Michigan · Nonprofit
GOD'S GREAT OUTDOORS INC
GOD'S GREAT OUTDOORS INC (Michigan) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $44,305 to it, the largest being NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ($19,930). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 73% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $100k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $44k
- Net assets
- $21k
What God's Great Outdoors Inc does
Mission
The mission of god's great outdoors is to encourage the sharing of our interests in the outdoor adventures we enjoy with others. Thus enabling our relationship to increase and provide a common ground from which to present the gospel of our lord jesus christ.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Program
The trail to adventure, the weekly, 25-minute syndicated radio broadcast, has been the heart of the ministry. God continues to bless. We now provide a variety of media to assist in personal spiritual growth and to share with others the gospel of jesus. From print media to video and podcasting, we continue to lay hold of means to share glimpses of god's glory in the creation around us and through lifes changes.
$93,164 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $93,164.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $29k to $16k (−44%).
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.
92% of GOD'S GREAT OUTDOORS INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Board chair
Tim Jones
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $5k → $6k.
3 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 73% 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 GOD'S GREAT OUTDOORS 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
GOD'S GREAT OUTDOORS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 45% of grant income and the top three 82%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
73% 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 GOD'S GREAT OUTDOORS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 88% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
73% of GOD'S GREAT OUTDOORS 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 $12k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Michigan, across 1 state.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $32k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
GOD'S GREAT OUTDOORS INC has grown faster than half of the 10,142 religion nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 10,142 religion nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Organizations like GOD'S GREAT OUTDOORS 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.
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 GOD'S GREAT OUTDOORS 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 GOD'S GREAT OUTDOORS INC?
- GOD'S GREAT OUTDOORS INC (Michigan) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $44,305 to it, the largest being NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ($19,930). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 73% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does GOD'S GREAT OUTDOORS INC have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $44,305 in grants to GOD'S GREAT OUTDOORS INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GOD'S GREAT OUTDOORS INC?
- NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC is the largest funder on record, with $19,930 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GOD'S GREAT OUTDOORS 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 FY2024 (financials across 2018–2024), and the filings of 5 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