Flint & Genesee Group

Legal name: Flint and Genesee Group Foundation

Overview

Mission

Maximize economic and community growth through collaborative partnerships and promotion of the region.

What it reported doing in 2024

Summer Youth Initiative: The Summer Youth Initiative funded various non-profit agencies to employ Genesee County Youth, ages 14-18. In addition to the employment, the Youth received employability training and leadership development.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 98% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
237420247
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Flint, MI, USA
Phone
(810)-600-1404
Rating
64
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$58,862,655
Expenses
$16,813,026
Assets
$141,985,253
Liabilities
$96,841,015

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 49
  • Transparency & Controls: 65
  • Accountability: 77
  • Sustainability: 85
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 28.9%; rating input score 29
  • Program expense ratio: 99.8%; rating input score 100
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 44
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 71.4%; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 8.44; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.68; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0.6%; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 27.4% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 32.6% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 36.1% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 6 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 3 operating locations identified
  • Where the money goes: 28.9% of revenue deployed · 99.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 19 of 19 board members independent · 4 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $16.8M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $388K · 23 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 23 of 23 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 14 annual filings from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 29/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 9 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 23/100.

Leadership & pay

23 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • Timothy Herman (CEO): $387,980 total reported compensation
  • Stephanie Fenton (COO Uptown): $245,606 total reported compensation
  • Kristina Johnston (COO): $229,422 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024.