United Community Assistance Program Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
463428477
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2016, Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2024
Location
Three Rivers, MI, USA
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Public, Society Benefit N.E.C.

Reported finances

Revenue
$61,582
Expenses
$62,189
Assets
$14,793

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Liza Ahrendt (President)
  • Alyce Bode (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Liza Ahrendt (President)
  • Alyce Bode (Vice President)
  • Kelly Judsen (Treasurer)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

UCAP operates Free Store provides utility assistance for those in disconnect status issues gas vouchers for clients to get to work job interviews or medical appointments and has a small pantry of food personal hygiene and household cleaning items.

What it reported doing in 2025

Utility Assistance: Provided aid to 301households totaling 36,174.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Member-benefit provider. The nonprofit used 95% of its reported program spending for member benefits.

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: 84
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 26
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 84.3%; rating input score 84
  • Program expense ratio: 83.5%; rating input score 83

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -1%; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.24; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 15.1%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 7.9% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 17.3% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 17.4% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 84.3% of revenue deployed · 83.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $52K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 40/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 20/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 9/100.