Michigan · Nonprofit
MICHIGAN PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA
MICHIGAN PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA (Michigan) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,439,119 to it, the largest being PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA ($1,345,035). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $405k
- Funders on record
- 17
- Grants received
- $1.4M
- Net assets
- $1.5M
What Michigan Paralyzed Veterans of America does
Mission
To aid, assist, publicize and advocate for continued research for injuries and diseases to help in the health of veterans. As well as address various needs in other areas that concern veterans.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The mpva currently reaches out to 341 members, all honorably discharged veterans with spinal cord injury and dysfunction. Mpva welcomes 147 associate members who join to show their solidarity with our mission and to participate in mpva programs who pay a onetime 50 fee to receive unlimited life services. Veterans with service related injuries are members for life at no cost to them. The mpva's veterans' services program works to ensure members receive benefits and services they have earned through military service. This program is conducted through pva's service officers who provide no- cost assistance to mpva members, as well as local veterans, dependents, and survivors navigating the va benefits and claim process. Mpva reaches out to michigan veterans from offices in detroit, ann arbor and battle creek. This chapter also conducts and supports many adaptive sports programs statewide. Additionally, the mpva also co-sponsored multiple recreational events in partnership with wheelin' team 457, a michigan-based adaptive recreation organization that provides indoor events and outdoor adventures such as hunting, fishing, sporting events, and social activities for veterans and…
$210,559 spent63% of program spendingThe mpva's advocacy program advances the interests of paralyzed veterans and individuals with disabilities by actively engaging policymakers, govenrment agencies, and community partners at the local, state, and federal levels. Through collaboration with disability organizations and elected officials, mpva works to promote inclusive policies and equitable access to programs, services, and opportunities to partcipate in all aspects of american society. Advocacy efforts are grounded in both professional expertise and the lived experiences of mpva members. By maintaining a consistent presence in legislative and policy discussions, mpva helps ensure that decision-makers understand the real-world impact of proposed laws and regulations. The organization remains committed to safeguarding the rights, benefits, and protections that support independence, accessibility, and quality of life for veterans and citizens with disabilities. In fy 2025 the mpva achieved numerous advocacy accomplishments,including: - pva advocacy week: mpva staff traveled to capitol hill in june to participate in pva's advocacy and legislative seminar, meeting with michigan lawmakers to highlight issues impacting our…
$57,528 spent17% of program spendingThe mpva publishes a newsletter, the "rollin' times", and it is sent to members and friends four times a year. The mpva provides services that are avaiable on a daily basis that include: membership meetings throughout the year in which members are welcome to join for food, fellowship and education on various topics concerning veterans benefits, sci wellness and much more.
$65,534 spent20% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $333,621.
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 2017 to 2018, from $1.2M to $1.7M (+34%).
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 26% · 2021 4% · 2024 30%. 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $159k → $162k.
4 of 17 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 5% 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 PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA’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 PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 93% of grant income and the top three 98%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
99% 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 PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 99% · 2020 93% · 2021 85% · 2022 88% · 2023 93% — 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
63% of MICHIGAN PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 47% 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 PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA draws 99% 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. $74k 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.
Organizations like MICHIGAN PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA
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
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MICHIGAN PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA?
- MICHIGAN PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA (Michigan) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,439,119 to it, the largest being PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA ($1,345,035). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MICHIGAN PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA have?
- IRS filings report 17 organizations giving $1,439,119 in grants to MICHIGAN PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MICHIGAN PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA?
- PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA is the largest funder on record, with $1,345,035 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MICHIGAN PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 17 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