Michigan · Nonprofit
ARTS COUNCIL OF GREATER LANSING
ARTS COUNCIL OF GREATER LANSING (Michigan) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $58,857 to it, the largest being DESK DRAWER FUND ($53,758). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $415k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $59k
- Net assets
- $1.6M
What Arts Council of Greater Lansing does
Mission
Promotion of the public interest in the arts and support of other art organizations.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Education and professional development consisting of a multifaceted approach to supporting artists, students, and arts organizations throughout the community which provides professional development grants, group workshops, maintenance of online resources, and individual consultations and technical assistance.
$169,774 spentof which $82,383 as grants$11,006 earned by the program32% of program spendingArts promotion and advocacy spans several media outlets and community events. Endeavors include 517 art search app, distributing print materials with lists of arts and cultural events, social media, website and mobile applications, and special events and fundraisers.
$13,726 spent$111 earned by the program3% of program spendingArts programming provides art engagement opportunities for groups of all ages through temporary and permanent art installations throughout the region, sponsoring gallery exhibits, artists-in-residence in public schools, and scheduled events aimed at driving economic growth while fostering spontaneous creative experiences.
$345,312 spentof which $247,149 as grants65% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $528,812.
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 2021 to 2022, from $2.2M to $1.8M (−16%).
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 40% · 2018 34% · 2019 41% · 2020 76% · 2021 64% · 2022 73% · 2023 68% · 2024 49% · 2025 59%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
89% of ARTS COUNCIL OF GREATER LANSING’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 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
Meghan Martin
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2019 and FY2020, and between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $2k → $30.
1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $530k from 3 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Capital Region Community Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money ARTS COUNCIL OF GREATER LANSING raised.
From the IRS filings of ARTS COUNCIL OF GREATER LANSING’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
ARTS COUNCIL OF GREATER LANSING leans on a few funders — its largest provides 91% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
92% 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 ARTS COUNCIL OF GREATER LANSING.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 96% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
100% of ARTS COUNCIL OF GREATER LANSING's grant income comes from Michigan funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $99 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
ARTS COUNCIL OF GREATER LANSING's revenue fell 35% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 12,262 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding ARTS COUNCIL OF GREATER LANSING receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $400k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$400k
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 ARTS COUNCIL OF GREATER LANSING
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
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ARTS COUNCIL OF GREATER LANSING: 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 ARTS COUNCIL OF GREATER LANSING?
- ARTS COUNCIL OF GREATER LANSING (Michigan) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $58,857 to it, the largest being DESK DRAWER FUND ($53,758). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ARTS COUNCIL OF GREATER LANSING have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $58,857 in grants to ARTS COUNCIL OF GREATER LANSING, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ARTS COUNCIL OF GREATER LANSING?
- DESK DRAWER FUND is the largest funder on record, with $53,758 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ARTS COUNCIL OF GREATER LANSING 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 4 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