Michigan · Nonprofit
BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU OF MICHIGAN EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION
BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU OF MICHIGAN EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION (Michigan) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $38,331 to it, the largest being Better Business Bureau of Central California Foundation Inc ($22,331). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.4M
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $38k
- Net assets
- $1.3M
What Better Business Bureau of Michigan Educational Foundation does
Mission
To educate, engage, and inspire the current and future workforces of western michigan to achieve success by embracing the power of trust; to provide information and resources to non-profits and donors in western michigan to assist them in best practices, transparency, and making knowledgeable choices; to educate all age groups, particularly seniors, about best practices to avoid scams and fraud.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Presentations are provided to students and groups, educating them to frauds and scams, and how to avoid them. Foundation representatives collaborate with businesses and non-profits to improve the trust relationship in our communities.bbb foundation assists people to establish themselves for a more successful life, through education about how the free enterprise system works, and navigating the consumer journey. Bbb foundation lessens the burdens of government through education of consumers and donors, non-profit leaders, and business leaders to implement best practices. This means government intervention is not required.
$118,634 spent$1,000 earned by the program44% of program spendingCharity review gathers information from area non-profits and accredits those that meet the 20 standards of charity accountability. The accreditation process is free of charge to the non-profit, and the information is available to the general public at no charge.
$100,015 spent37% of program spendingThe bbb beacon is a quarterly magazine published by the better business bureau serving western michigan educational foundation. It is full of information to help businesses grow in trust, puts the spotlight on accredited businesses, and highlights ways the bbb can work for businesses. The print magazine is distributed to more than 5,000 accredited business locations throughout the 38 county service region
$16,395 spent$10,500 earned by the program6% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$34,718 spentof which $7,501 as grants13% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $269,762.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $1.2M to $1.3M (+9%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 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
Lisa Frohnapfel
President/CEO
Board chair
Michael Stapleton
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $1k → $8k.
From the IRS filings of BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU OF MICHIGAN EDUCATIONAL 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
BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU OF MICHIGAN EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 58% of grant income and the top three 97%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder 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 BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU OF MICHIGAN EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 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
BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU OF MICHIGAN EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION draws 58% of its grant income from funders outside Michigan, across 2 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.
Organizations like BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU OF MICHIGAN EDUCATIONAL 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
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
70%
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 1 related entity
- Better Business Bureau of Western Michigan Incorporated · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU OF MICHIGAN EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: 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 BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU OF MICHIGAN EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION?
- BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU OF MICHIGAN EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION (Michigan) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $38,331 to it, the largest being Better Business Bureau of Central California Foundation Inc ($22,331). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU OF MICHIGAN EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $38,331 in grants to BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU OF MICHIGAN EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION.
- Who is the largest funder of BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU OF MICHIGAN EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION?
- Better Business Bureau of Central California Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $22,331 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU OF MICHIGAN EDUCATIONAL 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing