Michigan · Nonprofit
FENTON AREA PUBLIC SCHOOLS EDUCATION FOUNDATION
FENTON AREA PUBLIC SCHOOLS EDUCATION FOUNDATION (Michigan) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $146,250 to it, the largest being THE BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND ($110,328). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 97% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $79k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $146k
- Net assets
- $671k
What Fenton Area Public Schools Education Foundation does
Mission
The fenton education foundation exists for the purpose of supporting and enhancing the academic, art, and athletic programs for all fenton area public school children. The foundation further advances the educational mission of the fenton public school district by obtaining contributions through philanthropic and volunteer support.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Aiming higher - academics - since its inception in 2004, the fenton education foundation has made a strong commitment to providing its students with an outstanding educational experience. Fenton schools have consistently raised the bar an expanded their programs to give children in this community the tools necessary to compete in a global economy.
$24,926 spent100% of program spendingA pathway to leadership - athletics - sports provide children an youth with many opportunities to grow physically, socially, an emotionally. Studies show that children who participate in organized sports are more likely to be active, hardworking students, and better future workers. Kids who play sports also learn how to achieve balance between their schoolwork and athletics, which fosters a strong work ethic both on and off the court. The founation's goal is to build the athletic endowment to permanently remove pay to play and give as many children as possible the chance to participate in and enjoy athletics.
The foundation of culture - arts - the arts engage students and are essential to an understanding of personal indentity, community contexts, and global cultures. Through arts education, students develop commitment and persistence. They also acquire the skills and exercise the creativity necessary for success in today's world. Our goal is to build a sustainable arts endowment, giving as many children as possible the opportunity to benefit and take pleasure in the arts.
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $24,926.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $335k to $635k (+89%).
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.
7% of FENTON AREA PUBLIC SCHOOLS EDUCATION FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (65% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 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
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $3k → $11k.
4 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 97% 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 FENTON AREA PUBLIC SCHOOLS EDUCATION 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
FENTON AREA PUBLIC SCHOOLS EDUCATION FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 75% of grant income and the top three 97%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
97% 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 FENTON AREA PUBLIC SCHOOLS EDUCATION FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 78% · 2022 89% · 2023 99% — 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
97% of FENTON AREA PUBLIC SCHOOLS EDUCATION 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 $4k that is directly attributable, 74% of it comes from Michigan funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $142k 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
FENTON AREA PUBLIC SCHOOLS EDUCATION FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 17,277 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,277 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
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In Michigan
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
88%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FENTON AREA PUBLIC SCHOOLS EDUCATION FOUNDATION?
- FENTON AREA PUBLIC SCHOOLS EDUCATION FOUNDATION (Michigan) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $146,250 to it, the largest being THE BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND ($110,328). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 97% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does FENTON AREA PUBLIC SCHOOLS EDUCATION FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $146,250 in grants to FENTON AREA PUBLIC SCHOOLS EDUCATION FOUNDATION, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FENTON AREA PUBLIC SCHOOLS EDUCATION FOUNDATION?
- THE BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND is the largest funder on record, with $110,328 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FENTON AREA PUBLIC SCHOOLS EDUCATION 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.
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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 2017–2025), and the filings of 7 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