Joanne and John Carter Family Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
133386282
IRS 990-PF coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990-PF 2025
Location
Bloomfield Hills, MI, USA
Phone
2482586783
Rating
87
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard

Reported finances

Revenue
$165,700
Expenses
$52,490

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

Overview

Mission

Joanne and John Carter Family Foundation is a nonprofit. Location: Bloomfield Hills, MI. EIN 133386282.

What it reported funding in 2025

The foundation reported 14 filed grant rows totaling $50,000. The stated grant purposes included improvement, operation, maintenance, security, programming and expansion of the detroit river walk and associated green spaces., to promote education, and to provide assistance for the coming together for children gala, plus 9 other reported purposes.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 90% of the foundation's positive operating resources came from contributions.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The foundation distributed 98% of its reported charitable disbursements as grants.
  • 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 filed numbers largely add up. No material rating questions were generated from the available inputs.

Rating breakdown

  • Grant Deployment: 74
  • Cost Efficiency: 95
  • Transparency: 100
  • Compliance: 100
  • Endowment Health: 61

Detailed rating inputs

Grant Deployment

  • Grant deployment ratio: 73.8%; rating input score 74; 11th percentile among comparable filings

Cost Efficiency

  • Grant expense ratio: 95.3%; rating input score 95; 86th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency

  • Grant recipient disclosure: Yes; rating input score 100

Compliance

  • Foundation activity disclosures: 19 of 19 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • 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: Pass
    • 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
    • Individual grants for travel, study or similar purposes: Pass
    • Grants outside qualifying charitable organization categories: 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: 9; rating input score 100

Endowment Health

  • Endowment-health comparison: 18.76; rating input score 61; 61st 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: 73.8% grant deployment rate
  • Trustees: Filed trustees detail
  • Self-dealing: 100% of reviewed questions answered “No”
  • Investments: 61th percentile for endowment coverage
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 14 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.