Michigan · Nonprofit
MIRCORE
MIRCORE (Michigan) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $22,450 to it, the largest being ANN ARBOR AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($12,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 55% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $447k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $22k
- Net assets
- $188k
What Mircore does
Mission
miRcore's mission is to advance science and medicine by advocating personalized medicine and democratizing medical research. We believe that cultivating youth in STEMM (science, technology, engineering, math, medicine) is the best way to realize our mission. We value science, compassion, and collaboration. We teach students to see the humanity behind statistics and to understand the importance of collaboration among scientists, doctors, and the public. We hope to engender a STEMM-literate citizenry.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Computational biology research education for high school students: To democratize medical research in the genomics era, we teach high school students computational biology. About 2,100 students were served in 2024 through our Contest, Conference, camps, in-school, after-school and weekend programs. 1) miRcore Volunteer Program (MVP): We mentor high schoolers in computational biology research every weekend, advocating personalized medicine and fostering leadership. This year, we offered in-person meetings at University of Michigan, Scripps Research Institute, LG NOVA. Volunteers lead school club Genes in Disease and Symptoms (GIDAS, guide-us). 2) GIDAS: a student club at high schools and the University of Michigan. Our volunteers share learning with peers at their schools. In 2024, there are over 100 high school GIDAS chapters nationally. 3) Genes and Health Contest: promotes study in science among peers through enjoyable challenges. In 2024, we held the contest virtually. 4) High School Research Conference: provides high schoolers a science conference setting to boost their familiarity with academic pursuits while raising community awareness on the conference theme (disease of…
$248,934 spent$290,325 earned by the program66% of program spendingCitizen Scientist Sequencing Initiative (CSSI): In February 2023 we implemented our Citizen Scientist Sequencing Initiative, whereby individuals can obtain their own genomic sequences as sole custodians, not having to share it with anyone, including us, miRcore. After the successful implementation, in 2024 we focused the CSSI to a dedicated high school student education through a summer camp, Sequencing Your Genome. Though we focused the effort to SYG and moved expenses directly related to student education to the first program of high school education expenses and revenue, the related other expenses including exhibiting at 2024 ASHG Conference are under this category, because this program is for educating citizen scientists beyond high school students.
$40,966 spent11% of program spendingBioinformatics research, consulting and supports: 1. We supported scientists at the University of Michigan, University of Texas Medical Branch and Yonsei University in Korea. More specifically, we provided computational biology research support to RNA function experts regarding small RNA regulations. We published research papers for the public benefits. 2. We are uncovering novel RNA-RNA interactions, research which may result in identifying more breast cancer patients who can benefited from precision medicine cancer drugs. 3. We taught student scientists to do in-depth research and how to write research papers. One collaborative research project for novel small RNA functions in COVID-19 was published and one research project manuscript was also published.
$37,489 spent$5,000 earned by the program10% of program spendingmiRcore Science Advocacy (MSA): We continued miRcore Science Advocacy, which has the basic structure from the MVA program that we had developed in 2021 as a student-run COVID-19 vaccine advocacy program galvanized individuals who have positive perceptions of vaccines in advocating for vaccines in their own networks and communities. Utilizing the MVA program structure, we had expanded the advocacy to miRcore Science Advocacy in 2022 summer with a focus on genome privacy and promises of genome medicine until the end of the school year 2023. In 2023-24 school year, our students chose the theme to neural degenerative disorder research advocacy and also started to advocate for mental health. For MSA training, we hosted brain health workshop with a regional artist, which helped to implement brain health workshop at our Annual High School Research Conference. Weekly newsletter and weekly project meetings have been continuously implemented.
$32,374 spentof which $5,000 as grants$5,000 earned by the program9% of program spendingMicrogrant program: We provide microgrants to experts in the field of disease of focus (autoimmune diseases in 2022-23 school year; neurodegenerative diseases in 2023-24 school year) so that they can obtain initial proof-of-concept data for innovative ideas to be used in bigger grant applications. We provided $6,000 microgrant to Drs. Arash Soleimanpour and Vaibhav Sidarala, for their Type 1 Diabetes research and $10,000 to Dr. Sami Barmada for ALS research. Drs. Soleimanpour and Barmada are Associate Professors of the University of Michigan and Dr. Sidarala is an Adjunct Research Investigator of the University of Michigan.
$16,000 spent4% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $375,763.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2020 to 2021, from $67k to $120k (+78%).
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: 2020 0% · 2021 0% · 2022 1% · 2023 0% · 2024 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
35% of MIRCORE’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 5 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $5k → $114.
2 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 55% 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 MIRCORE’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.
How concentrated its funding is
MIRCORE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 53% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
55% 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 MIRCORE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 98% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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.
Where its funders are
55% of MIRCORE'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. Of the $10k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Michigan funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $12k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
MIRCORE has grown faster than three-quarters of the 13,754 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,754 health nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like MIRCORE
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
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
93% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
29%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MIRCORE: 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 MIRCORE?
- MIRCORE (Michigan) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $22,450 to it, the largest being ANN ARBOR AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($12,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 55% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does MIRCORE have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $22,450 in grants to MIRCORE, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MIRCORE?
- ANN ARBOR AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $12,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MIRCORE 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 FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 3 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