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Michigan · Nonprofit
GRAND RAPIDS DOMINICAN SISTERS (Michigan) is funded by 3 grantmakers whose IRS filings report $33,420 in grants to it, the largest being Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund ($16,720). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
GRAND RAPIDS DOMINICAN SISTERS runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 177 international nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 177 international nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
The base broadened — 1 funders to 2 as grant income moved $450 → $17k.
2 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 97% 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 GRAND RAPIDS DOMINICAN SISTERS’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation.
GRAND RAPIDS DOMINICAN SISTERS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 50% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 99% · 2023 100% · 2024 99% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration.
GRAND RAPIDS DOMINICAN SISTERS draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Michigan — its reputation reaches beyond the state, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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.
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.
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
98% of spending goes to programs.
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Operates in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
Every figure is read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML — this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2025–2025), 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. view filing