Michigan · Nonprofit
SEVEN PONDS RESERVE FUND
SEVEN PONDS RESERVE FUND (Michigan) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $15,000 to it, the largest being RALPH L & WINIFRED E POLK FOUNDATION ($15,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $18k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $15k
- Net assets
- $420k
What Seven Ponds Reserve Fund does
Mission
This trust is an investment facility for seven ponds nature center, inc. (ein 38-2929924) this trust is directly related to that entity which provides an appreciation of the natural world and the development of an environmental ethic in the communities of southeast michigan through eduction, service as a community resource and responsible stewardship of seven ponds and adjacent lands. This trust was established to provide a managed, temporary investment option for donations and other funds received by the seven ponds nature center operating entity. In conjunction with the seven ponds endowment fund (an additional related entity) this trust provides stewardship of the operating entity's annual results and needs.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
This trust is an investment facility for seven ponds nature center, inc. (ein 38-2929924) this trust is directly related to that entity which provides an appreciation of the natural world and the development of an environmental ethic in the communities of southeast michigan through eduction, service as a community resource and responsible stewardship of seven ponds and adjacent lands. This trust was established to provide a managed, temporary investment option for donations and other funds received by the seven ponds nature center operating entity. In conjunction with the seven ponds endowment fund (an additional related entity) this trust provides stewardship of the operating entity's annual results and needs.
$20,882 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $20,882.
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 2018 to 2019, from $314k to $357k (+14%).
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.
0% of SEVEN PONDS RESERVE FUND’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (92% 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
Nancy Kautz
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income held at $5k.
From the IRS filings of SEVEN PONDS RESERVE FUND’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.
Where its funders are
100% of SEVEN PONDS RESERVE FUND's grant income comes from Michigan funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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.
Against its field
SEVEN PONDS RESERVE FUND's revenue fell 39% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,195 environment nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like SEVEN PONDS RESERVE FUND
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
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Seven Ponds Nature Center Inc · exempt
- Seven Ponds Endowment Fund · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SEVEN PONDS RESERVE FUND: 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 SEVEN PONDS RESERVE FUND?
- SEVEN PONDS RESERVE FUND (Michigan) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $15,000 to it, the largest being RALPH L & WINIFRED E POLK FOUNDATION ($15,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SEVEN PONDS RESERVE FUND have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $15,000 in grants to SEVEN PONDS RESERVE FUND, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SEVEN PONDS RESERVE FUND?
- RALPH L & WINIFRED E POLK FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $15,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SEVEN PONDS RESERVE FUND 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 1 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