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R J SCHEFFEL MEMORIAL TOY PROJECT INC

R J SCHEFFEL MEMORIAL TOY PROJECT INC (Michigan) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $228,850 to it, the largest being BARTSCH MEMORIAL TRUST XXXXX9004 ($190,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$73k
Funders on record
4
Grants received
$229k
Net assets
$137k
3/4 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 49%
01What it does

What R J Scheffel Memorial Toy Project Inc does

Mission

Provide wooden toys to disadvantaged children.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

Program

  1. The r. J. Scheffel memorial toy project provides without charge wooden toys memory boxes and games hand-crafted by volunteers to children who are disadvantages homeless needy or in crisis.

    $46,130 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $46,130.

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 ($82k) Expenses 100 ($46k) Net assets 100 ($85k)2021 Revenue 89 ($73k) Expenses 92 ($42k) Net assets 136 ($116k)2022 Revenue 64 ($53k) Expenses 108 ($49k) Net assets 140 ($119k)2023 Revenue 62 ($51k) Expenses 116 ($53k) Net assets 137 ($117k)2024 Revenue 64 ($52k) Expenses 121 ($55k) Net assets 132 ($113k)2025 Revenue 89 ($73k) Expenses 107 ($49k) Net assets 160 ($137k)
202020212022202320242025
Revenue (89)Expenses (107)Net assets (160)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 2020 to 2021, from $85k to $116k (+36%).

$85k
$116k
$119k
$117k
$116k
$143k
202020212022202320242025
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
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

95% of R J SCHEFFEL MEMORIAL TOY PROJECT INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (95% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 8,549 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

$36k
’20
$30k
’21
$3k
’22
−$2k
’23
−$3k
’24
$24k
’25
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $6k → $25k.

Funder
'17
'18
'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24*
'25*
total
funders
1
1
3
3
2
2
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of R J SCHEFFEL MEMORIAL TOY PROJECT INC’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

R J SCHEFFEL MEMORIAL TOY PROJECT INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 83% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

83%
largest funder
99%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 63% · 2020 80% · 2021 83% · 2022 96% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.

“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

R J SCHEFFEL MEMORIAL TOY PROJECT INC draws 83% of its grant income from funders outside Michigan, across 2 states in all.

IL
MI

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’18
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’20
’21
’22
’23
Michigan out of state home

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

R J SCHEFFEL MEMORIAL TOY PROJECT INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 4,748 philanthropy nonprofits its size.

Operating margin33% · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−2% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,748 philanthropy nonprofits under $100k, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

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

Public support

97%

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

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Questions and answers

Who funds R J SCHEFFEL MEMORIAL TOY PROJECT INC?
R J SCHEFFEL MEMORIAL TOY PROJECT INC (Michigan) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $228,850 to it, the largest being BARTSCH MEMORIAL TRUST XXXXX9004 ($190,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does R J SCHEFFEL MEMORIAL TOY PROJECT INC have?
IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $228,850 in grants to R J SCHEFFEL MEMORIAL TOY PROJECT INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of R J SCHEFFEL MEMORIAL TOY PROJECT INC?
BARTSCH MEMORIAL TRUST XXXXX9004 is the largest funder on record, with $190,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like R J SCHEFFEL MEMORIAL TOY PROJECT 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 2020–2025), and the filings of 4 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