Michigan · Nonprofit
ORCHARDS CHILDREN'S SERVICES INC
ORCHARDS CHILDREN'S SERVICES INC (Michigan) receives grants from 55 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,395,078 to it, the largest being GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC ($750,000). 35 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $27M
- Funders on record
- 55
- Grants received
- $3.4M
- Net assets
- $24M
What Orchards Children's Services Inc does
Mission
Strengthening the community through quality services to children and families. Provision of services designed to prevent child abuse/neglect and offer youth opportunities and hope.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported a significant change in how it conducts a program.
Parent child+ program grant funding, to ensure no lapse in services, was not secured. Programming saw a decline in referrals and the program was discontinued.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
Family preservation - the organization served over 8,600 individuals, including 4,110 uniquely identified children as well as their siblings and family members statewide in our adoption resource consultant services and across 12 counties in our direct home based service delivery programs throughout southeastern michigan: genesee, livingston, macomb, oakland, shiawassee, wayne, monroe, gratiot, hillsdale, jackson, lenawee, and washtenaw where children were at risk of removal from their biological homes. Follow-up inquiries at three, six and twelve months after services concluded that an estimated 96% of the families served, who were intact at the time of referral, were able to remain safely in their parents' care.
$13,520,300 spent$16,797,144 earned by the program61% of program spendingPlacement services - kinship, foster care, and independent living - we served over 1000 individuals including over 350 uniquely identified youth and 700 caregivers over the last year in our foster care programs, which are designed for children that cannot remain in their own homes due to abuse and neglect that has occurred in their homes. Independent living is part of our foster care program and is specifically designed to assist youth with finding them an appropriate home provider to live with and learn skills to move into adulthood.
$6,813,361 spentof which $2,261,725 as grants$8,566,999 earned by the program31% of program spendingClinical services- sixteen licensed and credentialed clinicians completed 2,783 billable clinical sessions. In addition, the ageny has been contracted by the state of michigan health and human services to provide services related to comprehensive trauma assessments and domestic violence intervention.
$1,249,772 spent$745,689 earned by the program6% of program spendingEducation services - the orchards believes in the mantra that education is important from cradle to college. Thus, beyond k-12, the orchards scholarship program provides post high school educational funding. Youth served by orchards in this program receive full tuition and housing while attending a michigan university. Those enrolled in community college or a trade school receive full tuition assistance. These scholars also receive additional support for emotional and health challenges. Orchards provided scholarships to 5 youth this year through this program.orchards community based programming attempts to assist the children and communities we service by filling gaps in access to goods and opportunities that make childhood memorable. Some examples include enrollment at selected day and overnight camps as well as staffing an overnight camp hosted by community partners. This recreational programming is under the umbrella of "summer adventures" which includes summer camp opportunities for 73 youth. In late summer, orchards includes important community initiatives and educational support to children k-12 with back to school opportunities which include providing back packs, clothing…
$448,980 spent2% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $22,032,413.
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 $15M to $22M (+46%).
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: 2021 8%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
3% of ORCHARDS CHILDREN'S SERVICES INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (21% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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
Nicole Lawson
President & CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 14 funders to 20 funders, grant income rose $146k → $370k.
10 of 55 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 36% 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 ORCHARDS CHILDREN'S SERVICES INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 55 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
ORCHARDS CHILDREN'S SERVICES INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 22% 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
59% 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 ORCHARDS CHILDREN'S SERVICES INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 45% · 2018 25% · 2019 85% · 2020 54% · 2021 35% · 2022 62% · 2023 27% — 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
42% of ORCHARDS CHILDREN'S SERVICES INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% 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 ORCHARDS CHILDREN'S SERVICES 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. $1.2M arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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
ORCHARDS CHILDREN'S SERVICES INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 2,297 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,297 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like ORCHARDS CHILDREN'S SERVICES INC
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
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
74%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ORCHARDS CHILDREN'S SERVICES INC?
- ORCHARDS CHILDREN'S SERVICES INC (Michigan) receives grants from 55 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,395,078 to it, the largest being GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC ($750,000). 35 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ORCHARDS CHILDREN'S SERVICES INC have?
- IRS filings report 55 organizations giving $3,395,078 in grants to ORCHARDS CHILDREN'S SERVICES INC, 35 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ORCHARDS CHILDREN'S SERVICES INC?
- GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC is the largest funder on record, with $750,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ORCHARDS CHILDREN'S SERVICES 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 55 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