Michigan · Nonprofit
FANS OF VALLEY FIELD
FANS OF VALLEY FIELD (Michigan) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $462,551 to it, the largest being PETER C & EMAJEAN COOK FOUNDATION ($104,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.2M
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $463k
- Net assets
- $1.1M
What Fans of Valley Field does
Mission
Fans of Valley Field exists to preserve the heritage and promote the usage of Sullivan Valley Field. We intend to create a year-round community space for the surrounding neighborhoods and all of Grand Rapids. While baseball will always remain at the heart of our park we seek to expand our offerings to include numerous events serving our youth and all who are young at heart. We will strive to create a joyful and safe space keeping with the inclusive history of Valley Field. We will work closely with the City of Grand Rapids to rebuild expand and maintain this community gem. We seek to restore the park to its former grandeur while making it the premier community gathering space in our city.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
We did not do any programs just special events
$0 spentNot described on the e-filed return.
$0 spentNot described on the e-filed return.
$0 spentOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $0.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $235k to $880k (+274%).
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: 2023 0% · 2024 0% · 2025 21%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 5 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $4k → $160k.
2 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 8% 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 FANS OF VALLEY FIELD’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
FANS OF VALLEY FIELD has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 22% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 100% · 2023 62% — 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.
Where its funders are
100% of FANS OF VALLEY FIELD's grant income comes from Michigan funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $36k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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.
Organizations like FANS OF VALLEY FIELD
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.
Governance
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
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FANS OF VALLEY FIELD: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FANS OF VALLEY FIELD?
- FANS OF VALLEY FIELD (Michigan) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $462,551 to it, the largest being PETER C & EMAJEAN COOK FOUNDATION ($104,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FANS OF VALLEY FIELD have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $462,551 in grants to FANS OF VALLEY FIELD, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FANS OF VALLEY FIELD?
- PETER C & EMAJEAN COOK FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $104,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FANS OF VALLEY FIELD 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 9 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