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MICHIGAN CELEBRATES SMALL BUSINESS

MICHIGAN CELEBRATES SMALL BUSINESS (Michigan) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $135,000 to it, the largest being DTE ENERGY FOUNDATION ($115,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$208k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$135k
Net assets
$6k
2/2 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 17%
01What it does

What Michigan Celebrates Small Business does

Mission

To ignite, unleash and promote a culture of entrepreneurship.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. Michigan Celebrates Small Business brought together small business owners to educate them and to allow for the exchange of ideas and information. This included hosting the Michigan Celebrates Small Business live gala for 741 guests on may 21, 2024.

    $273,600 spent$68,925 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $273,600.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($231k) Expenses 100 ($238k) Net assets 100 ($37k)2019 Revenue 114 ($264k) Expenses 107 ($255k) Net assets 65 ($24k)2020 Revenue 65 ($150k) Expenses 52 ($123k) Net assets 138 ($51k)2021 Revenue 64 ($148k) Expenses 35 ($84k) Net assets 312 ($116k)2022 Revenue 127 ($294k) Expenses 129 ($308k) Net assets 276 ($102k)2023 Revenue 82 ($189k) Expenses 87 ($208k) Net assets 225 ($84k)2024 Revenue 90 ($208k) Expenses 120 ($286k) Net assets 16 ($6k)
2017201920202021202220232024
Revenue (90)Expenses (120)Net assets (16)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $52k to $113k (+119%).

$47k
$52k
$113k
$141k
$104k
$130k
$126k
2017201920202021202220232024
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.

2017
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

−$7k
’17
$8k
’19
$27k
’20
$65k
’21
−$14k
’22
−$19k
’23
−$78k
’24
4.7
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.

Board chair

Jennifer Deamud

Chair

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

2017201920202021202220232024
Listed11101112121110
Joined··+1+1+2+1+1
No longer listed··00222
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $15k → $20k.

Funder
'17
'18
'19
'21
'22
'23
'24*
total
funders
1
1
1
2
1
2
1

From the IRS filings of MICHIGAN CELEBRATES SMALL BUSINESS’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

MICHIGAN CELEBRATES SMALL BUSINESS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 85% 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

85%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2021 60% · 2022 100% · 2023 50% — 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

100% of MICHIGAN CELEBRATES SMALL BUSINESS's grant income comes from Michigan funders.

MI

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

’17
’18
’19
’21
’22
’23
Michigan out of state home

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.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like MICHIGAN CELEBRATES SMALL BUSINESS

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

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

96% of spending goes to programs.

Program 96%Management 4%Fundraising 0%

Governance

9
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

54%

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 MICHIGAN CELEBRATES SMALL BUSINESS?
MICHIGAN CELEBRATES SMALL BUSINESS (Michigan) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $135,000 to it, the largest being DTE ENERGY FOUNDATION ($115,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does MICHIGAN CELEBRATES SMALL BUSINESS have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $135,000 in grants to MICHIGAN CELEBRATES SMALL BUSINESS, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of MICHIGAN CELEBRATES SMALL BUSINESS?
DTE ENERGY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $115,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like MICHIGAN CELEBRATES SMALL BUSINESS 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 2 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