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Health Net of West Michigan

Health Net of West Michigan (Michigan) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,021,277 to it, the largest being FIRST STEPS KENT ($3,625,355). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$4.9M
Funders on record
14
Grants received
$9.0M
Net assets
$852k
10/14 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 66%
01What it does

What Health Net of West Michigan does

Mission

To improve the health of children and adults, particularly vulnerable populations, through education and connections to health care and support services.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Client Services assists adults and children to maintain their health and understand how to navigate the healthcare, social services, and early childhood systems, thus reducing costs and improving health outcomes. The program provides case management services to help clients identify and navigate resources, identify and overcome barriers, and access appropriate care and medical coverage. The program also provides education and referrals to community agencies and resources. 5,802 clients were served this year.

    $1,728,879 spent$1,228,408 earned by the program
    73% of program spending
  2. Other programs - Through its other programs, the Organization works to address the social determinants of health. Activities include partnering with clinical and community service providers to address health-related social needs, and improving access to affordable dental care.

    $634,639 spent$52,846 earned by the program
    27% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,363,518.

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 ($2.6M) Expenses 100 ($3.2M) Net assets 100 ($1.8M)2018 Revenue 91 ($2.3M) Expenses 74 ($2.3M) Net assets 100 ($1.8M)2019 Revenue 96 ($2.5M) Expenses 84 ($2.7M) Net assets 36 ($639k)2020 Revenue 109 ($2.8M) Expenses 85 ($2.7M) Net assets 44 ($772k)2021 Revenue 131 ($3.4M) Expenses 98 ($3.1M) Net assets 61 ($1.1M)2022 Revenue 132 ($3.4M) Expenses 116 ($3.7M) Net assets 47 ($828k)2023 Revenue 137 ($3.5M) Expenses 129 ($4.1M) Net assets 16 ($274k)2024 Revenue 190 ($4.9M) Expenses 137 ($4.3M) Net assets 49 ($852k)
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Revenue (190)Expenses (137)Net assets (49)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 2018 to 2019, from $1.9M to $824k (−56%).

$1.9M
$1.9M
$824k
$1.1M
$1.4M
$1.9M
$1.2M
$1.5M
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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
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2018 55% · 2019 61% · 2020 53% · 2021 57% · 2022 54% · 2023 58% · 2024 55%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

75% of Health Net of West Michigan’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (51% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 8,611 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$578k
’17
$6k
’18
−$168k
’19
$143k
’20
$293k
’21
−$237k
’22
−$553k
’23
$577k
’24
0.3
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.

Chief executive

Maureen Kirkwood

President/CEO

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

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Listed1011141414131313
Joined·+1+6+2+0+1+4+3
No longer listed·0320243
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 7 funders, grant income fell $1.7M → $1.4M.

1 of 14 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 3% 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 Health Net 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

Health Net of West Michigan leans on a few funders — its largest provides 40% of grant income and the top three 75%; half comes from just 2 funders.

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

85% 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 Health Net of West Michigan.

40%
largest funder
75%
top three
~4
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 61% · 2018 35% · 2019 52% · 2020 27% · 2021 42% · 2022 53% · 2023 66% — 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

73% of Health Net of West Michigan's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 71% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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

98% of Health Net of West Michigan's grant income comes from Michigan funders.

MI
MA
TX

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. $269k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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

Health Net of West Michigan runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 8,121 health nonprofits its size.

Operating margin12% · above the median
Months of reserve0.3mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)10% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 8,121 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024

Government funding Health Net of West Michigan receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $4.5M on record.

Federal$4.5M
grants $4.5Mcontracts $0
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Top agencies
  • Department of Health and Human Services$4.5M

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.

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

74% of spending goes to programs.

Program 74%Management 24%Fundraising 2%

Governance

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

Public support

100%

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

Screen this organization

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Questions and answers

Who funds Health Net of West Michigan?
Health Net of West Michigan (Michigan) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,021,277 to it, the largest being FIRST STEPS KENT ($3,625,355). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Health Net of West Michigan have?
IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $9,021,277 in grants to Health Net of West Michigan, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Health Net of West Michigan?
FIRST STEPS KENT is the largest funder on record, with $3,625,355 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Health Net 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.

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 14 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