Michigan · Nonprofit
GROSSE POINTE SHORES IMPROVEMENT FOUNDATION
GROSSE POINTE SHORES IMPROVEMENT FOUNDATION (Michigan) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $47,875 to it, the largest being LYNN & PAUL ALANDT FOUNDATION ($20,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $271k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $48k
- Net assets
- $2.0M
What Grosse Pointe Shores Improvement Foundation does
Mission
To finance improvements and beautification projects for the village of grosse pointe shores, a michigan city.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Capital improvements for the city of grosse pointe: one major project was the installation of new heated approach steps for city hall. Gpsif also provided concrete pads under the bleachers and seats at the baseball diamond. Installed a new beach tennis court. Continued to sponsor the outdoor skating rink at shroeder field. This is a seasonal project that is reassembled and maintained annually. It is available to all our residents for wintersport enjoyment. However, due to warm weather, our ice rink was never set up.
$48,366 spentof which $44,906 as grants55% of program spendingAdditional city projects included planting of trees throughout the city, an easter egg hunt, holiday home decor sale, and the sponsorship of new gardens around the osius park gate house and the shroeder field house. We continued to fund the maintenance of the seven beautiful seascapes along lakeshore road.
$40,355 spentof which $43,250 as grants$688 earned by the program45% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $88,721.
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 2023 to 2024, from $1.8M to $2.0M (+12%).
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.
18% of GROSSE POINTE SHORES IMPROVEMENT FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (88% 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income rose $6k → $12k.
1 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 23% 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 GROSSE POINTE SHORES IMPROVEMENT 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.
How concentrated its funding is
GROSSE POINTE SHORES IMPROVEMENT FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 42% of grant income and the top three 76%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 91% · 2018 50% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 51% · 2023 48% — diversifying over time.
“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
99% of GROSSE POINTE SHORES IMPROVEMENT 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. $11k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
GROSSE POINTE SHORES IMPROVEMENT FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 4,264 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,264 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like GROSSE POINTE SHORES IMPROVEMENT 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.
Where the money goes
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
65%
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 GROSSE POINTE SHORES IMPROVEMENT FOUNDATION: 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 GROSSE POINTE SHORES IMPROVEMENT FOUNDATION?
- GROSSE POINTE SHORES IMPROVEMENT FOUNDATION (Michigan) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $47,875 to it, the largest being LYNN & PAUL ALANDT FOUNDATION ($20,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GROSSE POINTE SHORES IMPROVEMENT FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $47,875 in grants to GROSSE POINTE SHORES IMPROVEMENT FOUNDATION, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GROSSE POINTE SHORES IMPROVEMENT FOUNDATION?
- LYNN & PAUL ALANDT FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $20,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GROSSE POINTE SHORES IMPROVEMENT 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 7 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