Tri County Labor Agency for Human Services Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
382181989
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2020, Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Battle Creek, MI, USA
Phone
2699622185
Rating
91
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$98,883
Expenses
$139,330
Assets
$28,621
Liabilities
$9,455

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

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • TREVOR BIDELMAN (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • TREVOR BIDELMAN (PRESIDENT)
  • FRANKLIN HARDGROVE (TREASURER)
  • JOSEPH MICHILIZZI (TRUSTEE)

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

Tri-county labor agency provides human services to individuals within, but not limited to, calhoun, barry, and branch counties, in the state of Michigan. Services include food distribution, advocacy, and representation for unemployment compensation and workers' compensation claims, information and referral services, intervention and community planning, and counseling

What it reported doing in 2024

Provides advocacy and representation for unemployment compensation and worker's compensation claims, information and referral services, community relations, and counseling

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 74% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 87% 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.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 98
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 14
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 93.7%; rating input score 94

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -40.9%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.21; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.33; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 10.7%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -0.5% per year; rating input score 0; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -4.1% per year; rating input score 0; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.1% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 93.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $131K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 15/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 17/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 9/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 11/100.