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MICHIGAN SNOWMOBILE & ORV ASSOCIATION

MICHIGAN SNOWMOBILE & ORV ASSOCIATION (Michigan) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $38,500 to it, the largest being INTERNATIONAL SNOWMOBILE MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION INC ($38,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$1.8M
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$39k
Net assets
$187k
1/1 repeat funders
01What it does

What Michigan Snowmobile & Orv Association does

Mission

To develop a common appreciation, understanding and knowledge of snowmobiling and orv riding and recreation in the state of michigan.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. The organization sells trail permits for snowmobiles as an authorized agent for the state of michigan. A fee per permit is paid to the organization and the profits are used to promote motorized recreation.

    $1,420,077 spent$1,549,081 earned by the program
    87% of program spending
  2. The organization arranges and organizes trade shows to promote safety, knowledge and the understanding of motorized recreation in the state of michigan.

    $139,512 spent$36,548 earned by the program
    9% of program spending
  3. The organization organizes groomer and dirt workshops to educate trail maintenance volunteers to provide a safe riding surface.

    $41,246 spent$54,913 earned by the program
    3% of program spending
  4. Other program services, not described on the e-filed return.

    $28,980 spent$18,173 earned by the program
    2% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,629,815.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.

100 = 20182018 Revenue 100 ($2.3M) Expenses 100 ($3.3M) Net assets 100 ($66k)2020 Revenue 44 ($1.0M) Expenses 30 ($972k) Net assets 406 ($270k)2021 Revenue 114 ($2.7M) Expenses 81 ($2.7M) Net assets 423 ($281k)2022 Revenue 155 ($3.6M) Expenses 85 ($2.8M) Net assets 1736 ($1.2M)2023 Revenue 81 ($1.9M) Expenses 85 ($2.8M) Net assets 410 ($272k)2024 Revenue 76 ($1.8M) Expenses 57 ($1.9M) Net assets 281 ($187k)
201820202021202220232024
Revenue (76)Expenses (57)Net assets (281)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $1.3M to $2.4M (+90%).

$4.1M
$1.2M
$1.3M
$2.4M
$1.5M
$1.5M
201820202021202220232024
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.

2018
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2022 33%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

−$925k
’18
$62k
’20
$12k
’21
$873k
’22
−$882k
’23
−$86k
’24
2.7
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.

Chief executive

Karen Middendorp

Executive director

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

201820202021202220232024
Listed4449533534
Joined··+45+8+13+5
No longer listed··04316
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2019: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $5k → $34k.

Funder
'17
'19
total
funders
1
1

Left out of every figure on this page: $20k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Michigan Snowmobile Education and Advancement Fund). These are real filings, and they are not money MICHIGAN SNOWMOBILE & ORV ASSOCIATION raised.

From the IRS filings of MICHIGAN SNOWMOBILE & ORV ASSOCIATION’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.

Where its funders are

100% of MICHIGAN SNOWMOBILE & ORV ASSOCIATION's grant income comes from Michigan funders.

MI

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

’17
’19
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 SNOWMOBILE & ORV ASSOCIATION

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

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

87% of spending goes to programs.

Program 87%Management 13%Fundraising 0%

Governance

35
board members
0%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

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Questions and answers

Who funds MICHIGAN SNOWMOBILE & ORV ASSOCIATION?
MICHIGAN SNOWMOBILE & ORV ASSOCIATION (Michigan) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $38,500 to it, the largest being INTERNATIONAL SNOWMOBILE MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION INC ($38,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does MICHIGAN SNOWMOBILE & ORV ASSOCIATION have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $38,500 in grants to MICHIGAN SNOWMOBILE & ORV ASSOCIATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of MICHIGAN SNOWMOBILE & ORV ASSOCIATION?
INTERNATIONAL SNOWMOBILE MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $38,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like MICHIGAN SNOWMOBILE & ORV ASSOCIATION 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 FY2024 (financials across 2018–2024), 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. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing