West Michigan Trails & Greenways

Analysis

West Michigan Trails & Greenways is a registered charity in United States, based in Grand Rapids, MI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover public and societal benefit, which this site groups under other charitable purposes. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, West Michigan Trails & Greenways reported income of $271k and spending of $234k, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $109k to $271k (+148%), an average of +26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 238%. Over the whole period it spent 44% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, West Michigan Trails & Greenways sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile, and in the 60th percentile within MI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lexington Education Foundation ($271k), Little League Baseball Inc ($271k) and Wildlife Research Institute ($271k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 83% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $146k. At year end it held assets of $1.9m against liabilities of $7,471, net assets of $1.9m. It reported 3 employees.