Michigan Education Excellence Foundation

Analysis

Michigan Education Excellence Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Beverly Hills, MI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education, which this site groups under education and training. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Michigan Education Excellence Foundation reported income of $350k and spending of $643k, spending 184% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $2.0m to $350k (-83%), an average of -36% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 250%. Over the whole period it spent 146% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Michigan Education Excellence Foundation sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile, and in the 64th percentile within MI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sandy Springs Education Force Inc ($350k), Beyond Our Walls Inc ($350k) and Utah Science Teachers Association 2009 ($350k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 79% and program service revenue 21% of the total. It paid $40k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $8,715 against liabilities of $280k, net assets of -$271k.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.