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Midland Kids First

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Midland, MI501(c)(3)Crime & Legal EIN 26-0748605Revenue $105K in FY2024Latest return filed Oct 29, 2025

On file with the IRSmidlandkidsfirst.org2715 Ashman St, 48640-4449 · Midland, MITax-exempt since May 2008Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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The organization's mission is to recognize the strengths and assets of Midland county's youth in order to provide valuable input and participation by assisting in identifying needs, creating solutions and validating effectiveness, to build capacity at all levels to intervene early in the lives of those families viewed at risk of becoming involved in the legal system, to mobilize the community to promote values and norms that support compassion, respect, rehabilitation, and accountability while ensuring community safety, and to support leadership that is responsive to this unified commitment that focuses First on integrated community-based programs.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
67¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 45 volunteers and 1 employee.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2024 · 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
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
1 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $19K a year · 6% of revenue · last 5 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 1 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
67%
of spending
Fine: 67% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$62K
to officers and key staff · 36% of spending
Top officer’s pay lower than 62% of similar orgs
Concern: pay to officers and key staff is 36% of spending; over 30%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
33 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 33.3 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $500
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$21K
4% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 4% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
14
of 14 voting members
Looks good: 14 of 14 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
Looks goodFineWorth a lookConcernNo data yetTap a box for the reason.
Revenue
$105K
-18% vs prior year
Spent
$173K
To programs
67%
Net assets
$468K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$105K
FY2024▼ -18%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$826K
FY2021$337K
FY2022$104K
FY2023$128K
FY2024$105K
Expenses
$173K
FY2024+0.4%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$165K
FY2021$687K
FY2022$207K
FY2023$172K
FY2024$173K
Net assets
$468K
FY2024▼ -13%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$1.1M
FY2021$701K
FY2022$579K
FY2023$537K
FY2024$468K

From the FY2024 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in May 2008.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

67 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 67% · $115K Management & general 33% · $58K

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

15 people listed on the 990; $62K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Noel Contardi
President &
$61,800Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Brita Johnson
Vice Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Rod Coleman
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Nicole Ford
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Dorene Allen
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Michele Bell
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Mark Bone
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Noel Contardi’s $62K as President & is at the 38th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1404 $100K–1M crime & legal 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 · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Noel Contardi$61,800$50,667———
Pamela Singer——$37,449$45,500$31,200

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

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 15aYes

Programs and updates

Empowers youth to identify needs, create solutions, and build community support for at-risk families.

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3 programs · $103K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Child Maltreatment Prevention

Program using evidence based methods in partnership with medical providers to address psychosocial problems facing many families such as parental depression, substance abuse, major stress, intimate partner violence, harsh punishment, and food insecurity. These problems have been associated with child maltreatment.

$45Kprogram expense
02

The midland mentors program seeks to provide positive role models for youth in the day treatment program at the midland county juvenile care center thereby reducing the likelihood that these youth will engage in high risk behaviors.

$31Kprogram expense
03

The recovering youth futures program aims to make substance abuse counseling and treatment available to youth who might not otherwise receive adequate treatment and to result in an objectively-verified positive impact on substance abuse by school-age youth.

$28Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2024
The Doan Family FoundationFY2024$500
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$500
Grants paid · 1 grant · $506K · 2021–2021
Midland Area Community FoundationMI · FY2021$506,392

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

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1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$105K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$78K
Investment incomeLn 3$25K
Other incomeLn 4–11$2K
Money outPt IX
$173K
Ln 25
Programscol B$115K
Managementcol C$58K
Owns and owesPt X
$468K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$480K
Total assetsLn 16$489K
LiabilitiesLn 26$21K
PeoplePt VI, VII
15
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a14
IndependentVI 1b14
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$78K
Government grantsLn 1e$54K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$369
Investment incomeLn 3$25K
Other incomeLn 4–11$2K
Total revenueLn 12$105K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
SavingsLn 2$480K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$480K
Other assetsLn 15$7K
Total assetsLn 16$489K
LiabilitiesLn 26$21K
Net assetsLn 32$468K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 51
VolunteersI 645
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14No
3More from this return
EndowmentSch D · Pt V
LineFY24FY23FY22FY21FY20
End of yearLn 1g$7K$6K$5K$6K$11K
Given inLn 1b$400$10K
SpentLn 1d–1f$63$62$62$6K$6
4Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$520K$480K
Total assetsLn 16$567K$489K
LiabilitiesLn 26$31K$21K
Net assetsLn 32$537K$468K
5Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$62K$35K$27K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$8K$4K$3K
Payroll taxesLn 10$5K$3K$2K
Accounting feesLn 11c$10K$10K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$21K$21K$30
Advertising and promotionLn 12$2K$524$2K
Office expensesLn 13$9K$2K$7K
InsuranceLn 23$3K$1K$2K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$51K$48K$3K
All other expensesLn 24e$2K$1K$625
Total functional expensesLn 25$173K$115K$58K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS Oct 29, 2025 $105K$173K−$68K$468K 990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS Nov 7, 2024 $128K$172K−$44K$537K 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS Nov 15, 2023 $104K$207K−$103K$579K 990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS Nov 15, 2022 $337K$687K−$350K$701K 990 PDF
FY2020Filed with the IRS Nov 3, 2021 $826K$165K$661K$1.1M 990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
See the full FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $104,752 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $103,184$77,764
I-9 Program service revenue$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $25,207$24,838
I-11 Other revenue$2,150
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $128,391$104,752
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $59,048$74,418
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $113,272$98,573
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $172,320$172,991
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$43,929−$68,239
Part VI · Governance 14 of 14 board members independent, 2 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body14
VI-1b Independent voting members14
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $104,752 across 7 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$54,343
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$23,421
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$369
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$77,764
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $24,838$24,838
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $2,150$2,150
VIII-12 Total revenueExcluded from tax $26,988$104,752
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $172,991 across 10 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $34,608 · Management $27,192$61,800
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $4,283 · Management $3,366$7,649
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $2,783 · Management $2,186$4,969
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $10,192$10,192
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $20,678 · Management $30$20,708
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $524 · Management $1,500$2,024
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $1,904 · Management $7,163$9,067
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $1,486 · Management $1,901$3,387
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $47,922 · Management $3,448$51,370
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $1,200 · Management $625$1,825
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $115,388 · Management $57,603 · Fundraising $0$172,991
Part X · Balance sheet $488,507 assets, 12 lines filed
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $520,327$480,398
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $37,500$773
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $3,374$413
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $6,199$6,923
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $567,400$488,507
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $25,735$2,623
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $4,905$18,001
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $30,640$20,624
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $116,040$75,829
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $420,720$392,054
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $536,760$467,883
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $567,400$488,507
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $467,883 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$104,752
XI-2 Total expenses$172,991
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$68,239
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$536,760
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments−$638
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$467,883

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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