Michigan · Nonprofit
WORK SKILLS CORPORATION
WORK SKILLS CORPORATION (Michigan) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $878,628 to it, the largest being LIVINGSTON COUNTY UNITED WAY ($501,952). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $12M
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $879k
- Net assets
- $18M
What Work Skills Corporation does
Mission
Work Skills Corporation is a community-based organization that provides employment and training services to people with barriers to employment.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Action associates - full-service employment staffing services, providing unique attention to individuals with various employment challenges. Action associates successfully matches employer's needs with qualified candidates in all types of industries and responsibilities.
$1,322,204 spent$1,311,800 earned by the program14% of program spendingEmployment & training services - provides assessment, training, job placement and support for individuals with a variety of employment barriers. Works in tandem with government agencies, through facility-based and community-based environments, supporting the needs of the public in employment attainment and self-reliance. E&t services also administers certified behavioral services for children with autism, improving life's experience for the children and their families.
$2,359,970 spent$3,220,827 earned by the program26% of program spendingResidential services & action home health care - residential services furnishes complete personal living accommodations for individuals with traumatic brain injuries. Services provided include fully staffed housing, food, transportation, medical assistance, community inclusion, and access to employment opportunities.action home health care specializes in non-medical, in-home support services to individuals and their loved ones who are experiencing a diminished ability to care for themselves. Partners with government human-service agencies to deliver these critical services to the public at large.
$4,405,343 spent$5,363,131 earned by the program48% of program spendingOther program services consist of studio west--providing people with disabilities an opportunity to create and sell their work and clinical services--outpatient center providing aba, speech and occupational therapy for children and adults and personalized care to help people thrive.
$1,163,809 spent$1,603,479 earned by the program13% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $9,251,326.
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 2022 to 2023, from $11M to $17M (+60%).
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: 2021 12% · 2022 14% · 2023 25%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
1% of WORK SKILLS CORPORATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (13% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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
Tina Jackson
President/CEO
Board chair
David Plait
Chair person
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income rose $55k → $118k.
2 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 2% 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 WORK SKILLS 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
WORK SKILLS CORPORATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 57% of grant income and the top three 95%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
64% 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 WORK SKILLS CORPORATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 73% · 2018 56% · 2019 57% · 2020 71% · 2021 69% · 2022 71% · 2023 57% — 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.
Where its funders are
95% of WORK SKILLS 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. $16k 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
WORK SKILLS CORPORATION holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 274 employment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 274 employment nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding WORK SKILLS CORPORATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $882k on record.
- Department of the Interior$882k
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 WORK SKILLS 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
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
88%
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 WORK SKILLS 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 WORK SKILLS CORPORATION?
- WORK SKILLS CORPORATION (Michigan) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $878,628 to it, the largest being LIVINGSTON COUNTY UNITED WAY ($501,952). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WORK SKILLS CORPORATION have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $878,628 in grants to WORK SKILLS CORPORATION, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WORK SKILLS CORPORATION?
- LIVINGSTON COUNTY UNITED WAY is the largest funder on record, with $501,952 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WORK SKILLS 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.
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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 6 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