Michigan · Nonprofit
ODC NETWORK
ODC NETWORK (Michigan) receives grants from 61 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,754,933 to it, the largest being THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE HOLLAND/ZEELAND AREA INC ($3,185,596). 35 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $18M
- Funders on record
- 61
- Grants received
- $11M
- Net assets
- $14M
What Odc Network does
Mission
Advancing outdoor education and conservation in west michigan.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
First accomplishment: in 2000, a local nonprofit wildlife unlimited of allegan and ottawa counties formed a partnership with the ottawa area intermediate school district to create an outdoor education center that would serve the allegan and ottawa counties schools and community. This entity was the outdoor discovery center (odc). Nine years later, the odc merged with the macatawa greenway partnership in an effort to leverage and expand their missions. That was the beginning of a significant growth period for the odc. In the coming years, 9 additional business divisions were developed that drive our goals to redefine education, restore and conserve land and water, and to make our community the best place to live, work, play and learn. Our breadth of services led to a name change to the Odc Network which serves as the parent organization that performs essential, mission specific work to drive community change, growth, and impact in conservation and education. The Odc Network's mission is to advance outdoor education and conservation. The Odc Network operates two greenway projects, a watershed clean-up initiative, three nature-based preschools, two nature centers, multiple wildlife…
$15,687,162 spent$9,482,009 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $15,687,162.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 $12M to $16M (+41%).
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: 2018 17% · 2019 9% · 2020 5% · 2021 3% · 2022 14% · 2023 21% · 2024 39% · 2025 11%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
49% of ODC NETWORK’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (67% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 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
Travis Williams
CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 15 funders to 29 funders, grant income rose $561k → $1.1M.
13 of 61 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 45% 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 ODC NETWORK’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 61 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
ODC NETWORK has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 30% 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
49% 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 ODC NETWORK.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 24% · 2018 40% · 2019 32% · 2020 33% · 2021 45% · 2022 27% · 2023 45% — 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
64% of ODC NETWORK's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 57% 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
81% of ODC NETWORK's grant income comes from Michigan funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $4.9M arriving through sponsors registered in 10 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
ODC NETWORK has grown faster than three-quarters of the 134 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 134 animals nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding ODC NETWORK receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $63k on record.
- Department of Commerce$63k
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 ODC NETWORK
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
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
86%
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 ODC NETWORK: 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 ODC NETWORK?
- ODC NETWORK (Michigan) receives grants from 61 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,754,933 to it, the largest being THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE HOLLAND/ZEELAND AREA INC ($3,185,596). 35 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ODC NETWORK have?
- IRS filings report 61 organizations giving $10,754,933 in grants to ODC NETWORK, 35 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ODC NETWORK?
- THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE HOLLAND/ZEELAND AREA INC is the largest funder on record, with $3,185,596 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ODC NETWORK 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 2018–2025), and the filings of 61 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