Michigan · Nonprofit
FEDERATION OF UNITED STATES TEACHERS AND ADJUDICATORS OF HIGHLAND DANCING
FEDERATION OF UNITED STATES TEACHERS AND ADJUDICATORS OF HIGHLAND DANCING (Michigan) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $63,854 to it, the largest being MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC ($25,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 98% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $401k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $64k
- Net assets
- $591k
What Federation of United States Teachers and Adjudicators of Highland Dancing does
Mission
The organization was formed to promote and nurture the tradition and heritage of Scottish Highland dancing in the United States by providing opportunities for the professional development of teachers and adjudicators and by creating a rewarding environment for dancers and by sponsoring the United States Inter-regional Highland Dancing Championship USIR
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Encouraged excellence in the highest levels of Highland dancing by overseeing competitions and providing a series of regional championships culminating in a United States championship event including opportunities to enhance regional contacts competitions and professional development.
$314,100 spentof which $28,695 as grants$168,161 earned by the program94% of program spendingMaintained worldwide standard of Highland dancing in the US by administering a registration program for dancers and requiring teachers to qualify to insure uniform standard of instruction.
$10,541 spent$39,539 earned by the program3% of program spendingAdministrative cost of running the professional programs and providing website training and contact information for the United States teachers and adjudicators.
$8,401 spent$14,585 earned by the program3% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $333,042.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2021 to 2022, from $528k to $627k (+19%).
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.
44% of FEDERATION OF UNITED STATES TEACHERS AND ADJUDICATORS OF HIGHLAND DANCING’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 6 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.
Board chair
Cathie Peitzsch-Gibbs
National Judges Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 2 funders, grant income rose $7k → $7k.
4 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 98% 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 FEDERATION OF UNITED STATES TEACHERS AND ADJUDICATORS OF HIGHLAND DANCING’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
FEDERATION OF UNITED STATES TEACHERS AND ADJUDICATORS OF HIGHLAND DANCING leans on a few funders — its largest provides 39% of grant income and the top three 95%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
98% 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 FEDERATION OF UNITED STATES TEACHERS AND ADJUDICATORS OF HIGHLAND DANCING.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 81% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 94% — 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
98% of FEDERATION OF UNITED STATES TEACHERS AND ADJUDICATORS OF HIGHLAND DANCING'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 $968 that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Michigan, across 1 state.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $63k 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.
Against its field
FEDERATION OF UNITED STATES TEACHERS AND ADJUDICATORS OF HIGHLAND DANCING holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like FEDERATION OF UNITED STATES TEACHERS AND ADJUDICATORS OF HIGHLAND DANCING
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
92% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FEDERATION OF UNITED STATES TEACHERS AND ADJUDICATORS OF HIGHLAND DANCING?
- FEDERATION OF UNITED STATES TEACHERS AND ADJUDICATORS OF HIGHLAND DANCING (Michigan) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $63,854 to it, the largest being MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC ($25,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 98% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does FEDERATION OF UNITED STATES TEACHERS AND ADJUDICATORS OF HIGHLAND DANCING have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $63,854 in grants to FEDERATION OF UNITED STATES TEACHERS AND ADJUDICATORS OF HIGHLAND DANCING, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FEDERATION OF UNITED STATES TEACHERS AND ADJUDICATORS OF HIGHLAND DANCING?
- MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC is the largest funder on record, with $25,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FEDERATION OF UNITED STATES TEACHERS AND ADJUDICATORS OF HIGHLAND DANCING 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 2020–2025), and the filings of 5 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