Michigan · Nonprofit
KALAMAZOO POETRY FESTIVAL
KALAMAZOO POETRY FESTIVAL (Michigan) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $112,087 to it, the largest being IRVING S GILMORE FOUNDATION ($42,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $66k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $112k
- Net assets
- $21k
What Kalamazoo Poetry Festival does
Mission
Further the reading, writing, and performing of poetry through workshops, readings, and other educational programming.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Poetry Writing workshops. Poets sign up for a 1-2 hour workshop and are guided through writing exercises with a skilled facilitator. We held 8 workshops that were in total attended by 102 community members.
$2,170 spent10% of program spendingPoetry Festival. Includes a reading given by members of the community, a community poem generation event, a craft talk given by nationally known poets, and a featured poetry reading performed by the nationally known poets. Over 4 events, 297 attendees total.
$17,637 spent79% of program spendingPoetry Open Mics. Attendees can sign up to read their own works or just listen to others read. Over 5 open mics, 265 community members attended
$2,500 spent11% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $22,307.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Casey Grooten
Executive Director
Board chair
Cameron Decker
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $5k → $20k.
2 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 19% 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 POETRY FESTIVAL’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 POETRY FESTIVAL leans on a few funders — its largest provides 37% of grant income and the top three 86%; 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: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 96% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 59% — 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
84% of KALAMAZOO POETRY FESTIVAL's grant income comes from Michigan funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $21k 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 POETRY FESTIVAL runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
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In Michigan
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
100%
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 POETRY FESTIVAL: 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 POETRY FESTIVAL?
- KALAMAZOO POETRY FESTIVAL (Michigan) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $112,087 to it, the largest being IRVING S GILMORE FOUNDATION ($42,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does KALAMAZOO POETRY FESTIVAL have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $112,087 in grants to KALAMAZOO POETRY FESTIVAL, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of KALAMAZOO POETRY FESTIVAL?
- IRVING S GILMORE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $42,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like KALAMAZOO POETRY FESTIVAL 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 FY2025 (financials across 2025–2025), 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