Western-Washtenaw Area Value Express

Analysis

Western-Washtenaw Area Value Express is a registered charity in United States, based in Dexter, MI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1978, 48 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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 September 2023, Western-Washtenaw Area Value Express reported income of $1.6m and spending of $2.1m, spending 127% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income grew from $1.3m to $1.6m (+27%), an average of +6.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Western-Washtenaw Area Value Express sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile, and in the 84th percentile within MI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include National Association for the Dually Diagnosed ($1.6m), Changed Lives Ministry Inc ($1.6m) and Hope Station Community Services Inc ($1.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 85% and program service revenue 14% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $960k. At year end it held assets of $1.5m against liabilities of $825k, net assets of $645k. It reported 41 employees.