Michigan · Nonprofit
WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF WESTERN MI
WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF WESTERN MI (Michigan) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $264,246 to it, the largest being THE MEIJER FOUNDATION ($155,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $242k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $264k
- Net assets
- $225k
What World Affairs Council of Western Mi does
Mission
Our mission is to promote understanding of world affairs and united states foreign policy and to link western michigan to the global community.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Global executive briefings series. 3 lectures with a total attendance of 170
$12,818 spent$2,300 earned by the program20% of program spendingWorldquest is our international trivia game played with 80 players. It is always held during world trade week (a designated week by the us department of commerce).
$4,685 spent$990 earned by the program7% of program spendingSpecial program - annual event featuring ambassador r. Nicholas burns (us ambassador to china, nato and greece) with 208 attendees.
$20,742 spent$2,877 earned by the program33% of program spendingMisc programs: global mixer. Kent district library featuring radical middle series with 184 attendees.
$25,313 spent$5,320 earned by the program40% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $63,558.
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 2020 to 2021, from $280k to $373k (+33%).
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.
87% of WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF WESTERN MI’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 8 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $500 → $56k.
2 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF WESTERN MI’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
WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF WESTERN MI leans on a few funders — its largest provides 59% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 69% · 2022 58% · 2023 62% — 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
99% of WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF WESTERN MI's grant income comes from Michigan funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $546 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
WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF WESTERN MI is better cushioned than half of the 4,524 international nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,524 international nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF WESTERN MI
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
17% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
43%
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 WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF WESTERN MI: 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 WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF WESTERN MI?
- WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF WESTERN MI (Michigan) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $264,246 to it, the largest being THE MEIJER FOUNDATION ($155,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF WESTERN MI have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $264,246 in grants to WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF WESTERN MI, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF WESTERN MI?
- THE MEIJER FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $155,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF WESTERN MI 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 7 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