Michigan · Nonprofit
KALAMAZOO SINGERS
KALAMAZOO SINGERS (Michigan) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $27,000 to it, the largest being HAROLD AND GRACE UPJOHN FOUNDATION ($17,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2017
- $55k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $27k
- Net assets
- $26k
What Kalamazoo Singers does
Mission
The misssion of the Kalamazoo Singers is to inspire and enrich the community through choral programming.
As stated on its FY2017 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Brought quality choral singing to many members of the greater kalamazoo community.
The first program described on its most recent Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2021: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $8k → $2k.
From the IRS filings of KALAMAZOO SINGERS’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 SINGERS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 63% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 50% · 2018 77% · 2019 77% · 2020 67% · 2021 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 KALAMAZOO SINGERS's grant income comes from Michigan funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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.
Organizations like KALAMAZOO SINGERS
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
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for KALAMAZOO SINGERS: 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 SINGERS?
- KALAMAZOO SINGERS (Michigan) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $27,000 to it, the largest being HAROLD AND GRACE UPJOHN FOUNDATION ($17,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does KALAMAZOO SINGERS have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $27,000 in grants to KALAMAZOO SINGERS, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of KALAMAZOO SINGERS?
- HAROLD AND GRACE UPJOHN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $17,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like KALAMAZOO SINGERS 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 FY2017 (financials across 2017–2017), and the filings of 3 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