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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.

Revenue FY2025
$173k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$108k
Net assets
$2.4M
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 12%
01The 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. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($121k) Expenses 100 ($66k) Net assets 100 ($1.4M)2018 Revenue 265 ($322k) Expenses 121 ($80k) Net assets 118 ($1.6M)2019 Revenue 88 ($107k) Expenses 132 ($87k) Net assets 125 ($1.7M)2020 Revenue 148 ($179k) Expenses 136 ($90k) Net assets 127 ($1.8M)2021 Revenue 102 ($123k) Expenses 147 ($97k) Net assets 156 ($2.2M)2022 Revenue 86 ($104k) Expenses 162 ($108k) Net assets 135 ($1.9M)2023 Revenue 301 ($366k) Expenses 150 ($100k) Net assets 143 ($2.0M)2024 Revenue 101 ($122k) Expenses 165 ($109k) Net assets 164 ($2.3M)2025 Revenue 143 ($173k) Expenses 178 ($118k) Net assets 175 ($2.4M)
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Revenue (143)Expenses (178)Net assets (175)Peer revenue range

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
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

24% of MICHIGAN RETAILERS FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (62% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 12,403 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$55k
’17
$242k
’18
$20k
’19
$89k
’20
$26k
’21
−$4k
’22
$266k
’23
$13k
’24
$55k
’25
1.0
months of
reserve
02Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $14k → $11k.

Funder
'17
'18
'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24*
'25*
total
funders
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

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.

MI

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

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’23
Michigan out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing.

03Its place in the field

Against its field

MICHIGAN RETAILERS FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 6,426 community improvement nonprofits its size.

Operating margin32% · top quartile
Months of reserve1.0mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)5% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,426 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Organizations like MICHIGAN RETAILERS FOUNDATION

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

04Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

53% of spending goes to programs.

Program 53%Management 47%Fundraising 0%

Governance

9
board members
89%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MI

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

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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.

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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 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. What this page cannot tell you · view filing