Ethel a Brown Trust: Nonprofit Profile, Financials & Form 990 (EIN 38-2130936)

Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020	$192K
FY2021	$17K
FY2022	$63K
FY2023	$38K
FY2024	$35K
FY2025	$67K

Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020	$17K
FY2021	$22K
FY2022	$11K
FY2023	$22K
FY2024	$28K
FY2025	$35K

Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020	$871K
FY2021	$1.0M
FY2022	$895K
FY2023	$934K
FY2024	$1.0M
FY2025	$1.1M

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Apr 1975.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

100 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

100%

Program services 100% · $35K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

2 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII

First Baptist Church of Manistique

Trustee

$0Pt VII · Sec A

David Strasler

Chairman

$0Pt VII · Sec A

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Maintains and improves Lakeview Cemetery for the City of Manistique.

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1 program · $35K · in their own filed words · FY2024

01

Maintenance and improvement of lakeview cemetery

$35Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · this organization's grantmaking

Grants paid · 4 grants · $73K · 2021–2024

Lakeview CemeteryMI · FY2024$28,644

Lakeview CemeteryMI · FY2023$22,678

Lakeview CemeteryMI · FY2022$15,744

Lakeview CemeteryMI · FY2021$6,200

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$67K

Ln 12

Investment incomeLn 3$67K

Money outPt IX

$35K

Ln 25

Programscol B$35K

Owns and owesPt X

$1.1M

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$117K

Total assetsLn 16$1.1M

LiabilitiesLn 26$0

PeoplePt VI, VII

2

listed · VII A

PaidVII A0

Voting boardVI 1a1

IndependentVI 1b1

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Investment incomeLn 3$67K

Gains on assetsLn 7$36K

Total revenueLn 12$67K

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

SavingsLn 2$117K

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$117K

InvestmentsLn 11–13$949K

Other assetsLn 15$2K

Total assetsLn 16$1.1M

LiabilitiesLn 26$0

Net assetsLn 32$1.1M

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 50

Fiscal year endsHeaderJune

Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes

Whistleblower policyVI 13No

Records policyVI 14No

3Year over year

Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B

Line	Start FY25	End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$62K	$117K
InvestmentsLn 11–13	$945K	$949K
Total assetsLn 16	$1.0M	$1.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26	$0	$0
Net assetsLn 32	$1.0M	$1.1M

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1	$29K	$29K
Investment management feesLn 11f	$6K	$6K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$364	$364
Total functional expensesLn 25	$35K	$35K	$0	$0

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2025 Latest Viewing	$67K	$35K	$32K	$1.1M	990 PDF
FY2024	$35K	$28K	$7K	$1.0M	990 PDF
FY2023	$38K	$22K	$17K	$934K	990 PDF
FY2022	$63K	$11K	$52K	$895K	990 PDF
FY2021	$17K	$22K	−$6K	$1.0M	990 PDF
FY2020	$192K	$17K	$175K	$871K	990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants O · Explanations

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Part I · Summary $67,094 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grants$0

I-9 Program service revenue$0

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $36,064$67,094

I-11 Other revenue$0

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $36,064$67,094

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $22,678$28,644

I-14 Benefits paid to members$0

I-15 Salaries and benefits$0

I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $5,519$6,068

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $28,197$34,712

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $7,867$32,382

Part VI · Governance 1 of 1 board members independent, 3 to look at

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body1

VI-1b Independent voting members1

VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo

VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo

VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo

VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo

VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes

Part VIII · Statement of revenue $67,094 across 3 lines filed

VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $31,588$31,588

VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $35,506$35,506

VIII-12 Total revenueExcluded from tax $67,094$67,094

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $34,712 across 3 lines filed

IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $28,644$28,644

IX-11f Investment management feesPrograms $5,704$5,704

IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $364$364

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $34,712 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$34,712

Part X · Balance sheet $1,067,790 assets, 7 lines filed

X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $62,117$117,193

X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $945,260$948,505

X-15 Other assetsStart of year $2,415$2,092

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,009,792$1,067,790

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $0$0

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,009,792$1,067,790

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,009,792$1,067,790

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,067,790 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$67,094

XI-2 Total expenses$34,712

XI-3 Revenue less expenses$32,382

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,009,792

XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$25,616

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,067,790

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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