Berrien-Cass-Vanburen Workforce Development Board INC

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Benton Harbor, MI501(c)(3)Since 1984EIN 38-3287818Revenue $13.3M in FY2025

On file with the IRSkinexus.org330 W Main St Ste 110, 49022-3658 · Benton Harbor, MITax-exempt since Mar 1984Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Provide sustainable and systemic solutions for the most pressing employer Workforce challenges.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
95¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 60 volunteers and 209 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
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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
5 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $407K a year · 3% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 5 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
95%
of spending
Looks good: 95% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$1.4M
to officers and key staff · 11% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 11% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
<1 mo
of spending, in cash
Worth a look: 0.8 months of spending in cash; under 1.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $67K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$3.3M
52% of total assets
Fine: liabilities are 52% of assets; 50% to 65%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
21
of 21 voting members
Looks good: 21 of 21 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$13.3M
-16% vs prior year
Spent
$13.2M
To programs
95%
Net assets
$3.1M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$13.3M
FY2025▼ -16%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$12.7M
FY2021$10.7M
FY2022$13.7M
FY2023$15.1M
FY2024$15.9M
FY2025$13.3M
Expenses
$13.2M
FY2025▼ -7%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$12.2M
FY2021$10.6M
FY2022$13.5M
FY2023$15.2M
FY2024$14.2M
FY2025$13.2M
Net assets
$3.1M
FY2025+0.3%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$888K
FY2021$966K
FY2022$1.2M
FY2023$1.1M
FY2024$3.1M
FY2025$3.1M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 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 Mar 1984.

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

Where the money goes

95 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 95% · $12.5M Management & general 5% · $661K

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

29 people listed on the 990; $1.4M 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
CEO & President
$285,738Pt VII · Sec A
Executive Director of Youth Solutions
$263,228Pt VII · Sec A
$166,559Pt VII · Sec A
$150,771Pt VII · Sec A
$146,563Pt VII · Sec A
$144,548Pt VII · Sec A
Executive Director of Mga
$119,701Pt VII · Sec A
Former CFO
$117,279Pt VII · Sec A

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

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Todd Gustafson$285,738$272,108$251,162$279,878$218,651$223,000
Roger Curtis$263,228—————
Coleen Frens-Rossman$166,559$47,473————
Orrin Bailey$117,279$106,206$153,642$152,338$136,454$125,018
Jennifer Deamud$150,771$147,131$140,377$50,950——
Joshua Cosner$146,563$136,591$108,837$109,721$105,174$101,061
Erin Wright$144,548$137,752$133,908$136,547$113,718$106,622
Jacob Gustafson———$107,362$124,052$110,412

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

Provides job training, employment services, and reintegration support to job seekers, low-income families, and formerly incarcerated individuals while helping local employers solve workforce challenges.

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1 program · $12.5M · in their own filed words · FY2024
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To provide employment and training services to eligible individuals under the workforce innovation and opportunity act federal programs. To provide employment and training services to eligible individuals under the FEDERAL/ state funded tanf programs.

