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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP OF HILLSDALE COUNTY INC

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP OF HILLSDALE COUNTY INC (Michigan) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,500 to it, the largest being CONSUMERS ENERGY FOUNDATION ($10,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$341k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$13k
Net assets
$419k
1/2 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 1%
01What it does

What Economic Development Partnership of Hillsdale County Inc does

Mission

Provide economic development to hillsdale county, michigan

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Economic development and training

    $248,426 spent$92,908 earned by the program
    99% of program spending
  2. Administer loans to businesses through the usda loan program

    $1,532 spent$4,136 earned by the program
    1% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $249,958.

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 ($234k) Expenses 100 ($190k) Net assets 100 ($217k)2018 Revenue 98 ($230k) Expenses 104 ($197k) Net assets 115 ($250k)2019 Revenue 124 ($290k) Expenses 144 ($274k) Net assets 123 ($266k)2020 Revenue 89 ($210k) Expenses 103 ($196k) Net assets 129 ($279k)2021 Revenue 89 ($209k) Expenses 89 ($169k) Net assets 157 ($340k)2022 Revenue 108 ($254k) Expenses 126 ($239k) Net assets 161 ($350k)2023 Revenue 128 ($300k) Expenses 154 ($292k) Net assets 165 ($357k)2024 Revenue 146 ($341k) Expenses 147 ($280k) Net assets 193 ($419k)
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Revenue (146)Expenses (147)Net assets (193)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 2017 to 2018, from $323k to $428k (+32%).

$323k
$428k
$437k
$464k
$497k
$500k
$501k
$559k
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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

Government-grant reliance: 2017 18% · 2018 19% · 2019 11% · 2020 15% · 2021 17% · 2022 17% · 2023 11% · 2024 9%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

81% of ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP OF HILLSDALE COUNTY INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (62% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 12,439 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$44k
’17
$33k
’18
$16k
’19
$13k
’20
$40k
’21
$15k
’22
$8k
’23
$61k
’24
16
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.

Board chair

Rick Schaerer

Chair

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

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Listed2020212121201919
Joined·+0+6+0+5+2+4+1
No longer listed·0505351
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2019 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $3k → $2k.

Funder
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'21
'22
'23
'24*
total
funders
1
1
1
1
1
1

Left out of every figure on this page: $6k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Hillsdale County Community Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP OF HILLSDALE COUNTY INC raised.

From the IRS filings of ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP OF HILLSDALE COUNTY INC’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

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP OF HILLSDALE COUNTY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 80% 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

80%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.

“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

80% of ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP OF HILLSDALE COUNTY INC's grant income comes from Michigan funders.

WI
MI

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

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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

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP OF HILLSDALE COUNTY INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 11,971 community improvement nonprofits its size.

Operating margin18% · above the median
Months of reserve16.4mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)6% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,971 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

95% of spending goes to programs.

Program 95%Management 5%Fundraising 0%

Governance

19
board members
100%
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 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP OF HILLSDALE COUNTY INC?
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP OF HILLSDALE COUNTY INC (Michigan) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,500 to it, the largest being CONSUMERS ENERGY FOUNDATION ($10,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP OF HILLSDALE COUNTY INC have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $12,500 in grants to ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP OF HILLSDALE COUNTY INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP OF HILLSDALE COUNTY INC?
CONSUMERS ENERGY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $10,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP OF HILLSDALE COUNTY INC 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 2 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