Michigan · Nonprofit
GROWTH WORKS INC
GROWTH WORKS INC (Michigan) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,946,420 to it, the largest being CONFERENCE OF WESTERN WAYNE ($950,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $16M
- Funders on record
- 18
- Grants received
- $1.9M
- Net assets
- $33M
What Growth Works Inc does
Mission
To provide counseling and intervention and treatment services for at risk and delinquent youth and their families in wayne and adjacent counties.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The western wayne care management organization (wwcmo) program provides case management services to youth who are assigned by the 3rd judicial circuit family court as well as early intervention and juvenile diversion services for at-risk youth. Clients may reside in the community or in residential placement.
$8,626,322 spent$12,270,763 earned by the program58% of program spendingThe community intervention & treatment (citx) program provides outpatient substance abuse treatment for both youth and adults. Assessment, screening, and referral services are also provided.
$4,817,974 spent$1,050,647 earned by the program33% of program spendingThe family assessment, support and education (fase) program provides monitoring and support for court-ordered supervised visitation and family counseling.
$1,071,858 spent$19,800 earned by the program7% of program spendingThe residential treatment program collaborates with a residential placement provider to support adjudicated adolescents in addressing at-risk behavior through evaluation, education, family, work, and therapeutic individual and group sessions.school based programs (sbp) provide in school counseling and support services aimed at reduction of chronic truancy and improving behavioral and academic performance for at risk students.rescue recovery provides peer recovery support utilizing trained and certified peer coaches. The program offers additional support to clients in substance abuse disorder treatment. Rescue recovery coaches also respond on an emergency basis to individuals experiencing overdose or other complications of opioid use at hospital emergency departments and on the request of public safety departments.the fase program provides court-ordered supervised parenting time for non-custodial parents, allowing visitation to take place in a supportive and family friendly environment. Toys and games are available to enhance building positive parent-child relationships. Additional case management and support services are provided for families with concerns or histories related to…
$248,352 spent$108,535 earned by the program2% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $14,764,506.
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 2023 to 2024, from $25M to $32M (+26%).
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 0% · 2018 0% · 2019 4% · 2020 5% · 2021 11% · 2022 3% · 2023 3% · 2024 8% · 2025 10%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
11% of GROWTH WORKS INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (21% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 9 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.
Chief executive
Nick Griswold
Chief executive officer
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2017 and FY2018 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $88k → $212k.
3 of 18 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 6% 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 GROWTH WORKS INC’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
GROWTH WORKS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 49% of grant income and the top three 83%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
91% 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 GROWTH WORKS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 89% · 2018 86% · 2019 93% · 2020 95% · 2021 57% · 2022 51% · 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
50% of GROWTH WORKS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 39% 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 GROWTH WORKS INC's grant income comes from Michigan funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $113k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
GROWTH WORKS INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 2,297 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,297 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding GROWTH WORKS INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.9M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$1.5M
- Department of Justice$450k
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 GROWTH WORKS INC
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
92% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
69%
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 GROWTH WORKS INC: 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 GROWTH WORKS INC?
- GROWTH WORKS INC (Michigan) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,946,420 to it, the largest being CONFERENCE OF WESTERN WAYNE ($950,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GROWTH WORKS INC have?
- IRS filings report 18 organizations giving $1,946,420 in grants to GROWTH WORKS INC, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GROWTH WORKS INC?
- CONFERENCE OF WESTERN WAYNE is the largest funder on record, with $950,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GROWTH WORKS INC 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 18 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