Michigan · Nonprofit
National Kidney Foundation of Michigan Inc
National Kidney Foundation of Michigan Inc (Michigan) receives grants from 75 organizations whose IRS filings report $13,305,949 to it, the largest being Michigan Physical Fitness Health and Sports Foundation ($6,514,782). 39 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $14M
- Funders on record
- 75
- Grants received
- $13M
- Net assets
- $15M
What National Kidney Foundation of Michigan Inc does
Mission
To prevent kidney disease and improve the quality of life for those living with it.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Health Education: Chronic kidney disease is a public health problem of epidemic proportions. More than a million people in Michigan have CKD, and most don't know it. The majority of these cases are caused by uncontrolled diabetes or high blood pressure. Certain racial and ethnic groups and people with a family history of CKD are also at high risk. The NKFM's top priority is prevention so the Foundation offers many programs aimed at educating high risk populations on their risks for CKD and how healthy lifestyle changes can prevent them from developing CKD. The NKFM serves children and adults across the state through innovative, grassroots programs. In addition to prevention and educational programs, the NKFM also works to increase organ donation, provide patient services, and partner with state and local governments, and community groups to work toward a healthier Michigan. The NKFM is the top resource to the public and media about the significant problem of CKD in Michigan.
$6,210,011 spent$76,220 earned by the program49% of program spendingatient and Community Services: Patient Services: The Foundation provides direct services to thousands of individuals each year. Services are delivered, primarily, to individuals on dialysis or with a transplant and their families or caregivers. The Foundation provides services to help with emergency needs and prescription medication as well as empowerment and continuing education programs. Services include an internship program, emergency funds, disease self-management programs and an information and referral program. The Foundation also offers scholarships to people on dialysis or with a transplant to help them continue their education. Community Services: The NKFM offers health fair and health education programs throughout the state to help identify and treat early kidney disease in those people at the highest risk for developing CKD so they can prevent or delay its onset. The NKFM also offers a number of volunteer opportunities for people looking to get involved with the Foundation through either the state office in Ann Arbor or the branch offices in Detroit and Grand Rapids. The NKFM has developed a significant advocacy program to speak on behalf of the needs of people with…
$6,396,419 spentof which $81,671 as grants$6,267,015 earned by the program51% of program spendingAll Other Achievements: The NKFM's focus on preventing or slowing the progression of CKD allows us to educate the public, as well as professionals, through various programs and services. Additionally, the NKFM works with managed care organizations to encourage proactive identification and treatment of people with CKD, prevention of the leading causes of kidney disease, which are diabetes and high blood pressure, and offers worksite education. The organization was recognized for its success in sound fiscal management by receiving a 4-star rating, each year since 2006, from Charity Navigator - the nation's leading charity evaluator and holds the highest-level Platinum rating from Candid.
All Other Achievements: The NKFM's focus on preventing or slowing the progression of CKD allows us to educate the public, as well as professionals, through various programs and services. Additionally, the NKFM works with managed care organizations to encourage proactive identification and treatment of people with CKD, prevention of the leading causes of kidney disease, which are diabetes and high blood pressure, and offers worksite education. The organization was recognized for its success in sound fiscal management by receiving a 4-star rating, each year since 2006, from Charity Navigator - the nation's leading charity evaluator and holds the highest-level Platinum rating from Candid.
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $12,606,430.
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 $13M to $16M (+18%).
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 60% · 2018 60% · 2019 52% · 2020 78% · 2021 77% · 2022 75% · 2023 85% · 2024 85% · 2025 35%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
50% of National Kidney Foundation of Michigan Inc’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (7% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 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
Linda Smith-Wheelock
President and CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2024 and FY2025 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 18 funders to 21 funders, grant income fell $2.0M → $973k.
17 of 75 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 8% 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 National Kidney Foundation of Michigan Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 75 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
National Kidney Foundation of Michigan Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 49% of grant income and the top three 78%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
94% 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 National Kidney Foundation of Michigan Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 43% · 2018 47% · 2019 51% · 2020 37% · 2021 57% · 2022 51% · 2023 74% — growing more concentrated.
“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
29% of National Kidney Foundation of Michigan Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 52% 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
99% of National Kidney Foundation of Michigan Inc's grant income comes from Michigan funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 14 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
National Kidney Foundation of Michigan Inc is better cushioned than half of the 2,969 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,969 health nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding National Kidney Foundation of Michigan Inc receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $10.5M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$10.4M
- Department of Agriculture$100k
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.
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In Michigan
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
95%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds National Kidney Foundation of Michigan Inc?
- National Kidney Foundation of Michigan Inc (Michigan) receives grants from 75 organizations whose IRS filings report $13,305,949 to it, the largest being Michigan Physical Fitness Health and Sports Foundation ($6,514,782). 39 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does National Kidney Foundation of Michigan Inc have?
- IRS filings report 75 organizations giving $13,305,949 in grants to National Kidney Foundation of Michigan Inc, 39 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of National Kidney Foundation of Michigan Inc?
- Michigan Physical Fitness Health and Sports Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $6,514,782 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like National Kidney Foundation of Michigan Inc 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 75 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