Michigan · Nonprofit
KALAMAZOO FRIENDS OF RECREATION
KALAMAZOO FRIENDS OF RECREATION (Michigan) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $573,845 to it, the largest being KALAMAZOO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($555,700). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $103k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $574k
- Net assets
- $248k
What Kalamazoo Friends of Recreation does
Mission
Our mission is to support the city of kalamazoos recreational programs and help improve its parks. We envision better quality of life for the residents of kalamazoo through recreation. We grant scholarships to at-risk youth to support their participation in city of kalamazoo recreation programs and we help gather resources to enhance the parks and trails in the city of kalamazoo.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
As part of its on-going support for youth recreation in the city of kalamazoo, kfor grants 50,000 per year to the city of kalamazoo parks & recreation for youth program financial assistance. Kfor also supports the junior lifeguard program and other small park projects.
$68,363 spentof which $57,059 as grants100% of program spendingKfor provides monetary scholarships for qualifying children. Scholarships ranging from 50-100% of city of kalamazoo parks and recreation program fees are awarded.
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $68,363.
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 2018 to 2019, from $20k to $187k (+851%).
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.
81% of KALAMAZOO FRIENDS OF RECREATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (18% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Board chair
Cindy Trout
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $114k → $30k.
4 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 FRIENDS OF RECREATION’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 FRIENDS OF RECREATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 97% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 KALAMAZOO FRIENDS OF RECREATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 97% · 2019 99% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 84% · 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
100% of KALAMAZOO FRIENDS OF RECREATION'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 $3k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Michigan funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $571k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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 FRIENDS OF RECREATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 15,520 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 15,520 recreation & sports nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like KALAMAZOO FRIENDS OF RECREATION
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
87%
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 KALAMAZOO FRIENDS OF RECREATION: 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 KALAMAZOO FRIENDS OF RECREATION?
- KALAMAZOO FRIENDS OF RECREATION (Michigan) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $573,845 to it, the largest being KALAMAZOO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($555,700). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does KALAMAZOO FRIENDS OF RECREATION have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $573,845 in grants to KALAMAZOO FRIENDS OF RECREATION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of KALAMAZOO FRIENDS OF RECREATION?
- KALAMAZOO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $555,700 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like KALAMAZOO FRIENDS OF RECREATION 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 6 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