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PARADISE VALLEY CULTURAL AND ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT CONSERVANCY

PARADISE VALLEY CULTURAL AND ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT CONSERVANCY (Michigan) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $504,499 to it, the largest being THE GILBERT FAMILY FOUNDATION ($290,419). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$50k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$504k
Net assets
$284k
1/2 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 88%
01What it does

What Paradise Valley Cultural and Entertainment District Conservancy does

Mission

The paradise valley is led by a consortium of businesses and individuals that work toward the goal of preserving the legacy of the rich culture and enterpreneurial spirit of detroit.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. The paradise valley is led by a consortium of businesses and individuals that work toward the goal of preserving the legacy of the rich culture and enterpreneurial spirit of detroit

    $247,116 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $247,116.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($5k) Expenses 100 ($12k) Net assets 100 ($3k)2021 Revenue 633 ($29k) Expenses 203 ($24k) Net assets 238 ($8k)2022 Revenue 611 ($28k) Expenses 88 ($10k) Net assets 736 ($25k)2023 Revenue 4943 ($222k) Expenses 370 ($43k) Net assets 5914 ($205k)2024 Revenue 1117 ($50k) Expenses 2262 ($264k) Net assets 8192 ($284k)
20202021202220232024
Revenue (1117)Expenses (2262)Net assets (8192)Peer revenue range

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 $25k to $205k (+703%).

$3k
$8k
$25k
$205k
$332k
20202021202220232024
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

100% of PARADISE VALLEY CULTURAL AND ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT CONSERVANCY’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (77% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 10,230 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

−$7k
’20
$5k
’21
$17k
’22
$179k
’23
−$214k
’24
5.4
months of
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.

Board chair

David Howell

Chair

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

20232024
Listed77
Joined·+1
No longer listed·1
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

From the IRS filings of PARADISE VALLEY CULTURAL AND ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT CONSERVANCY’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

PARADISE VALLEY CULTURAL AND ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT CONSERVANCY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 58% 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

42% 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 PARADISE VALLEY CULTURAL AND ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT CONSERVANCY.

58%
largest funder
100%
top three
~2
effective funders

“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

100% of PARADISE VALLEY CULTURAL AND ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT CONSERVANCY's grant income comes from Michigan funders.

MI

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

PARADISE VALLEY CULTURAL AND ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT CONSERVANCY has grown faster than three-quarters of the 9,376 community improvement nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−426% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve5.4mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)83% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,376 community improvement nonprofits under $100k, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

93% of spending goes to programs.

Program 93%Management 7%Fundraising 0%

Governance

7
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MI

Screen this organization

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Questions and answers

Who funds PARADISE VALLEY CULTURAL AND ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT CONSERVANCY?
PARADISE VALLEY CULTURAL AND ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT CONSERVANCY (Michigan) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $504,499 to it, the largest being THE GILBERT FAMILY FOUNDATION ($290,419). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does PARADISE VALLEY CULTURAL AND ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT CONSERVANCY have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $504,499 in grants to PARADISE VALLEY CULTURAL AND ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT CONSERVANCY, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of PARADISE VALLEY CULTURAL AND ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT CONSERVANCY?
THE GILBERT FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $290,419 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like PARADISE VALLEY CULTURAL AND ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT CONSERVANCY 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 2 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