entities
- Bsq Together I Spe LLC · disregarded
- Bsq Together II Spe LLC · disregarded
- Boston Square Hwec · exempt
- 1639 Madison LLC · partnership
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for AMPLIFY GR: 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 AMPLIFY GR?
- AMPLIFY GR (Michigan) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,732,491 to it, the largest being IFF ($558,565). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does AMPLIFY GR have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $1,732,491 in grants to AMPLIFY GR, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AMPLIFY GR?
- IFF is the largest funder on record, with $558,565 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AMPLIFY GR 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 FY2024 (financials across 2019–2024), and the filings of 12 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