Michigan · Nonprofit
LAWN ACADEMY
LAWN ACADEMY (Michigan) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $451,575 to it, the largest being ALLY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($185,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2023
- $841k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $452k
- Net assets
- $291k
What Lawn Academy does
Mission
Provide leadership training, mentoring, college / workforce development and preparedness programming for youth participants. Provide lawn care, at no charge, for seniors, veterans, and people with special needs.
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990.
Programs
Grow Detroit's Young Talent (GDYT) is a citywide summer jobs program that trains and employs young adults between the ages of 14 and 24 for up to 120 hours.
$446,017 spentof which $386,017 as grants$60,000 earned by the program53% of program spendingAfter School programming at 4 Detroit schools and 2 youth development hubs.
$192,422 spentof which $132,500 as grants$59,922 earned by the program23% of program spendingProvide lawn services at no charge to seniors, veterans, and people with special needs.
$72,420 spentof which $60,000 as grants9% of program spendingYouth working with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources as part of the Summer Youth Program offers participating students the opportunity to function as part of a team, gain valuable work and transition experience, and build connections through community service projects at Michigan state parks.
$57,832 spentof which $39,000 as grants7% of program spendingThe Jamie and Denise Jacob Family Foundation grant to support Lawn Academy programs and advocacy efforts that empowered youth to pursue college.
$29,000 spentof which $29,000 as grants3% of program spendingGrant from the Gilbert Family Foundation and Thriving Neighborhood Funds, in partnership with Strategic Community Partners - to work to improve the quality of life for Detroit residents by investing in public space activation and other programming that creates more vibrant and inclusive neighborhoods
$27,800 spentof which $25,000 as grants3% of program spendingGeneral operating expenses Eric & Maureen Miller loaned $47,051 to The Lawn Academy to satisfy programming costs with a fiscal year-end of $1,171.
$14,103 spent$47,051 earned by the program2% of program spending
The 7 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $839,594.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2020 to 2021, from $166k to $288k (+73%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 6% · 2023 12%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of LAWN ACADEMY’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (83% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $6k → $79k.
1 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 LAWN ACADEMY’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
LAWN ACADEMY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 41% of grant income and the top three 96%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
59% 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 LAWN ACADEMY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 64% · 2022 83% · 2023 63% — 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
58% of LAWN ACADEMY's grant income comes from Michigan funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $50 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
LAWN ACADEMY has grown faster than three-quarters of the 5,457 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,457 youth development nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2023
Organizations like LAWN ACADEMY
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.
Where the money goes
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
92%
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 LAWN ACADEMY: 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 LAWN ACADEMY?
- LAWN ACADEMY (Michigan) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $451,575 to it, the largest being ALLY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($185,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LAWN ACADEMY have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $451,575 in grants to LAWN ACADEMY, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LAWN ACADEMY?
- ALLY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $185,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LAWN ACADEMY 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 FY2023 (financials across 2018–2023), and the filings of 7 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