Michigan · Nonprofit
THE NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
THE NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION (Michigan) receives grants from 45 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,257,378 to it, the largest being DANIEL & PAMELLA DEVOS FOUNDATION ($1,000,000). 26 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $13M
- Funders on record
- 45
- Grants received
- $5.3M
- Net assets
- $84M
What The Northern Michigan University Foundation does
Mission
The nmu foundation will establish and foster relationships to generate resources that benefit the strategic goals of northern michigan university.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Scholarships and other financial aid - providing financial assistance to students, enabling them to obtain a college education.
$1,575,607 spentof which $1,575,607 as grants42% of program spendingAcademic departments and programs - provide support to northern michigan university's academic departments and programs to increase the educational opportunities for its students.
$1,165,993 spentof which $1,165,993 as grants31% of program spendingPublic television - provide operating funds for northern michigan university's public tv station, benefiting the residents of the central portion of the upper peninsula of michigan who choose to view it.
$429,745 spentof which $429,745 as grants11% of program spendingPublic radio (405,491) - provide operating funds for northern michigan university's public radio station, benefiting the residents of the central portion of the upper peninsula of michigan who choose to listen to it.
$405,491 spentof which $405,491 as grants11% of program spendingAthletics (172,378) - provide support for various athletic programs at northern michigan university, benefiting northern michigan university athletes, students, and area residents.
$172,378 spentof which $172,378 as grants5% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,749,214.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $52M to $71M (+37%).
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 2% · 2024 14% · 2025 21%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
88% of THE NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (23% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 9 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 15 funders, grant income rose $36k → $238k.
19 of 45 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 49% 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 NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 45 funders by total. 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 NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 19% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
50% 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 NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 55% · 2018 48% · 2019 30% · 2020 37% · 2021 24% · 2022 36% · 2023 28% — 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
61% of THE NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 58% 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
53% of THE NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Michigan funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.6M arriving through sponsors registered in 13 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 NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,794 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,794 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like THE NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
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
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
65%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 3 states
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Northern Michigan University · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION?
- THE NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION (Michigan) receives grants from 45 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,257,378 to it, the largest being DANIEL & PAMELLA DEVOS FOUNDATION ($1,000,000). 26 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 45 organizations giving $5,257,378 in grants to THE NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION, 26 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION?
- DANIEL & PAMELLA DEVOS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,000,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 45 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing