Michigan · Nonprofit
DISABILITY ADVOCATES OF KENT COUNTY
DISABILITY ADVOCATES OF KENT COUNTY (Michigan) receives grants from 32 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,540,261 to it, the largest being KRW FOUNDATION ($1,015,000). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.0M
- Funders on record
- 32
- Grants received
- $3.5M
- Net assets
- $2.8M
What Disability Advocates of Kent County does
Mission
Advocate for & with people with disabilities and promote the development of a barrier-free society.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Core services: support provided via the five core services (as defined by federal regulations) of il skills training, information & referral, peer support, transitions, and individual and systems advocacy. The outcomes include securing needed referral sources, barrier removal, peer support and others. 2,767.75 hours to 973 consumers.
$1,249,650 spent48% of program spendingOccupational therapy services: support provided via in-home assessments to identify home modification and durable medical equipment needs, provision of such equipment and training for safe use. The outcomes include a more safe, usable and accessible home environment. 3,199 hours to 937 consumers.
$534,416 spent$349,406 earned by the program21% of program spendingWork force development services: support in addition to those within core services focused on specific groups of persons with disabilities including veterans and those seeking employment. The outcomes include peer support and removal of barriers to successful employment. 2,324.5 hours to 291 consumers.
$156,682 spent$246,783 earned by the program6% of program spendingSystems advocacy: work in addition to that within core services focused on achieving an accessible and welcoming community for all. Areas of concentration including housing, healthcare, accessibility and transportation. The outcomes include increased community and elected official awareness of disability issues and increased accessibility of community services. Other miscellaneous program revenue and expense is also included here. 5,290.25 hours of staff time. Independent living supports: support in addition to those within core services focused on specific groups of persons with disabilities including providing support to adults with developmental disabilities residing with family and support to those family members, and support to those wishing to transition out of nursing homes into a community-based living arrangement. The outcomes include peer support and community-based living. 797 hours to 457 consumers.
$645,024 spent$44,944 earned by the program25% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,585,772.
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 2021 to 2022, from $3.1M to $5.2M (+68%).
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: 2017 20% · 2019 32% · 2020 28% · 2021 24% · 2022 39% · 2023 35% · 2024 62% · 2025 54%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
77% of DISABILITY ADVOCATES OF KENT COUNTY’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (82% 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 5 funders to 14 funders, grant income rose $160k → $521k.
8 of 32 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 12% 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 DISABILITY ADVOCATES OF KENT COUNTY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 32 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
DISABILITY ADVOCATES OF KENT COUNTY has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 29% 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
29% 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 DISABILITY ADVOCATES OF KENT COUNTY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 63% · 2018 71% · 2019 67% · 2020 50% · 2021 29% · 2022 17% · 2023 38% — 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
54% of DISABILITY ADVOCATES OF KENT COUNTY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 53% 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
97% of DISABILITY ADVOCATES OF KENT COUNTY's grant income comes from Michigan funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $441k arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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
DISABILITY ADVOCATES OF KENT COUNTY is better cushioned than half of the 1,504 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,504 philanthropy nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding DISABILITY ADVOCATES OF KENT COUNTY receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $3.5M on record.
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$1.9M
- Department of Health and Human Services$1.6M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like DISABILITY ADVOCATES OF KENT COUNTY
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
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
84%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds DISABILITY ADVOCATES OF KENT COUNTY?
- DISABILITY ADVOCATES OF KENT COUNTY (Michigan) receives grants from 32 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,540,261 to it, the largest being KRW FOUNDATION ($1,015,000). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does DISABILITY ADVOCATES OF KENT COUNTY have?
- IRS filings report 32 organizations giving $3,540,261 in grants to DISABILITY ADVOCATES OF KENT COUNTY, 17 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DISABILITY ADVOCATES OF KENT COUNTY?
- KRW FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,015,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DISABILITY ADVOCATES OF KENT 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.
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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 32 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