Michigan · Nonprofit
THE WILLARD G PIERCE AND JESSIE M PIERCE FOUNDATION
THE WILLARD G PIERCE AND JESSIE M PIERCE FOUNDATION (Michigan) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $449,190 to it, the largest being Douglas A & Margaret E DeCamp Foundation ($275,700). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.9M
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $449k
- Net assets
- $26M
What The Willard G Pierce and Jessie M Pierce Foundation does
Programs
Biological field station programs - in 2024, the institute successfully implemented its summer research initiatives. Through strategic planning, research funding continued to support projects aligned with land management and stewardship priorities. Ten research projects were awarded funding, engaging 17 graduate and undergraduate students. Additionally, the creative arts program supported 10 students in art and writing disciplines, encouraging exploration and expression inspired by the natural world.
$584,187 spentCommunity environmental education programs - in 2024, the institute continued to offer a variety of youth, family, and adult programs in virtual, self-guided, in-person, and hybrid formats. While the total number of programs decreased slightly from 135 in 2023 to 123 in 2024, participation remained strong. The trick or treat on the trails and the winter walk on candlelit trails both broke attendance records, drawing over 460 and 221 participants, respectively. Youtube views rose by 174%, showing strong engagement with digital content. The year also saw the successful pilot of the cedar creek book club.
$312,856 spentSchool & group programs - in 2024, the institute continued to partner with hastings area schools, and the focus was mainly on supporting the many new elementary teachers as they learned to teach the science curriculum. Field trips grew from 222 in 2023 to 243 in 2024, with 11,092 student and teacher contacts.
$140,224 spentProfessional education - the institute had a strong year of professional outreach and conservation education. In 2024, staff gave 15 public presentations to audiences of up to 300 people at regional conservation conferences and community events and were honored with a national conservation partner award from the national wild turkey federation. The institute supported hands-on learning through climate resilient land management (crlm), engaging students, volunteers, and local partners in 495.5 hours of stewardship activities, including invasive species control, prescribed burns, plantings, and seed collection. Collaborations with groups like the air zoo, barry conservation district, and the match-e-be-nash-she-wish band of pottawatomi indians expanded conservation impact across barry county. Stewardship-led projects in prairie and oak savanna restoration and trail development also provided valuable field experience.
$1,194 spent
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-PF.
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 2021 to 2022, from $33M to $27M (−19%).
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 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income fell $115k → $80k.
2 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 26% 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 WILLARD G PIERCE AND JESSIE M PIERCE FOUNDATION’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 WILLARD G PIERCE AND JESSIE M PIERCE FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 61% of grant income and the top three 91%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
32% 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 WILLARD G PIERCE AND JESSIE M PIERCE FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 72% · 2018 63% · 2019 78% · 2020 59% · 2021 100% · 2022 71% · 2023 57% — 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.
Where its funders are
92% of THE WILLARD G PIERCE AND JESSIE M PIERCE 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. $116k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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 WILLARD G PIERCE AND JESSIE M PIERCE FOUNDATION's revenue grew 35% between 2017 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,752 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE WILLARD G PIERCE AND JESSIE M PIERCE FOUNDATION?
- THE WILLARD G PIERCE AND JESSIE M PIERCE FOUNDATION (Michigan) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $449,190 to it, the largest being Douglas A & Margaret E DeCamp Foundation ($275,700). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE WILLARD G PIERCE AND JESSIE M PIERCE FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $449,190 in grants to THE WILLARD G PIERCE AND JESSIE M PIERCE FOUNDATION, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE WILLARD G PIERCE AND JESSIE M PIERCE FOUNDATION?
- Douglas A & Margaret E DeCamp Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $275,700 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE WILLARD G PIERCE AND JESSIE M PIERCE 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 6 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