West Michigan Regional Medical Consortium

Analysis

West Michigan Regional Medical Consortium is a registered charity in United States, based in Muskegon, MI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover public safety, disaster preparedness and relief, which this site groups under armed forces, emergency and public safety. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending September 2023, West Michigan Regional Medical Consortium reported income of $3.1m and spending of $3.2m, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income grew from $1.6m to $3.1m (+92%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2020, when income rose by 82%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 9,128 United States charities whose main cause is armed forces, emergency and public safety and that reported income, West Michigan Regional Medical Consortium sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile, and in the 89th percentile within MI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include American Fireworks Standards Laboratory Inc ($3.1m), Israel Rescue Coalition Inc ($3.1m) and Washington Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad Inc ($3.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 97% and program service revenue 2.8% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $149k (4.7% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $606k. At year end it held assets of $1.2m against liabilities of $886k, net assets of $303k. It reported 10 employees.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.