Michigan · Nonprofit
MICHIGAN RETAILERS FOUNDATION
MICHIGAN RETAILERS FOUNDATION (Michigan) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $107,800 to it, the largest being MICHIGAN RETAILERS ASSOCIATION ($107,800). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
MICHIGAN RETAILERS FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 6,426 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,426 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Three funders worth looking at
Grantmakers with no record of funding this organization, ranked by how strongly the co-funder graph and the mission embeddings agree. The evidence is in section 03.
- Michigan Energy Firstlocalportfolio match
- Citizens for Energizing Michigan's Economylocalportfolio match
- Lansing Economic Area Partnershiplocal
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.
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.
24% of MICHIGAN RETAILERS FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (62% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $14k → $11k.
From the IRS filings of MICHIGAN RETAILERS FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation.
Where its funders are
100% of MICHIGAN RETAILERS FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Michigan funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing.
Funders to approach
Grantmakers that don’t fund you yet, surfaced two ways: they back organizations that share your funders, or their grantees resemble your mission. The ones both signals agree on come first.
- Michigan Energy Firstlocalportfolio matchMI · funds 16 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- Citizens for Energizing Michigan's Economylocalportfolio matchMI · funds 10 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- Lansing Economic Area PartnershiplocalMI · funds 627 organizations near you
- Fabiano Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Drive for Lifeportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Michigan Public Employees Benefit Trustportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Soave Foundation Michigan Ag File Number Cs/Ct 51750portfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- William T & Ann D McCormick Educational and Charitable Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Chris and Michelle Peyerk Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Ussga Memorial Fund Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Michigan College Access Networkportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Ludington Family Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
From the co-funder graph (funders backing at least two comparable organizations, shrunk for grantee count, donor-advised and mega-funds excluded) and the universe embeddings. A research starting point; overlap is association, not a guarantee of fit.
Organizations like MICHIGAN RETAILERS FOUNDATION
Nonprofits whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over the universe of 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
53% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 6 related entities
- Michigan Retailers Association · exempt
- Mra Political Action Committee · exempt
- Michigan Retailers Services Inc · corp_trust
- Retailers Insurance Company · corp_trust
- Retailers Mutual Holding Company · corp_trust
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MICHIGAN RETAILERS FOUNDATION: 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.
Screens are triage, not determinations; a source that cannot be read reports not screened, never clear. How the screen works · on the API as GET /api/screening/{ein}?format=pdf
Questions and answers
- Who funds MICHIGAN RETAILERS FOUNDATION?
- MICHIGAN RETAILERS FOUNDATION (Michigan) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $107,800 to it, the largest being MICHIGAN RETAILERS ASSOCIATION ($107,800). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MICHIGAN RETAILERS FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $107,800 in grants to MICHIGAN RETAILERS FOUNDATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MICHIGAN RETAILERS FOUNDATION?
- MICHIGAN RETAILERS ASSOCIATION is the largest funder on record, with $107,800 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MICHIGAN RETAILERS 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 1funders 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. What this page cannot tell you · view filing