Michigan · Nonprofit
WEST MICHIGAN CENTER FOR ARTS & TECHNOLOGY
WEST MICHIGAN CENTER FOR ARTS & TECHNOLOGY (Michigan) receives grants from 39 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,159,740 to it, the largest being WK Kellogg Foundation ($2,074,717). 28 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.0M
- Funders on record
- 39
- Grants received
- $7.2M
- Net assets
- $9.9M
What West Michigan Center for Arts & Technology does
Mission
Wmcat provides a culture of opportunity for people to make social and economic progress in their lives and community.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Arts and tech: the nationally recognized, tuition-free afterschool teen arts + tech program through which grand rapids public high school students leverage visual arts and digital media to build creative confidence, elevate voice, connect with community, and explore possibilities for the future. Arts + tech at wmcat also includes daytime studio experiences with middle and high school students and week-long, tuition-based summer camps.
$465,294 spentof which $47,547 as grants$117,076 earned by the program22% of program spendingWorkforce development: a tuition-free adult career training program that provides kent county adults experiencing under- or unemployment a pathway to income stability and long-term family economic security through career training and leadership development. Workforce development at wmcat also includes step year, a tuition-free program that supports young adults (ages 18-24) with self-discovery and finding a career or educational path that's right for them.
$1,247,669 spentof which $130,049 as grants$44,348 earned by the program60% of program spendingSocial enterprise: affirms the mission of wmcat and provides earned revenue back to the organization through mission-aligned work. Public agency at wmcat is a human-centered design consultancy that works with organizations locally, statewide, and nationally to foster cultures of equity, action, and innovation. With a portfolio of multi-sector collaboration, public agency promotes methods and mindsets that prioritize the lived experiences of those most impacted by the design.
$378,492 spent$43,645 earned by the program18% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,091,455.
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 2018 to 2019, from $10M to $8.8M (−14%).
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: 2018 9% · 2019 10% · 2020 16% · 2021 22% · 2022 20% · 2024 25% · 2025 20%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
89% of WEST MICHIGAN CENTER FOR ARTS & TECHNOLOGY’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (48% 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.
Chief executive
Jamon Alexander
President/CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 13 funders to 17 funders, grant income fell $1.2M → $763k.
9 of 39 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 14% 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 WEST MICHIGAN CENTER FOR ARTS & TECHNOLOGY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 39 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
WEST MICHIGAN CENTER FOR ARTS & TECHNOLOGY has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 29% 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
36% 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 WEST MICHIGAN CENTER FOR ARTS & TECHNOLOGY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 43% · 2018 27% · 2019 35% · 2020 34% · 2021 28% · 2022 34% · 2023 26% — 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
58% of WEST MICHIGAN CENTER FOR ARTS & TECHNOLOGY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 72% 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 WEST MICHIGAN CENTER FOR ARTS & TECHNOLOGY's grant income comes from Michigan funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $977k arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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
WEST MICHIGAN CENTER FOR ARTS & TECHNOLOGY runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 9,398 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding WEST MICHIGAN CENTER FOR ARTS & TECHNOLOGY receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $368k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$368k
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 WEST MICHIGAN CENTER FOR ARTS & TECHNOLOGY
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
74% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
81%
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 WEST MICHIGAN CENTER FOR ARTS & TECHNOLOGY: 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 WEST MICHIGAN CENTER FOR ARTS & TECHNOLOGY?
- WEST MICHIGAN CENTER FOR ARTS & TECHNOLOGY (Michigan) receives grants from 39 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,159,740 to it, the largest being WK Kellogg Foundation ($2,074,717). 28 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WEST MICHIGAN CENTER FOR ARTS & TECHNOLOGY have?
- IRS filings report 39 organizations giving $7,159,740 in grants to WEST MICHIGAN CENTER FOR ARTS & TECHNOLOGY, 28 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WEST MICHIGAN CENTER FOR ARTS & TECHNOLOGY?
- WK Kellogg Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $2,074,717 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WEST MICHIGAN CENTER FOR ARTS & TECHNOLOGY 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 39 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