Whoo Upscale Resale for a Cause

Tax-deductible

Rochester, MI501(c)(3)Human ServicesEIN 75-3219144Revenue $153K in FY2025

On file with the IRSwhoour.org435 S Main St, 48307-2036 · Rochester, MITax-exempt since Dec 2019Publicly supported — 509(a)(2)

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To Educate the public on the needs and the missions of the charities we benefit. To aid these charities with in kind donations that they can use to sell through their thrift shops or to use in their mission to care for their clients in need. To use the funds raised from our resale shop to help fund the expenses of packing, moving and delivering items to various different charities based upon their needs. To help the environment and climate change through the reduce, reuse, and recycle motto by finding new homes for items that would otherwise end up in the garbage.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
Run by 15 volunteers.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · 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
3 of 4
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $18K a year · 8% of revenue · last 4 filings
Fine: a surplus in 3 of the last 4 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 4 filings
Pay to officers and key staff
$11K
to officers and key staff · 7% of spending
Top officer’s pay lower than 95% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 7% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Liabilities
$119K
55% of total assets
Fine: liabilities are 55% of assets; 50% to 65%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Looks goodFineWorth a lookConcernNo data yetTap a box for the reason.
Revenue
$153K
-12% vs prior year
Spent
$152K
Net assets
$100K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$153K
FY2025▼ -12%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$271K
FY2021$251K
FY2022$189K
FY2023$194K
FY2024$174K
FY2025$153K
Expenses
$152K
FY2025▼ -12%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$173K
FY2021$279K
FY2022Not on file
FY2023Not on file
FY2024$174K
FY2025$152K
Net assets
$100K
FY2025▼ -18%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$185K
FY2021$0
FY2022$122K
FY2023$122K
FY2024$122K
FY2025$100K

From the FY2025 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Exemption reinstated (2018-05-15). Per the IRS revocation list. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Dec 2019.

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

Who runs it and what they're paid

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

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
President
$10,856Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Lonna Harlow’s $11K as President is at the 5th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2168 $100K–1M 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

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Lonna Harlow$10,856$10,054$18,000$20,120$1,000

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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Programs and updates

Donates goods to charities and resells items to fund their work, helping people and the environment.

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3 programs · $13K · in their own filed words · FY2021
01

Provided furniture, household, clothing, and miscellaneous items for resale that were acquired through warehouse clear-outs, and various estates.

$12Kprogram expense
02

Grace Center of Hope Provided furniture, household, home décor, clothing, etc. for resale to aid their programs for drug and alcohol treatment.

$700program expense
03

Capuchin Kitchen

Provided clothing, socks, shoes, blankets, bags, suitcases and hangers to aid service programs for the non- home population.

$150program expense

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$153K
Ln 12
Other incomeLn 4–11$153K
Money outPt IX
$152K
Ln 25
Owns and owesPt X
$100K
net assets · Ln 32
Total assetsLn 16$218K
LiabilitiesLn 26$119K
PeoplePt VI, VII
3
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Other incomeLn 4–11$153K
Total revenueLn 12$153K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
Total assetsLn 16$218K
LiabilitiesLn 26$119K
Net assetsLn 32$100K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 50
VolunteersI 615
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $153K$152K$397$100K 990 PDF
FY2024 $174K$174K$402$122K 990 PDF
FY2023 $194K$122K 990 PDF
FY2022 $189K$122K 990 PDF
FY2021 $251K$279K−$28K$0 990 PDF
FY2020 $271K$173K$98K$185K 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

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

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