Michigan · Nonprofit
Great Lakes Center for Education Research and Practice
Great Lakes Center for Education Research and Practice (Michigan) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $88,626 to it, the largest being ROBERT JENSEN DAU FOUNDATION ($88,626). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $390k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $89k
- Net assets
- $279k
What Great Lakes Center for Education Research and Practice does
Mission
To support and disseminate high quality research and reviews of research for the purpose of informing education policy and to develop research-based resources for use by those who advocate for education reform.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
2024-25 Accomplishments include: Think Twice: Our flagship Think Twice initiative, in partnership with the National Education Policy Center (NEPC), actively debunks misleading "research" from ideological think tanks. Each week, we deliver the Think Twice Weekly Update to a nationwide network of NEA state affiliates, leaders, and policymakers. In 2024-2025, GLC commissioned and released 19 rigorous reviews by leading scholarseach a timely intervention in ongoing education debates. From school funding equity to artificial intelligence in classrooms, our reviews empowered education advocates with facts, not spin. Policy Briefs GLC-funded policy briefs spark conversations that matter. We produce clear, concise, and research- backed briefs that respond directly to emerging policy issues. We have interactive author Zoom sessions for our subscribers, creating space for real-time discussion and deep dives into key topics
$401,844 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $401,844.
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 2020 to 2021, from $365k to $258k (−29%).
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.
61% of Great Lakes Center for Education Research and Practice’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
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.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $20k → $25k.
Left out of every figure on this page: $2.0M from 5 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest National Education Association of the United States). These are real filings, and they are not money Great Lakes Center for Education Research and Practice raised.
From the IRS filings of Great Lakes Center for Education Research and Practice’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
Great Lakes Center for Education Research and Practice draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Michigan, across 1 state in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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.
Against its field
Great Lakes Center for Education Research and Practice is better cushioned than half of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like Great Lakes Center for Education Research and Practice
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
94% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
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 Great Lakes Center for Education Research and Practice: 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 Great Lakes Center for Education Research and Practice?
- Great Lakes Center for Education Research and Practice (Michigan) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $88,626 to it, the largest being ROBERT JENSEN DAU FOUNDATION ($88,626). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Great Lakes Center for Education Research and Practice have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $88,626 in grants to Great Lakes Center for Education Research and Practice, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Great Lakes Center for Education Research and Practice?
- ROBERT JENSEN DAU FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $88,626 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Great Lakes Center for Education Research and Practice 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 FY2025 (financials across 2018–2025), 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