Michigan · Nonprofit
BUIST COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE CENTER
BUIST COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE CENTER (Michigan) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $295,175 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($122,240). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 63% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $6.3M
- Funders on record
- 15
- Grants received
- $295k
- Net assets
- $2.3M
What Buist Community Assistance Center does
Mission
To build hope for those in need by demonstrating god's love and sharing our resources.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
We are a "no cost" food pantry, servicing the needs of clients in and around the community of byron center michigan. We also provide donated clothing and small household items to clients, again at no cost. Clients provide financial documentation to qualify for assistance or are referred by area churches or ministries. Emergency exceptions are made for walk-in clients on a case-by-case basis. We distributed 1,480,313 pounds of food worth 2,814,832 to 9,070 families in 2024 and an additional 1,444,589 pounds of food worth 2,845,840 to over 30 local agencies, as well as a ministry in kentucky. In addition, we also supply the ministry in kentucky with clothing, household items, newly purchased washers and dryers, baby items and other necessities. Children's clothing donations are sorted and shared with other partnering agencies as well. Our organization relies on local companies and individuals who believe in our mission and generously supply financial support, food, clothing, small household goods and the invaluable donation of time by our volunteers.
$5,985,489 spentof which $15,489 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $5,985,489.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $1.3M to $1.9M (+48%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 1% · 2024 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of BUIST COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE CENTER’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $10k → $31k.
5 of 15 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 63% 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 BUIST COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE CENTER’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 11 of 15 funders by total. 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
BUIST COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE CENTER leans on a few funders — its largest provides 41% of grant income and the top three 70%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
66% 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 BUIST COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE CENTER.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 54% · 2018 41% · 2019 100% · 2020 69% · 2021 48% · 2022 58% · 2023 70% — growing more concentrated.
“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
80% of BUIST COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE CENTER's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% give in more than one year at all.
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
63% of BUIST COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE CENTER's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $109k that is directly attributable, 95% of it comes from Michigan funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $186k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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.
Against its field
BUIST COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE CENTER runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 11,274 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,274 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like BUIST COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE CENTER
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Michigan
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
99% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
45%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BUIST COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE CENTER: 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 BUIST COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE CENTER?
- BUIST COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE CENTER (Michigan) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $295,175 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($122,240). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 63% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does BUIST COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE CENTER have?
- IRS filings report 15 organizations giving $295,175 in grants to BUIST COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE CENTER, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BUIST COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE CENTER?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $122,240 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BUIST COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE CENTER 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 15 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing