Michigan · Nonprofit
GREAT LAKES COLLEGES ASSOCIATION INC
GREAT LAKES COLLEGES ASSOCIATION INC (Michigan) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,094,190 to it, the largest being Wabash College ($694,848). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.4M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $1.1M
- Net assets
- $20M
What Great Lakes Colleges Association Inc does
Mission
Together we will define the future of residential liberal arts education by developing and supporting faculty and staff as institutional citizens and by offering opportunities that successfully launch students into rewarding careers.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
Concluded a large grant program that was titled global crossroads grant.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Global crossroads grant program - grant that supports increased globalization and collaboration across 13 glca campuses. Provides funding for global and international programs for faculty and staff professional development, helping to increase the global perspectives on campus.
$287,942 spentof which $176,591 as grants19% of program spendingGlobal alliance programs - program that supports a network of 30 glca and glaa schools. It provides programs for faculty, staff, and students in curricular and co-curricular programs. Therefore supporting international courses and meetings of a collaborative nature between multiple glca and glaa institutions.
$51,471 spent$68,919 earned by the program3% of program spendingEndeavor grant program - program for a network of 30 glca & glaa schools. It provides programs such as the athens democracy forum and leadership in action seminar.
$43,827 spent3% of program spendingGlca academic leadership institute; glca tuition remission exchange program; communities of practice; academic council; bipoc faculty leadership; study of japan grant; career pipeline and internship program; students of color leadership conference; glca information technology conference; new writers award.
$1,155,469 spentof which $181,488 as grants$942,370 earned by the program75% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,538,709.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 2021 to 2022, from $22M to $18M (−20%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
0% of GREAT LAKES COLLEGES ASSOCIATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 9 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.
Board chair
Jorge Gonzalez
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income fell $258k → $244k.
From the IRS filings of GREAT LAKES COLLEGES ASSOCIATION 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
GREAT LAKES COLLEGES ASSOCIATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 64% 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
64% 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 GREAT LAKES COLLEGES ASSOCIATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 58% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 95% · 2023 58% — 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
GREAT LAKES COLLEGES ASSOCIATION INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Michigan, across 2 states 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 COLLEGES ASSOCIATION INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 9,398 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like GREAT LAKES COLLEGES ASSOCIATION 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
77% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 13 related entities
- Albion College · exempt
- Allegheny College · exempt
- Antioch College · exempt
- Denison University · exempt
- Depauw University · exempt
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds GREAT LAKES COLLEGES ASSOCIATION INC?
- GREAT LAKES COLLEGES ASSOCIATION INC (Michigan) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,094,190 to it, the largest being Wabash College ($694,848). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GREAT LAKES COLLEGES ASSOCIATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $1,094,190 in grants to GREAT LAKES COLLEGES ASSOCIATION INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GREAT LAKES COLLEGES ASSOCIATION INC?
- Wabash College is the largest funder on record, with $694,848 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GREAT LAKES COLLEGES ASSOCIATION 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), 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