Michigan · Nonprofit
WEST MICHIGAN CONSTRUCTION INSTITUTE
WEST MICHIGAN CONSTRUCTION INSTITUTE (Michigan) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,444,347 to it, the largest being THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE HOLLAND/ZEELAND AREA INC ($803,524). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 75% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.0M
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $1.4M
- Net assets
- $7.2M
What West Michigan Construction Institute does
Mission
We build strong communities by preparing the next generation ofcontstruction professionals for lifelong careers.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Wmci builds strong communities by preparing the next generation of construction professionals for lifelong careers. We provide students with quality instruction and hands-on learning experiences preparing them for careers in the commercial construction industry. The learning is aligned with business expectations, state career and technical education standards, and the national center for construction education and research (nccer) curriculum. Wmci provides instruction in three primary areas: high school carpentry courses; adult construction trades education in carpentry, concrete, exterior envelope, sprinkler fitting, and plumbing; and professional development and certification courses for construction industry professionals.
$1,471,980 spent$1,015,336 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,471,980.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2020 to 2021, from $261k to $4.7M (+1719%).
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: 2022 42% · 2024 55% · 2025 44%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
62% of WEST MICHIGAN CONSTRUCTION INSTITUTE’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. 1 of the last 6 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
Greg George
CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income fell $962k → $12k.
4 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 75% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $45k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest The Right Place Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money WEST MICHIGAN CONSTRUCTION INSTITUTE raised.
From the IRS filings of WEST MICHIGAN CONSTRUCTION INSTITUTE’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
WEST MICHIGAN CONSTRUCTION INSTITUTE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 56% of grant income and the top three 77%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder 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 WEST MICHIGAN CONSTRUCTION INSTITUTE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 84% · 2022 25% · 2023 92% — 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.
Where its funders are
75% of WEST MICHIGAN CONSTRUCTION INSTITUTE'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 $361k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Michigan funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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 CONSTRUCTION INSTITUTE runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 9,398 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like WEST MICHIGAN CONSTRUCTION INSTITUTE
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
73% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Associated Builders and Contractors West Michigan Chapter · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for WEST MICHIGAN CONSTRUCTION INSTITUTE: 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 CONSTRUCTION INSTITUTE?
- WEST MICHIGAN CONSTRUCTION INSTITUTE (Michigan) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,444,347 to it, the largest being THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE HOLLAND/ZEELAND AREA INC ($803,524). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 75% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does WEST MICHIGAN CONSTRUCTION INSTITUTE have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $1,444,347 in grants to WEST MICHIGAN CONSTRUCTION INSTITUTE, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WEST MICHIGAN CONSTRUCTION INSTITUTE?
- THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE HOLLAND/ZEELAND AREA INC is the largest funder on record, with $803,524 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WEST MICHIGAN CONSTRUCTION INSTITUTE 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 2020–2025), and the filings of 10 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