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FACTORY TWO INC

FACTORY TWO INC (Michigan) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,763,587 to it, the largest being CHARLES STEWART MOTT FOUNDATION ($1,505,138). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$463k
Funders on record
10
Grants received
$1.8M
Net assets
$96k
5/10 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 56%
01What it does

What Factory Two Inc does

Mission

Factory Two provides makerspace facilities and youth programming which allows youth to create, explore, and perform

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. The Community Makerspace provides access to tools, equipment, and training in a wide variety of areas, sewing, screen printing, laser cutting, wood and metal shops, and blacksmithing are just a few of the programs

    $167,923 spent
    56% of program spending
  2. The Local 432 is a youth focused performing arts space for concerts, plays, films, and fashion shows

    $87,301 spent
    29% of program spending
  3. DISCOTech provides IT services to local non profits

    $45,838 spent
    15% of program spending
  4. Other program services, not described on the e-filed return.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $301,062.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 = 20192019 Revenue 100 ($304k) Expenses 100 ($372k) Net assets 100 ($178k)2020 Revenue 218 ($663k) Expenses 75 ($278k) Net assets 268 ($477k)2021 Revenue 98 ($297k) Expenses 93 ($346k) Net assets 240 ($428k)2022 Revenue 131 ($400k) Expenses 129 ($481k) Net assets 129 ($230k)2023 Revenue 186 ($566k) Expenses 114 ($423k) Net assets 185 ($330k)2024 Revenue 152 ($463k) Expenses 123 ($458k) Net assets 54 ($96k)
201920202021202220232024
Revenue (152)Expenses (123)Net assets (54)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 2019 to 2020, from $178k to $489k (+175%).

$178k
$489k
$462k
$392k
$439k
$368k
201920202021202220232024
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.

2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2019 5% · 2020 0% · 2021 11% · 2022 0% · 2023 6% · 2024 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

87% of FACTORY TWO INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 19,547 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

−$67k
’19
$386k
’20
−$49k
’21
−$81k
’22
$143k
’23
$6k
’24
6.9
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

Cassie Kent

Board Chair

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

201920202021202220232024
Listed778799
Joined·+5+1+0+4+2
No longer listed·50122
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 5 funders to 3 funders, grant income rose $286k → $310k.

4 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 9% 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 FACTORY TWO INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 8 of 10 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

FACTORY TWO INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 85% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

85%
largest funder
99%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 67% · 2018 76% · 2019 72% · 2020 91% · 2021 92% · 2022 91% · 2023 98% — 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.

How long its funders stay

50% of FACTORY TWO INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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

94% of FACTORY TWO INC's grant income comes from Michigan funders.

MI
NY
DC

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

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’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Michigan out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $159k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

FACTORY TWO INC is better cushioned than half of the 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits its size.

Operating margin1% · below the median
Months of reserve6.9mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)9% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture 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

66% of spending goes to programs.

Program 66%Management 34%Fundraising 0%

Governance

9
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

99%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MI

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Questions and answers

Who funds FACTORY TWO INC?
FACTORY TWO INC (Michigan) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,763,587 to it, the largest being CHARLES STEWART MOTT FOUNDATION ($1,505,138). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does FACTORY TWO INC have?
IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $1,763,587 in grants to FACTORY TWO INC, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of FACTORY TWO INC?
CHARLES STEWART MOTT FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,505,138 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like FACTORY TWO 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 2019–2024), and the filings of 10 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