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FRIENDS OF CRESCENT PARK

FRIENDS OF CRESCENT PARK (Michigan) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $88,750 to it, the largest being VAN ANDEL RESEARCH INSTITUTE ($88,750). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$14k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$89k
Net assets
$1.7M
1/1 repeat fundersgrants exceed reported revenue in one year
01What it does

What Friends of Crescent Park does

Mission

To preserve, improve, expand, and promote the use of crescent park in the city of grand rapids, michigan.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. Friends of Crescent Park maintained the premises to preserve crescent park in grand rapids, michigan.

    $11,266 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $11,266.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($19k) Expenses 100 ($19k) Net assets 100 ($1.7M)2021 Revenue 54 ($10k) Expenses 54 ($10k) Net assets 100 ($1.7M)2022 Revenue 81 ($15k) Expenses 88 ($17k) Net assets 100 ($1.7M)2023 Revenue 57 ($11k) Expenses 40 ($8k) Net assets 100 ($1.7M)2024 Revenue 76 ($14k) Expenses 67 ($13k) Net assets 100 ($1.7M)
20202021202220232024
Revenue (76)Expenses (67)Net assets (100)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 2021 to 2022, from $1.7M to $1.7M (+0%).

$1.7M
$1.7M
$1.7M
$1.7M
$1.7M
20202021202220232024
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.

2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

100% of FRIENDS OF CRESCENT PARK’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (39% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 15,075 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

−$903
’20
−$418
’21
−$2k
’22
$3k
’23
$982
’24
5.1
months of
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.

20202021202220232024
Listed44445
Joined·+0+0+1+3
No longer listed·0012
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $9k → $17k.

Funder
'17
'18
'19
'20
'21
'23
'24*
total
funders
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of FRIENDS OF CRESCENT PARK’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 FRIENDS OF CRESCENT PARK's grant income comes from Michigan funders.

MI

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

’17
’18
’19
’20
’21
’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

FRIENDS OF CRESCENT PARK runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 13,282 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.

Operating margin7% · above the median
Months of reserve5.1mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−7% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,282 recreation & sports nonprofits under $100k, FY2024

Organizations like FRIENDS OF CRESCENT PARK

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In Michigan

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

87% of spending goes to programs.

Program 87%Management 13%Fundraising 0%

Governance

3
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

100%

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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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FRIENDS OF CRESCENT PARK: 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 FRIENDS OF CRESCENT PARK?
FRIENDS OF CRESCENT PARK (Michigan) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $88,750 to it, the largest being VAN ANDEL RESEARCH INSTITUTE ($88,750). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does FRIENDS OF CRESCENT PARK have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $88,750 in grants to FRIENDS OF CRESCENT PARK, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF CRESCENT PARK?
VAN ANDEL RESEARCH INSTITUTE is the largest funder on record, with $88,750 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like FRIENDS OF CRESCENT PARK 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 FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing