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CONSTRUCTION ALLIES IN ACTION

CONSTRUCTION ALLIES IN ACTION (Michigan) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $150,000 to it, the largest being DOUGLAS & MARIA DEVOS FOUNDATION ($150,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$257k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$150k
Net assets
$433k
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 41%
01What it does

What Construction Allies in Action does

Mission

To promote social welfare within the community through the advancement of business opportunities for minority business owners in low-income areas.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Creating educational materials and conducting seminars for the advancement of low-income and minority business owners

    $12,071 spent
    100% of program spending
  2. Raising, receiving, and administering funds to achieve the purposes of the organization

The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $12,071.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 = 20212021 Revenue 100 ($19k) Expenses 100 ($9k) Net assets 100 ($10k)2022 Revenue 243 ($46k) Expenses 115 ($10k) Net assets 449 ($47k)2023 Revenue 641 ($122k) Expenses 251 ($22k) Net assets 1412 ($147k)2024 Revenue 1228 ($233k) Expenses 1182 ($102k) Net assets 2679 ($278k)2025 Revenue 1352 ($257k) Expenses 1184 ($102k) Net assets 4170 ($433k)
20212022202320242025
Revenue (1352)Expenses (1184)Net assets (4170)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 2024 to 2025, from $278k to $433k (+56%).

$10k
$47k
$147k
$278k
$433k
20212022202320242025
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.

2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2022 52% · 2024 43% · 2025 8%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

84% of CONSTRUCTION ALLIES IN ACTION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 24,946 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

$10k
’21
$36k
’22
$100k
’23
$132k
’24
$155k
’25
47
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.

20212022202320242025
Listed77789
Joined·+0+2+4+1
No longer listed·0230
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'23
'24*
total
funders
1
1

From the IRS filings of CONSTRUCTION ALLIES IN ACTION’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 CONSTRUCTION ALLIES IN ACTION's grant income comes from Michigan funders.

MI

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

CONSTRUCTION ALLIES IN ACTION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin60% · top quartile
Months of reserve47.4mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)92% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Organizations like CONSTRUCTION ALLIES IN ACTION

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

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

12% of spending goes to programs.

Program 12%Management 77%Fundraising 11%

Governance

8
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

98%

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

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Questions and answers

Who funds CONSTRUCTION ALLIES IN ACTION?
CONSTRUCTION ALLIES IN ACTION (Michigan) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $150,000 to it, the largest being DOUGLAS & MARIA DEVOS FOUNDATION ($150,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does CONSTRUCTION ALLIES IN ACTION have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $150,000 in grants to CONSTRUCTION ALLIES IN ACTION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of CONSTRUCTION ALLIES IN ACTION?
DOUGLAS & MARIA DEVOS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $150,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like CONSTRUCTION ALLIES IN ACTION 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 FY2025 (financials across 2021–2025), 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