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FLINT SCIENCE FAIR INC

FLINT SCIENCE FAIR INC (Michigan) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $344,050 to it, the largest being JAMES A WELCH FOUNDATION ($155,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2026
$109k
Funders on record
7
Grants received
$344k
Net assets
$113k
5/7 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 85%
01What it does

What Flint Science Fair Inc does

Mission

To provide a science fair for students in Mid Michigan and enter winning students in the International Science fair

As stated on its FY2026 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. Flint Regional Science and Engineering Fair was held and awards, prizes and scholarships paid.

    $34,540 spent
    51% of program spending

  2. International Science Fair

    $16,878 spent
    25% of program spending

  3. Community Outreach through after school programs educator workshops and website

    $15,390 spent
    23% of program spending

  4. Supplies for Teachers and Teacher of the Year Award

    $1,348 spent
    2% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $68,156.

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($39k) Expenses 100 ($49k) Net assets 100 ($43k)2018 Revenue 97 ($38k) Expenses 78 ($38k) Net assets 103 ($44k)2019 Revenue 121 ($47k) Expenses 61 ($30k) Net assets 109 ($46k)2020 Revenue 186 ($73k) Expenses 72 ($35k) Net assets 205 ($87k)2021 Revenue 138 ($54k) Expenses 117 ($58k) Net assets 209 ($89k)2022 Revenue 222 ($87k) Expenses 158 ($78k) Net assets 229 ($98k)2023 Revenue 155 ($61k) Expenses 166 ($81k) Net assets 192 ($82k)2024 Revenue 200 ($78k) Expenses 154 ($76k) Net assets 210 ($89k)2025 Revenue 199 ($78k) Expenses 220 ($108k) Net assets 153 ($65k)2026 Revenue 278 ($109k) Expenses 138 ($68k) Net assets 265 ($113k)
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Revenue (278)Expenses (138)Net assets (265)

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 $46k to $105k (+125%).

$66k
$58k
$46k
$105k
$115k
$123k
$107k
$117k
$88k
$133k
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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
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2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 10 reported years ran a deficit.

−$10k
’17
−$563
’18
$17k
’19
$38k
’20
−$4k
’21
$9k
’22
−$20k
’23
$3k
’24
−$30k
’25
$41k
’26
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 3 funders, grant income rose $25k → $30k.

Funder
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total
funders
3
2
3
2
5
3
5
2
1

2 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 7% 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 FLINT SCIENCE FAIR 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

FLINT SCIENCE FAIR INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 45% of grant income and the top three 93%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

45%
largest funder
93%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 59% · 2019 75% · 2020 50% · 2021 100% · 2022 58% · 2023 83% — 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

97% of FLINT SCIENCE FAIR INC's grant income comes from Michigan funders.

MI
DE

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. $24k 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.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like FLINT SCIENCE FAIR INC

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

Flint Institute of Science & History80%Muskegon County Fair Association78%Flint Innovative Solutions77%Flint Junior Golf Association77%Flint Soap Box Derby77%Energy Education for Michigan Inc77%Macomb Science Olympiad Inc77%Escanaba Area Figure Skating Club77%

Nationally

Connecticut Science Fair Association Inc83%Flint Institute of Science & History80%Greater New Orleans Science Fair Inc Region 9 of Louisiana78%First State Robotics Inc78%Muskegon County Fair Association78%Edison Fairs Inc78%California Science and Engineering Fair Foundation78%Flint Innovative Solutions77%
05Profile & governance

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

Public support

94%

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 FLINT SCIENCE FAIR INC?
FLINT SCIENCE FAIR INC (Michigan) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $344,050 to it, the largest being JAMES A WELCH FOUNDATION ($155,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does FLINT SCIENCE FAIR INC have?
IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $344,050 in grants to FLINT SCIENCE FAIR INC, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of FLINT SCIENCE FAIR INC?
JAMES A WELCH FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $155,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like FLINT SCIENCE FAIR 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 FY2026 (financials across 2017–2026), 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing