Michigan · Nonprofit
CHALFONTE FOUNDATION
CHALFONTE FOUNDATION (Michigan) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $60,807 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($31,617). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 85% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $254k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $61k
- Net assets
- $913k
What Chalfonte Foundation does
Mission
The mission of the Chalfonte Foundation is to provide spiritual, psychosocial, recreational, financial and educational support for children, youth, families, and their communities in need.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
Broadcast Media Arts - 1. Produced live internet based television broadcasts of concerts and performances at the Chalfonte Theatre. 2. Began broadcasting on a new FCC licensed low power community radio station at 99.7 on the FM dial in Elk Rapids, MI. This program includes 10 adult radio DJs and 4 youth DJ interns ages 10 to 17. The radio station broadcasts music from local, national, and international artists and provides public service announcements for local nonprofits and community centers.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Children and Communities Initiative: 1. Chalfonte House - Provided accommodations for families, children and groups to participate in retreats and activities in Elk Rapids, Michigan. 2. Activities in Detroit included educational movie nights, activities around major events such as the Detroit Thanksgiving Day Parade; museum tours, visits to parks and playgrounds.
$2,032 spent$4,825 earned by the program1% of program spendingArts and Culture: 1. Visual and Performing Arts - Plan, produce, and present cultural arts programming for children, youth, families and community members. The program involves hosting exhibitions, lectures, concerts, arts and crafts classes and activities, and visits to museums and cultural events. 2. Cinematic Arts - New to the organization since acquiring a historic 300 seat cinema, presenting exhibitions of contemporary and classic films, student film festivals, and works by independent film makers.
$181,451 spentof which $10,000 as grants$98,816 earned by the program90% of program spendingBroadcast Media Arts - 1. Produced live internet based television broadcasts of concerts and performances at the Chalfonte Theatre. 2. Began broadcasting on a new FCC licensed low power community radio station at 99.7 on the FM dial in Elk Rapids, MI. This program includes 10 adult radio DJs and 4 youth DJ interns ages 10 to 17. The radio station broadcasts music from local, national, and international artists and provides public service announcements for local nonprofits and community centers.
$15,233 spentof which $22,950 as grants$6,460 earned by the program8% of program spendingHealth & Healing: In 2024, the Chalfonte Foundation provided health and healing programs including yoga and Reiki sessions for youth and adults, along with books, materials, and subscriptions that supported wellness education at the Chalfonte House and Ryan Giannini Park. The Foundation also supplied program-related products and staff development resources to strengthen its capacity to promote well-being for children, families, and community participants.
$517 spent$2,200 earned by the program0% of program spendingFood & Agriculture: In 2024, the Chalfonte Foundation supported sustainable food and agriculture programs by maintaining garden and foraging areas at Ryan Giannini Park and making cabin improvements to help facilitate future onsite educational programming. The Foundation also promoted local agriculture through its partnership with Chateau Chantal at the Chalfonte Theatre, where the wine tasting room highlighted Michigan-grown products and advanced community awareness of locally sourced food and agricultural practices.
$1,298 spentof which $5,000 as grants$1,096 earned by the program1% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $200,531.
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 2020 to 2021, from $491k to $880k (+79%).
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: 2021 0% · 2022 0% · 2023 1% · 2024 9%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
31% of CHALFONTE FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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
Aaron Timlin
CEO/President
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $1k → $1k.
4 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 85% 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 CHALFONTE 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
CHALFONTE FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 52% of grant income and the top three 85%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
85% 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 CHALFONTE FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 91% · 2020 97% · 2021 100% · 2022 99% · 2023 96% — 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
85% of CHALFONTE FOUNDATION'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. Of the $9k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Michigan funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $52k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
CHALFONTE FOUNDATION holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 21,616 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,616 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like CHALFONTE 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
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
68%
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 CHALFONTE 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 CHALFONTE FOUNDATION?
- CHALFONTE FOUNDATION (Michigan) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $60,807 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($31,617). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 85% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does CHALFONTE FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $60,807 in grants to CHALFONTE FOUNDATION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CHALFONTE FOUNDATION?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $31,617 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CHALFONTE 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.
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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 7 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