Michigan · Nonprofit
THE DIATRIBE INC
THE DIATRIBE INC (Michigan) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,848,115 to it, the largest being GRAND RAPIDS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($886,329). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.1M
- Funders on record
- 23
- Grants received
- $2.8M
- Net assets
- $2.8M
What The Diatribe Inc does
Mission
The diatribe uses restorative art to disrupt historical systems of oppression by reimagining education, holistically honoring the community by creating an unapologetic vision for liberation that is accessible to all.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Writing to Right Wrongs teaches young people about redlining and gentrification and how to get active in their community.
$210,604 spent33% of program spendingSummer Programs foster the development of young poets and their self-expression. Diatribe offers an online collection of youth poetry performances and videos of our public art projects and the process to create them, sharing the stories of neighbors and students along the way. Diatribe offers free, downloadable programs focused on Mental Health and Wellness as well as Our Identities providing rich content to explore poetry as a medium for self-expression.
$210,603 spent33% of program spendingPoetry Empowered program uses poetry and spoken word to encourage students to explore mental health topics and intersectional identities.
$105,301 spent17% of program spendingDisruptive Dialogue provides community and mentorship to youth who want their voices heard. Through 1:1 mentoring and group activities, participants learn how to use spoken word and poetry as a tool to process the complex world around them. They are also exposed to musical, visual art, and multimedia learning opportunities. Not only do they learn how to express themselves in an authentic way, but they have a chance to share their ideas with the community and learn how to make a positive impact on the issues they care the most about. Young people who participate in group meetings are featured in our annual spring showcase.
$105,302 spent17% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $631,810.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2023 to 2024, from $652k to $3.2M (+391%).
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: 2021 16% · 2022 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
35% of THE DIATRIBE INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 4 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
Wardell Frazier
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 9 funders, grant income rose $6k → $1.2M.
7 of 23 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 36% 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 DIATRIBE INC’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 DIATRIBE INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 31% 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
49% 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 DIATRIBE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 38% · 2021 42% · 2022 17% · 2023 48% — 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
29% of THE DIATRIBE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 61% 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
87% of THE DIATRIBE INC's grant income comes from Michigan funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.0M arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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 DIATRIBE INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding THE DIATRIBE INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $125k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$125k
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 DIATRIBE 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
61% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
11%
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 THE DIATRIBE INC: 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 DIATRIBE INC?
- THE DIATRIBE INC (Michigan) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,848,115 to it, the largest being GRAND RAPIDS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($886,329). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE DIATRIBE INC have?
- IRS filings report 23 organizations giving $2,848,115 in grants to THE DIATRIBE INC, 14 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE DIATRIBE INC?
- GRAND RAPIDS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $886,329 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE DIATRIBE 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 2021–2024), and the filings of 23 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