Truenorth Community Services

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
386158533
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-T 2025
Location
Fremont, MI, USA
Phone
2319240641
Rating
92
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$23,362,514
Expenses
$22,777,482
Assets
$21,108,401
Liabilities
$9,649,780

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • BEVERLY CASSIDY (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER/ P)

Highest reported compensation

  • BEVERLY CASSIDY (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER/ P): $207,350 total reported compensation
  • ALESHIA CRAMBLET (FINANCE DIRECTOR): $102,912 total reported compensation
  • PEGGY MATHIS (CHIEF PROGRAM OFFICER): $88,033 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Truenorth community services empower people and strengthen community to inspire hope and build a brighter future. Truenorth community services will continually improve a fluid and flexible array of services to ensure our communities are prosperous destinations for all their members.

What it reported doing in 2025

Out-of-school time programs: our school-based out-of-school time programs provide after-school and summer programs for children within elementary and middle schools of baldwin, hart, hesperia, holton, muskegon heights academy, walkerville, and white cloud. These programs are funded by 21st century community learning center grants. These programs are entitled project focus (for our children's ultimate success). Activities focus on academic support, healthy eating, life-long learning skills, disguised learning, and outdoor and recreation activities. Additionally, the districts of fremont, grant, newaygo, and mason county eastern are served with a 6-week summer program and pentwater with an afterschool and summer program funded by the 32n grant provided by Michigan's department of lifelong learning, education, advancement, and potential. These programs are called summer blast. Fremont, grant, and mason county eastern serve elementary and middle school students while pentwater and newaygo serve elementary only. Similar to project focus, these programs focus on academic support, recreation, and disguised learning.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 62% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 40% for direct work, and 60% 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: 91
  • Transparency & Controls: 95
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 37
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 91.1%; rating input score 91
  • Program expense ratio: 93.2%; rating input score 93
  • Fundraising efficiency: $83.67 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 6 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Pass
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th 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; 64th 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: 2.5%; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.93; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.46; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 1.7%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 1.1% per year; rating input score 100; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.3% per year; rating input score 100; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 91.1% of revenue deployed · 93.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $21.2M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $207K · 12 people listed · 6 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $487K reported
  • Consistency: 34 of 34 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 10 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 35/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 27/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 29/100.