Cultivate a welcoming, thriving community that collaborates with refugees and newcomers through education, engagement, and support.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
93¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$64K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

Before you give

FY2021 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
Download 990
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
5 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $136K a year · 11% of revenue · last 5 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 5 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
93%
of spending
Looks good: 93% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$64K
to officers and key staff · 9% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 9% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
15 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 14.6 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $13K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$28K
3% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 3% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
10
of 10 voting members
Looks good: 10 of 10 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
Looks goodFineWorth a lookConcernNo data yetTap a box for the reason.
Revenue
$951K
+39% vs prior year
Spent
$693K
To programs
93%
Net assets
$929K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$951K
FY2021▲ +39%
Tap a bar for its year
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$683K
FY2021$951K
FY2022$1.2M
FY2023$1.3M
FY2024$1.9M
Expenses
$693K
FY2021▲ +11%
Tap a bar for its year
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$623K
FY2021$693K
FY2022$981K
FY2023$1.3M
FY2024$1.8M
Net assets
$929K
FY2021▲ +38%
Tap a bar for its year
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$671K
FY2021$929K
FY2022$1.1M
FY2023$1.1M
FY2024$1.3M

From the FY2021 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

Give Claim
You’re viewing the FY2021 filing — not the latest on file. See the latest (FY2024) →

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Apr 2009.

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

Where the money goes

93 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 93% · $646K Management & general 7% · $45K Fundraising 0% · $2K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

Something off? Claim to add context

Who runs it and what they're paid

11 people listed on the 990; $64K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$63,893Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Erika Brown-Binion’s $87K as Executive Director is at the 23rd percentile of top reported officer pay among 3868 $1–10M 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 · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Erika Brown-Binion$86,738$80,973$70,924$63,893$57,704

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.

See Refugee Development Center executive salaries →

On this list? Claim this org

Something off? Claim to add context

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

Helps refugees and newcomers thrive through education, engagement, and support.

Questions for Refugee Development Center

Tap to ask. Refugee Development Center sees how many people are interested.

Your first name shows with your question. Refugee Development Center answers here, for everyone.

Provided by the organization

Know this org? Add your story

3 programs · $597K · in their own filed words · FY2021
01

State of michigan department of human services (school impact grant, youth mentoring grant, and new refugee support services grant) - after-school tutoring, youth groups, parent education, esl, summer camp. Served 1,600 people

$380Kprogram expense
02

Capital area united way, city of lansing, ingham county, jackson national community fund, schultz FOUNDATION/HELLO neighbor, leap (lansing area economic partnership), and anonymous family foundation: various activities all providing education and day programming classes for youth and adult refugees. Served over 2,000 people

$161Kprogram expense
03

State of Michigan Department of Human Services

Digital literacy and learning focused on workforce development and english acquisition. Served 150 people

$55Kprogram 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 · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$13K
Grants paid · 3 grants · $25K · 2021–2023
Unitemized GrantFY2023$9,712
Unitemized GrantFY2022$4,052
Unitemized GrantFY2021$11,655

By the numbers

The FY2021 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$951K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$950K
Investment incomeLn 3$672
Other incomeLn 4–11$124
Money outPt IX
$693K
Ln 25
Programscol B$646K
Managementcol C$45K
Fundraisingcol D$2K
Owns and owesPt X
$929K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$844K
Total assetsLn 16$957K
LiabilitiesLn 26$28K
PeoplePt VI, VII
11
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a10
IndependentVI 1b10
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$950K
Government grantsLn 1e$617K
Investment incomeLn 3$672
Other incomeLn 4–11$124
Total revenueLn 12$951K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
SavingsLn 2$844K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$844K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$6K
Total assetsLn 16$957K
LiabilitiesLn 26$28K
Net assetsLn 32$929K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 525
VolunteersI 6300
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 FY21End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$625K$844K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$10K$6K
Total assetsLn 16$696K$957K
LiabilitiesLn 26$25K$28K
Net assetsLn 32$671K$929K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$36K$36K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$64K$60K$3K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$424K$401K$23K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$11K$11K$264
Other employee benefitsLn 9$25K$25K$686
Payroll taxesLn 10$31K$29K$2K
Accounting feesLn 11c$7K$7K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$9K$9K
Office expensesLn 13$35K$33K$2K
Information technologyLn 14$300$300
OccupancyLn 16$20K$20K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$7K$7K
InsuranceLn 23$2K$2K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$22K$22K
Total functional expensesLn 25$693K$646K$45K$2K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $1.9M$1.8M$153K$1.3M 990 PDF
FY2023 $1.3M$1.3M$18K$1.1M 990 PDF
FY2022 $1.2M$981K$192K$1.1M 990 PDF
FY2021 Viewing $951K$693K$258K$929K 990 PDF
FY2020 $683K$623K$60K$671K 990 PDF

More to add? Claim this org

Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
See the full FY2021 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $950,846 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $682,036$950,050
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $887$672
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $392$124
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $683,315$950,846
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $1,917$35,847
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $500,197$555,207
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $120,962$101,676
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $623,076$692,730
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $60,239$258,116
Part VI · Governance 10 of 10 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body10
VI-1b Independent voting members10
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 $950,846 across 7 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$33,428
VIII-1e Government grants$616,967
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$299,655
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$950,050
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $672$672
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $124$124
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $124 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $672$950,846
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $692,730 across 14 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $35,847$35,847
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $60,409 · Management $3,484$63,893
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $400,897 · Management $23,121$424,018
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $10,959 · Management $264$11,223
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $24,659 · Management $686$25,345
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $29,052 · Management $1,676$30,728
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $6,865$6,865
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $8,816$8,816
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $32,983 · Fundraising $1,613$34,596
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $300$300
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $19,717$19,717
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationManagement $7,248$7,248
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $1,711$1,711
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $22,423$22,423
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $646,062 · Management $45,055 · Fundraising $1,613$692,730
Part X · Balance sheet $956,761 assets, 9 lines filed
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $624,856$843,530
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $60,419$107,334
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $10,355$5,897
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $695,630$956,761
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $24,587$27,602
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $24,587$27,602
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $671,043$929,159
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $671,043$929,159
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $695,630$956,761
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $929,159 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$950,846
XI-2 Total expenses$692,730
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$258,116
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$671,043
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$929,159

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2021 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

Similar organizations you could support · Compare with another nonprofit

Names, privacy, and removal requests More

The names, titles, and compensation shown on this page are reproduced from IRS Form 990 filings, which are public records.

Philanthropy.org does not alter the content of those filings. All information appears exactly as reported by the filing organization for the tax year shown.

We publish only information contained in the public IRS filing — and less than the filing contains. Our profile pages do not display street addresses, telephone numbers, personal email addresses, or other personal contact information, even where the filing includes them.

Many people share the same name. A name shown on this page reflects only what one organization reported in one IRS filing for one tax year. It should not be interpreted as identifying any other individual with the same or a similar name.

If you are no longer affiliated with the organization, your name will generally stop appearing in future IRS filings once the organization no longer reports you. Pages for tax years in which you were reported remain published because those filings remain part of the public record.

Philanthropy.org does not alter or remove IRS filing records. Removing a page from this website would not remove the underlying IRS filing, which remains publicly available from the IRS and other publishers of the same information.

If you believe the IRS filing itself is inaccurate, corrections must be made by the filing organization or the IRS directly.

Your org? Add context

Made it to the end? Claim this org

All figures are derived from public IRS Form 990 filings and are presented without evaluation of any organization. philanthropy.org does not rate, score, or rank organizations, including the pay comparisons above.