Michigan · Nonprofit
GREAT LAKES OUTDOORSMAN FOUNDATION
GREAT LAKES OUTDOORSMAN FOUNDATION (Michigan) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,400 to it, the largest being STANLEY W CHEFF FOUNDATION ($1,400). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $46k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $1k
- Net assets
- $170k
What Great Lakes Outdoorsman Foundation does
Mission
Support wildlife
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Various non-profit organizations
$2,295 spentof which $2,295 as grants27% of program spendingHabitat program & winter survival
$1,139 spentof which $1,139 as grants14% of program spendingEducational support
$5,000 spentof which $5,000 as grants59% of program spendingWildlife winter survival
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $8,434.
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 at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $139k to $170k (+23%).
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.
70% of GREAT LAKES OUTDOORSMAN FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (92% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2018: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $1k → $400.
From the IRS filings of GREAT LAKES OUTDOORSMAN FOUNDATION’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
100% of GREAT LAKES OUTDOORSMAN FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Michigan funders.
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 OUTDOORSMAN FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,195 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,195 environment nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like GREAT LAKES OUTDOORSMAN FOUNDATION
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.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds GREAT LAKES OUTDOORSMAN FOUNDATION?
- GREAT LAKES OUTDOORSMAN FOUNDATION (Michigan) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,400 to it, the largest being STANLEY W CHEFF FOUNDATION ($1,400). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GREAT LAKES OUTDOORSMAN FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $1,400 in grants to GREAT LAKES OUTDOORSMAN FOUNDATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GREAT LAKES OUTDOORSMAN FOUNDATION?
- STANLEY W CHEFF FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,400 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GREAT LAKES OUTDOORSMAN FOUNDATION 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 2017–2025), 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