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REGION IV AREA AGENCY ON AGING INC (WITH FOSTER GRANDPARENTS PROGRAM)
REGION IV AREA AGENCY ON AGING INC (WITH FOSTER GRANDPARENTS PROGRAM) (Michigan) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,468,148 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN ($1,373,755). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $34M
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $3.5M
- Net assets
- $24M
What Region IV Area Agency on Aging Inc (With Foster Grandparents Program) does
Mission
The mission of the organization is to provide comprehensive, coordinated systems of services to assist older persons to maintain independence in their homes and their communities as long as possible.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Adult home help
$149,441 spent$149,441 earned by the program1% of program spendingHome delivered meals
$1,512,030 spentof which $925,308 as grants$1,512,030 earned by the program5% of program spendingSelf-determination services
$2,659,058 spent$2,659,058 earned by the program9% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$24,623,749 spentof which $992,343 as grants$27,330,474 earned by the program85% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $28,944,278.
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 2024 to 2025, from $21M to $28M (+33%).
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 41% · 2018 41% · 2019 45% · 2020 36% · 2021 37% · 2022 38% · 2023 36%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
1% of REGION IV AREA AGENCY ON AGING INC (WITH FOSTER GRANDPARENTS PROGRAM)’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (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
Christine Vanlandingham
Chief executive officer
Board chair
Bernie Williamson
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 3 funders, grant income fell $216k → $164k.
2 of 7 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 REGION IV AREA AGENCY ON AGING INC (WITH FOSTER GRANDPARENTS PROGRAM)’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
REGION IV AREA AGENCY ON AGING INC (WITH FOSTER GRANDPARENTS PROGRAM) leans on a few funders — its largest provides 40% of grant income and the top three 86%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
100% 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 REGION IV AREA AGENCY ON AGING INC (WITH FOSTER GRANDPARENTS PROGRAM).
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 66% · 2018 43% · 2019 48% · 2020 59% · 2021 56% · 2022 68% · 2023 72% — 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.
Where its funders are
100% of REGION IV AREA AGENCY ON AGING INC (WITH FOSTER GRANDPARENTS PROGRAM)'s grant income comes from Michigan funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $410k 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.
Against its field
REGION IV AREA AGENCY ON AGING INC (WITH FOSTER GRANDPARENTS PROGRAM) runs a healthier operating margin 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 REGION IV AREA AGENCY ON AGING INC (WITH FOSTER GRANDPARENTS PROGRAM) receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $3.7M on record.
- Corporation for National and Community Service$2.7M
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$1.0M
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 REGION IV AREA AGENCY ON AGING INC (WITH FOSTER GRANDPARENTS PROGRAM)
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
98% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
93%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Pace of Southwest Michigan Inc · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds REGION IV AREA AGENCY ON AGING INC (WITH FOSTER GRANDPARENTS PROGRAM)?
- REGION IV AREA AGENCY ON AGING INC (WITH FOSTER GRANDPARENTS PROGRAM) (Michigan) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,468,148 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN ($1,373,755). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does REGION IV AREA AGENCY ON AGING INC (WITH FOSTER GRANDPARENTS PROGRAM) have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $3,468,148 in grants to REGION IV AREA AGENCY ON AGING INC (WITH FOSTER GRANDPARENTS PROGRAM), 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of REGION IV AREA AGENCY ON AGING INC (WITH FOSTER GRANDPARENTS PROGRAM)?
- UNITED WAY OF SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN is the largest funder on record, with $1,373,755 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like REGION IV AREA AGENCY ON AGING INC (WITH FOSTER GRANDPARENTS PROGRAM) 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 7 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