Michigan · Nonprofit
Michigan Association of Intermediate School Administrators
Michigan Association of Intermediate School Administrators (Michigan) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $300,000 to it, the largest being CHARLES STEWART MOTT FOUNDATION ($300,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $19M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $300k
- Net assets
- $4.2M
What Michigan Association of Intermediate School Administrators does
Mission
To support and facilitate collaboration of the unique and evolving work of Michigan's Intermediate School Districts (ISDs) and the communities they serve. MAISA provides leadership development, collaborative structures, project management, and collective and customized support for the work of its members.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The Early Literacy/Mathematics Professional Learning Grant provides professional learning opportunities and develops networks for coaches, administrators, and early childhood specialists across our states that are focused on the literacy and math essential practices and organizational practices.
$5,581,257 spent$5,793,295 earned by the program33% of program spendingThe Early Math 23H Project in Michigan aimed to build a statewide system that supports children, teachers, and leaders as collaborative learners and flexible problem-solvers. Grounded in affirmation, experimentation, and continuous growth, the initiative engaged 47 districts across 35 ISDs, involving 35 early math specialists and 848 classromm teachers.
$4,974,000 spent$4,973,787 earned by the program30% of program spendingThe TRAILS Project is being implemented statewide through ISDs, in accordance with 31p legislation, with MAISA serving as its primary regional facilitator, completing such roles as: coordinating timeliness, disseminating updates, addressing challenges, and ensuring equitable resource allocation.
$1,143,692 spent$1,251,000 earned by the program7% of program spendingThe Association provides support to its membership through working relationships with the Michigan Depeartment of Education, Office of the Governor, the Michigan Legislature, as well as other public education associations.
$5,128,164 spent$6,466,515 earned by the program30% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $16,827,113.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $5.7M to $21M (+262%).
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: 2017 88% · 2018 88% · 2019 78% · 2020 60% · 2021 92% · 2022 38% · 2023 77% · 2024 53% · 2025 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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
Dr John Severson
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2024 and FY2025 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of Michigan Association of Intermediate School Administrators’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.
Where its funders are
100% of Michigan Association of Intermediate School Administrators's grant income comes from Michigan funders.
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 Michigan Association of Intermediate School Administrators
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
95% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
88%
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 Michigan Association of Intermediate School Administrators: 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 Michigan Association of Intermediate School Administrators?
- Michigan Association of Intermediate School Administrators (Michigan) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $300,000 to it, the largest being CHARLES STEWART MOTT FOUNDATION ($300,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Michigan Association of Intermediate School Administrators have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $300,000 in grants to Michigan Association of Intermediate School Administrators.
- Who is the largest funder of Michigan Association of Intermediate School Administrators?
- CHARLES STEWART MOTT FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $300,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Michigan Association of Intermediate School Administrators 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 1 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