Michigan · Nonprofit
THE ARBOR CIRCLE CORPORATION
THE ARBOR CIRCLE CORPORATION (Michigan) receives grants from 46 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,178,789 to it, the largest being FIRST STEPS KENT ($2,825,305). 29 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $24M
- Funders on record
- 46
- Grants received
- $9.2M
- Net assets
- $8.1M
What The Arbor Circle Corporation does
Mission
Arbor circle advances mental wellbeing through counseling and supportive services in partnership with people and communities.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Outpatient services: health and substance abuse disorders, brief individual, group and psychiatric outpatient therapies for children, adolescents, families, and adults. Psychiatric services 202 served outpatient counseling 2,915 served shelter treatment 229 served alcohol/drug assessment 814 served newaygo counseling services - 104 served continued in schedule o
$5,611,902 spent$2,147,496 earned by the program25% of program spendingFamily based need services: family and individual child therapy and case management provided to children with moderate to severe functional impairments. Wrap around 193 served cbhh 752 served respite 91 served kssn/school based - 308 served other services (cls and parent bhh) 124 served
$4,652,403 spent$4,731,392 earned by the program21% of program spendingCommunity based services: community based therapy and case management services to children, families and adult individuals who have a past or present substance use disorder. Allegan substance use services - 129 served muskegon substance use services - 133 served kent county jail services - 77 served kent county women's service - 130 served kent county recovery management & other substance use services - 202 served
$2,419,450 spent$289,669 earned by the program11% of program spendingEarly childhood services: individual child, youth and family therapy and case management services provided to address mental health issues and promote healthy development and attachment. Parent nurturing services - 14 served infant services - 316 served strong beginnings - 88 served healthy families - 106 served k.e.e.p. - 63 served youth development services: short-term residential placements for youth ages 10-17, case management services for youth ages 16-20, and youth prevention and early intervention services. Bridge shelter - 123 served ysh/tlp - 33 served street outreach - 275 served rapid rehousing, other housing - 63 served child welfare: provides services for children and families who are involved in the state and county child welfare system due to child abuse or neglect. Foster care - 280 served adoption - 48 served casa - 77 served prevention and advocacy: prevention and advocacy services focusing on child abuse/neglect. Including great start services for training, support, and coaching for child care providers and prospective child care providers. Abc - 21 served parenting education groups - 441 served youth prevention groups - 588 served great start to quality - 2,338…
$9,589,942 spent$455,431 earned by the program43% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $22,273,697.
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 2019 to 2020, from $7.2M to $11M (+56%).
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: 2017 32% · 2018 45% · 2019 38% · 2020 53% · 2021 60% · 2022 55% · 2023 46% · 2024 48% · 2025 39%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
68% of THE ARBOR CIRCLE CORPORATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (21% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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.
Board chair
Judy Freeman
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 22 funders, grant income rose $373k → $1.5M.
10 of 46 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 8% 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 THE ARBOR CIRCLE CORPORATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 46 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
THE ARBOR CIRCLE CORPORATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 31% of grant income and the top three 62%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
96% 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 THE ARBOR CIRCLE CORPORATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 51% · 2018 50% · 2019 55% · 2020 26% · 2021 44% · 2022 42% · 2023 44% — 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.
How long its funders stay
60% of THE ARBOR CIRCLE CORPORATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 63% 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
99% of THE ARBOR CIRCLE CORPORATION's grant income comes from Michigan funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $725k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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
THE ARBOR CIRCLE CORPORATION's funding base is broadening — from 6 funders to 22 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,396 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding THE ARBOR CIRCLE CORPORATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $13.2M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$12.3M
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$929k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like THE ARBOR CIRCLE CORPORATION
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
90% 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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE ARBOR CIRCLE CORPORATION?
- THE ARBOR CIRCLE CORPORATION (Michigan) receives grants from 46 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,178,789 to it, the largest being FIRST STEPS KENT ($2,825,305). 29 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE ARBOR CIRCLE CORPORATION have?
- IRS filings report 46 organizations giving $9,178,789 in grants to THE ARBOR CIRCLE CORPORATION, 29 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE ARBOR CIRCLE CORPORATION?
- FIRST STEPS KENT is the largest funder on record, with $2,825,305 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE ARBOR CIRCLE CORPORATION 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 46 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