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LPS EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC

LPS EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC (Michigan) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $55,140 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FINANCIAL CREDIT UNION ($24,650). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$137k
Funders on record
5
Grants received
$55k
Net assets
$1.5M
4/5 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 11%
01What it does

What Lps Education Foundation Inc does

Mission

Enlarge resources available for the school district which will foster and expand educational opportunities for programs impacting students by building effective collaborations and contributing to the establishment of collge savings programs

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Grants were given to livonia public school teachers based on grant applications and acceptance

    $56,028 spent
    74% of program spending

  2. Mesp college savings accounts were set up for each eligible kindergartener in livonia public schools that applied for the competitive edge program. These funds were invested until the student became a senior in livonia public schools. The student then applies for distribution and provides information about what post-secondary program they will attend.

    $19,800 spent
    26% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $75,828.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20182018 Revenue 100 ($134k) Expenses 100 ($59k) Net assets 100 ($948k)2019 Revenue 97 ($131k) Expenses 72 ($42k) Net assets 111 ($1.0M)2020 Revenue 131 ($177k) Expenses 122 ($72k) Net assets 122 ($1.2M)2021 Revenue 86 ($115k) Expenses 124 ($73k) Net assets 61 ($574k)2022 Revenue 63 ($85k) Expenses 270 ($159k) Net assets 58 ($549k)2023 Revenue 88 ($118k) Expenses 203 ($120k) Net assets 135 ($1.3M)2024 Revenue 97 ($131k) Expenses 234 ($138k) Net assets 148 ($1.4M)2025 Revenue 102 ($137k) Expenses 236 ($139k) Net assets 160 ($1.5M)
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Revenue (102)Expenses (236)Net assets (160)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $549k to $1.3M (+134%).

$948k
$1.0M
$1.2M
$574k
$549k
$1.3M
$1.4M
$1.5M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2020 51% · 2021 65% · 2022 55%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

81% of LPS EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 24,946 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$75k
’18
$89k
’19
$104k
’20
$42k
’21
−$74k
’22
−$2k
’23
−$8k
’24
−$2k
’25
17
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

Chief executive

Laura Ulaszek

Executive director(non-vote)

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed1414111413171514
Joined·+0+1+6+0+8+0+4
No longer listed·0431425
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 2 funders, grant income fell $15k → $14k.

Funder
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'18
'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
total
funders
3
2
2
1
2
2
2

1 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% 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 LPS EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC’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

LPS EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 45% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders 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 LPS EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC.

45%
largest funder
99%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 50% · 2018 99% · 2019 99% · 2020 100% · 2021 99% · 2022 98% · 2023 99% — 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 LPS EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC's grant income comes from Michigan funders.

IL
MI

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’18
’19
’21
’22
’23
Michigan out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $295 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

LPS EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−2% · below the median
Months of reserve16.7mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)0% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Organizations like LPS EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC

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

Lakeshore Excellence Foundation85%Lansing Public Schools Educational84%Detroit Public Schools Foundation82%Lakeshore Band Parents Inc81%Educational Excellence Foundation81%Lakewood Educational Foundation81%East Grand Rapids Schools Foundation81%Grand Haven Schools Foundation80%

Nationally

Los Altos Educational Foundation87%Lawton Public School Foundation Inc85%Lakeshore Excellence Foundation85%Littleton Public Schools Foundation85%Lawrence Schools Foundation85%Lynchburg City Schools Education Foundation Inc85%Lansing Public Schools Educational84%La Crosse Public Education Foundation Inc84%
05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

54% of spending goes to programs.

Program 54%Management 46%Fundraising 0%

Governance

11
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

90%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MI

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Questions and answers

Who funds LPS EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC?
LPS EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC (Michigan) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $55,140 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FINANCIAL CREDIT UNION ($24,650). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does LPS EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC have?
IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $55,140 in grants to LPS EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of LPS EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC?
COMMUNITY FINANCIAL CREDIT UNION is the largest funder on record, with $24,650 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like LPS EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC 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 2018–2025), 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