Michigan · Nonprofit
MICHIGAN FAITH IN ACTION
MICHIGAN FAITH IN ACTION (Michigan) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,198,805 to it, the largest being FAITH IN ACTION NETWORK ($951,845). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $449k
- Funders on record
- 18
- Grants received
- $2.2M
- Net assets
- $495k
What Michigan Faith in Action does
Mission
Mfa brings people of faith together, institutions and organizations to build community and address the root causes and results of poverty, violence and division.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Neighbor improvement - safe streets - mfa sponsors a neighborhood safety program originally called "cease fire", now "lifelines". This initiative originated in high point, nc and is designed to reduce street crime and violence in urban areas through intervention, counseling and support of individuals to deter their interest in following and participating in criminal activity. We sought and achieved adoption by the political and law enforcement authorities of flint, mi and surrounding genesee county. The program is designed to head off criminal behavior of young people before it becomes serious. In addition, we are working with the flint mayor and planning commission to achieve the development of a master plan for the city.
$205,577 spent96% of program spendingImprove public education - we are partnering with the flint board of education and public school administration to establish a program of improving parent-student-teacher relationships. The objective is to achieve a working partnership for education young people and finding innovative ways of encouraging them to stay in school until graduation. Home visitation by teachers is an important part of this program.
$8,815 spent4% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $214,392.
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 2019 to 2020, from $17k to $328k (+1821%).
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 16%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of MICHIGAN FAITH IN ACTION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (62% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $168k → $177k.
4 of 18 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 32% 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 MICHIGAN FAITH IN ACTION’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 FAITH IN ACTION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 43% of grant income and the top three 73%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
86% 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 MICHIGAN FAITH IN ACTION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 76% · 2018 93% · 2019 89% · 2020 68% · 2021 67% · 2022 31% · 2023 42% — 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.
How long its funders stay
9% of MICHIGAN FAITH IN ACTION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 39% 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
MICHIGAN FAITH IN ACTION draws 82% of its grant income from funders outside Michigan, across 6 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $701k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
MICHIGAN FAITH IN ACTION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,971 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,971 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like MICHIGAN FAITH IN ACTION
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
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MICHIGAN FAITH IN ACTION?
- MICHIGAN FAITH IN ACTION (Michigan) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,198,805 to it, the largest being FAITH IN ACTION NETWORK ($951,845). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MICHIGAN FAITH IN ACTION have?
- IRS filings report 18 organizations giving $2,198,805 in grants to MICHIGAN FAITH IN ACTION, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MICHIGAN FAITH IN ACTION?
- FAITH IN ACTION NETWORK is the largest funder on record, with $951,845 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MICHIGAN FAITH IN ACTION 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 18 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