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FOUNDATION FOR THE FLINT CULTURAL CENTER

FOUNDATION FOR THE FLINT CULTURAL CENTER (Michigan) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $24,000,000 to it, the largest being CHARLES STEWART MOTT FOUNDATION ($24,000,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$6.1M
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$24M
Net assets
$62M
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 88%
01What it does

What Foundation for the Flint Cultural Center does

Mission

The Foundation for the Flint Cultural Center is committed to improving the quality of life in genesee county through support of the flint cultural center and its various entities. To act on this commitment, the Foundation for the Flint Cultural Center will provide financial support to the flint cultural center corporation, flint institute of arts, flint institute of music and community foundation of greater flint.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. Grants to supported organizations and distributions for program-related expenses. The amount to be spent from the endowed funds has been stipulated by the donor's grant agreement, which for 2025 was 5.0% of the average fair market value of the funds over the previous twenty trailing quarters ending september 30th of the immediate prior year.

    $1,052,742 spentof which $994,000 as grants
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,052,742.

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. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($889k) Expenses 100 ($968k) Net assets 100 ($20M)2018 Revenue 118 ($1.0M) Expenses 102 ($990k) Net assets 89 ($18M)2019 Revenue 556 ($4.9M) Expenses 104 ($1.0M) Net assets 119 ($24M)2020 Revenue 583 ($5.2M) Expenses 108 ($1.0M) Net assets 151 ($31M)2021 Revenue 719 ($6.4M) Expenses 106 ($1.0M) Net assets 187 ($38M)2022 Revenue 1026 ($9.1M) Expenses 111 ($1.1M) Net assets 195 ($40M)2023 Revenue 575 ($5.1M) Expenses 116 ($1.1M) Net assets 236 ($48M)2024 Revenue 187 ($1.7M) Expenses 118 ($1.1M) Net assets 254 ($52M)2025 Revenue 688 ($6.1M) Expenses 120 ($1.2M) Net assets 305 ($62M)
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Revenue (688)Expenses (120)Net assets (305)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 2024 to 2025, from $52M to $62M (+20%).

$20M
$18M
$24M
$31M
$38M
$40M
$48M
$52M
$62M
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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
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

65% of FOUNDATION FOR THE FLINT CULTURAL CENTER’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (63% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 5,395 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

−$79k
’17
$60k
’18
$3.9M
’19
$4.1M
’20
$5.4M
’21
$8.0M
’22
$4.0M
’23
$517k
’24
$5.0M
’25

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

Sherri Stephens

Chair

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed111313131310121212
Joined·+3+1+3+0+2+3+1+1
No longer listed·11305111
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2019 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income held at $4.0M.

Funder
'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
total
funders
1
1
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of FOUNDATION FOR THE FLINT CULTURAL CENTER’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.

Where its funders are

100% of FOUNDATION FOR THE FLINT CULTURAL CENTER's grant income comes from Michigan funders.

MI

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

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’23
Michigan out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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

FOUNDATION FOR THE FLINT CULTURAL CENTER runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,430 arts & culture nonprofits its size.

Operating margin81% · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)27% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,430 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025

Organizations like FOUNDATION FOR THE FLINT CULTURAL CENTER

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

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

90% of spending goes to programs.

Program 90%Management 10%Fundraising 0%

Governance

8
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MI

Part of a family of 6 related entities

  • Community Foundation of Greater Flint · exempt
  • Flint Cutural Center Corporation · exempt
  • Flint Institute of Arts · exempt
  • Flint Institute of Music · exempt
  • Flint Kids Learn · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds FOUNDATION FOR THE FLINT CULTURAL CENTER?
FOUNDATION FOR THE FLINT CULTURAL CENTER (Michigan) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $24,000,000 to it, the largest being CHARLES STEWART MOTT FOUNDATION ($24,000,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does FOUNDATION FOR THE FLINT CULTURAL CENTER have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $24,000,000 in grants to FOUNDATION FOR THE FLINT CULTURAL CENTER, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of FOUNDATION FOR THE FLINT CULTURAL CENTER?
CHARLES STEWART MOTT FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $24,000,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like FOUNDATION FOR THE FLINT CULTURAL CENTER 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 1 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