Public Charity

BLANDFORD NATURE CENTER

BLANDFORD NATURE CENTER is a nonprofit organization categorized as Public Charity based in GRAND RAPIDS, MI. Its most recent IRS filing (2025) reports revenue of $2.4M, expenses of $2.6M, total assets of $21.3M. Imperigo tracks 31 reported grant relationships connected to this organization totaling approximately $753K.

EIN: 200739420 GRAND RAPIDS, MI Educational Services NTEE: B90 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$2.4M
Total Expenses$2.6M
Total Assets$21.3M
Grant Records31
Funding Total$753K
Filing Years2020–2025

Mission

USING 264 ACRES OF LAND AND WILDLIFE AS THE BACKDROP, BLANDFORD NATURE CENTER PROVIDES EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMS THAT: - EDUCATE OUR COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND OUR ENVIRONMENT, OUR HERITAGE, AND OUR CONNECTION TO NATURAL SYSTEMS. - ENGAGE PEOPLE TO ACTIVELY USE NATURAL SPACES AND ADOPT SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES. - EMPOWER PEOPLE TO EMBRACE NATURE AND NEW PERSPECTIVES.

Where $100 goes at Blandford Nature Center

How Blandford Nature Center divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 8 years.

$65 Programs the work itself
$19 Management running the organization
$16 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $65 for programs

$65
Blandford Nature Center provides educational programming to children and families in the greater west michigan area with an emphasis on ecology, biology and geography
All program spending
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

VICE-CHAIR Andy Beachnau
DIRECTOR Beth Cranson
TREASURER Bob Tsironis
SECRETARY Gustavo Perez
DIRECTOR Jeff Towner
DIRECTOR Keith Winn

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Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$660,391 20 grants
Education
$54,000 5 grants
Economic Development
$20,000 1 grant
Arts & Culture
$13,600 4 grants
Environment & Conservation
$5,000 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $2.4M $2.6M $21.3M
2024 $4.5M $2.4M $20.4M
2023 $2.4M $2.1M $18.2M
2022 $3.4M $2.0M $16.9M
2020 $2.8M $1.5M $15.1M

Between 2020 and 2025, reported annual revenue declined from $2.8M to $2.4M (-15%), with total assets most recently reported at $21.3M.

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