Michigan · Nonprofit
EAST GRAND RAPIDS SCHOOLS FOUNDATION
EAST GRAND RAPIDS SCHOOLS FOUNDATION (Michigan) receives grants from 30 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,663,381 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($464,183). 20 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 59% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.8M
- Funders on record
- 30
- Grants received
- $1.7M
- Net assets
- $15M
What East Grand Rapids Schools Foundation does
Mission
The purpose of the East Grand Rapids Schools Foundation is to provide for the immediate needs of our schools by funding programs or projects, and by funding enhancements to teaching and learning that are not covered by the regular school budget. The foundation provides funds for both immediate needs and long term enhancements within our district.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Grants to the east grand rapids public schools to provide for financial support for educational enhancements, programs, and co-curricular enhancements. The foundation also provides scholarships for post-secondary opportunities for graduates of east grand rapids high school.
$2,952,536 spentof which $2,750,425 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $2,952,536.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2018 to 2019, from $8.0M to $11M (+42%).
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.
34% of EAST GRAND RAPIDS SCHOOLS FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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
Amy Stuursma
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 12 funders, grant income rose $44k → $135k.
10 of 30 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 59% 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 EAST GRAND RAPIDS SCHOOLS 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
EAST GRAND RAPIDS SCHOOLS FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 28% of grant income and the top three 69%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
60% 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 EAST GRAND RAPIDS SCHOOLS FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 73% · 2018 45% · 2019 43% · 2020 53% · 2021 51% · 2022 45% · 2023 49% — 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.
How long its funders stay
50% of EAST GRAND RAPIDS SCHOOLS FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
59% of EAST GRAND RAPIDS SCHOOLS 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 $677k that is directly attributable, 95% of it comes from Michigan funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $987k arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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
EAST GRAND RAPIDS SCHOOLS FOUNDATION's revenue fell 48% between 2018 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like EAST GRAND RAPIDS SCHOOLS 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
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
45%
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds EAST GRAND RAPIDS SCHOOLS FOUNDATION?
- EAST GRAND RAPIDS SCHOOLS FOUNDATION (Michigan) receives grants from 30 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,663,381 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($464,183). 20 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 59% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does EAST GRAND RAPIDS SCHOOLS FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 30 organizations giving $1,663,381 in grants to EAST GRAND RAPIDS SCHOOLS FOUNDATION, 20 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of EAST GRAND RAPIDS SCHOOLS FOUNDATION?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $464,183 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like EAST GRAND RAPIDS SCHOOLS 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2018–2025), and the filings of 30 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