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Vicksburg Community Schools Foundation

Public charity · Grantmaker Vicksburg, MI EIN: 38-2499765 Website

The foundation helps financially energize the vicksburg community schools to achieve its objectives and needs beyond traditional educational funding.

Vicksburg Community Schools Foundation at a glance

In short: Vicksburg Community Schools Foundation gave $45K across 2 grants in 2025 (avg $23K), mostly in Michigan. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

Annual giving (2025)
$45,390
-42.8% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
2
+0.0% vs 2024
Average grant
$22,695
-42.8% vs 2024
Median grant
$22,695
Total assets
$2,076,789
+9.3% 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 Vicksburg Community Schools Foundation funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top 2 recipients in 2025

Vicksburg Community Schools: $29KVicksburg Community Schools$29KKalamazoo Community Foundation: $17KKalamazoo Community Foundation$17K

The largest 2025 recipient was Vicksburg Community Schools ($29K). Together the top 2 received $45K.

Grant Size Distribution

12 grants across all recorded years

11<$50K1$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 11 grants of 12 (92%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 2 itemized grants.

States

Cities

VicksburgKalamazoo

How Vicksburg Community Schools Foundation gives

  • Giving grew 30% 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$60K$80K3 grants2019 3 grants2020 4 grants2021 2 grants2022 2 grants2023 2 grants2024 2 grants2025

From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $33K (2020) to $79K (2024). In 2025 it made 2 grants totaling $45K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Vicksburg Community Schools Vicksburg, MIProvide enhancements to student education beyond what is provided with traditional funding sources$28,840
Kalamazoo Community Foundation Kalamazoo, MIProvide enhancements to student education beyond what is provided with traditional funding sources$16,550
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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$2,076,789$114,566$127,576$45,3902$3,685
2024$1,899,684$146,463$161,165$79,3962$5,152
2023$1,713,005$122,002$120,895$40,0022$2,794
2022$1,542,770$54,614$101,755$35,0182$70
2021$1,733,054$186,538$146,840$71,0984$41
2020$1,323,235$95,576$81,580$32,7683$879
2019$1,359,608$133,428$108,689$58,5403$424

About Vicksburg Community Schools Foundation

Based on IRS filings

Vicksburg Community Schools Foundation is a public charity focused on Education, based in Vicksburg, MI. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $2.1M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 2 grants totaling $45K. Net investment income was $4K.

Focus Areas

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Vicksburg Community Schools Foundation is led by Christopher Young, President since 2025 (on filings since 2022); none of the 18 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Christopher Young

    President

    Trustee → President, 2025

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Carol Lohman

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • David Aubrey

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Keevin O'Neill

    Executve Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Pat Wilson O'Leary

    Trustee

    Trustee → President, 2022

    President → Trustee, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Robert Willhite

    Trustee

    President → Vice President, 2022

    Vice President → Trustee, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Warren Lawrence

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Chris Laaksonen

    Trustee

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Eric Hackman

    Trustee

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Lisa Newman

    Trustee

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Stephanie Mallery

    Trustee

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Susan Nason

    Trustee

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Christina Bowles

    Trustee

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kelly Current

    Trustee

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kelly Germay

    Trustee

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Laurie Jastifer

    Trustee

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Steve Goss

    Treasurer

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Tamara Young

    Secretary

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (11)
  • Former: Chrisi Bowles (2019–2023) — Trustee
  • Former: Marci Bailey (2019–2022) — Trustee
  • Former: Andrew Horne (2019–2021) — Trustee
  • Former: Beth O'Roark (2019–2021) — Secretary
  • Former: Jill Tibbetts (2019–2021) — Trustee
  • Former: Lucas Hillard (2019–2021) — Vice President
  • Former: Lynn Buell (2019–2021) — Trustee
  • Former: David Linton (2019–2020) — Trustee
  • Former: Pat Moreno (2019–2020) — Trustee
  • Former: Sue Moore (2019–2020) — Trustee
  • Former: Mike Oswalt (2019) — Trustee

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Frequently asked questions about Vicksburg Community Schools Foundation

How much does Vicksburg Community Schools Foundation give each year?

Vicksburg Community Schools Foundation gave $45K across 2 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $79K across 2 grants.

How large is Vicksburg Community Schools Foundation?

Vicksburg Community Schools Foundation reported $2.1M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $115K.

What is Vicksburg Community Schools Foundation?

Vicksburg Community Schools Foundation is a public charity focused on Education, based in Vicksburg, MI. It holds $2.1M in total assets as of 2025.

Where does Vicksburg Community Schools Foundation operate?

Vicksburg Community Schools Foundation has awarded grants in Michigan.

What is Vicksburg Community Schools Foundation's EIN?

Vicksburg Community Schools Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 38-2499765. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

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

Data update history

(4)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS July 14, 2020)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 13, 2021)
  3. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 13, 2026)
  4. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024

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