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ACCESS OF WEST MICHIGAN

ACCESS OF WEST MICHIGAN (Michigan) receives grants from 27 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,579,498 to it, the largest being HEART OF WEST MICHIGAN UNITED WAY ($1,195,527). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$1.4M
Funders on record
27
Grants received
$3.6M
Net assets
$145k
12/27 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 57%
01What it does

What Access of West Michigan does

Mission

Access of West Michigan strengthens equitable systems by coordinating community resources, investing in local food access and equipping institutions to respond to poverty with informed and collaborative approaches.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Good food system. Good food systems remained the organizations primry area of activity in fiscal year ended march 31, 2025. Access of West Michigan received approximately $574,000 in support for food system initiatives and passed through approximately $456,000 to community partners, strengthening local food access infrastructure accross west michigan. Funding including rapid relief resources and stabilization grants, including support from the wk kellogg foundation and cdv5. Resources were directed toward food access initiatives and local food economy partners, reinforcing community based distribution networks and advancing health equity. Access of West Michigan also raised approximately $48,000 through the walk for good food fundraiser to support this work. In a year marked by leadership transition, good food systems operations continued uninterrupted, ensuring that committed funds were responsibily stewarded and disbursed to partners.

    $569,215 spent
    52% of program spending
  2. Congregation connection program. Congregations connections maintained active collaboration with approximately 20 to 30 congregations across kent county. Access of West Michigan continued to coordinate and directly move financial assistance to support neighbors facing housing and utility instability. The program sustained cross denominational coordination during a leadership transition period, maintaining continuity of financial assistance flows and reducing duplication among congregational efforts.

    $413,539 spent
    38% of program spending
  3. Poverty education program. Poverty education programming continued during fiscal year ended march 31, 2025, though delivery volume decreased modestly compared to the prior year due to leadership restructuring and the absence of a permanent program manager for a part of the year. The program continued to contract staff with lived experience of poverty and delivered workshops focused on systems level understanding of economic instability. Access of West Michigan intentionally preserved curriculum integriy and staffing continuity while stabilizing organizational leadership.

    $68,603 spent
    6% of program spending
  4. During fiscal year ended march 31, 2025, access operated for approximately eight months under interim leadership following a major leadership transition. Governance and financial oversight structures were strengthened during this period, resulting in improved fiscal management and disciplined stewardship of restricted and pass-through funds.

    $50,156 spent
    5% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,101,513.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($820k) Expenses 100 ($683k) Net assets 100 ($183k)2018 Revenue 142 ($1.2M) Expenses 173 ($1.2M) Net assets 90 ($164k)2019 Revenue 155 ($1.3M) Expenses 184 ($1.3M) Net assets 100 ($183k)2020 Revenue 156 ($1.3M) Expenses 183 ($1.2M) Net assets 116 ($213k)2021 Revenue 131 ($1.1M) Expenses 137 ($938k) Net assets 189 ($346k)2022 Revenue 97 ($798k) Expenses 131 ($894k) Net assets 137 ($250k)2023 Revenue 117 ($957k) Expenses 150 ($1.0M) Net assets 101 ($185k)2024 Revenue 99 ($809k) Expenses 145 ($988k) Net assets 3 ($6k)2025 Revenue 172 ($1.4M) Expenses 186 ($1.3M) Net assets 80 ($145k)
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Revenue (172)Expenses (186)Net assets (80)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $443k to $215k (−51%).

$255k
$187k
$203k
$379k
$596k
$443k
$215k
$431k
$413k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

98% of ACCESS OF WEST MICHIGAN’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (90% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 2,735 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$137k
’17
−$18k
’18
$19k
’19
$29k
’20
$133k
’21
−$96k
’22
−$65k
’23
−$179k
’24
$140k
’25
2.3
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

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Listed16121481514111111
Joined·+2+2+0+9+0+7+2+7
No longer listed·606211027
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 9 funders, grant income rose $154k → $412k.

6 of 27 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 9% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

From the IRS filings of ACCESS OF WEST MICHIGAN’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How concentrated its funding is

ACCESS OF WEST MICHIGAN leans on a few funders — its largest provides 33% of grant income and the top three 73%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

84% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund ACCESS OF WEST MICHIGAN.

33%
largest funder
73%
top three
~5
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 97% · 2018 67% · 2019 55% · 2020 49% · 2021 53% · 2022 58% · 2023 42% — diversifying over time.

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How long its funders stay

25% of ACCESS OF WEST MICHIGAN's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 44% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y

Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.

Where its funders are

97% of ACCESS OF WEST MICHIGAN's grant income comes from Michigan funders.

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MI
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PA
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MO
DC

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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Michigan out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $321k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

ACCESS OF WEST MICHIGAN runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 1,211 religion nonprofits its size.

Operating margin10% · above the median
Months of reserve2.3mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)7% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,211 religion nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

86% of spending goes to programs.

Program 86%Management 14%Fundraising 0%

Governance

9
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

95%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MI

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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ACCESS OF WEST MICHIGAN: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.

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Questions and answers

Who funds ACCESS OF WEST MICHIGAN?
ACCESS OF WEST MICHIGAN (Michigan) receives grants from 27 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,579,498 to it, the largest being HEART OF WEST MICHIGAN UNITED WAY ($1,195,527). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does ACCESS OF WEST MICHIGAN have?
IRS filings report 27 organizations giving $3,579,498 in grants to ACCESS OF WEST MICHIGAN, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of ACCESS OF WEST MICHIGAN?
HEART OF WEST MICHIGAN UNITED WAY is the largest funder on record, with $1,195,527 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like ACCESS OF WEST MICHIGAN find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Michigan. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 27 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing