Michigan · Nonprofit
WHEAT INC
WHEAT INC (Michigan) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $3,500 to it, the largest being THE SKILLMAN FOUNDATION ($3,500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $242k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $4k
- Net assets
- $43k
What Wheat Inc does
Mission
To provide trauma-informed comprehensive support services to survivors of domestic violence, non-intimate partner sexual assault, and human trafficking, as well as youth and families experiencing homelessness.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2025 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
The Phoenix Project, Guiding light, and Healing Starts Here Programs Were all started and/or expanded significantly in 2025.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Phoenix Project Program: Helping survivors rise from adversity into stability and strength. Supports Housing, transportation, clothing and emergency assistance for women and families rebuilding thier lives
$108,777 spent68% of program spendingGuiding Light Program: Building resilience and confidence in youth impacted by trauma and homelessness. Provides mentorship, workshops and leadership opportunities for ages 8-18.
$21,159 spent13% of program spendingHealing Starts Here: Awareness and prevention through events, advocacy community awareness and prevention initiative amplifying survivor voices. Hosts annual events, education sessions, and advocacy campaigns to break cycles of violence.
$30,719 spent19% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $160,655.
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
Melvenna Fant-Jones
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of WHEAT INC’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.
Where its funders are
100% of WHEAT INC's grant income comes from Michigan funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
WHEAT INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 13,062 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,062 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding WHEAT INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $475k on record.
- Department of Justice$475k
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 WHEAT INC
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
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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 WHEAT INC: 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 WHEAT INC?
- WHEAT INC (Michigan) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $3,500 to it, the largest being THE SKILLMAN FOUNDATION ($3,500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WHEAT INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $3,500 in grants to WHEAT INC.
- Who is the largest funder of WHEAT INC?
- THE SKILLMAN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $3,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WHEAT INC 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 2025–2025), 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