Michigan Community Action

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Okemos, MI501(c)(3)Since 1975Community DevelopmentEIN 38-2292435Revenue $9.2M in FY2025

On file with the IRSmcac.memberclicks.net2173 Commons Pkwy, 48864-3987 · Okemos, MITax-exempt since Sep 1981Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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To strengthen and inspire Community Action agencies to champion solutions to poverty and to promote economic opportunity.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
93¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 10 volunteers and 8 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
4 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $73K a year · under 1% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 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
$211K
to officers and key staff · 2% of spending
Top officer’s pay lower than 69% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 2% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 2.4 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $666K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$1.7M
39% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 39% 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
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Revenue
$9.2M
-8% vs prior year
Spent
$9.2M
To programs
93%
Net assets
$2.7M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$9.2M
FY2025▼ -8%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$10.2M
FY2021$9.4M
FY2022$8.4M
FY2023$8.2M
FY2024$10.1M
FY2025$9.2M
Expenses
$9.2M
FY2025▼ -6%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$10.2M
FY2021$9.3M
FY2022$8.4M
FY2023$8.2M
FY2024$9.8M
FY2025$9.2M
Net assets
$2.7M
FY2025▲ +5%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$1.8M
FY2021$2.1M
FY2022$1.8M
FY2023$1.9M
FY2024$2.5M
FY2025$2.7M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending September 2025) · 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 1981.

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% · $8.6M Management & general 7% · $625K

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

12 people listed on the 990; $211K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
Executive Director
$121,797Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Finance
$88,971Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary/Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Urban Officer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Lower Peninsula/Rural Officer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Upper Peninsula Officer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
At Large Officer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
At Large Officer
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Brian McGrain’s $122K as Executive Director is at the 31st percentile of top reported officer pay among 2832 $1–10M community development 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
Katherine White—————$135,921
Brian McGrain$121,797$97,958————
Chong-Anna Canfora———$121,003$113,061—
Cheryl Coleman———$106,787——
Chong-Anna Canfora Ended——$90,443———
Rebecca Bossenbroek$88,971$54,502————
Heather Badder———$79,723$77,581$77,331
Heather Badder Ended——$63,850———

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 community agencies to fight poverty and create economic opportunity.

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3 programs · $8.6M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Efficiency United

statewide energy waste reduction program.

$8.1Mprogram expense
02

Project evaluation

$326Kprogram expense
03

Advocacy of interests of residential utility customers through participation in specific cases designed by the grantor.

$138Kprogram 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
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$666K
Grants paid · 20 grants · $599K · 2019–2020
Washtenaw County Office of CommunitFY2020$12,318
Macomb Community ActionFY2019$60,878
Washtenaw County Office of CommunitFY2019$32,908
EightcapMI · FY2019$27,447
FivecapMI · FY2019$22,915
Blue Water Community ActionMI · FY2019$20,722
Human Development CommissionMI · FY2019$20,063
Ottawa County Community ActionFY2019$17,795
Community Action AgencyMI · FY2019$13,685
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By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$9.2M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$8.9M
Investment incomeLn 3$169K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$136K
Money outPt IX
$9.2M
Ln 25
Programscol B$8.6M
Managementcol C$625K
Owns and owesPt X
$2.7M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.8M
Total assetsLn 16$4.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.7M
PeoplePt VI, VII
12
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a10
IndependentVI 1b10
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$136K
Government grantsLn 1e$76K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$8.9M
Investment incomeLn 3$169K
Gains on assetsLn 7$82K
Total revenueLn 12$9.2M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$1.8M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$1.8M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$2.0M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$377K
Total assetsLn 16$4.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.7M
Net assetsLn 32$2.7M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 58
VolunteersI 610
Fiscal year endsHeaderSeptember
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$2.5M$1.8M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.8M$2.0M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$391K$377K
Total assetsLn 16$4.9M$4.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.3M$1.7M
Net assetsLn 32$2.5M$2.7M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$244K$161K$83K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$317K$208K$109K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$17K$12K$5K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$66K$46K$20K
Payroll taxesLn 10$39K$27K$12K
Legal feesLn 11b$15K$15K
Accounting feesLn 11c$31K$31K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$16K$16K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$8.0M$8.0M$16K
Office expensesLn 13$45K$16K$30K
Information technologyLn 14$5K$783$4K
OccupancyLn 16$37K$4K$32K
TravelLn 17$24K$2K$23K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$178K$36K$142K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$20K$737$19K
InsuranceLn 23$22K$17K$4K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$75K$12K$64K
Total functional expensesLn 25$9.2M$8.6M$625K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $9.2M$9.2M$71K$2.7M 990 PDF
FY2024 $10.1M$9.8M$279K$2.5M 990 PDF
FY2023 $8.2M$8.2M$30K$1.9M 990 PDF
FY2022 $8.4M$8.4M−$8$1.8M 990 PDF
FY2021 $9.4M$9.3M$107K$2.1M 990 PDF
FY2020 $10.2M$10.2M−$48K$1.8M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $9,248,679 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $359,619$136,500
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $9,597,449$8,942,842
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $93,668$169,337
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $10,050,736$9,248,679
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $587,323$682,802
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $9,184,831$8,495,084
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $9,772,154$9,177,886
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $278,582$70,793
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 $9,248,679 across 7 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $60,266 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1e Government grants$76,500
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$60,000
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$136,500
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $8,882,576$8,882,576
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $87,513$87,513
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $81,824$81,824
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $8,942,842 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $169,337$9,248,679
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $9,177,886 across 17 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $160,835 · Management $82,814$243,649
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $208,252 · Management $108,689$316,941
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $11,812 · Management $5,290$17,102
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $45,513 · Management $20,386$65,899
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $27,081 · Management $12,130$39,211
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $14,812$14,812
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $30,864$30,864
IX-11d Lobbying feesManagement $15,734$15,734
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $8,011,115 · Management $16,263$8,027,378
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $15,805 · Management $29,586$45,391
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $783 · Management $4,475$5,258
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $4,310 · Management $32,201$36,511
IX-17 TravelPrograms $1,587 · Management $22,643$24,230
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $36,319 · Management $141,794$178,113
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $737 · Management $18,939$19,676
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $17,417 · Management $4,441$21,858
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $11,556 · Management $63,703$75,259
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $8,553,122 · Management $624,764 · Fundraising $0$9,177,886
Part X · Balance sheet $4,338,850 assets, 13 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $2,545,523$1,829,533
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $22,537$21,255
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $19,169$74,687
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $48,270$53,704
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $391,238$377,090
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $1,831,381$1,982,581
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $4,858,118$4,338,850
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $836,793$721,127
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $1,481,810$960,078
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $2,318,603$1,681,205
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $2,539,515$2,657,645
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $2,539,515$2,657,645
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $4,858,118$4,338,850
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $2,657,645 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$9,248,679
XI-2 Total expenses$9,177,886
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$70,793
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$2,539,515
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$47,337
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$2,657,645

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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