Michigan · Nonprofit
KALAMAZOO ABRAHAM LINCOLN INSTITUTE
KALAMAZOO ABRAHAM LINCOLN INSTITUTE (Michigan) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $142,149 to it, the largest being FREEDOM OF SPIRIT FUND ($100,009). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $107k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $142k
- Net assets
- $152k
What Kalamazoo Abraham Lincoln Institute does
Mission
To enrich the cultural life of kalamazoo by creating educational programs that model the example of abraham lincoln.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Program
To create sustained value from kalamazoos unique abraham lincoln legacy with educational programs including leadership development training for area youth, biennial symposiums with art and essay contests, and an instructive commemorative statue of abraham lincoln in bronson park.
$13,507 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $13,507.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $5k → $23.
2 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 21% 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 KALAMAZOO ABRAHAM LINCOLN INSTITUTE’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
KALAMAZOO ABRAHAM LINCOLN INSTITUTE 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — 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
96% of KALAMAZOO ABRAHAM LINCOLN INSTITUTE's grant income comes from Michigan funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $30k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
KALAMAZOO ABRAHAM LINCOLN INSTITUTE runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
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In Michigan
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds KALAMAZOO ABRAHAM LINCOLN INSTITUTE?
- KALAMAZOO ABRAHAM LINCOLN INSTITUTE (Michigan) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $142,149 to it, the largest being FREEDOM OF SPIRIT FUND ($100,009). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does KALAMAZOO ABRAHAM LINCOLN INSTITUTE have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $142,149 in grants to KALAMAZOO ABRAHAM LINCOLN INSTITUTE, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of KALAMAZOO ABRAHAM LINCOLN INSTITUTE?
- FREEDOM OF SPIRIT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $100,009 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like KALAMAZOO ABRAHAM LINCOLN INSTITUTE 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 2024–2024), and the filings of 5 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