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Opportunity Resource Fund

Public charity · Grantmaker Lansing, MI EIN: 38-2784136 Website

Opportunity Resource Fund (OppFund) promotes affordable housing, small business ownership, single family mortgages, strong communities, and fosters social and economic justice by providing loans and development services throughout the state of Michigan. By making funds available to those denied access to traditional capital, OppFund is breaking the cycle of poverty and assisting in the revitalization of Michigan neighborhoods and communities. Pre and post loan closing development services are a provision of services offered to individuals, nonprofits, and business owners.OppFund is a certified community development financial institution and functions as a revolving loan fund. It accepts socially motivated investments from individuals, not for profit organizations and banks with interest rates ranging generally from zero to three percent. These investment dollars are pooled to provide loans at affordable rates for real estate development, small business and homeownership loans.

Opportunity Resource Fund at a glance

In short: Opportunity Resource Fund gave $21K across 2 grants in 2025 (avg $11K), mostly in Michigan. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

Annual giving (2025)
$21,187
+37.6% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
2
Average grant
$10,594
Median grant
$10,594
Total assets
$31,672,524
+3.6% vs 2024
Primary geography
Michigan (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

Who Opportunity Resource Fund funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top 2 recipients in 2025

Bare All LLC: $11KBare All LLC$11KCafe De Miro LLC: $10KCafe De Miro LLC$10K

The largest 2025 recipient was Bare All LLC ($11K). Together the top 2 received $21K.

Grant Size Distribution

5 grants across all recorded years

4<$50K1$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 4 grants of 5 (80%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

2states

Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 2 itemized grants.

Cities

Grand RapidsWashington

How Opportunity Resource Fund gives

  • Giving fell 44% from 2022 to 2025. Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$20K$40K$60K0 grants2020 1 grant2021 1 grant2022 1 grant2023 Total only2024 2 grants2025

From 2021 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $15K (2024) to $60K (2021). In 2025 it made 2 grants totaling $21K.

Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Bare All LLC Grand Rapids, MIPass through small business grant from FHLBI$11,187
Cafe De Miro LLC Grand Rapids, MIPass through small business grant from FHLBI$10,000
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2025$31,672,524$3,774,089$3,490,612$21,1872$262,964
2024$30,573,077$3,254,579$3,111,936$15,400Total only$12,500
2023$27,951,331$3,996,660$2,957,387$20,4001$18,970
2022$26,919,241$4,959,860$2,498,380$37,8321$4,336
2021$31,795,394$4,238,589$2,155,004$59,8331$516
2020$23,453,108$1,350,057$2,058,695——$618

"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.

About Opportunity Resource Fund

Based on IRS filings

Opportunity Resource Fund is a public charity focused on Human Services, based in Lansing, MI. IRS filing data is available from 2020 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $31.7M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 2 grants totaling $21K. Net investment income was $263K.

Focus Areas

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Opportunity Resource Fund is led by Christine Coady Narayanan, President & CEO on every filing since 2020; 5 of 13 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Christine Coady Narayanan

    President & CEO

    On filings since 2020

    40 hrs/week

    $158K (2020) → $162K (2025)

  • Byna Elliott

    President & CEO

    New on the 2025 filing

    40 hrs/week

    $163K (2025)

  • Sheilah P Clay

    Board Chair

    Secretary → Vice Chair, 2023

    Vice Chair → Board Chair, 2025

    On filings since 2020

    4 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Charles Turner

    Director of Single Family

    Director of Single Family Lending → Director of Single Family, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    40 hrs/week

    $102K (2024) → $106K (2025)

  • Curtis Smith

    Trustee

    On filings since 2020

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Raymond Henney

    Trustee

    On filings since 2020

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Omar Cuevas

    Trustee

    On filings since 2024

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Brett Oumedian

    Trustee

    New on the 2025 filing

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kevin Fitzgerald

    Vice President of Finance & CFO

    On filings since 2020

    40 hrs/week

    $136K (2020) → $201K (2025)

  • Marcus Rankin

    COO

    New on the 2025 filing

    40 hrs/week

    $152K (2025)

  • Thomas Johnson

    Treasurer

    Trustee → Treasurer, 2023

    On filings since 2020

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Carol Tarnowsky

    Secretary

    Trustee → Secretary, 2024

    On filings since 2022

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Joseph Heaphy

    Vice Chair

    Trustee → Vice Chair, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (10)
  • Former: Marc Craig (2020–2024) — Board Chair
  • Former: Robert K Hunt (2020–2024) — Immediate Past Chair
  • Former: Tarik Bazzy (2020–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: Sonali Allen (2021–2024) — Secretary
  • Former: Anika Goss (2022–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: Amy Hovey (2020–2022) — Board Chair
  • Former: Thomas H Seabron (2020–2022) — Vice Chair
  • Former: Anthony Spokojny (2020) — Trustee
  • Former: Sister Margaret Alandt IHM (2020) — Treasurer
  • Former: Timothy Strasz (2020) — Chief Loan Officer

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Compensation Overview

From 2025 IRS filing

Kevin Fitzgerald — VP of Finance/CFO: $201KKevin FitzgeraldVP of Finance/CFO$201KByna Elliott — President/CEO: $163KByna ElliottPresident/CEO$163KChristine Narayanan — President/CEO (Ended 5/19/25): $162KChristine NarayananPresident/CEO (Ended 5/19/25)$162KMarcus Rankin — COO: $152KMarcus RankinCOO$152KCharles Turner — Director of Single Family: $106KCharles TurnerDirector of Single Family$106K

The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $201K, to Kevin Fitzgerald (VP of Finance/CFO). 5 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.

Frequently asked questions about Opportunity Resource Fund

How much does Opportunity Resource Fund give each year?

Opportunity Resource Fund gave $21K across 2 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it reported $15K in grants paid.

How large is Opportunity Resource Fund?

Opportunity Resource Fund reported $31.7M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $3.8M.

What is Opportunity Resource Fund?

Opportunity Resource Fund is a public charity focused on Human Services, based in Lansing, MI. It holds $31.7M in total assets as of 2025.

Where does Opportunity Resource Fund operate?

Opportunity Resource Fund has awarded grants in District of Columbia, Michigan.

What is Opportunity Resource Fund's EIN?

Opportunity Resource Fund's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 38-2784136. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

Data update history

(3)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS June 13, 2025)
  2. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS July 2, 2026)
  3. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024

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