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Michigan Society of Professional Surveyors Found

Michigan Society of Professional Surveyors Found (Michigan) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $241 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($241). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$38k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$241
Net assets
$591k
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 0%
01What it does

What Michigan Society of Professional Surveyors Found does

Mission

To educate the public and professionals, to present the concepts of land measurement and scientific innovation and to promote the history of Michigan surveying and mapping.The Foundation has also established a scholarship fund for students enrolled in surveying programs.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Scholarships for individuals interested in pursuing a career in surveying.

    $12,900 spentof which $12,900 as grants$9,583 earned by the program
    62% of program spending
  2. Preservation of surveying equipment.

    $7,320 spent
    35% of program spending
  3. The Young Surveyors Network Fund is dedicated to providing financial resources to promote young surveyors, to raise public awareness and understanding of the importance and history of surveying, including organizing and promoting professional development opportunities, educational programs, networking events and other initiatives aimed at fostering the growth and success of young surveyors in the profession.

    $446 spent$590 earned by the program
    2% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $20,666.

02The 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 ($83k) Expenses 100 ($15k) Net assets 100 ($245k)2018 Revenue 45 ($37k) Expenses 88 ($14k) Net assets 106 ($259k)2019 Revenue 54 ($44k) Expenses 146 ($23k) Net assets 122 ($299k)2020 Revenue 37 ($31k) Expenses 128 ($20k) Net assets 133 ($326k)2021 Revenue 35 ($29k) Expenses 174 ($27k) Net assets 141 ($347k)2022 Revenue 255 ($211k) Expenses 287 ($44k) Net assets 191 ($470k)2023 Revenue 42 ($34k) Expenses 271 ($42k) Net assets 203 ($499k)2024 Revenue 45 ($37k) Expenses 201 ($31k) Net assets 220 ($539k)2025 Revenue 47 ($38k) Expenses 233 ($36k) Net assets 241 ($591k)
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Revenue (47)Expenses (233)Net assets (241)Peer revenue range

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 $347k to $470k (+35%).

$245k
$259k
$299k
$326k
$347k
$470k
$499k
$539k
$591k
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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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

31% of Michigan Society of Professional Surveyors Found’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (92% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 3,989 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.

$67k
’17
$23k
’18
$22k
’19
$11k
’20
$2k
’21
$166k
’22
−$8k
’23
$6k
’24
$2k
’25
6.6
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.

2022202320242025
Listed77911
Joined·+0+3+2
No longer listed·010
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2022 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $168 → $73.

Funder
'22
'23
total
funders
1
1

1 of 1 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 Society of Professional Surveyors Found’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 Society of Professional Surveyors Found's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $241 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

Michigan Society of Professional Surveyors Found's revenue fell 53% between 2017 and 2025.

Operating margin6% · below the median
Months of reserve6.6mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−9% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,195 environment nonprofits under $100k, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

57% of spending goes to programs.

Program 57%Management 43%Fundraising 0%

Governance

11
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

89%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • Michigan Society of Prof Surveyors · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds Michigan Society of Professional Surveyors Found?
Michigan Society of Professional Surveyors Found (Michigan) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $241 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($241). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does Michigan Society of Professional Surveyors Found have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $241 in grants to Michigan Society of Professional Surveyors Found, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Michigan Society of Professional Surveyors Found?
AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $241 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Michigan Society of Professional Surveyors Found 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. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing