Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Apr 1982.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
55 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.
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Who runs it and what they're paid
13 people listed on the 990.
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
Preserves and shares Mackinac Island's history and cultural legacy.
Questions for Mackinac Associates
Your first name shows with your question. Mackinac Associates answers here, for everyone.
Park Projects & Improvements
Provides support for the preservation and presentation of historic and natural resources managed by the mackinac state historic parks. Artifacts, exhibits, trails, etc within mackinac island state park, fort michilimackinac state park and millcreek state park.
Form 990 Part III, line 4, FY2022. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 38-2328863) · Dispute this lineCommunity Outreach
Provides education and services to many members and information to thousands of public visitors, brochures, flyers and personal correspondence is generated.
Form 990 Part III, line 4, FY2022. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 38-2328863) · Dispute this lineEducation
Michigan students are provided with an in classroom programs interpreting history and natural history of the straits of mackinac region.
Form 990 Part III, line 4, FY2022. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 38-2328863) · Dispute this lineFunders
Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2023 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY23 | End FY23 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $512K | $453K |
| InvestmentsLn 11–13 | $700K | $792K |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $1.2M | $1.4M |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $42K | $54K |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $1.2M | $1.3M |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $2K | $2K | ||
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $133K | $25K | $32K | $77K |
| Advertising and promotionLn 12 | $3K | $2K | $340 | |
| Office expensesLn 13 | $38K | $10K | $6K | $21K |
| Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19 | $9K | $94 | $5K | $4K |
| InsuranceLn 23 | $3K | $3K | ||
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $363K | $267K | $5K | $91K |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $551K | $305K | $53K | $193K |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 LatestFiled with the IRS Feb 3, 2026 | $1.3M | $1.3M | −$32K | $2.3M | 990 PDF |
| FY2024Filed with the IRS Feb 15, 2025 | $1.3M | $547K | $799K | $2.3M | 990 PDF |
| FY2023 ViewingFiled with the IRS Jan 30, 2024 | $580K | $551K | $30K | $1.3M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022Filed with the IRS Feb 1, 2023 | $448K | $402K | $46K | $1.2M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021Filed with the IRS Mar 28, 2022 | $360K | $438K | −$78K | $1.3M | 990 PDF |
| FY2020Filed with the IRS Mar 26, 2021 | $477K | $413K | $64K | $1.2M | 990 PDF |
Schedules filed Part IV
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Part I · Summary $580,297 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 13 of 13 board members independent, 4 to look at
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $580,297 across 7 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $550,788 across 7 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $1,351,244 assets, 12 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,297,033 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2023 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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