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.
- Revenue FY2024
- $184k
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $99k
- Net assets
- $679k
What The Dock Ministries does
Mission
Seeks to positively impact the character, faith, intellect, and ability of the students in our community by sharing christ's love.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Providing meals for children of an impoverished community, 90% qualify for free or reduced-price meals at the school and the dock provides them with free meals after school.refuel station program offers the youth a safe place to go to after school where they are mentored through various programs, listen to a brief bible lesson, do arts, play games, are tutored and receive counseling.teen cuisine cooking program teaches the youth how to cook food for a healthy life and provides them (and sometimes their families) with a meal to take home or eat at the dock.
$91,309 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $91,309.
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.
Against its field
THE DOCK MINISTRIES runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 5,688 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,688 youth development nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like THE DOCK MINISTRIES
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
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.
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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.
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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 2024–2024), and the filings of 8 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