Michigan · Nonprofit
MCLAREN NORTHERN MICHIGAN FOUNDATION
MCLAREN NORTHERN MICHIGAN FOUNDATION (Michigan) receives grants from 129 organizations whose IRS filings report $29,836,973 to it, the largest being The Offield Family Foundation ($4,050,000). 81 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $15M
- Funders on record
- 129
- Grants received
- $30M
- Net assets
- $50M
What McLaren Northern Michigan Foundation does
Mission
To receive and administer funds to support the mission of mclaren northern michigan and support programs that enhance the well-being of the community.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Mclaren northern michigan has embarked on an exciting journey to build the future of health care for our northern michigan community. Our multi-phased project will involve constructing a new wing on our petoskey campus, as well as renovating select areas of the existing facility. The new wing will consist of 170,000 sq. Ft of new space including 92 new private patient rooms, 12 observation beds and state-of-the-art operating rooms.
$684,524 spentof which $684,524 as grants14% of program spendingMclaren northern michigan is continually looking for creative ways to address the health care workforce shortage and ensure staff have the essential clinical skills to provide the best possible care for patients. The foundation provides opportunities for staff to receive scholarships for higher education, conferences, and certifications. In addition, the foundation supports a paid nurse intern program, which provides student nurses an opportunity to develop their clinical skills while supporting the current nursing staff.
$432,156 spentof which $432,156 as grants9% of program spendingTo boost physician recruitment and retention, the foundation assists the hospital with providing recruitment incentives and medical equipment for newly recruited medical providers.
$392,180 spentof which $392,180 as grants8% of program spendingIncluding but not limited to the following program services: the pediatric unit is staffed 24-hours-a-day, 7-days-a-week by a pediatric hospitalist who specializes in acute illnesses in the pediatric inpatient setting. The pediatric nurses have special training in the care of children ages newborn to 18 years and are well-skilled in caring for a wide variety of childhood illnesses, as well as those patients requiring surgical interventions. The pediatric staff is also certified in pediatric advanced life support (pals). The pediatric unit has six rooms with a patient capacity of 12 patients. A well-stocked playroom is also available and made possible through a grant to the McLaren Northern Michigan Foundation. Capital equipment physician recruitment program grants to mclaren northern michigan, grants to related organizations, grants to individuals in the community and other program services.
$3,416,412 spentof which $3,416,412 as grants69% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,925,272.
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 2021 to 2022, from $58M to $43M (−25%).
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: 2019 9% · 2020 1% · 2021 11% · 2022 16% · 2023 10%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
86% of MCLAREN NORTHERN MICHIGAN FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (7% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
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
Garfield Atchison
Trustee & president/CEO
Board chair
Elise Fisher
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 31 funders to 49 funders, grant income rose $848k → $2.5M.
36 of 129 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 35% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $536k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest McLaren Northern Michigan). These are real filings, and they are not money MCLAREN NORTHERN MICHIGAN FOUNDATION raised.
From the IRS filings of MCLAREN NORTHERN MICHIGAN FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 129 funders by total. 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
MCLAREN NORTHERN MICHIGAN FOUNDATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 14% of grant income, and it takes 6 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 6 funders to its left
39% 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 MCLAREN NORTHERN MICHIGAN FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 12% · 2018 65% · 2019 29% · 2020 21% · 2021 32% · 2022 25% · 2023 20% — 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.
How long its funders stay
46% of MCLAREN NORTHERN MICHIGAN FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 63% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
MCLAREN NORTHERN MICHIGAN FOUNDATION draws 79% of its grant income from funders outside Michigan, across 22 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $10M arriving through sponsors registered in 18 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
MCLAREN NORTHERN MICHIGAN FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,969 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,969 health nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like MCLAREN NORTHERN MICHIGAN FOUNDATION
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
72% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
75%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 55 related entities
- McLaren Bay Medical Foundation · exempt
- McLaren Bay Region · exempt
- Bay Regional Medical Center Auxiliary · exempt
- McLaren Bay Special Care · exempt
- McLaren Central Michigan · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MCLAREN NORTHERN MICHIGAN FOUNDATION?
- MCLAREN NORTHERN MICHIGAN FOUNDATION (Michigan) receives grants from 129 organizations whose IRS filings report $29,836,973 to it, the largest being The Offield Family Foundation ($4,050,000). 81 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MCLAREN NORTHERN MICHIGAN FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 129 organizations giving $29,836,973 in grants to MCLAREN NORTHERN MICHIGAN FOUNDATION, 81 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MCLAREN NORTHERN MICHIGAN FOUNDATION?
- The Offield Family Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $4,050,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MCLAREN NORTHERN MICHIGAN FOUNDATION 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 129 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing