Michigan Falun Dafa Association

Analysis

Michigan Falun Dafa Association is a registered charity in United States, based in Northville, MI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Michigan Falun Dafa Association reported income of $1.3m and spending of $1.5m, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $2.1m to $1.3m (-39%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 264%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Michigan Falun Dafa Association sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile, and in the 82nd percentile within MI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Holly Hill Farm Inc ($1.3m), Haven Shelter and Services Inc ($1.3m) and Somali Family Safety Task Force ($1.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 1.3% and program service revenue 99% of the total. At year end it held assets of $279k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $279k.