Americana Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
382269431
IRS 990-PF coverage
2014–2025
Forms available
Form 990-PF 2025, Form 990-T 2021
Location
Novi, MI, USA
Phone
2483473863
Rating
89
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard

Reported finances

Revenue
$4,502,449
Expenses
$1,216,304

Source: IRS Form 990-PF. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Overview

Mission

Americana Foundation is a nonprofit. Location: Novi, MI. EIN 382269431. Tax year 2025 Form 990-PF reports $4.5M revenue and $1.2M expenses.

What it reported funding in 2025

The foundation reported 31 grants totaling $617,013. The stated grant purposes included merging tek and green infrastructure with coastal tribal communities, educating and advocating for wetland protections in marquette county - phase 2, and annual meeting "champion" sponsorship, plus 28 other reported purposes.

Operating model

Revenue model
Investment-supported. 99% of the foundation's positive operating resources came from recurring investment income.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The foundation combined direct charitable work with grants to other organizations or people.
  • Includes asset-sale income: Asset-sale income is shown separately from recurring resources when classifying the revenue model.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes to charitable grants and the filing identifies who received its grants. A relatively small share of spending goes to grants and the filing reports one or more activities that warrant closer review.

Rating breakdown

  • Grant Deployment: 100
  • Cost Efficiency: 51
  • Transparency: 100
  • Compliance: 98
  • Endowment Health: 90

Detailed rating inputs

Grant Deployment

  • Grant deployment ratio: 100%; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings

Cost Efficiency

  • Grant expense ratio: 50.7%; rating input score 51; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency

  • Grant recipient disclosure: Yes; rating input score 100

Compliance

  • Part VII-B activity disclosures: 18 of 19 controls in place; rating input score 95
    • Property sale or exchange with a disqualified person: Pass
    • Borrowing from or lending to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Goods, services, or facilities involving a disqualified person: Pass
    • Compensation paid to a disqualified person: Fail
    • Assets transferred to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Payment to a government official: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior self-dealing: Pass
    • Prior-year undistributed income: Pass
    • Excess business holdings: Pass
    • Investments that may jeopardize charitable purposes: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior-year jeopardizing investments: Pass
    • Attempt to influence legislation: Pass
    • Attempt to influence an election: Pass
    • Grants to individuals: Pass
    • Grants to organizations: Pass
    • Spending for a noncharitable purpose: Pass
    • Funds received for a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Premiums paid on a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Prohibited tax-shelter transaction: Pass
  • Filing consistency checks: 10; rating input score 100

Endowment Health

  • Endowment-health comparison: 35.79; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Grants: 100% of grant recipient detail disclosed
  • Payout: At least 100% grant deployment rate
  • Trustees: Filed trustees detail
  • Self-dealing: 100% of reviewed questions answered “No”
  • Investments: 90th percentile for endowment coverage
  • Consistency: 10 of 10 current checks pass
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2014 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 39 filed money-flow records
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Review — Cost Efficiency: Grant expense ratio scored 51/100.
  • Review — Compliance: Part VII-B activity disclosures: Compensation paid to a disqualified person not reported.