Michigan · Nonprofit
W E UPJOHN UNEMPLOYMENT TRUSTEE CORPORATION
W E UPJOHN UNEMPLOYMENT TRUSTEE CORPORATION (Michigan) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $17,958,274 to it, the largest being WK Kellogg Foundation ($13,418,344). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $30M
- Funders on record
- 22
- Grants received
- $18M
- Net assets
- $292M
What W E Upjohn Unemployment Trustee Corporation does
Mission
To conduct research into the causes and effects of unemployment and to study and investigate the feasibility and methods of insuring against unemployment and to devise ways and means of preventing and alleviating the distress and hardship caused by unemployment, and to create, experiment with and put into effect any plan or device that the board of trustees may determine feasible to accomplish said purposes.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Workforce development programs designed to connect job seekers, employers, training partners, and educators. Programs help job seekers find career opportunities and prepare a qualified workforce to meet the current and emerging needs of business and industry.
$14,564,306 spentof which $3,746,632 as grants$27,521 earned by the program66% of program spendingResearch projects focus on labor markets, addressing the causes of unemployment, education and training systems to improve worker's employability, and influence of government policies on labor markets. Research is disseminated so institute insight reaches policy makers, advocates and practitioners who can put it to use.
$7,640,251 spentof which $27,000 as grants$11,334,587 earned by the program34% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $22,204,557.
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 2021 to 2022, from $280M to $228M (−18%).
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 45% · 2018 37% · 2019 35% · 2020 49% · 2021 29% · 2022 35% · 2023 44% · 2024 12% · 2025 34%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
34% of W E UPJOHN UNEMPLOYMENT TRUSTEE CORPORATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (13% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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.
Board chair
Donald R Parfet
Chairman of the board
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $1.3M → $2.3M.
2 of 22 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 W E UPJOHN UNEMPLOYMENT TRUSTEE CORPORATION’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
W E UPJOHN UNEMPLOYMENT TRUSTEE CORPORATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 75% of grant income and the top three 86%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 45% · 2018 59% · 2019 81% · 2020 51% · 2021 69% · 2022 86% · 2023 84% — 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.
How long its funders stay
20% of W E UPJOHN UNEMPLOYMENT TRUSTEE CORPORATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 45% 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
88% of W E UPJOHN UNEMPLOYMENT TRUSTEE CORPORATION's grant income comes from Michigan funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $38k 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.
Against its field
W E UPJOHN UNEMPLOYMENT TRUSTEE CORPORATION's funding base is broadening — from 5 funders to 7 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 274 employment nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding W E UPJOHN UNEMPLOYMENT TRUSTEE CORPORATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.8M on record.
- Department of Education$1.4M
- Department of Commerce$315k
- National Science Foundation$140k
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 W E UPJOHN UNEMPLOYMENT TRUSTEE CORPORATION
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
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
53%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for W E UPJOHN UNEMPLOYMENT TRUSTEE CORPORATION: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds W E UPJOHN UNEMPLOYMENT TRUSTEE CORPORATION?
- W E UPJOHN UNEMPLOYMENT TRUSTEE CORPORATION (Michigan) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $17,958,274 to it, the largest being WK Kellogg Foundation ($13,418,344). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does W E UPJOHN UNEMPLOYMENT TRUSTEE CORPORATION have?
- IRS filings report 22 organizations giving $17,958,274 in grants to W E UPJOHN UNEMPLOYMENT TRUSTEE CORPORATION, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of W E UPJOHN UNEMPLOYMENT TRUSTEE CORPORATION?
- WK Kellogg Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $13,418,344 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like W E UPJOHN UNEMPLOYMENT TRUSTEE CORPORATION 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 22 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