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ITALIAN AMERICAN CULTURAL SOCIETY

ITALIAN AMERICAN CULTURAL SOCIETY (Michigan) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $25,000 to it, the largest being PETER J & CONSTANCE M CRACCHIOLO FNDN ($17,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$4.4M
Funders on record
4
Grants received
$25k
Net assets
$3.0M
2/4 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 0%
01What it does

What Italian American Cultural Society does

Mission

To plan, promote, and carry on charitable, educational, and cultural activities which will best serve the welfare of the community at large.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Recreational and community services

    $20,675 spent$10,735 earned by the program
    1% of program spending
  2. Educational services

    $22,220 spent$26,950 earned by the program
    1% of program spending
  3. Unrelated business

    $3,599,207 spent
    99% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,642,102.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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.

100 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($1.2M) Expenses 100 ($1.5M) Net assets 100 ($2.2M)2021 Revenue 214 ($2.5M) Expenses 162 ($2.4M) Net assets 121 ($2.6M)2022 Revenue 279 ($3.3M) Expenses 227 ($3.3M) Net assets 120 ($2.6M)2023 Revenue 307 ($3.6M) Expenses 241 ($3.5M) Net assets 124 ($2.7M)2024 Revenue 372 ($4.4M) Expenses 279 ($4.1M) Net assets 137 ($3.0M)
20202021202220232024
Revenue (372)Expenses (279)Net assets (137)Peer revenue range

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 $3.5M to $6.4M (+81%).

$2.6M
$3.1M
$3.3M
$3.5M
$6.4M
20202021202220232024
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

1% of ITALIAN AMERICAN CULTURAL SOCIETY’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (63% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 5,377 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

−$284k
’20
$145k
’21
−$24k
’22
$86k
’23
$297k
’24
1.8
months of
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.

20202021202220232024
Listed2020181614
Joined·+0+3+2+0
No longer listed·0542
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $4k → $3k.

From the IRS filings of ITALIAN AMERICAN CULTURAL SOCIETY’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

ITALIAN AMERICAN CULTURAL SOCIETY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 70% of grant income and the top three 96%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

70%
largest funder
96%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 63% · 2018 55% · 2019 71% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.

“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

100% of ITALIAN AMERICAN CULTURAL SOCIETY's grant income comes from Michigan funders.

MI

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’17
’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Michigan out of state home

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

ITALIAN AMERICAN CULTURAL SOCIETY has grown faster than three-quarters of the 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits its size.

Operating margin7% · above the median
Months of reserve1.8mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)39% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

90% of spending goes to programs.

Program 90%Management 10%Fundraising 0%

Governance

15
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

66%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds ITALIAN AMERICAN CULTURAL SOCIETY?
ITALIAN AMERICAN CULTURAL SOCIETY (Michigan) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $25,000 to it, the largest being PETER J & CONSTANCE M CRACCHIOLO FNDN ($17,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does ITALIAN AMERICAN CULTURAL SOCIETY have?
IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $25,000 in grants to ITALIAN AMERICAN CULTURAL SOCIETY, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of ITALIAN AMERICAN CULTURAL SOCIETY?
PETER J & CONSTANCE M CRACCHIOLO FNDN is the largest funder on record, with $17,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like ITALIAN AMERICAN CULTURAL SOCIETY 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 2020–2024), and the filings of 4 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