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Chelsea Rod & Gun Club of Chelsea Michigan

Chelsea Rod & Gun Club of Chelsea Michigan (Michigan) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,950 to it, the largest being WHITETAILS UNLIMITED INC ($5,200). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$85k
Funders on record
3
Grants received
$7k
Net assets
$825k
1/3 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 5%
01What it does

What Chelsea Rod & Gun Club of Chelsea Michigan does

Mission

The Chelsea Rod and Gun Club of Chelsea, Michigan is organized for the purposes of propagating fish and wildlife in the vicinity of Chelsea, Michigan, for leasing and maintaining lands for hunting, and for carrying on conservation and activities related to fishing and hunting.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Pineview

    $15,525 spent
    53% of program spending

  2. Shooting

    $5,398 spent
    18% of program spending

  3. Trap

    $3,317 spent
    11% of program spending

  4. Educational Scholarships

    $2,700 spent
    9% of program spending

  5. Educational Grants

    $2,000 spentof which $2,000 as grants
    7% of program spending

  6. CPL Classes

    $597 spent
    2% of program spending

The 6 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $29,537.

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 ($87k) Expenses 100 ($66k) Net assets 100 ($758k)2018 Revenue 120 ($105k) Expenses 138 ($91k) Net assets 102 ($772k)2019 Revenue 116 ($101k) Expenses 128 ($85k) Net assets 104 ($789k)2020 Revenue 51 ($45k) Expenses 93 ($62k) Net assets 102 ($772k)2021 Revenue 92 ($81k) Expenses 93 ($62k) Net assets 104 ($791k)2022 Revenue 84 ($73k) Expenses 87 ($58k) Net assets 106 ($806k)2023 Revenue 100 ($87k) Expenses 100 ($66k) Net assets 109 ($828k)2024 Revenue 97 ($85k) Expenses 132 ($87k) Net assets 109 ($825k)
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Revenue (97)Expenses (132)Net assets (109)Peer revenue range

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 $806k to $828k (+3%).

$758k
$772k
$789k
$772k
$791k
$806k
$828k
$825k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

40% of Chelsea Rod & Gun Club of Chelsea Michigan’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as 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. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$21k
’17
$14k
’18
$17k
’19
−$17k
’20
$19k
’21
$16k
’22
$21k
’23
−$3k
’24
28
months of
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.

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Listed88999888
Joined·+0+3+4+2+1+5+2
No longer listed·0242252
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2019 → 2021: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $5k → $1k.

Funder
'19
'20
'21
total
funders
1
1
2

From the IRS filings of Chelsea Rod & Gun Club of Chelsea Michigan’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

Chelsea Rod & Gun Club of Chelsea Michigan leans on a few funders — its largest provides 75% 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

75% 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 Chelsea Rod & Gun Club of Chelsea Michigan.

75%
largest funder
100%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 55% — 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

Chelsea Rod & Gun Club of Chelsea Michigan draws 82% of its grant income from funders outside Michigan, across 3 states in all.

WI
MI
NY

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’19
’20
’21
Michigan out of state home

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

Chelsea Rod & Gun Club of Chelsea Michigan is better cushioned than half of the 21,859 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−3% · below the median
Months of reserve27.7mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−0% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,859 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2024

Organizations like Chelsea Rod & Gun Club of Chelsea Michigan

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

Charlevoix Rod & Gun Club81%Holland Fish & Game Club77%Emmet County Sportsman Club Inc75%Great Lakes Sports & Rec Club75%Western Wayne County Conservation Assoc75%Detroit Gun Club74%Capital Area Sportsmen League Foundation73%The Chesaning Area Conservation Club72%

Nationally

Charlevoix Rod & Gun Club81%Hamilton Rod & Gun Club Inc77%Holland Fish & Game Club77%Cedar Hills Gun Club Inc77%Rock County Rifle and Pistol Club Inc76%Chippewa Rod and Gun Club Inc75%Hudson Rod & Gun Club Inc75%Emmet County Sportsman Club Inc75%
05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

34% of spending goes to programs.

Program 34%Management 66%Fundraising 0%

Governance

8
board members
113%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds Chelsea Rod & Gun Club of Chelsea Michigan?
Chelsea Rod & Gun Club of Chelsea Michigan (Michigan) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,950 to it, the largest being WHITETAILS UNLIMITED INC ($5,200). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Chelsea Rod & Gun Club of Chelsea Michigan have?
IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $6,950 in grants to Chelsea Rod & Gun Club of Chelsea Michigan, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Chelsea Rod & Gun Club of Chelsea Michigan?
WHITETAILS UNLIMITED INC is the largest funder on record, with $5,200 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Chelsea Rod & Gun Club of Chelsea Michigan 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 3 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