West Michigan Veterans INC

Holton, MIUnknown exempt organizationEIN 38-3036621Revenue $598 in FY2025

On file with the IRS6280 3rd Street · Holton, MI

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To assist military Veterans and their families in securing va benefits and emergent assistance. We also administer two energy assistance programs. One is a settlement program between dte and the state of Michigan to assist select dte customers in making their homes more energy efficient. The second program assists low income individuals or families through a furnace test and tune program to ensure their furnaces are in proper working condition including free inspections, test and tune, parts replacement up to a complete furnace replacement with a high efficiency furnace.

85¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$10K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
Download 990
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
2 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $8K a year · 2% of revenue · last 5 filings
Concern: a surplus in 2 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
85%
of spending
Looks good: 85% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$10K
to officers and key staff · 20% of spending
Fine: pay to officers and key staff is 20% of spending; 15% to 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Liabilities
$0
total owed
No data yet: the filing does not give total assets.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
5
of 5 voting members
Looks good: 5 of 5 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$598
-99% vs prior year
Spent
$48K
To programs
85%
Net assets
$0
By yearFY2021–FY2025
Revenue
$598
FY2025▼ -99%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$407K
FY2022$850K
FY2023$969K
FY2024$72K
FY2025$598
Expenses
$48K
FY2025▼ -57%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021$429K
FY2022$827K
FY2023$923K
FY2024$112K
FY2025$48K
Net assets
$0
FY2025▼ -100%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$18K
FY2022$41K
FY2023$88K
FY2024$48K
FY2025$0

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending September 2025) · see the original

990 PDF Claim

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025.

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

Where the money goes

85 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 85% · $41K Management & general 15% · $7K

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

5 people listed on the 990; $10K 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
Director
$4,750Pt VII · Sec A
Financial Di
$4,750Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice Preside
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2022FY2021
David Eling$4,750$14,744$18,628
Sherry Eling$4,750$14,744$18,628

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 15aNo

Programs and updates

Helps veterans get VA benefits and emergency aid, plus offers energy efficiency and furnace assistance programs.

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2 programs · $41K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

We provide gift cards directly to the muskegon county department of veterans for the purchase of food, personal hygine items, and gasoline.

$34Kprogram expense
02

Through the dte energy assistance program we administer, we assist dte customers in obtaining new furnaces, water heaters, home insulation, and other EQUIPMENT/ITEMS to help make their homes more energy efficient.

$7Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · this organization's grantmaking
Grants paid · 4 grants · $2.1M · 2020–2023
Unitemized GrantFY2023$51,332
Unitemized GrantFY2022$863,878
Unitemized GrantFY2021$781,770
Unitemized GrantFY2020$374,695

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$598
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$598
Money outPt IX
$48K
Ln 25
Programscol B$41K
Managementcol C$7K
Owns and owesPt X
$0
net assets · Ln 32
Total assetsLn 16$0
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
PeoplePt VI, VII
5
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a5
IndependentVI 1b5
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$598
Government grantsLn 1e$598
Total revenueLn 12$598
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
Total assetsLn 16$0
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
Net assetsLn 32$0
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 52
Fiscal year endsHeaderSeptember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Total assetsLn 16$49K$0
LiabilitiesLn 26$1K$0
Net assetsLn 32$48K$0
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$325$325
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$10K$5K$5K
Payroll taxesLn 10$727$363$364
Accounting feesLn 11c$2K$2K
Office expensesLn 13$98$78$20
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$36K$35K$265
Total functional expensesLn 25$48K$41K$7K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $598$48K−$48K$0 990 PDF
FY2024 $72K$112K−$40K$48K 990 PDF
FY2023 $969K$923K$46K$88K 990 PDF
FY2022 $850K$827K$24K$41K 990 PDF
FY2021 $407K$429K−$22K$18K 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 $598 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $72,346$598
I-9 Program service revenue$0
I-10 Investment income$0
I-11 Other revenue$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $72,346$598
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $51,332$325
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $38,730$10,228
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $22,213$37,840
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $112,275$48,393
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$39,929−$47,795
Part VI · Governance 5 of 5 board members independent, 4 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body5
VI-1b Independent voting members5
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $598 across 3 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$598
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$598
VIII-12 Total revenue$598
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $48,393 across 6 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $325$325
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $4,750 · Management $4,751$9,501
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $363 · Management $364$727
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $2,075$2,075
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $78 · Management $20$98
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $35,402 · Management $265$35,667
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $40,918 · Management $7,475 · Fundraising $0$48,393
Part X · Balance sheet $0 assets, 4 lines filed
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $49,029$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $1,234$0
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $47,795$0
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $49,029$0
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $0 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$598
XI-2 Total expenses$48,393
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$47,795
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$47,795
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$0

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

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