Ohio · Nonprofit
MILL CREEK ALLIANCE
MILL CREEK ALLIANCE (Ohio) receives grants from 32 organizations whose IRS filings report $926,691 to it, the largest being L & L NIPPERT CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC ATTN CARTER F RANDOLPH PHD ($309,403). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.4M
- Funders on record
- 32
- Grants received
- $927k
- Net assets
- $801k
What Mill Creek Alliance does
Mission
Improves mill creek & its watershed through stream restoration, greenway construction,environmental education, public recreation & water quality monitoring. Has obtained millions in state & federal grants to support this
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Connect people with the mill creek: (a) environmental & water quality education through student service opportunities and internships, adult education; b) public recreational programs creating positive engagement with the creek - paddling trips, trail walking, biking, fishing, birding, hiking and other events; c) opportunities for resident & citizen-scientist volunteers.
$181,831 spent16% of program spendingImprove the mill creek: a)wetland, floodplain, and streambank restoration b)lowhead dam mitigation; c) multi-use trail construction; d) paddler stream access; e) water quality monitoring in 60+ locations; f) public reports on the state of the mill creek; g) assistance for local governments, citizen groups & urban neighborhoods to plan & fund creek improvements & public uses
$947,783 spent84% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,129,614.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $481k to $722k (+50%).
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 54% · 2019 37% · 2020 17% · 2021 18% · 2022 2% · 2023 49% · 2024 60%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
93% of MILL CREEK ALLIANCE’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 7 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.
Chief executive
David Schmitt
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 9 funders, grant income rose $15k → $149k.
7 of 32 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 20% 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 MILL CREEK ALLIANCE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 32 funders by total. 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
MILL CREEK ALLIANCE has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 33% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
29% 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 MILL CREEK ALLIANCE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 97% · 2019 53% · 2020 30% · 2021 46% · 2022 26% · 2023 39% — 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
36% of MILL CREEK ALLIANCE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 44% 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
78% of MILL CREEK ALLIANCE's grant income comes from Ohio funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $184k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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.
Against its field
MILL CREEK ALLIANCE has grown faster than half of the 2,187 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,187 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding MILL CREEK ALLIANCE receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $30k on record.
- Environmental Protection Agency$30k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like MILL CREEK ALLIANCE
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 Ohio
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
94%
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
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MILL CREEK ALLIANCE: 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.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MILL CREEK ALLIANCE?
- MILL CREEK ALLIANCE (Ohio) receives grants from 32 organizations whose IRS filings report $926,691 to it, the largest being L & L NIPPERT CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC ATTN CARTER F RANDOLPH PHD ($309,403). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MILL CREEK ALLIANCE have?
- IRS filings report 32 organizations giving $926,691 in grants to MILL CREEK ALLIANCE, 14 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MILL CREEK ALLIANCE?
- L & L NIPPERT CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC ATTN CARTER F RANDOLPH PHD is the largest funder on record, with $309,403 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MILL CREEK ALLIANCE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 32 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing