Rende Progress Capital

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East Lansing, MI501(c)(3)Since 2017Foundations & GrantmakersEIN 82-0689514

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RPC is committed to economic equity by providing socially responsible and affordable lending and responsible and affordable lending and services to entrepreneurs who have been excluded from traditional lending due to socio-economic reasons & bias.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
45¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX

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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
5 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $599K a year · 58% 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
45%
of spending
Concern: 45% of spending went to programs; under 50%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Cash reserves
70 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 69.8 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $15K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$154K
5% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 5% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
9
of 9 voting members
Looks good: 9 of 9 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$554K
-13% vs prior year
Spent
$488K
To programs
45%
Net assets
$3.3M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$554K
FY2025▼ -13%
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$1.8M
FY2022$1.4M
FY2023$814K
FY2024$638K
FY2025$554K
Expenses
$488K
FY2025▲ +5%
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$313K
FY2022$453K
FY2023$467K
FY2024$463K
FY2025$488K
Net assets
$3.3M
FY2025▲ +8%
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$1.7M
FY2022$2.5M
FY2023$2.9M
FY2024$3.0M
FY2025$3.3M

From the FY2025 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jul 2017.

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

Where the money goes

45 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 45% · $221K Management & general 42% · $205K Fundraising 13% · $63K

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

9 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Chair and Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Treasurer & General Manager
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Eric K Foster’s $88K as Chair and Director is at the 78th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1265 $100K–1M philanthropy & grantmaking 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 · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2022FY2020
Eric K Foster$87,683$85,000$71,125
Cuong Q Huynh$71,907$70,000$53,625

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

Empowering excluded entrepreneurs with affordable loans and services for economic equity.

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3 program services account for $221K of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2025.
01

For FY 2025, Rende Progress Capital RPC continued uninterrupted delivery of our two core services of 1 small business micro lending and 2 free business Technical Assistance TA to diverse entrepreneurs in our primary market of Kent County, Kalamazoo, Muskegon, and Holland.

$221Kprogram expense
02

FY 2025 business technical assistance TA produced outputs of serving 41 businesses via 76 engagements in four TA Service Areas of 1 individual technical assistance, 2 loan navigation, 3 post-loan counseling, and 4 cohort-based loan readiness programming.

Pt IX · col B
03

An essential activity with notable program, funding, technology/systems, time and labor obligations is loan portfolio management. These are functions of daily, weekly, and monthly high-touch activities with loan customers in managing problem loans and delinquencies.

Pt IX · col B

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Funders

Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$15K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$554K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$508K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$34K
Other incomeLn 4–11$13K
Money outPt IX
$488K
Ln 25
Programscol B$221K
Managementcol C$205K
Fundraisingcol D$63K
Owns and owesPt X
$3.3M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2.8M
Total assetsLn 16$3.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$154K
PeoplePt VI, VII
9
listed · VII A
PaidVII A0
Voting boardVI 1a9
IndependentVI 1b9
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$508K
Government grantsLn 1e$508K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$34K
Other incomeLn 4–11$13K
Total revenueLn 12$554K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$2.8M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$2.8M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$8K
Total assetsLn 16$3.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$154K
Net assetsLn 32$3.3M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 54
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 FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$3.0M$2.8M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$11K$8K
Total assetsLn 16$3.6M$3.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$406K$154K
Net assetsLn 32$3.2M$3.3M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$258K$127K$90K$42K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$55K$26K$20K$9K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$39K$5K$34K
Office expensesLn 13$31K$24K$7K
OccupancyLn 16$17K$12K$5K
TravelLn 17$6K$4K$2K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$2K$2K$39
InterestLn 20$5K$5K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$4K$4K
InsuranceLn 23$2K$2K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$36K$17K$18K
All other expensesLn 24e$34K$5$22K$12K
Total functional expensesLn 25$488K$221K$205K$63K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $554K$488K$66K$3.3M 990 PDF
FY2024 $638K$463K$175K$3.0M 990 PDF
FY2023 $814K$467K$347K$2.9M 990 PDF
FY2022 $1.4M$453K$906K$2.5M 990 PDF
FY2021 Not on file
FY2020 $1.8M$313K$1.5M$1.7M 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
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Part VIII · Statement of revenue $554,143 across 6 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$507,500
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$507,500
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $33,954$33,954
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $12,689$12,689
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $46,643 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$554,143
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $488,450 across 12 lines filed
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $126,732 · Management $89,773 · Fundraising $41,845$258,350
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $25,836 · Management $19,863 · Fundraising $9,485$55,184
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $4,580 · Management $34,405$38,985
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $23,660 · Management $7,223$30,883
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $11,700 · Management $4,903$16,603
IX-17 TravelPrograms $3,847 · Management $2,242$6,089
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $2,246 · Management $39$2,285
IX-20 InterestPrograms $4,576$4,576
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationManagement $3,655$3,655
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $2,300$2,300
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $17,385 · Management $18,386$35,771
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $5 · Management $22,189 · Fundraising $11,575$33,769
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $220,567 · Management $204,978 · Fundraising $62,905$488,450
Part X · Balance sheet $3,425,437 assets, 12 lines filed
Asset lines not itemized here account for $420,820; see the IRS return.
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $3,031,835$2,842,852
X-4 Accounts receivable$133,595
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $18,835$20,571
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $11,254$7,599
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $3,589,522$3,425,437
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $1,333$4,413
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $405,000$150,000
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $406,333$154,413
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $2,230,407$3,191,149
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $952,782$79,875
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $3,183,189$3,271,024
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $3,589,522$3,425,437
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $3,271,024 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$554,143
XI-2 Total expenses$488,450
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$65,693
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$3,183,189
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$22,142
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$3,271,024

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