Mid Michigan Community Action Agency Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 382056236
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
- Location
- Farwell, MI, USA
- Phone
- 9893863805
- Rating
- 91
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Standard
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $23,992,886
- Expenses
- $24,139,699
- Assets
- $10,204,149
- Liabilities
- $4,455,069
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
30 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JILL SUTTON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (THRU MARCH))
- MARK POLEGA (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- JILL SUTTON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (THRU MARCH)): $171,503 total reported compensation
- MARK POLEGA (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $120,859 total reported compensation
- AMYEE CARSON (EARLY HEAD START DIRECTOR): $110,984 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Mid Michigan community action guides local residents on the path to self-sufficiency through empowerment, education and community enrichment.
What it reported doing in 2024
Mid Michigan community action provides nutrition assistance support for children and families through the women, infants, and children program (children 0-5 years and pregnant women), commodity supplemental food program (seniors), and the emergency food assistance program. Fy2025, over 2.5 million pounds of food were distributed, with 5,511 senior households served across 15 counties. Overall, the food programs served 16,907 households, reaching 35,256 individuals. 1,447 individuals were enrolled and received wic services.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 96% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 69% for direct work, and 31% for grants.
- 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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 98
- Transparency & Controls: 85
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 30
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 97.5%; rating input score 98
- Program expense ratio: 96.9%; rating input score 97
- Fundraising efficiency: $109,258.37 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 94.4%; rating input score 94; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
- 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: 8 of 8 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: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -0.6%; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.42; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.44; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 1.7%; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 9.8% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 5.6% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 1.3% per year; rating input score 100; 15th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 97.5% of revenue deployed · 96.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 22 of 22 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $23.4M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $172K · 30 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $2.1M reported
- Consistency: 38 of 39 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 8 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: 9 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 12 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.
- Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 28/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 12/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 34/100.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Schedule R controlled transactions itemized did not reconcile in the filed values.