Michigan · Nonprofit
HESSEL SCHOOL HOUSE CORPORATION
HESSEL SCHOOL HOUSE CORPORATION (Michigan) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $256,880 to it, the largest being The Chicago Community Trust ($135,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 79% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $242k
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $257k
- Net assets
- $473k
What Hessel School House Corporation does
Mission
The purpose of the organization is to own and use a building and property which was formerly the hessel school house located at 3206 cedar rd in hessel on a nonprofit basis for purposes which are not limited to historic preservation of that building, the preservation of the building's architecture and maintianing the areas in this historic landmark. Also to provide a location for various community events.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
The operation of various programs within the hessel school house exhibit's the historical significance of the building and its unique architecture, it provides a place for previous attendee's of the school to view the building, and provide a year round learning center for the les cheneaux islands and eastern upper peninsula, focusing on nature and events. Attendees will be given the opportunity to appreciate the importance of enhancing and preserving and maintaining the historic significance of the building which is a gem to the community.
$185,508 spent$75,428 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $185,508.
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 2017 to 2018, from $400k to $441k (+10%).
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: 2017 93% · 2018 21% · 2019 38% · 2020 87% · 2021 75% · 2023 27% · 2024 14%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
59% of HESSEL SCHOOL HOUSE CORPORATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (64% 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
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 5 funders, grant income fell $79k → $50k.
5 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 79% 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 HESSEL SCHOOL HOUSE CORPORATION’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
HESSEL SCHOOL HOUSE CORPORATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 53% of grant income and the top three 80%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
79% 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 HESSEL SCHOOL HOUSE CORPORATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 63% · 2020 69% · 2021 88% · 2022 91% · 2023 38% — 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.
How long its funders stay
43% of HESSEL SCHOOL HOUSE CORPORATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
79% of HESSEL SCHOOL HOUSE CORPORATION's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $55k that is directly attributable, 71% of it comes from Michigan funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $202k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 states 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
HESSEL SCHOOL HOUSE CORPORATION runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 17,953 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,953 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like HESSEL SCHOOL HOUSE CORPORATION
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
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
90%
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 HESSEL SCHOOL HOUSE CORPORATION: 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 HESSEL SCHOOL HOUSE CORPORATION?
- HESSEL SCHOOL HOUSE CORPORATION (Michigan) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $256,880 to it, the largest being The Chicago Community Trust ($135,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 79% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does HESSEL SCHOOL HOUSE CORPORATION have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $256,880 in grants to HESSEL SCHOOL HOUSE CORPORATION, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HESSEL SCHOOL HOUSE CORPORATION?
- The Chicago Community Trust is the largest funder on record, with $135,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HESSEL SCHOOL HOUSE CORPORATION 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 10 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing