Michigan · Nonprofit
WEST MICHIGAN EDUCATION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION
WEST MICHIGAN EDUCATION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION (Michigan) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $0 to it, the largest being FEEDING AMERICA WEST MICHIGAN ($0). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $184k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $0
- Net assets
- $467k
What West Michigan Education Research and Development Foundation does
Mission
The primary purpose of the WMERDF is to provide educational scholarships to future teachers and support services and consulting services to regional school districts in Wesst Michigan.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
School personnel and administrative training, coaching and consulting services reaching over 20 Administrators impacting more than 4500 students
$57,493 spent59% of program spendingProvided scholarships to 37 future aspiring educators
$40,521 spent41% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $98,014.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2023 to 2024, from $459k to $500k (+9%).
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.
2% of WEST MICHIGAN EDUCATION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Chris Rice
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Against its field
WEST MICHIGAN EDUCATION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION has grown faster than three-quarters of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like WEST MICHIGAN EDUCATION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION
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.
Public support
97%
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds WEST MICHIGAN EDUCATION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION?
- WEST MICHIGAN EDUCATION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION (Michigan) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $0 to it, the largest being FEEDING AMERICA WEST MICHIGAN ($0). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WEST MICHIGAN EDUCATION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $0 in grants to WEST MICHIGAN EDUCATION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION.
- Who is the largest funder of WEST MICHIGAN EDUCATION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION?
- FEEDING AMERICA WEST MICHIGAN is the largest funder on record, with $0 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WEST MICHIGAN EDUCATION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION 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 2021–2025), and the filings of 1 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