Michigan · Nonprofit
SOUTH WEST AREA NEIGHBORS INC
SOUTH WEST AREA NEIGHBORS INC (Michigan) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $750 to it, the largest being JAMES AND SHIRLEY BALK FOUNDATION ($750). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2026
- $54k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $750
- Net assets
- $27k
What South West Area Neighbors Inc does
Mission
Enhance and preserve the quality of life for individuals and families on grand rapids west side. Foster and support a racially, ethnicaly, economically, and socially diverse community. Design and enforce standards for the social, economic, and physical wellbeing.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.
Programs
During the year we held a summer literacy program that spanned over multiple weeks of the summer.this included distributing books to kids of all ages.
$50,100 spent100% of program spendingWe are actively receiving training related to public safety from our local police department and their supporting organizations.
The 2 programs described on its FY2026 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $50,100.
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 $19k to $56k (+203%).
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 85% · 2018 83% · 2019 79% · 2022 84% · 2024 88% · 2025 90% · 2026 94%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of SOUTH WEST AREA NEIGHBORS INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (77% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 7 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 → 2020: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $500 → $250.
From the IRS filings of SOUTH WEST AREA NEIGHBORS 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.
Where its funders are
100% of SOUTH WEST AREA NEIGHBORS 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. 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
SOUTH WEST AREA NEIGHBORS INC has grown faster than half of the 372 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 372 community improvement nonprofits under $100k, FY2026
Organizations like SOUTH WEST AREA NEIGHBORS 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
70% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SOUTH WEST AREA NEIGHBORS INC?
- SOUTH WEST AREA NEIGHBORS INC (Michigan) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $750 to it, the largest being JAMES AND SHIRLEY BALK FOUNDATION ($750). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SOUTH WEST AREA NEIGHBORS INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $750 in grants to SOUTH WEST AREA NEIGHBORS INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SOUTH WEST AREA NEIGHBORS INC?
- JAMES AND SHIRLEY BALK FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $750 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SOUTH WEST AREA NEIGHBORS 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 FY2026 (financials across 2017–2026), and the filings of 1 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing