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THE EDWARDSBURG PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC

THE EDWARDSBURG PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC (Michigan) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,800 to it, the largest being CHEMICAL BANK FOUNDATION ($1,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$50k
Funders on record
4
Grants received
$2k
Net assets
$322k
0/4 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 2%
01What it does

What The Edwardsburg Public Schools Foundation Inc does

Mission

To acquire and distribute financial and other resources that will be used for programs which enhance or supplment edwardsburg public schools.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. The purpose of the edwardsburg public schools foundation is to recognize students who demonstrate significant improvement in academics. 22 scholarships were awarded to individual receipients in 2024.

    $29,000 spentof which $29,000 as grants
    91% of program spending
  2. The foundation awards various teacher grants and supports a hall of fame dinner to recognize individuals and teachers in the community.

  3. Other

    $2,893 spent
    9% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $31,893.

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. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($45k) Expenses 100 ($24k) Net assets 100 ($231k)2018 Revenue 108 ($49k) Expenses 65 ($15k) Net assets 114 ($264k)2019 Revenue 96 ($44k) Expenses 176 ($42k) Net assets 115 ($266k)2023 Revenue 77 ($35k) Expenses 165 ($39k) Net assets 122 ($281k)2024 Revenue 127 ($57k) Expenses 145 ($35k) Net assets 131 ($303k)2025 Revenue 111 ($50k) Expenses 134 ($32k) Net assets 139 ($322k)
201720182019202320242025
Revenue (111)Expenses (134)Net assets (139)Peer revenue range

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 $231k to $264k (+14%).

$231k
$264k
$266k
$281k
$303k
$322k
201720182019202320242025
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
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

61% of THE EDWARDSBURG PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (65% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 26,798 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

$21k
’17
$33k
’18
$1k
’19
−$4k
’23
$23k
’24
$18k
’25
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $1k → $500.

1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 6% 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 EDWARDSBURG PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION 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 EDWARDSBURG PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 56% of grant income and the top three 94%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

56%
largest funder
94%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 91% · 2023 100% — 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

59% of THE EDWARDSBURG PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC's grant income comes from Michigan funders.

MI
IN
CA

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

’17
’23
Michigan out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $100 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

THE EDWARDSBURG PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 17,277 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin36% · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)1% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,277 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

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

Public support

73%

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

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Questions and answers

Who funds THE EDWARDSBURG PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC?
THE EDWARDSBURG PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC (Michigan) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,800 to it, the largest being CHEMICAL BANK FOUNDATION ($1,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does THE EDWARDSBURG PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC have?
IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $1,800 in grants to THE EDWARDSBURG PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC.
Who is the largest funder of THE EDWARDSBURG PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC?
CHEMICAL BANK FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE EDWARDSBURG PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 4 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