Michigan · Nonprofit
SPECIAL OLYMPICS MICHIGAN INC
SPECIAL OLYMPICS MICHIGAN INC (Michigan) receives grants from 245 organizations whose IRS filings report $25,204,714 to it, the largest being SPECIAL OLYMPICS INC ($12,279,002). 163 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $17M
- Funders on record
- 245
- Grants received
- $25M
- Net assets
- $41M
What Special Olympics Michigan Inc does
Mission
The special olympics movement uses sport as a vehicle for acceptance, respect, inclusion, dignity, and joy. We provide year-round sports training and competition for children and adults with intellectual disabilities.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Special olympics michigan provides year-round programs for over 15,020 children and adults with intellectual disabilities and unified partners (athletes without intellectual disabilities). Through sport, athletes experience inclusion, unity, dignity, respect, joy and friendship. They develop physically and socially; gain confidence and build a positive self-image which carries over into the home, classroom, job and community. Young athletes programs for 2 to 7 year-olds are offered to introduce children and their families to the world of sports. There are 2,182 children participating in young athlete programs throughout the state. The somi program relies on contributions of time, materials and funds from donors and volunteers.
$6,960,921 spent79% of program spendingHealthy athletes programs provide free health screenings to athletes. Over 2,756 athletes participated in health screenings for vision, dental, physicals, feet, hearing, and health promotions. Healthy athletes screenings are held at state events for vision, hearing, dental, foot care, physical therapy, and health physicals at no cost to athletes or their families. These screenings educate athletes on healthy lifestyle choices and identify problems that may need additional follow-up. Additionally, 6 inclusive health trainings were held to educate current and future healthcare workers about creating an inclusive healthcare environment. Finally, over 354 athletes participated in our somifit program providing 8 weeks of fitness activities mixed with educational material on health and wellness in person.
$237,272 spent3% of program spendingUnified champion schools is an education-based strategy that brings together students with and without intellectual disabilities in three core areas: unified sports, whole school engagement & awareness and inclusive youth leadership. Utilizing these three core elements creates a school atmosphere that is more inclusive and acceptance. Somi finished the 23-24 school year with 554 schools, including more than 100 schools in detroit public schools community district. We also trained more than 1,000 students at our leadership launch youth summits and hosted more than 350 students at unified bocce competition at the state summer games.
$1,599,851 spent18% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $8,798,044.
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.
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 $23M to $34M (+48%).
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: 2020 11% · 2021 22% · 2022 23% · 2023 8% · 2024 10%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
84% of SPECIAL OLYMPICS MICHIGAN INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (11% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 5 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
Timothy Hileman
President & CEO
Board chair
John Card
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 85 funders to 101 funders, grant income rose $1.6M → $3.0M.
31 of 245 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 14% 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 SPECIAL OLYMPICS MICHIGAN INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 245 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
SPECIAL OLYMPICS MICHIGAN INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 49% of grant income and the top three 60%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
70% 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 SPECIAL OLYMPICS MICHIGAN INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 60% · 2018 39% · 2019 41% · 2020 40% · 2021 44% · 2022 54% · 2023 59% — 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.
How long its funders stay
52% of SPECIAL OLYMPICS MICHIGAN INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% 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
SPECIAL OLYMPICS MICHIGAN INC draws 60% of its grant income from funders outside Michigan, across 28 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3.6M arriving through sponsors registered in 15 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
SPECIAL OLYMPICS MICHIGAN INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 303 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 303 recreation & sports nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Organizations like SPECIAL OLYMPICS MICHIGAN 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
95%
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 SPECIAL OLYMPICS MICHIGAN INC?
- SPECIAL OLYMPICS MICHIGAN INC (Michigan) receives grants from 245 organizations whose IRS filings report $25,204,714 to it, the largest being SPECIAL OLYMPICS INC ($12,279,002). 163 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SPECIAL OLYMPICS MICHIGAN INC have?
- IRS filings report 245 organizations giving $25,204,714 in grants to SPECIAL OLYMPICS MICHIGAN INC, 163 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SPECIAL OLYMPICS MICHIGAN INC?
- SPECIAL OLYMPICS INC is the largest funder on record, with $12,279,002 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SPECIAL OLYMPICS MICHIGAN 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 FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 245 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing