Sunset senior communities provides quality services for senior adults in the greater grand rapids metropolitan area, in a spirit of christian love.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
88¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 245 volunteers and 850 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $782K a year · 2% of revenue · last 6 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
88%
of spending
Looks good: 88% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$1.6M
to officers and key staff · 4% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 4% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
1 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $18.5M in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Fine: 1.4 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $455K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$88.1M
77% of total assets
Worth a look: liabilities are 77% of assets; over 65%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
12
of 12 voting members
Looks good: 12 of 12 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$36.8M
+7% vs prior year
Spent
$40.3M
To programs
88%
Net assets
$26.8M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$36.8M
FY2025▲ +7%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$36.4M
FY2021$34.4M
FY2022$27.9M
FY2023$31.1M
FY2024$34.4M
FY2025$36.8M
Expenses
$40.3M
FY2025▲ +21%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$35.4M
FY2021$25.2M
FY2022$29.7M
FY2023$32.2M
FY2024$33.3M
FY2025$40.3M
Net assets
$26.8M
FY2025▼ -9%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$13.0M
FY2021$30.7M
FY2022$30.0M
FY2023$28.4M
FY2024$29.5M
FY2025$26.8M

From the FY2025 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Sep 1973.

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Where the money goes

88 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 88% · $35.4M Management & general 12% · $5.0M

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

23 people listed on the 990; $1.6M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
President and CEO
$373,194Pt VII · Sec A
CFO and Treasurer
$358,769Pt VII · Sec A
VP Human Resources
$220,394Pt VII · Sec A
Executive Director
$177,093Pt VII · Sec A
Executive Director
$166,272Pt VII · Sec A
Executive Director
$152,916Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Facilities
$113,432Pt VII · Sec A
Director - Part Year
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Christina Matzke’s $373K as President and CEO is at the 87th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3122 $10–100M human services nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Christina Matzke$373,194$302,739$291,614$278,694$238,609$191,955
Steven Bossenbroek$358,769$261,564$252,961$236,909$211,110$186,283
Steve Zuiderveen————$219,298$284,070
Melissa Ohm$220,394$168,793$165,495$155,127$130,586$127,764
David Miedema——$177,500$201,000$178,000—
Ben Leavell$177,093$164,816$147,632$131,703$121,168$118,991
Sue Hamm$166,272$161,712$156,888$149,231$137,843$134,774
Emily Foster$152,916$132,343$124,625—$111,835$102,433

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

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

Programs and updates

Offers housing and home help services for seniors in Kent and Ottawa Counties.

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3 programs · $35.4M · in their own filed words · FY2025
01

Provide quality assisted living and independent living housing and services including transportation, social services, meals at home, to 800+ seniors.

$34.9Mprogram expense
02

Provide home help and private duty to 60 seniors.

$267Kprogram expense
03

Net corporate

$215Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$455K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$36.8M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$34.6M
Investment incomeLn 3$1.7M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$455K
Money outPt IX
$40.3M
Ln 25
Programscol B$35.4M
Managementcol C$5.0M
Owns and owesPt X
$26.8M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$4.8M
Total assetsLn 16$114.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$88.1M
PeoplePt VI, VII
23
listed · VII A
PaidVII A7
Voting boardVI 1a12
IndependentVI 1b12
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$455K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$34.6M
Investment incomeLn 3$1.7M
Gains on assetsLn 7$1.0M
Total revenueLn 12$36.8M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$4.5M
SavingsLn 2$375K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$4.8M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$18.5M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$87.5M
Other assetsLn 15$1.0M
Total assetsLn 16$114.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$88.1M
Net assetsLn 32$26.8M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5850
VolunteersI 6245
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$4.9M$4.8M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$12.7M$18.5M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$91.1M$87.5M
Total assetsLn 16$111.0M$114.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$81.4M$88.1M
Net assetsLn 32$29.5M$26.8M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$810K$810K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$12.8M$11.2M$1.6M
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$473K$404K$69K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$1.9M$1.3M$533K
Payroll taxesLn 10$995K$844K$151K
Legal feesLn 11b$98K$98K
Accounting feesLn 11c$190K$98K$92K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$1K$1K
Investment management feesLn 11f$126K$126K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$399K$214K$185K$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$168K$74K$93K
Office expensesLn 13$109K$42K$67K
Information technologyLn 14$537K$437K$100K
OccupancyLn 16$2.2M$2.2M$65K
TravelLn 17$43K$27K$16K
InterestLn 20$2.7M$2.6M$139K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$4.4M$4.3M$170K
InsuranceLn 23$905K$452K$453K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$10.1M$10.0M$94K
All other expensesLn 24e$1.3M$1.2M$90K$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$40.3M$35.4M$5.0M$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $36.8M$40.3M−$3.5M$26.8M 990 PDF
FY2024 $34.4M$33.3M$1.0M$29.5M 990 PDF
FY2023 $31.1M$32.2M−$1.1M$28.4M 990 PDF
FY2022 $27.9M$29.7M−$1.8M$30.0M 990 PDF
FY2021 $34.4M$25.2M$9.2M$30.7M 990 PDF
FY2020 $36.4M$35.4M$965K$13.0M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support J · Pay O · Explanations
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $36,807,951 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $650,254$455,063
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $31,844,269$34,625,520
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $1,857,820$1,727,368
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $34,352,343$36,807,951
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $16,339,116$16,912,822
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $17,006,203$23,420,346
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $33,345,319$40,333,168
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $1,007,024−$3,525,217
Part VI · Governance 12 of 12 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body12
VI-1b Independent voting members12
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $36,807,951 across 7 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $1,583 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1d Related organizations$455,063
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$455,063
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $34,623,937$34,623,937
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $726,566$726,566
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $1,000,802$1,000,802
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $34,625,520 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $1,727,368$36,807,951
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $40,333,168 across 20 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffManagement $810,236$810,236
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $11,155,354 · Management $1,619,736$12,775,090
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $403,881 · Management $68,674$472,555
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $1,326,705 · Management $533,325$1,860,030
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $844,197 · Management $150,714$994,911
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $98,172$98,172
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $98,148 · Management $92,000$190,148
IX-11d Lobbying feesManagement $1,324$1,324
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $126,035$126,035
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $214,432 · Management $184,748 · Fundraising $0$399,180
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $74,451 · Management $93,266$167,717
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $41,575 · Management $67,237$108,812
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $436,941 · Management $99,895$536,836
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $2,163,317 · Management $65,022$2,228,339
IX-17 TravelPrograms $27,307 · Management $15,542$42,849
IX-20 InterestPrograms $2,571,256 · Management $138,807$2,710,063
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $4,268,586 · Management $169,612$4,438,198
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $451,824 · Management $453,106$904,930
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $10,047,230 · Management $93,587$10,140,817
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $1,237,080 · Management $89,846 · Fundraising $0$1,326,926
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $35,362,284 · Management $4,970,884 · Fundraising $0$40,333,168
Part X · Balance sheet $114,885,765 assets, 18 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $4,285,844$4,466,605
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $590,917$374,725
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $420,477$629,387
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $21,881$26,776
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $161,678$792,731
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $91,142,043$87,502,827
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $12,690,016$18,507,777
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $322,100$1,564,600
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $1,338,884$1,020,337
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $110,973,840$114,885,765
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $2,207,382$3,667,837
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $6,079,925$6,912,247
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $45,811,817$50,384,477
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $27,335,337$27,166,600
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $81,434,461$88,131,161
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $29,539,379$26,754,604
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $29,539,379$26,754,604
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $110,973,840$114,885,765
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $26,754,604 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$36,807,951
XI-2 Total expenses$40,333,168
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$3,525,217
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$29,539,379
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$1,118,495
XI-9 Other changes in net assets−$378,053
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$26,754,604

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