Michigan · Nonprofit
REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF MICHIGAN FOUNDATION
REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF MICHIGAN FOUNDATION (Michigan) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $205,548 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($45,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 68% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $736k
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $206k
- Net assets
- $7.6M
What Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan Foundation does
Mission
The reimagine life foundation is organized to elevate the quality of life for those with physical and cognitive disabilities by uniting them with people, resources, and solutions.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
The reimagine life foundation received approval from the u.s. Olympic and paralympic committee to host the first ever para dance sport competition in north america. The 2024 para dance sport usa open took place on august 10 and 11, 2024 at the ford community and performing art center. 17 countries participated in the 2024 para dance sport competition, including the philippines, korea, kazakhstan, and slovenia. It was thrilling to highlight the importance of promoting mobility through adaptive sports and recreational activities. The international spotlight on para dance will help grow the sport here in michigan and throughout the country, but more importantly, will improve the physical and mental well-being that dance has proven to show for a marginalized sector of the community.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Sportsability provides competitive and recreational sporting opportunities for persons with disabilities. See schedule o for additional information about this program.sportsability members have an opportunity to participate in a number of activities, including:- wheelchair basketball - wheelchair ballroom dancing- fitness training- adaptive bowling- hand cycling clinics- adaptive waterskiing- kayaking- adaptive snow skiing- wheelchair tennis clinics- weightlifting clinics- tai chi- yoga the rehabilitation institute of michigan's certified therapeutic recreational specialists assist with the formation of teams, clinics, training, and equipment adaptations. Sportsability is open to children and adults throughout metropolitan detroit with disabling or chronic conditions, including spinal cord injury, brain injury, amputation, stroke, spina bifida, multiple sclerosis, and muscular dystrophy.
$331,145 spentof which $17,618 as grants42% of program spendingPara dance received formal approval from the united states olympic and paralympic committee to host the inaugural para dance sport competition in north america. The event, the 2024 para dance sport usa open, was held august 10 and 11, 2024 at the ford community and performing arts center in dearborn, michigan. Athletes representing 22 countries participated in this international wheelchair ballroom dance competition, which promoted accessibility, inclusion, and the advancement of adaptive sports. Through collaboration with visit detroit and the detroit sports commission, the reimagine life foundation successfully elevated awareness of mobility and wellness initiatives for individuals with disabilities while positioning southeast michigan as a leader in adaptive recreation.
$231,566 spentof which $11,902 as grants29% of program spendingResearch related to spinal cord and traumatic brain injury - reimagine life foundation funded treatment for spinal stenosis, which removes fat from the epidural space, helping those who are treated to have less pain standing or walking. This treatment is good for those with co-morbidities and the elderly, as it is minimally invasive. The 3-d virtual reality motion method involves visualizing human movement patterns, which mitigate many of the current issues related to remote monitoring of physical therapy.
$140,031 spentof which $8,041 as grants18% of program spendingThe stroke support group gives survivors, caregivers, and family members a place to make friends and socialize with others who have shared similar life experiences and enjoy outings and a 2-day camp.
$87,409 spentof which $5,019 as grants11% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $790,151.
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 2020 to 2021, from $3.8M to $8.7M (+133%).
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.
70% of REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF MICHIGAN FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 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.
Board chair
Richard Widgren
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income rose $12k → $33k.
5 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 68% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $7k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Del Harder Rehabilitation Fund). These are real filings, and they are not money REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF MICHIGAN FOUNDATION raised.
From the IRS filings of REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF MICHIGAN FOUNDATION’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
REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF MICHIGAN FOUNDATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 22% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
90% 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 REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF MICHIGAN FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 65% · 2018 65% · 2019 66% · 2020 97% · 2021 99% · 2022 96% · 2023 76% — 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
40% of REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF MICHIGAN FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% 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
68% of REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF MICHIGAN FOUNDATION's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $67k that is directly attributable, 65% of it comes from funders outside Michigan, across 4 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $139k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF MICHIGAN FOUNDATION has grown faster than half of the 13,754 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,754 health nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF MICHIGAN FOUNDATION
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
74% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
88%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF MICHIGAN FOUNDATION?
- REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF MICHIGAN FOUNDATION (Michigan) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $205,548 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($45,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 68% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF MICHIGAN FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $205,548 in grants to REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF MICHIGAN FOUNDATION, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF MICHIGAN FOUNDATION?
- NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $45,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF MICHIGAN FOUNDATION 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 10 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