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COMPASSIONATE MINISTRIES OF JACKSON COUNTY

COMPASSIONATE MINISTRIES OF JACKSON COUNTY (Michigan) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $777,419 to it, the largest being JOHN GEORGE JR PARAGRAPH X TRUST ($205,000). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$544k
Funders on record
17
Grants received
$777k
Net assets
$1.1M
10/17 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 34%
01What it does

What Compassionate Ministries of Jackson County does

Mission

Compassionate Ministries of Jackson County is a faith-based organization dedicated to creating lasting solutions for building a stronger community principally through life enrichment programs focused on adults with special needs and food ministries with other community partners.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Hunger: the after school back pack program provided almost 24,000 bags of essential non-perishable food to jackson county elementary age students during the school year. In addition, five in-school pantries were supplied for middle school and high school age students. Cmjc supported 17 community food pantries, providing food to over 1,300 households every month,cmjc partners with the food bank of south mi to provide additional government program (fema) food through the pantries andat fresh food distribution once per month. Baskets with a complete, ready-to-prepare thanksgiving meal were provided to the families of over 330 school kids in the county.

    $198,957 spentof which $119,706 as grants
    58% of program spending
  2. Special needs: david's promise is the key ministry serving primarily adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Approximately 40 individuals (and their families) participate in the life enrichment programs of dp experiencing fellowship and talent discovery with an opportunity to make meaningful contributions to the community. Planting/caring for/harvesting a garden and music, art, life and physical fitness are some of the activities for participants.

    $145,917 spent
    42% of program spending
  3. Community collectives: cmjc supports organizations, events, etc. That align with our mission. Examples include a community garden to provide activity for our david's promise program and to supply vegetables for community use.return to school events received tools for student learning.

    $498 spent
    0% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $345,372.

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 ($418k) Expenses 100 ($168k) Net assets 100 ($433k)2018 Revenue 49 ($204k) Expenses 94 ($158k) Net assets 111 ($479k)2019 Revenue 61 ($254k) Expenses 104 ($175k) Net assets 129 ($559k)2020 Revenue 122 ($508k) Expenses 120 ($201k) Net assets 200 ($865k)2021 Revenue 83 ($348k) Expenses 105 ($176k) Net assets 240 ($1.0M)2022 Revenue 94 ($394k) Expenses 213 ($358k) Net assets 248 ($1.1M)2023 Revenue 100 ($419k) Expenses 274 ($460k) Net assets 239 ($1.0M)2024 Revenue 94 ($391k) Expenses 275 ($462k) Net assets 222 ($962k)2025 Revenue 130 ($544k) Expenses 265 ($444k) Net assets 245 ($1.1M)
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Revenue (130)Expenses (265)Net assets (245)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 2019 to 2020, from $559k to $876k (+57%).

$433k
$479k
$559k
$876k
$1.0M
$1.1M
$1.0M
$962k
$1.1M
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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

96% of COMPASSIONATE MINISTRIES OF JACKSON COUNTY’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (91% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 23,940 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$250k
’17
$46k
’18
$80k
’19
$307k
’20
$172k
’21
$36k
’22
−$41k
’23
−$71k
’24
$100k
’25
13
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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Listed111212121111111011
Joined·+1+3+2+2+3+0+0+1
No longer listed·03233010
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 6 funders, grant income fell $142k → $99k.

6 of 17 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 22% 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 COMPASSIONATE MINISTRIES OF JACKSON COUNTY’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

COMPASSIONATE MINISTRIES OF JACKSON COUNTY has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 26% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left

50% 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 COMPASSIONATE MINISTRIES OF JACKSON COUNTY.

26%
largest funder
54%
top three
~7
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 93% · 2018 30% · 2019 36% · 2020 34% · 2021 43% · 2022 52% · 2023 51% — 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

36% of COMPASSIONATE MINISTRIES OF JACKSON COUNTY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 59% 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

99% of COMPASSIONATE MINISTRIES OF JACKSON COUNTY's grant income comes from Michigan funders.

IL
MI
FL

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

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’20
’21
’22
’23
Michigan out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $173k 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

COMPASSIONATE MINISTRIES OF JACKSON COUNTY holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 13,917 human services nonprofits its size.

Operating margin18% · above the median
Months of reserve13.2mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)3% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,917 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

78% of spending goes to programs.

Program 78%Management 22%Fundraising 0%

Governance

10
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

64%

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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Questions and answers

Who funds COMPASSIONATE MINISTRIES OF JACKSON COUNTY?
COMPASSIONATE MINISTRIES OF JACKSON COUNTY (Michigan) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $777,419 to it, the largest being JOHN GEORGE JR PARAGRAPH X TRUST ($205,000). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does COMPASSIONATE MINISTRIES OF JACKSON COUNTY have?
IRS filings report 17 organizations giving $777,419 in grants to COMPASSIONATE MINISTRIES OF JACKSON COUNTY, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of COMPASSIONATE MINISTRIES OF JACKSON COUNTY?
JOHN GEORGE JR PARAGRAPH X TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $205,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like COMPASSIONATE MINISTRIES OF JACKSON COUNTY 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 17 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