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UNITED CHURCH OUTREACH MINISTRY

UNITED CHURCH OUTREACH MINISTRY (Michigan) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,093,625 to it, the largest being HEART OF WEST MICHIGAN UNITED WAY ($242,929). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$1.0M
Funders on record
23
Grants received
$1.1M
Net assets
$865k
13/23 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 20%
01What it does

What United Church Outreach Ministry does

Mission

United Church Outreach Ministry (ucom) builds relationships and fosters community leadership by offering essential resources and providing educational opportunities to enhance health and well-being.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. In 2024 ucom provided food services through our health choice food pantry to 4,345 individuals. Many shop more than once a year, resulting in over 27,000 individual services and allowing ucom to provide enough food for an estimated 550,000 meals.

    $883,326 spent
    99% of program spending
  2. Ucoms growing green neighbors program provided growing space for over 100 neighbors via our onsite garden, our community garden at nearby marquette park, and our home-based raised garden beds. Participants were encouraged to attend monthly garden meetings for fellowship, potlucks, and information sessions.

    $4,753 spent
    1% of program spending
  3. Other various programs that support the community.

    $3,432 spent
    0% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $891,511.

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 ($1.1M) Expenses 100 ($1.1M) Net assets 100 ($531k)2018 Revenue 103 ($1.1M) Expenses 107 ($1.2M) Net assets 88 ($465k)2019 Revenue 120 ($1.3M) Expenses 113 ($1.2M) Net assets 103 ($547k)2020 Revenue 137 ($1.5M) Expenses 103 ($1.1M) Net assets 174 ($924k)2021 Revenue 92 ($984k) Expenses 103 ($1.1M) Net assets 154 ($815k)2022 Revenue 108 ($1.2M) Expenses 92 ($991k) Net assets 178 ($946k)2023 Revenue 123 ($1.3M) Expenses 127 ($1.4M) Net assets 172 ($912k)2024 Revenue 98 ($1.0M) Expenses 102 ($1.1M) Net assets 163 ($865k)
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Revenue (98)Expenses (102)Net assets (163)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 2019 to 2020, from $572k to $943k (+65%).

$539k
$469k
$572k
$943k
$822k
$1.0M
$956k
$885k
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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
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2020 15% · 2021 7% · 2023 2% · 2024 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

94% of UNITED CHURCH OUTREACH MINISTRY’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 11,793 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$7k
’17
−$51k
’18
$65k
’19
$361k
’20
−$123k
’21
$170k
’22
−$51k
’23
−$59k
’24
2.4
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.

Chief executive

Erik Keener

Executive director

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

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Listed10810117779
Joined·+3+4+2+0+1+1+3
No longer listed·5214111
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 10 funders, grant income rose $61k → $261k.

7 of 23 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 37% 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 UNITED CHURCH OUTREACH MINISTRY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 21 of 23 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

UNITED CHURCH OUTREACH MINISTRY has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 22% 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

61% 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 UNITED CHURCH OUTREACH MINISTRY.

22%
largest funder
61%
top three
~7
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 65% · 2018 45% · 2019 52% · 2020 64% · 2021 41% · 2022 36% · 2023 45% — 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

46% of UNITED CHURCH OUTREACH MINISTRY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 57% 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

99% of UNITED CHURCH OUTREACH MINISTRY's grant income comes from Michigan funders.

MI
OH
CT

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

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’20
’21
’22
’23
Michigan out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $407k 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

UNITED CHURCH OUTREACH MINISTRY's funding base is broadening — from 4 funders to 10 as grant income climbed.

Operating margin−6% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve2.4mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−0% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,263 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024

Organizations like UNITED CHURCH OUTREACH MINISTRY

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

81% of spending goes to programs.

Program 81%Management 16%Fundraising 3%

Governance

6
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

75%

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 UNITED CHURCH OUTREACH MINISTRY?
UNITED CHURCH OUTREACH MINISTRY (Michigan) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,093,625 to it, the largest being HEART OF WEST MICHIGAN UNITED WAY ($242,929). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does UNITED CHURCH OUTREACH MINISTRY have?
IRS filings report 23 organizations giving $1,093,625 in grants to UNITED CHURCH OUTREACH MINISTRY, 13 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of UNITED CHURCH OUTREACH MINISTRY?
HEART OF WEST MICHIGAN UNITED WAY is the largest funder on record, with $242,929 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like UNITED CHURCH OUTREACH MINISTRY 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 23 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