Michigan · Nonprofit
Friends of Downtown Highland Inc
Friends of Downtown Highland Inc (Michigan) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $242,110 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($225,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 96% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2019
- $267k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $242k
- Net assets
- $239k
What Friends of Downtown Highland Inc does
Mission
Support fund improvements for the Highland Township downtown area.
As stated on its FY2019 Form 990.
Program
Construction of Community playground to adjoin HIghland Twp Library
The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2020: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $235k → $7k.
2 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 96% 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 Friends of Downtown Highland 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
Friends of Downtown Highland Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 93% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
96% 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 Friends of Downtown Highland Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 96% · 2020 100% — 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
96% of Friends of Downtown Highland Inc'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 $10k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Michigan funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $232k 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.
Against its field
Friends of Downtown Highland Inc holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 8,357 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 8,357 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2019
Organizations like Friends of Downtown Highland 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
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
99% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
0%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Friends of Downtown Highland Inc: 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 Downtown Highland Inc?
- Friends of Downtown Highland Inc (Michigan) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $242,110 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($225,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 96% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Friends of Downtown Highland Inc have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $242,110 in grants to Friends of Downtown Highland Inc.
- Who is the largest funder of Friends of Downtown Highland Inc?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $225,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Friends of Downtown Highland 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 FY2019 (financials across 2019–2019), and the filings of 3 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