Michigan · Nonprofit
DICKINSON IRON COMMUNITY SERVICES AGENCY
DICKINSON IRON COMMUNITY SERVICES AGENCY (Michigan) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $559,313 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($300,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 82% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.3M
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $559k
- Net assets
- $1.9M
What Dickinson Iron Community Services Agency does
Mission
Connect people to resources, provide a means to overcome challenges, strengthen self-sufficiency, and work in partnership with our community to make a difference in the lives of our neighbors.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Food and nutrition: commodity supplemental food program (csfp) - csfp is designed to supplement the nutritional needs of individuals 60 years of age or older who are income eligible. Food packages containing non-perishable items from the basic food groups were distributed across ten counties in michigan's upper peninsula. Approximately 522,320 lbs of food was donated and distributed.
$1,593,465 spentof which $409,372 as grants$257,720 earned by the program43% of program spendingWeatherization and energy assistance: the weatherization program assists income eligible households with reducing energy costs. All work is completed by licensed and insured contractors. Participants also received energy education including energy saving measures and information about reducing energy consumption. There were 60 homes that received assistance during the fiscal year.
$1,292,840 spentof which $55,622 as grants$209,098 earned by the program35% of program spendingSenior citizens: family ties - family ties provides adult day services in a safe, secure, and stimulating environment. These services are provided to individuals who are diagnosed with alzheimer's, other forms of dementia, cognitive and physical disabilities on a less than 24-hour basis. Family ties provides an activity program in a socially stimulating setting which, in turn, provides respite for their primary caregivers. Theres were 7,415 hours of direct care provided during the fiscal year.in-home program - provides homemaking, homecare assistance (personal care), and respite care to participants in dickinson county. There were 4,048 hours of direct care provided during the fiscal year.home delivered meal program - serves dickinson, iron and baraga counties. The program is designed to assist homebound seniors in meeting their nutritional needs by delivering meals to their homes up to five days a week. Persons qualify for a meal if they are 60 years of age or older, unable to leave their home, unable to prepare their own meals or have no other access to a nutritionally balanced meal. 80,327 meals were served during the fiscal year.congregate meal program - provides nutritious…
$698,761 spentof which $271,893 as grants$113,015 earned by the program19% of program spendingCommunity:the diaper program provided diaper packs to income eligible residents of dickinson and iron counties provided 2,215 cases of diapers. The water affordabilityprogram assisted with water bill payments for income eligible residents of dickinson and iron counties, benefitting 265 individuals. Denim heart thrift & pantry provided food and low-cost clothing/household supplies to area residents.
$158,458 spentof which $19,067 as grants$25,628 earned by the program4% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,743,524.
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 2022 to 2023, from $1.8M to $2.7M (+47%).
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: 2017 64% · 2018 61% · 2019 68% · 2020 74% · 2021 72% · 2022 75% · 2023 67% · 2024 70% · 2025 70%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
86% of DICKINSON IRON COMMUNITY SERVICES AGENCY’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 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
Kristin Sommerfeld
Executive director
Board chair
Pete Schlitt
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income fell $29k → $10k.
3 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 82% 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 DICKINSON IRON COMMUNITY SERVICES AGENCY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 7 of 8 funders by total. 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
DICKINSON IRON COMMUNITY SERVICES AGENCY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 54% of grant income and the top three 94%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
97% 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 DICKINSON IRON COMMUNITY SERVICES AGENCY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 91% · 2018 50% · 2019 100% · 2020 50% · 2021 92% · 2022 84% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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
82% of DICKINSON IRON COMMUNITY SERVICES AGENCY'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 $100k that is directly attributable, 86% of it comes from Michigan funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $459k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
DICKINSON IRON COMMUNITY SERVICES AGENCY runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 6,891 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,891 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding DICKINSON IRON COMMUNITY SERVICES AGENCY receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $480k on record.
- Corporation for National and Community Service$427k
- Department of Veterans Affairs$53k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like DICKINSON IRON COMMUNITY SERVICES AGENCY
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
94% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Up Community Services Inc · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds DICKINSON IRON COMMUNITY SERVICES AGENCY?
- DICKINSON IRON COMMUNITY SERVICES AGENCY (Michigan) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $559,313 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($300,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 82% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does DICKINSON IRON COMMUNITY SERVICES AGENCY have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $559,313 in grants to DICKINSON IRON COMMUNITY SERVICES AGENCY, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DICKINSON IRON COMMUNITY SERVICES AGENCY?
- NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $300,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DICKINSON IRON COMMUNITY SERVICES AGENCY 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 8 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