Michigan · Nonprofit
CLARKSTON FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION
CLARKSTON FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION (Michigan) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $317 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($317). 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 FY2024
- $131k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $317
- Net assets
- $1.1M
What Clarkston Foundation for Public Education does
Mission
To promote, support and raise awareness for the math, arts, science and other educational programs of the clarkston school district.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Educational grants & scholarships
$62,965 spentof which $62,965 as grants79% of program spendingBe the light program to help financially distressed families and at risk kids in clarkston. Services range from paying outstanding utility bills, food gift card distribution, private tutoring and more.
$12,155 spentof which $12,155 as grants15% of program spendingThe therapy dogs program is a joint venture with clarkston community schools & lafontaine automotive group. Each school building in clarkston has or will get a therapy dog from lafontaine. Clarkston foundation supports individual fundraisers at each school. The money raised helps the sponsor teacher with vet bills, dog food, etc.
$4,775 spentof which $4,775 as grants6% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $79,895.
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 2020 to 2021, from $883k to $1.1M (+20%).
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. 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $90 → $54.
1 of 1 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 CLARKSTON FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION’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.
Where its funders are
100% of CLARKSTON FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION'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. $317 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.
Organizations like CLARKSTON FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION
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
91% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
67%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CLARKSTON FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION?
- CLARKSTON FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION (Michigan) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $317 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($317). 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 CLARKSTON FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $317 in grants to CLARKSTON FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CLARKSTON FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION?
- AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $317 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CLARKSTON FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION 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 1 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