Catholic Charities West Michigan
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 383012473
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Grand Rapids, MI, USA
- Phone
- (616) 356-6222
- Rating
- 80
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $21,933,288
- Expenses
- $19,664,525
- Assets
- $17,275,048
- Liabilities
- $6,728,917
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
23 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DAVID BELLAMY (CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- DAVID BELLAMY (CEO): $192,561 total reported compensation
- LAURA PLOOF (CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFIC): $177,943 total reported compensation
- LETICIA PITTMAN (CHILD WELFARE DIRECTOR): $145,924 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Inspired by the Church’s social teachings, Catholic Charities West Michigan fosters individuals and families to flourish by providing help and creating hope. Catholic Charities West Michigan (CCWM) is a community-based agency providing programs in Western Michigan to help families and individuals succeed. Since 1946, we have been serving the most vulnerable populations in West Michigan with programs centered around prevention, education, and crisis intervention. Our Mission Inspired by the Church’s social teachings, Catholic Charities West Michigan. fosters individuals and families to flourish by providing help and creating hope. Our Vision Catholic Charities West Michigan is called to create a just and compassionate community where all people can achieve their divine purpose.
What it reported doing in 2024
Behavioral health - our behavior health and counseling programs help individuals face the challenges of everyday life by providing counseling and treatment for parenting issues, substance abuse, family issues and individual issues such as depression, anxiety and other mental health issues.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 79% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 83% 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.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 71
- Transparency & Controls: 79
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 53
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 73%; rating input score 73
- Program expense ratio: 82.1%; rating input score 82
- Fundraising efficiency: $7.92 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 10.3%; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.88; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.39; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 3.9%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 1% per year; rating input score 100; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 2.3% per year; rating input score 100; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 5.5% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 2 operating locations identified
- Where the money goes: 73% of revenue deployed · 82.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 18 of 18 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $16.1M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $193K · 23 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $202K reported
- Consistency: 39 of 39 current checks pass
- Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 2 filed related-organization links
- 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 32/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 31/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 38/100.