$12.5Mprogram expense

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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 2 funders$67K
Grants paid · 74 grants · $3.1M · 2019–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$85,736
Midwest Strategy GroFY2024$56,874
Cdw Direct LLCFY2024$51,216
Brammall IndustrialFY2024$51,060
Individual RecipientFY2024$44,799
Miller Johnson Snell & Cummiskey PlcFY2024$42,946
Hpt Investment LLCFY2024$41,900
Mindspring LLCFY2024$38,255
Yeo & Yeo PCFY2024$33,440
Country Management Properties LLCFY2024$26,695
Doubleday Office ProFY2024$25,225
Secure Counseling and PCFY2024$24,040
Benton HotelFY2024$22,919
Mathew PattisonFY2024$22,575
Pearl Affordable Home LLCFY2024$22,500
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By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$13.3M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$13.1M
Investment incomeLn 3$185K
Money outPt IX
$13.2M
Ln 25
Programscol B$12.5M
Managementcol C$661K
Owns and owesPt X
$3.1M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$891K
Total assetsLn 16$6.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$3.3M
PeoplePt VI, VII
29
listed · VII A
PaidVII A8
Voting boardVI 1a21
IndependentVI 1b21
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$13.1M
Government grantsLn 1e$11.6M
Investment incomeLn 3$185K
Gains on assetsLn 7$45K
Total revenueLn 12$13.3M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$891K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$891K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$650K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$273K
Other assetsLn 15$940K
Total assetsLn 16$6.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$3.3M
Net assetsLn 32$3.1M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5209
VolunteersI 660
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
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$434K$891K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$355K$650K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$347K$273K
Total assetsLn 16$6.8M$6.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$3.8M$3.3M
Net assetsLn 32$3.1M$3.1M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$1.2M$1.2M
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$86K$86K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$558K$529K$29K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$4.7M$4.5M$233K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$410K$383K$27K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$814K$769K$45K
Payroll taxesLn 10$409K$390K$19K
Management feesLn 11a−$55K−$55K
Legal feesLn 11b$34K$34K
Accounting feesLn 11c$87K$87K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$67K$67K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$42K$34K$8K
Office expensesLn 13$93K$68K$25K
Information technologyLn 14$15K$13K$2K
OccupancyLn 16$685K$601K$84K
TravelLn 17$65K$62K$3K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$145K$111K$34K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$74K$74K
InsuranceLn 23$58K$50K$8K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$3.7M$3.6M$12K
All other expensesLn 24e$31K$31K
Total functional expensesLn 25$13.2M$12.5M$661K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $13.3M$13.2M$75K$3.1M 990 PDF
FY2024 $15.9M$14.2M$1.7M$3.1M 990 PDF
FY2023 $15.1M$15.2M−$118K$1.1M 990 PDF
FY2022 $13.7M$13.5M$205K$1.2M 990 PDF
FY2021 $10.7M$10.6M$78K$966K 990 PDF
FY2020 $12.7M$12.2M$509K$888K 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 $13,277,882 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $15,892,148$13,092,916
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year −$4,898$184,966
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $15,887,250$13,277,882
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $1,293,106$1,325,217
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $6,618,645$6,878,259
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $6,283,768$4,999,446
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $14,195,519$13,202,922
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $1,691,731$74,960
Part VI · Governance 21 of 21 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body21
VI-1b Independent voting members21
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 $13,277,882 across 8 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$118,689
VIII-1b Membership dues$85,000
VIII-1e Government grants$11,563,818
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,325,409
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$13,092,916
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $139,966$139,966
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $45,000$45,000
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $184,966$13,277,882
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $13,202,922 across 21 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $1,239,481$1,239,481
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $85,736$85,736
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $529,065 · Management $29,021$558,086
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $4,455,082 · Management $232,926$4,688,008
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $382,845 · Management $26,752$409,597
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $768,588 · Management $45,402$813,990
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $389,736 · Management $18,842$408,578
IX-11a Management feesManagement −$54,820−$54,820
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $33,622$33,622
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $86,840$86,840
IX-11g Other fees for servicesManagement $66,650$66,650
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $33,611 · Management $8,422$42,033
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $67,762 · Management $24,994$92,756
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $12,923 · Management $2,458$15,381
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $601,214 · Management $83,558$684,772
IX-17 TravelPrograms $62,072 · Management $2,831$64,903
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $111,091 · Management $33,565$144,656
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $74,134$74,134
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $49,645 · Management $8,047$57,692
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $3,647,503 · Management $11,880$3,659,383
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $31,444$31,444
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $12,541,932 · Management $660,990 · Fundraising $0$13,202,922
Part X · Balance sheet $6,340,854 assets, 17 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $433,539$891,436
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $4,336,418$3,340,921
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $99,880$128,014
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $127,601$117,898
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $346,647$272,513
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $355,352$650,497
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $1,121,895$939,575
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $6,821,332$6,340,854
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $2,764,764$2,337,677
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $272,685$322,934
X-19 Deferred revenue$60,000
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $700,415$537,301
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $3,758,245$3,269,384
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $2,709,141$2,778,803
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $353,946$292,667
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $3,063,087$3,071,470
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $6,821,332$6,340,854
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $3,071,470 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$13,277,882
XI-2 Total expenses$13,202,922
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$74,960
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$3,063,087
XI-9 Other changes in net assets−$66,577
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$3,071,470

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

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