West Michigan Alliance for Veterans

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
811491775
IRS 990-PF coverage
2021–2024
Forms available
Form 990-PF 2024
Location
Grand Rapids, MI, USA
Phone
6168886400
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Reported finances

Revenue
$5,253
Expenses
$231,254

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

Overview

Mission

Human Service Organizations

What it reported funding in 2024

The foundation reported 44 grants totaling $149,737. The stated grant purposes included assist qualifying veterans with rent of mortgage payments while they attend college full time to further their career or start a new career through college courses at an accredited higher education institute or trade school certification or program., west michigan alliance for veterans provided funds to the west michigan veterans assistance program food bank for the purchase of food. the food bank ensures no veteran that has fallen on hard times is left behind when it comes to the basic need of food and children's needs. the program provides food and personal care items to veterans and their families., and west michigan alliance for veterans provided funds to the armed forces thanksgiving. the mission of the armed forces thanksgiving is to raise awareness and dialogue on the contributions our military personnel have made while providing an invaluable educational opportunity for high school students., plus 3 other reported purposes.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 61% of the foundation's positive operating resources came from contributions.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The foundation distributed 82% of its reported charitable disbursements as grants.
  • Includes asset-sale income: Asset-sale income is shown separately from recurring resources when classifying the revenue model.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes to charitable grants and the filing identifies who received its grants. Assets provide a limited cushion relative to annual grants and the filing reports one or more activities that warrant closer review.

Rating breakdown

  • Grant Deployment: 100
  • Cost Efficiency: 65
  • Transparency: 100
  • Compliance: 98
  • Endowment Health: 9

Detailed rating inputs

Grant Deployment

  • Grant deployment ratio: 100%; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings

Cost Efficiency

  • Grant expense ratio: 64.8%; rating input score 65; 34th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency

  • Grant recipient disclosure: Yes; rating input score 100

Compliance

  • Part VII-B activity disclosures: 18 of 19 controls in place; rating input score 95
    • Property sale or exchange with a disqualified person: Pass
    • Borrowing from or lending to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Goods, services, or facilities involving a disqualified person: Pass
    • Compensation paid to a disqualified person: Fail
    • Assets transferred to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Payment to a government official: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior self-dealing: Pass
    • Prior-year undistributed income: Pass
    • Excess business holdings: Pass
    • Investments that may jeopardize charitable purposes: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior-year jeopardizing investments: Pass
    • Attempt to influence legislation: Pass
    • Attempt to influence an election: Pass
    • Grants to individuals: Pass
    • Grants to organizations: Pass
    • Spending for a noncharitable purpose: Pass
    • Funds received for a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Premiums paid on a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Prohibited tax-shelter transaction: Pass
  • Filing consistency checks: 10; rating input score 100

Endowment Health

  • Endowment-health comparison: 1.65; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Grants: 100% of grant recipient detail disclosed
  • Payout: At least 100% grant deployment rate
  • Trustees: Filed trustees detail
  • Self-dealing: 100% of reviewed questions answered “No”
  • Investments: 9th percentile for endowment coverage
  • Consistency: 10 of 10 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2021 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 45 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Endowment Health: Endowment-health comparison scored 9/100.
  • Review — Compliance: Part VII-B activity disclosures: Compensation paid to a disqualified person not reported.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.