Michigan · Nonprofit
SELF HELP ALTERNATIVE LIVING OPPORTUNITIES OF MI
SELF HELP ALTERNATIVE LIVING OPPORTUNITIES OF MI (Michigan) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,765,619 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($2,191,100). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 84% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.9M
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $2.8M
- Net assets
- $4.1M
What Self Help Alternative Living Opportunities of Mi does
Mission
Shalom provides residential, family homes to adults with developmental disabilities and their loving care-provider families. Through the love and wholeness of jesus christ, we provide travel, worship, camps, recreation. Social and work opportunities that enrich the lives of almost 40 residents and dozens from the community.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The shalom network of homes included residential housing for just under 40 residents and their care-provider families including state-licensed adult foster care and independent supported living for men and women. These christ-centered homes provide encouragement, love and structure. Residents become part of the shalom community which allows them to participate in many social and support opportunities.
$180,181 spent$138,633 earned by the program30% of program spendingShalom provides several opportunities for our participants, staff and volunteers to experience community through activity.
$20,020 spent3% of program spendingMany participants worked in our farm, thrift store and woolery where they worked in teams skirting and washing wool, operated looms and carding machines, made dryer balls, cat toys, banners and other products in a supportive and safe atmosphere. Farm participants worked with sheep, goats, rabbits, chickens and alpaca while experiencing gardening and other year- round projects(gathering eggs and caring for livestock). The 6000 square foot woolery building allowed opportunities for woodworking, painting and growth toward meeting our future goal of 50 weekly woolery participants. Shaloms coffee connection allows for further skill development and community relationships for participants. Through our thrift store and art shows, participants enjoy sorting, processing and selling donated and self-created goods. These activities are made possible through our many full and part-time staff/coaches and more than 50 regular volunteers. Several of our participants continue to develop their skills of woodworking, painting and furniture making.
$406,469 spent$260,237 earned by the program67% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $606,670.
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 $1.9M to $4.1M (+116%).
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.
82% of SELF HELP ALTERNATIVE LIVING OPPORTUNITIES OF MI’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 5 funders, grant income rose $1k → $222k.
4 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 84% 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 SELF HELP ALTERNATIVE LIVING OPPORTUNITIES OF MI’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
SELF HELP ALTERNATIVE LIVING OPPORTUNITIES OF MI leans on a few funders — its largest provides 79% of grant income and the top three 95%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
84% 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 SELF HELP ALTERNATIVE LIVING OPPORTUNITIES OF MI.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 79% · 2020 89% · 2021 63% · 2022 63% · 2023 56% — 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
40% of SELF HELP ALTERNATIVE LIVING OPPORTUNITIES OF MI's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 78% 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
84% of SELF HELP ALTERNATIVE LIVING OPPORTUNITIES OF MI's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $438k that is directly attributable, 97% of it comes from funders outside Michigan, across 4 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.3M arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
SELF HELP ALTERNATIVE LIVING OPPORTUNITIES OF MI runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,263 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,263 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like SELF HELP ALTERNATIVE LIVING OPPORTUNITIES OF MI
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
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
56%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SELF HELP ALTERNATIVE LIVING OPPORTUNITIES OF MI?
- SELF HELP ALTERNATIVE LIVING OPPORTUNITIES OF MI (Michigan) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,765,619 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($2,191,100). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 84% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does SELF HELP ALTERNATIVE LIVING OPPORTUNITIES OF MI have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $2,765,619 in grants to SELF HELP ALTERNATIVE LIVING OPPORTUNITIES OF MI, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SELF HELP ALTERNATIVE LIVING OPPORTUNITIES OF MI?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $2,191,100 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SELF HELP ALTERNATIVE LIVING OPPORTUNITIES OF MI 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 9 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