Michigan · Nonprofit
KALAMAZOO VALLEY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC
KALAMAZOO VALLEY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC (Michigan) receives grants from 31 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,887,428 to it, the largest being KALAMAZOO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($379,905). 22 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.9M
- Funders on record
- 31
- Grants received
- $1.9M
- Net assets
- $4.6M
What Kalamazoo Valley Habitat for Humanity Inc does
Mission
Acquiring land and homes for the purpose of building new homes, and renovating existing homes to sell to very low income families under interest free land contracts or mortgages. The homes are located in urban areas of kalamazoo county, which are generally considered to be economically depressed. Habitat's support comes primarily from the sale of homes, various government grants and contributions from individual donors and various organizations. Kalamazoo valley habitat for humanity has implemented a home repair program, to help meet the changing needs of the communities we serve.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Construction - build, renovates or repairs homes for low income kalamazoo county residents. This is accomplished through a combination of volunteer and paid staff as well as professional and contracted labor. Kalamazoo valley habitat oversees the entire home building process; land acquisition; site planning, home design, pulling permits, utility hook-ups, construction, landscaping and serving as general contractor with sub- contractors.
$1,042,950 spent$253,084 earned by the program62% of program spendingMortgage services - all kalamazoo valley habitat properties are sold to our family partners using a mortgage note and deed which are prepared by habitat for humanity michigan. Kalamazoo valley habitat is the lien holder for all its mortgages. The mortgages are held "in house and title insurance is provided for all the properties sold. Habitat for humanity michigan services and collects all the payments, with proceeds returning to kalamazoo valley habitat, reinvesting into other home projects.
$72,366 spent$93,437 earned by the program4% of program spendingRestore - sells new and used overstock and discontinued building and home improvement materials donated by manufacturers, stores, contractors and individuals. These donated items are sold to the public or used in the construction of homes. Profits are used to support housing solutions for low income families.
$418,246 spent$466,401 earned by the program25% of program spendingVolunteer development - enables habitat to fulfill their two fold vision to make simple, decent, affordable housing available and to transform lives and our community. Utilizing volunteer labor and resources significantly lowers the cost of home construction. Yet, most importantly, through the act of working in partnership with volunteers and homebuyers, we empower individuals and families to engage themselves in their community and to impact the lives of their neighbors through service and advocacy. Family service - has two major sets of activity. The first activity is the recruitment and selection of habitat partner families. This is a complicated process involving community education events, partner recruitment sessions, screening many applicants with the goal of serving 12 - 15 partner families per year (depending on eligibility of applicants). The second major set of activities is family support. This involves three stages: 1.strengthening the partner relationship between the habitat partner and the affiliate. 2.supporting the partner family with information and training through their homebuilding and sweat equity process. 3.preparing the partner family for a successful…
$138,416 spent8% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,671,978.
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 2020 to 2021, from $4.3M to $5.0M (+15%).
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: 2025 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
68% of KALAMAZOO VALLEY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (39% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 9 funders to 17 funders, grant income rose $91k → $263k.
7 of 31 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 26% 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 KALAMAZOO VALLEY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 31 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
KALAMAZOO VALLEY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 20% 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
51% 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 KALAMAZOO VALLEY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 28% · 2018 61% · 2019 36% · 2020 42% · 2021 44% · 2022 25% · 2023 44% — 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
55% of KALAMAZOO VALLEY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 71% 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
66% of KALAMAZOO VALLEY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY 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. $499k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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
KALAMAZOO VALLEY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,196 housing & shelter nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,196 housing & shelter nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
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In Michigan
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
77% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
65%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for KALAMAZOO VALLEY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY 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 KALAMAZOO VALLEY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC?
- KALAMAZOO VALLEY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC (Michigan) receives grants from 31 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,887,428 to it, the largest being KALAMAZOO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($379,905). 22 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does KALAMAZOO VALLEY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC have?
- IRS filings report 31 organizations giving $1,887,428 in grants to KALAMAZOO VALLEY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC, 22 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of KALAMAZOO VALLEY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC?
- KALAMAZOO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $379,905 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like KALAMAZOO VALLEY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY 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 31 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