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Social Physical and Academic Resources for Kids

Davison, MI · EIN 81-4104111. Reported 141 grants totalling $2,536,694 to 65 organizations across tax years 2021-2025, on Form 990 Schedule I.

65organizations funded
$10,548median reported grant
$2,536,694granted, 2021-2025
77%of grantees funded again the next year
11%of dollars to its largest recipient

Does this grantmaker accept applications?

Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.

Three things in the filing do bear on it:

  1. What kind of organization it is. For Social Physical and Academic Resources for Kids, the IRS classifies it under youth development rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE O50) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
  2. How spread out its giving is. 65 distinct organizations, with 11% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
  3. How much its list changes. 77% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 4 year-to-year transitions. That is well above the 56% median for grantmaking charities, and above the 67% median for private foundations. It describes the organizations it already funds, not whether it would consider a new one.

How big are its grants?

The median reported grant is $10,548. Half of what it reported fell between $6,984 and $20,148; the smallest was $5,227 and the largest $105,060. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.

Schedule I only reports grants over $5,000. Form 990 requires a charity to list recipients it paid more than that and lets it omit the rest, so every grant-size figure on this page describes the grants it reported, not all of them. Its real median is lower and its real recipient count is higher. This is also why these numbers cannot be compared with the private-foundation figures elsewhere on this site -- Form 990-PF has no reporting floor, so the two are different populations rather than two samples of one.
$5,000 - $10,000
69 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
43 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
18 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
10 grants
$100,000 - $250,000
1 grant

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Movement Project Dance CenterWashington, MI$275,053442025
EsbdSwartz Creek, MI$218,377442025
Karen's School of DanceHighland, MI$204,754442025
Faith Baptist SchoolDavison, MI$201,374552025
St John the Evangelist Parish DavisonDavison, MI$180,390442025
Aidvantage Dept of Ed Loan ServicingChesterfield, MO$138,705942025
NelnetOmaha, NE$95,107652025
Western Michigan UniversityKalamazoo, MI$81,743442024
Summit Dance CollectiveFlint, MI$80,015222025
Michigan Dance AllianceCanton, MI$77,119332025
Diamond Athletics All Star CheerDavisburg, MI$75,311442025
Holy Family Parish Grand BlancGrand Blanc, MI$60,474332025
Oakland Christian SchoolAuburn Hills, MI$56,846332025
Kathy's School of DanceDurand, MI$53,540442025
Regents of the University of MichiganAnn Arbor, MI$47,182652025
Powers Catholic High SchoolFlint, MI$45,978332025
Grand Valley State UniversityAllendale, MI$45,118332024
Brierwood Child CareLancaster, NY$42,775432025
Suzette's Master's of DanceShelby Twp, MI$40,620442025
Graceful Moves DanceShelby Twp, MI$27,189332025
Utica Athletic BoostersShelby Twp, MI$26,629222025
Educational Tours IncCambridge, MA$22,073332025
Terry Matlock School of Performing ArtsGrand Blanc, MI$21,269222025
Michigan State UniversityEast Lansing, MI$21,157112025
Emerson CollegeBoston, MA$19,400112025
Amazon - EducationSeattle, WA$19,127222025
The Dance Studio IncRomeo, MI$18,177222025
Wayne State UniversityDetroit, MI$17,619222025
Jlp's Leap of Faith Dance StudioColumbus, MI$16,165222024
Lawrence Technological UniversitySouthfield, MI$14,949222023
Oakland UniversityRochester, MI$14,537222024
Notre Dame Prep SchoolPontiac, MI$13,881112025
Davenport UniversityGrand Rapids, MI$13,545222025
Michigan Education AssociationEast Lansing, MI$13,100222025
C E R V IncGrand Blanc, MI$12,650112023
University of KansasLawrence, KS$12,647112025
Xavier UniversityCincinnati, OH$11,803222025
The Dance ShoppeWaterford Twp, MI$11,763222023
Dance InnovationsLivonia, MI$10,910112025
The Stage Dance AcademyShelby Twp, MI$9,640112025
Ferris State UniversityBig Rapids, MI$9,313112025
Michigan Hawks Soccer ClubLivonia, MI$9,245112025
Miss Hallies Dance HouseSwartz Creek, MI$8,829112022
Depaul UniversityChicago, IL$8,522112022
On the Fly Hockey LLCDetroit, MI$8,500112025
Mt HollyHolly, MI$8,330112022
Crosswinds AviationHowell, MI$8,000112024
Cleary UniversityHowell, MI$7,703112022
Liverpool North OaklandPontiac, MI$6,984112025
Saginaw Valley State UniversityUniversity Center, MI$6,852112023
Phi Theta Kappa FraternityJackson, MS$6,803112025
Swartz Creek High School Or Middle School CheerSwartz Creek, MI$6,427112024
Cri - Student AidSt Louis, MO$6,000112025
Good Shephard Lutheran ChurchBurton, MI$5,910112024
Trine University IncAngola, IN$5,910112025
Discover Student LoansGreenwood, DE$5,812112024
St Pius X Catholic Church & SchoolFlint, MI$5,740112022
Student AdventuresGrand Blanc, MI$5,686112025
Amber Henry PhotographySaginaw, MI$5,544112024
Oakland JR Grizzlies Hockey ClubAuburn Hills, MI$5,500112024
Redford Township Hockey AssociationRedford, MI$5,309112025
Carolina Crown IncPineville, NC$5,300112023
Moody Bible Institute of ChicagoChicago, IL$5,281112025
Aim High SchoolAnn Arbor, MI$5,250112025
Woodland Elite MichiganWalled Lake, MI$5,233112025

33 of 65 (51%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.

What the money was for

Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 23 of 65 recipients we could match to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's, not ours -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.

Education
16 orgs
Recreation & Sports
4 orgs
Human Services
1 org
Health Care
1 org
Community Improvement
1 org

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants reportedTotalMedian grant
20214$39,460$8,689
202221$402,165$8,682
202327$653,289$12,407
202438$710,958$11,484
202551$730,822$9,713

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.

Where its money goes

84% of its giving went to organizations in Michigan. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.

Michigan
$2.1M
Missouri
$145K
Nebraska
$95K
New York
$43K
Massachusetts
$41K
Washington
$19K
Illinois
$14K
Kansas
$13K

Down to the city

Davison, MI
$382K
Washington, MI
$275K
Swartz Creek, MI
$234K
Highland, MI
$205K
Chesterfield, MO
$139K
Flint, MI
$132K

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Funders that support the same organizations

These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund18 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc16 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc12 shared recipientsThe Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc11 shared recipientsCharities Aid Foundation America11 shared recipientsEnterprise Holdings Foundation10 shared recipients

How to approach this grantmaker

  1. Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
  2. Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $10,548 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
  3. Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in Michigan.
  4. Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.

Related guides

Foundations funding education in MichiganEvery funder in this group

Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Social Physical and Academic Resources for Kids's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Recipient classifications, the concentration and retention figures and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations from them, described in how we build this.

On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 18 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 34 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.

Address of record on the latest return: 619 Oda St, Davison, MI, 48423.

EIN 81-4104111 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

This is history, not an open call. Form 990 is published about a year after the tax year it covers. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this organization has actually funded.

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