Michigan · Nonprofit
SPRING LAKE PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION
SPRING LAKE PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION (Michigan) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $674,601 to it, the largest being GRAND HAVEN AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($660,670). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $184k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $675k
- Net assets
- $132k
What Spring Lake Public Schools Foundation does
Mission
To fund innovative curricular programs that promote academic excellence and engage our students.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Spring lake schools fund is open to grades k-12. The purpose it to provide physical resources, fund creative and innovative educational ideas and methods, and/or provide professional development opportunities for programs for which outcomes have been well documented.
$57,849 spentof which $57,849 as grants$49,579 earned by the program59% of program spendingCarol martin grants are granted to grades k-6. These grants are used to fund supplies, equipment, scholarships, programs and other activities that will enrich the educational experience of spring lake elementary students.
$28,615 spentof which $28,615 as grants$28,615 earned by the program29% of program spendingStudent enrichment grants - this grant program provides funding to slps students for academic related activities affiliated with a slps club, group, or class.
$8,898 spentof which $8,898 as grants9% of program spendingPartnership program - annual campaign soliciting donations, mainly from area businesses to fund grants and needs of slps. The donations are used to fund current needs or to fund the endowment at ghacf.
$2,938 spent$84,500 earned by the program3% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $98,300.
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.
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 $42k to $132k (+218%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $75k → $105k.
3 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 SPRING LAKE PUBLIC SCHOOLS 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
SPRING LAKE PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 98% 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
100% 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 SPRING LAKE PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 99% · 2022 99% · 2023 90% — diversifying over time.
“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 SPRING LAKE PUBLIC SCHOOLS 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 $2k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Michigan, across 1 state.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $673k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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.
Organizations like SPRING LAKE PUBLIC SCHOOLS 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
60% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SPRING LAKE PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: 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 SPRING LAKE PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION?
- SPRING LAKE PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION (Michigan) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $674,601 to it, the largest being GRAND HAVEN AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($660,670). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does SPRING LAKE PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $674,601 in grants to SPRING LAKE PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SPRING LAKE PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION?
- GRAND HAVEN AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $660,670 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SPRING LAKE PUBLIC SCHOOLS 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing