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Msufcu Desk Drawer Foundation

EIN 83-3598690 · files IRS Form 990, Schedule I

Given, as filed$3.1m2019–2025 · 110 grants
2019: $163.6k · 9 grants20192020: $313.3k · 16 grants20202021: $302.7k · 18 grants20212022: $482.4k · 18 grants20222023: $603.5k · 19 grants20232024: $685.6k · 15 grants2024$685.6k2025: $528.1k · 15 grants2025$528.1k
Grantees60funded more than once, matching gifts aside
23 of 6023of 60
Assets, year end$2.7mtax year 2023
2021: $109.1k20212023: $2.7m2023$2.7m
Board and officers8on its latest return

Where it gives

By cause and by place, from its own returns.

By cause

The cause each recipient registered with the IRS

Human services$809.9k
Arts and culture$683.8k
Housing and shelter$286.4k
Education$214.4k
Youth development$117.5k
Community improvement$116.5k
Animals$76.6k
Mental health$64.9k
Philanthropy and grantmaking$64.1k
Cause not on file$460.1k

Mostly grants abroad and recipients without a US registration. Shown, never hidden.

By place

Dollars received, by the recipient's state

half the top state or more10–50%2–10%under 2%

Grants abroad and place not on file: 15 grants · $321.3k

Who it funds most

23 of its 60 grantees were funded in more than one year.

Msufcu Desk Drawer Foundation's own IRS Form 990, Schedule I returns, as filed, in USD

Who funds the same organisations

Counted over its 40 largest grantees, leaving out fiscal sponsors and donor-advised funds, which share an address rather than a cause. A fact, not a partnership.

Its board and officers

From its latest return.

Susanne ElkinsExecutive Director - Part Year
Angela BrownSecretary
Daniel SpadaforeDirector
Diane Ottarson-LandryDirector
Dylan MinorDirector - Part Year
Elizabeth LawrenceDirector
Elliot DanielsDirector
Ernest BettsChair

Form 990 Part VII, tax year 2023, filing 202432399349300908

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Its money

What it gave, held and paid, by year.

Giving by year

2019: $163.6k · 9 grants20192020: $313.3k · 16 grants20202021: $302.7k · 18 grants20212022: $482.4k · 18 grants20222023: $603.5k · 19 grants20232024: $685.6k · 15 grants2024$685.6k2025: $528.1k · 15 grants2025$528.1k
Tax yearReturnAssets, year endGrants paidCharitable spending
2023Form 990$2.7m—$658.5k
2021Form 990$109.1k—$510.7k

As filed, in US dollars. Assets at fair market value where the return gives it.

Its returns7 filings
Tax yearFormFilingWhere to read it
2025IRS Form 990, Schedule I202621349349305037IRS batch file
2024IRS Form 990, Schedule I202501359349302075IRS batch file
2023IRS Form 990, Schedule I202432399349300908IRS batch file
2022IRS Form 990, Schedule I202333079349300528IRS batch file
2021IRS Form 990, Schedule I202212589349300611IRS batch file
2020IRS Form 990, Schedule I202101969349300645IRS batch file
2019IRS Form 990, Schedule I202001819349301630IRS batch file

An IRS batch file holds many returns; the filing number finds this one inside it.

The record as filedEvery table this page has always shown, in full.open

Msufcu Desk Drawer Foundation made 110 grants across 2019–2025, totalling $3.1m as filed.

Grants
110
Total, as filed
$3.1m
Years
2019–2025
Filed in
USD

Who it funds

OrganisationGrantsTotal
CHILD AND FAMILY CHARITIES6$431.9k
TRAVERSE CITY PHILHARMONIC2$200.0k
CAPITAL AREA UNITED WAY5$160.1k
IMPRESSION 55$155.0k
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY CAPITAL REGION3$150.0k
DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS3$125.0k
LANSING PROMISE FOUNDATION3$124.3k
MICHIGAN WOMEN FORWARD4$116.5k
TRI COUNTY OFFICE ON AGING1$60.8k
WOMEN'S CENTER OF GREATER LANSING1$60.2k
ARTS COUNCIL OF GREATER LANSING2$53.8k
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS CAPITAL REGION1$50.0k
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS MI CAP REGION1$50.0k
WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER1$48.0k
ALLEN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER1$46.8k

By year

YearGrantsTotal
20199$163.6k
202016$313.3k
202118$302.7k
202218$482.4k
202319$603.5k
202415$685.6k
202515$528.1k

Where this came from

Identifier US-EIN-833598690. Register: Internal Revenue Service (US). Machine-readable: JSON.

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  • What they say they exist to do
  • What each grant was for
  • What they fund, by theme
  • Balance sheet and financials
  • Who runs it
  • Whether they accept proposals
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  • No website on file
  • Leadership not yet identified
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