Michigan · Nonprofit
FRIENDS OF THE GRAND TRAVERSE CONSERVATION DISTRICT
FRIENDS OF THE GRAND TRAVERSE CONSERVATION DISTRICT (Michigan) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $200,516 to it, the largest being Jim and Diana Huckle Family Foundation ($200,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
FRIENDS OF THE GRAND TRAVERSE CONSERVATION DISTRICT runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,054 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,054 environment nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Three funders worth looking at
Grantmakers with no record of funding this organization, ranked by how strongly the co-funder graph and the mission embeddings agree. The evidence is in section 03.
- Rotary Charities of Traverse Cityshared funderslocalportfolio match
- Grand Traverse Regional Community Foundationshared funderslocalportfolio match
- Oleson Foundationshared funderslocalportfolio match
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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.
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.
100% of FRIENDS OF THE GRAND TRAVERSE CONSERVATION DISTRICT’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (92% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 THE GRAND TRAVERSE CONSERVATION DISTRICT’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 THE GRAND TRAVERSE CONSERVATION DISTRICT leans on a few funders — its largest provides 100% 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
“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
FRIENDS OF THE GRAND TRAVERSE CONSERVATION DISTRICT draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Michigan, across 2 states in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $16 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 stateis 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.
Funders to approach
Grantmakers that don’t fund you yet, surfaced two ways: they back organizations that share your funders, or their grantees resemble your mission. The ones both signals agree on come first.
- Rotary Charities of Traverse Cityshared funderslocalportfolio matchMI · backs 23 organizations that share your funders · funds 50 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- Grand Traverse Regional Community Foundationshared funderslocalportfolio matchMI · backs 29 organizations that share your funders · funds 75 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- Oleson Foundationshared funderslocalportfolio matchMI · backs 18 organizations that share your funders · funds 34 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- Les & Ann Biederman Foundation Incshared funderslocalportfolio matchMI · backs 13 organizations that share your funders · funds 18 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- The Art and Mary Schmuckal Family Foundationshared funderslocalportfolio matchMI · backs 15 organizations that share your funders · funds 35 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- The Julius H and Barbara B Beers Family Foundationshared fundersportfolio matchMI · backs 7 organizations that share your funders · its grantees resemble your mission
- Impact 100 of Traverse City Inclocalportfolio matchMI · funds 7 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- Char-Em United Way Incshared fundersMI · backs 3 organizations that share your funders
- Parks & Trails New York Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Hp Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Mps Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
From the co-funder graph (funders backing at least two comparable organizations, shrunk for grantee count, donor-advised and mega-funds excluded) and the universe embeddings. A research starting point; overlap is association, not a guarantee of fit.
Organizations like FRIENDS OF THE GRAND TRAVERSE CONSERVATION DISTRICT
Nonprofits whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over the universe of 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
94% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FRIENDS OF THE GRAND TRAVERSE CONSERVATION DISTRICT: 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.
Screens are triage, not determinations; a source that cannot be read reports not screened, never clear. How the screen works · on the API as GET /api/screening/{ein}?format=pdf
Questions and answers
- Who funds FRIENDS OF THE GRAND TRAVERSE CONSERVATION DISTRICT?
- FRIENDS OF THE GRAND TRAVERSE CONSERVATION DISTRICT (Michigan) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $200,516 to it, the largest being Jim and Diana Huckle Family Foundation ($200,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FRIENDS OF THE GRAND TRAVERSE CONSERVATION DISTRICT have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $200,516 in grants to FRIENDS OF THE GRAND TRAVERSE CONSERVATION DISTRICT, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF THE GRAND TRAVERSE CONSERVATION DISTRICT?
- Jim and Diana Huckle Family Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $200,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRIENDS OF THE GRAND TRAVERSE CONSERVATION DISTRICT 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 2023–2025), and the filings of 3funders 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 August 27, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing