Michigan · Nonprofit
NISTAR
NISTAR (Michigan) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $3,335,000 to it, the largest being THE SAMUEL AND JEAN FRANKEL JEWISH HERITAGE FOUNDATION ($3,335,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.1M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $3.3M
- Net assets
- $109k
What Nistar does
Mission
To provide financial assitance to indigents by direct payments to both individuals as well as charitable organizations that support these goals.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Direct support for indigent individuals.
$895,443 spentof which $895,443 as grants60% of program spendingSupport funding of organizations whose mission is to help indigent people.
$404,352 spentof which $404,352 as grants27% of program spendingSupport jewish education through scholarships.
$183,884 spentof which $183,884 as grants12% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,483,679.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2023 to 2024, from $6k to $109k (+1659%).
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.
100% of NISTAR’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 4 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
2021 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $100k → $1.5M.
From the IRS filings of NISTAR’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 NISTAR's grant income comes from Michigan funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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.
Against its field
NISTAR has grown faster than three-quarters of the 11,263 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,263 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding NISTAR receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $50 on record.
- REFUNDS - GENERAL $50
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 NISTAR
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
99% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for NISTAR: 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 NISTAR?
- NISTAR (Michigan) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $3,335,000 to it, the largest being THE SAMUEL AND JEAN FRANKEL JEWISH HERITAGE FOUNDATION ($3,335,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NISTAR have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $3,335,000 in grants to NISTAR, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NISTAR?
- THE SAMUEL AND JEAN FRANKEL JEWISH HERITAGE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $3,335,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NISTAR 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 2021–2024), 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