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BLISSFIELD FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE

BLISSFIELD FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE (Michigan) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $103,618 to it, the largest being LENAWEE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($78,618). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2023
$32k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$104k
Net assets
$80k
1/2 repeat fundersgrants exceed reported revenue in one year
01What it does

What Blissfield Foundation for Educational Excellence does

Mission

Statement of mission it shall be the mission of the blissfield foundation for educaitonal excellence to acquire and distribute resources to the blissfield community schools for programs and projects which enhance and supplement learning opportunities for students, staff, and community.

As stated on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. The foundation will achieve its mission by directing support toward the following goals: I. To promote student development. Ii. To encourage employee creativity and excellence. Iii. To encourage school/community partnerships. Iv. Provide for instructional technology. V. To promote the school district as a center for community learning.

    $6,222 spentof which $4,102 as grants
    93% of program spending
  2. The foundation will achieve its mission by directing support toward the following goals: I. To promote student development. Ii. To encourage employee creativity and excellence. Iii. To encourage school/community partnerships. Iv. Provide for instructional technology. V. To promote the school district as a center for community learning.

    $450 spent
    7% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2022 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $6,672.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($19k) Expenses 100 ($17k) Net assets 100 ($90k)2018 Revenue 98 ($19k) Expenses 319 ($54k) Net assets 62 ($56k)2019 Revenue 81 ($16k) Expenses 136 ($23k) Net assets 54 ($49k)2020 Revenue 100 ($19k) Expenses 74 ($13k) Net assets 62 ($56k)2021 Revenue 105 ($20k) Expenses 154 ($26k) Net assets 56 ($50k)2022 Revenue 67 ($13k) Expenses 46 ($8k) Net assets 60 ($54k)2023 Revenue 165 ($32k) Expenses 54 ($9k) Net assets 89 ($80k)
2017201820192020202120222023
Revenue (165)Expenses (54)Net assets (89)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2017 to 2018, from $90k to $56k (−38%).

$90k
$56k
$49k
$56k
$50k
$54k
$80k
2017201820192020202120222023
Total assets

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

94% of BLISSFIELD FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (65% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 26,798 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

$3k
’17
−$35k
’18
−$7k
’19
$7k
’20
−$5k
’21
$5k
’22
$23k
’23
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2021: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $40k → $25k.

Funder
'17
'21
'24*
total
funders
1
1
1

2 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 BLISSFIELD FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE’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

BLISSFIELD FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 76% 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

100% 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 BLISSFIELD FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE.

76%
largest funder
100%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2021 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 BLISSFIELD FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $104k 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

BLISSFIELD FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 21,386 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin72% · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)9% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,386 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2023

Organizations like BLISSFIELD FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE

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

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MI

Screen this organization

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Questions and answers

Who funds BLISSFIELD FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE?
BLISSFIELD FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE (Michigan) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $103,618 to it, the largest being LENAWEE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($78,618). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does BLISSFIELD FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $103,618 in grants to BLISSFIELD FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of BLISSFIELD FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE?
LENAWEE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $78,618 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like BLISSFIELD FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE 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 FY2023 (financials across 2017–2023), and the filings of 2 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