Michigan · Nonprofit
THE DOCK MINISTRIES
THE DOCK MINISTRIES (Michigan) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $98,951 to it, the largest being DOUGLAS & MARIA DEVOS FOUNDATION ($30,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
THE DOCK MINISTRIES runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 5,680 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,680 youth development nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Three funders worth looking at
Grantmakers with no record of funding this organization, ranked by how strongly the co-funder graph and the mission embeddings agree. The evidence is in section 03.
- Cdv5 Foundationshared funderslocal
- The Samaritans Incportfolio match
- Schaap Family Foundationportfolio match
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 3 funders, grant income rose $10k → $14k.
3 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 40% 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 DOCK MINISTRIES’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 DOCK MINISTRIES leans on a few funders — its largest provides 30% of grant income and the top three 83%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
66% 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 DOCK MINISTRIES.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 78% · 2018 100% · 2020 56% · 2021 56% · 2022 86% · 2023 52% — 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
40% of THE DOCK MINISTRIES's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 38% 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
56% of THE DOCK MINISTRIES's grant income comes from Michigan funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $39k 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.
Funders to approach
Grantmakers that don’t fund you yet, surfaced two ways: they back organizations that share your funders, or their grantees resemble your mission. The ones both signals agree on come first. Your 8 funders put you under-funded among the 400 organizations that share them.
- Cdv5 Foundationshared funderslocalMI · backs 84 organizations that share your funders · funds 89 organizations near you
- The Samaritans Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Schaap Family Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Stephens' Christian Trustportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Nelson & Vera Hicks Charitable Fdnportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Stover Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Mission Increaseportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Barnabas Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Williiam and Anna Van Den Bosch Gospelportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Rucker-Donnell Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Stanley M Herzog Charitable Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Scott Foundation Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
From the co-funder graph (funders backing at least two comparable organizations, shrunk for grantee count, donor-advised and mega-funds excluded) and the universe embeddings. A research starting point; overlap is association, not a guarantee of fit.
Organizations like THE DOCK MINISTRIES
Nonprofits whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over the universe of 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
52% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE DOCK MINISTRIES: 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.
Screens are triage, not determinations; a source that cannot be read reports not screened, never clear. How the screen works · on the API as GET /api/screening/{ein}?format=pdf
Questions and answers
- Who funds THE DOCK MINISTRIES?
- THE DOCK MINISTRIES (Michigan) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $98,951 to it, the largest being DOUGLAS & MARIA DEVOS FOUNDATION ($30,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE DOCK MINISTRIES have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $98,951 in grants to THE DOCK MINISTRIES, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE DOCK MINISTRIES?
- DOUGLAS & MARIA DEVOS 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 DOCK MINISTRIES 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 FY2024 (financials across 2024–2024), and the filings of 8funders 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 August 27, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing