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Michigan Forest Association

Okemos, Michigan · EIN 38-1981176 · Public & Societal Benefit · tax-exempt since 2020

C

Charity Clarity grade C (score 66.0 of 100), based on the Form 990 for the year ended October 2025.

Graded against 7,334 public & societal benefit nonprofits with revenue $100K–$500K filing the same form. A = top 10%, B = next 20%, C = middle 40%, D = next 20%, F = bottom 10%.

What goes into the grade

MeasureThis charityScore (0–100)
ReservesMonths of spending covered by unrestricted net assets.21.1 months72
GovernanceBoard independence, key policies and audit, per the 990.91% of practices91
Margin stabilityHow steady the surplus or deficit is year to year.16
Revenue spreadHow much revenue rests on one type of income.90% from one source52
Filing recordOn-time, complete filings, year after year.100%100
Program spendingSelf-reported by the filer.98.1%not scored
Management costsShare of spending.1.9%not scored
Cost to raise $1Fundraising cost per dollar given.$0.00not scored

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Year by year

2018202020212022202320242025grey: revenue · green: spending
Year endedFormRevenueSpendingSurplusNet assetsMonths of spendingStaffGrade
Oct 2025Form 990$296K$278K$18K$490K21.10C
Oct 2024Form 990$51K$75K−$24K$477K76.30D
Oct 2023Form 990$85K$97K−$12K$501K61.90D
Oct 2022Form 990$39K$50K−$11K$513K124.20F
Oct 2021Form 990$66K$40K$26K$524K156.30F
Oct 2020Form 990-EZ$157K$45K$111K$498K132.0D
Oct 2018Form 990-EZ$41K$46K−$5,332$280K72.8D

From the organisation’s own IRS filings. “Months of spending” is total net assets divided by a month of that year’s spending. A blank grade means that year was not rated.

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Every figure here comes from the returns this charity filed with the IRS. These sites show the full returns and more about the organisation:

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