Michigan · Nonprofit
THE PEWABIC SOCIETY INC
THE PEWABIC SOCIETY INC (Michigan) receives grants from 31 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,372,745 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($250,000). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.5M
- Funders on record
- 31
- Grants received
- $1.4M
- Net assets
- $3.9M
What The Pewabic Society Inc does
Mission
To enrich the human spirit through clay, which is accomplished through the creation of ceramic art, through stewardship of the national historic landmark pottery building, a living museum, and through education programs
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Pewabic pottery creates handcrafted ceramic art. The pottery is free and open to the public. Visitors can view ceramic artists fabricating pewabic tiles and giftware in the same national historic landmark building that was built as a pottery over a century ago. Pewabic typically welcomes over 50,000 on-site visitors each year, and over 80,000 visitors viewed the society's website. Visitors can also see ceramic artwork created by over 75 ceramic artists from all over north america exhibited and sold in pewabic galleries.
$1,519,054 spent$1,563,738 earned by the program66% of program spendingThe pewabic society provides learning experiences to the general public, both youth and adults, through on-site and off-site classes, tours, and workshops.
$779,139 spent$328,671 earned by the program34% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,298,193.
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 2019 to 2020, from $4.5M to $5.1M (+13%).
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: 2017 2% · 2020 3% · 2021 17% · 2022 16% · 2023 19%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
42% of THE PEWABIC SOCIETY INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (63% 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.
Chief executive
Steve Mcbride
Executive director
Board chair
David Fox
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 14 funders, grant income rose $75k → $139k.
6 of 31 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 37% 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 PEWABIC SOCIETY INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 31 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 PEWABIC SOCIETY INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 18% 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
45% 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 PEWABIC SOCIETY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 61% · 2018 44% · 2019 43% · 2020 58% · 2021 18% · 2022 19% · 2023 21% — 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 PEWABIC SOCIETY 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
86% of THE PEWABIC SOCIETY 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. $505k 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 PEWABIC SOCIETY INC is better cushioned than half of the 3,430 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,430 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
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In Michigan
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
68% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
80%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE PEWABIC SOCIETY 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 PEWABIC SOCIETY INC?
- THE PEWABIC SOCIETY INC (Michigan) receives grants from 31 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,372,745 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($250,000). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE PEWABIC SOCIETY INC have?
- IRS filings report 31 organizations giving $1,372,745 in grants to THE PEWABIC SOCIETY INC, 19 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE PEWABIC SOCIETY INC?
- NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $250,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE PEWABIC SOCIETY 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 31 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