Giving Songs Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 455104852
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2020–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2019
- Location
- Northville, MI, USA
- Phone
- 2489742032
- Rating
- 78
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Blind/Visually Impaired Centers
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $60,823
- Expenses
- $44,192
- Assets
- $42,271
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- BRENT JOHNSON (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- BRENT JOHNSON (PRESIDENT)
- MEGAN SPILLANE (TREASURER)
- JIM O'DOHERTY (SECRETARY)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Our mission is to improve the lives of southeastern Michigan families with a child who is a wheelchair user. We provide information and financial assistance to help these families address their many unique needs. Donations are primarily used to purchase wheelchair accessible vehicles for qualified families living in one of the following Michigan counties: genesee, hillsdale, ingham, jackson, lapeer, lenawee, livingston, macomb, monroe, oakland, st. Clair, shiawassee, washtenaw or wayne.
What it reported doing in 2024
40,000 in vehicle grants were distributed during the fiscal year ending 9/30/2025 to the following: 15,000 to julianna and her family 5,000 to austin and his family 10,000 to ethan and his family 10,000 to deven and his family
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 85% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 75
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 57
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 65.8%; rating input score 66
- Program expense ratio: 90.5%; rating input score 91
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 27.3%; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.96; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 5.6% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 0.7% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 8.5% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 65.8% of revenue deployed · 90.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $40K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2020 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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 — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 45/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.