Michigan · Nonprofit
THE BAY VIEW ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
THE BAY VIEW ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH (Michigan) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,011,623 to it, the largest being PETOSKEY-HARBOR SPRINGS AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($213,509). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 64% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $5.4M
- Funders on record
- 21
- Grants received
- $1.0M
- Net assets
- $22M
What The Bay View Association of the United Methodist Church does
Mission
To be an institution in which christian values and traditions are central; to enrich the human experience for individuals and families within bay view and the surrounding community through a seasonal program of religious, educational, cultural and recreational opportunities; to provide a christian perspective in a changing world.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Performing arts the performing arts program provides inspiration and cultural growth through live performances on a historic stage. As one of the nation's oldest chamber music festivals, bay view focuses on music education and each summer bay view welcomes over 30 collegiate and professional music faculty and over 80 students to learn, perform and grow their talents in a variety of performance formats. We offer wednesday night chamber music concerts, sunday vesper concerts spanning all genres, student concerts, youth theater production, a fully staged musical, and opera. In addition, there are typically 3 pops concerts that include nationally known acts. All performances are open to the public. All student concerts are free to the public and many other concerts are free to ages 15 and under.
$673,909 spent$436,321 earned by the program46% of program spendingRecreation the recreation program offers quality programs for kids ages 3 thru 14 from mid-june thru mid-august. Morning activities include arts, crafts, wood working, exercise, and group activities. After lunch, children have the option to participate in tennis, sailing or swimming lessons from qualified instructors. The recreation program also offers a lit (leader in training) program, where high school and college age students assist teachers and other staff with the program. The motto of the program is "fun and recreation for all, all programming is open to the public.
$381,450 spent$355,637 earned by the program26% of program spendingWorship & education worship the worship and religious life program offers 14 weeks of worship services, weekly lectures, adult, teen, and children's sunday school, teen youth group, and adult bible studies. From mid-june to mid-august nationally known preachers come to campus to speak on a variety of enriching and thought provoking topics offering educational and spiritual growth. Worship programs are ecumenical, free and open to the public. Education the education program offers classes and lectures for everyone from kids to adults. Each year 50 to 70 classes are held covering culinary arts, expanding knowledge and perspectives, fine arts and crafts, health and wellness, and kids' classes. The program also offers annual speaker series titled american experience, the big read, and bridging cultural divides among other lecture offerings. These series highlight bestselling authors, motivational speakers, and professors who speak on a wide variety of topics offering opportunities to learn, expand perspectives, and spark curiosity. Many of these series are free and all are open to the public.
$302,083 spent$41,903 earned by the program21% of program spendingThe Bay View Association of the United Methodist Church is a national historic landmark, founded in 1875, that seeks to enrich the human experience for individuals and families through a seasonal program of religious, educational, cultural, musical, and recreational opportunities. Bay view's historic campus and programs are open to the public.
$105,465 spent$2,728,516 earned by the program7% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,462,907.
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 2020 to 2021, from $18M to $20M (+15%).
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 0% · 2021 0% · 2022 1% · 2023 1% · 2024 0% · 2025 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
25% of THE BAY VIEW ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (61% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 6 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
Megan Dewindt
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 12 funders, grant income rose $58k → $113k.
10 of 21 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 64% 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 BAY VIEW ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH’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
THE BAY VIEW ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 21% 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
64% 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 BAY VIEW ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 28% · 2018 76% · 2019 38% · 2020 58% · 2021 26% · 2022 23% · 2023 25% — 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
69% of THE BAY VIEW ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 76% 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
64% of THE BAY VIEW ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH'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 $368k that is directly attributable, 79% of it comes from funders outside Michigan, across 9 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $644k arriving through sponsors registered in 10 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 BAY VIEW ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 2,127 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,127 community improvement nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like THE BAY VIEW ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
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
32% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
91%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Bay View Real Estate Management Inc · corp_trust
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE BAY VIEW ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH?
- THE BAY VIEW ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH (Michigan) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,011,623 to it, the largest being PETOSKEY-HARBOR SPRINGS AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($213,509). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 64% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE BAY VIEW ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH have?
- IRS filings report 21 organizations giving $1,011,623 in grants to THE BAY VIEW ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 16 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE BAY VIEW ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH?
- PETOSKEY-HARBOR SPRINGS AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $213,509 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE BAY VIEW ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 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 2020–2025), and the filings of 21 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