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THE BROOKSIE WAY

THE BROOKSIE WAY (Michigan) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $33,500 to it, the largest being DTE ENERGY FOUNDATION ($30,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2022
$42k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$34k
Net assets
$0
2/2 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 3%
01What it does

What The Brooksie Way does

Mission

To promote health and fitness initiatives, such as exercise programs, health, wellness, and other related activities.

As stated on its FY2022 Form 990.

Program

All program related expenses are related to the 2019 brooksie way, including half marathon, 10k, 5k, kids race and expo and post race event. This also includes the 2019 training program. There were approximately 6,500 participants that benefited from The Brooksie Way races in 2019 which includes race and training participants.

The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($475k) Expenses 100 ($530k) Net assets 100 ($96k)2018 Revenue 92 ($435k) Expenses 94 ($499k) Net assets 34 ($32k)2019 Revenue 86 ($411k) Expenses 85 ($452k) Net assets -9 ($-8508)2020 Revenue 33 ($159k) Expenses 32 ($168k) Net assets -18 ($-17578)2021 Revenue 48 ($230k) Expenses 41 ($215k) Net assets -3 ($-3005)2022 Revenue 9 ($42k) Expenses 7 ($39k) Net assets 0 ($0)
201720182019202020212022
Revenue (9)Expenses (7)Net assets (0)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2017 to 2018, from $124k to $59k (−53%).

$124k
$59k
$30k
$10k
$22k
$0
201720182019202020212022
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2021 8% · 2022 44%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

−$55k
’17
−$64k
’18
−$41k
’19
−$9k
’20
$15k
’21
$3k
’22
1.2
months of
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.

201720182019202020212022
Listed998877
Joined·+1+1+0+0+1
No longer listed·12011
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2019: the base held at 2 funders, grant income fell $12k → $12k.

Funder
'17
'18
'19
total
funders
2
1
2

From the IRS filings of THE BROOKSIE WAY’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 BROOKSIE WAY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 90% 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

90%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 83% · 2018 100% · 2019 87% — growing more concentrated.

“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 THE BROOKSIE WAY's grant income comes from Michigan funders.

MI

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’17
’18
’19
Michigan out of state home

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.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like THE BROOKSIE WAY

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

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

84% of spending goes to programs.

Program 84%Management 16%Fundraising 0%

Governance

7
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MI

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE BROOKSIE WAY: 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 THE BROOKSIE WAY?
THE BROOKSIE WAY (Michigan) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $33,500 to it, the largest being DTE ENERGY FOUNDATION ($30,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does THE BROOKSIE WAY have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $33,500 in grants to THE BROOKSIE WAY, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE BROOKSIE WAY?
DTE ENERGY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $30,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE BROOKSIE WAY 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 FY2022 (financials across 2017–2022), and the filings of 2 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