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THE PEOPLE CENTER INC

THE PEOPLE CENTER INC (Michigan) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $293,346 to it, the largest being GRAND HAVEN AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($144,595). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 53% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$291k
Funders on record
15
Grants received
$293k
Net assets
$1.0M
8/15 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 27%
01What it does

What The People Center Inc does

Mission

To provide a safe place for the people of the area to come, to be heard, and to receive practical assistance in an atmosphere of dignity and trust.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. To provide food, clothing, and transitional housing for those in times of emergency or uncertainty.

    $183,767 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $183,767.

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 ($161k) Expenses 100 ($151k) Net assets 100 ($714k)2018 Revenue 96 ($155k) Expenses 99 ($149k) Net assets 101 ($720k)2019 Revenue 116 ($187k) Expenses 101 ($153k) Net assets 106 ($754k)2020 Revenue 130 ($210k) Expenses 90 ($135k) Net assets 116 ($829k)2021 Revenue 106 ($171k) Expenses 107 ($161k) Net assets 118 ($839k)2022 Revenue 108 ($174k) Expenses 110 ($166k) Net assets 119 ($847k)2023 Revenue 151 ($244k) Expenses 116 ($176k) Net assets 128 ($915k)2024 Revenue 161 ($260k) Expenses 153 ($232k) Net assets 132 ($943k)2025 Revenue 180 ($291k) Expenses 137 ($207k) Net assets 144 ($1.0M)
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Revenue (180)Expenses (137)Net assets (144)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 2024 to 2025, from $943k to $1.0M (+9%).

$714k
$720k
$754k
$829k
$839k
$847k
$915k
$943k
$1.0M
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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
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

100% of THE PEOPLE CENTER INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (91% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 23,940 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$11k
’17
$6k
’18
$34k
’19
$75k
’20
$10k
’21
$7k
’22
$68k
’23
$29k
’24
$84k
’25
20
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.

Board chair

Lydia Tibble

Chairman

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed171415121112121414
Joined·+1+2+1+1+6+1+4+0
No longer listed·41425120
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 4 funders, grant income rose $18k → $43k.

3 of 15 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 53% 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 THE PEOPLE CENTER 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.

How concentrated its funding is

THE PEOPLE CENTER INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 49% of grant income and the top three 79%; half comes from just 2 funders.

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

76% 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 THE PEOPLE CENTER INC.

49%
largest funder
79%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 70% · 2018 69% · 2019 48% · 2020 61% · 2021 49% · 2022 70% · 2023 70% — broadly stable.

“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

56% of THE PEOPLE CENTER INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 53% 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

53% of THE PEOPLE CENTER INC'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 $137k that is directly attributable, 84% of it comes from Michigan funders.

MI
IN
OH
NC
DC

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’19
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’21
’22
’23
Michigan out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $157k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

THE PEOPLE CENTER INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 13,917 human services nonprofits its size.

Operating margin29% · top quartile
Months of reserve19.8mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)8% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,917 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

89% of spending goes to programs.

Program 89%Management 11%Fundraising 0%

Governance

14
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

89%

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

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Questions and answers

Who funds THE PEOPLE CENTER INC?
THE PEOPLE CENTER INC (Michigan) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $293,346 to it, the largest being GRAND HAVEN AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($144,595). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 53% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does THE PEOPLE CENTER INC have?
IRS filings report 15 organizations giving $293,346 in grants to THE PEOPLE CENTER INC, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE PEOPLE CENTER INC?
GRAND HAVEN AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $144,595 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE PEOPLE CENTER 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 15 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