First Step-Western Wayne County Project on Domestic Assault

Analysis

First Step-Western Wayne County Project on Domestic Assault is a registered charity in United States, based in Plymouth, MI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 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 December 2023, First Step-Western Wayne County Project on Domestic Assault reported income of $4.8m and spending of $4.4m, spending 92% of its income. Across the 6 years on record, from September 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $3.6m to $4.8m (+31%), an average of +5.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 286%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, First Step-Western Wayne County Project on Domestic Assault sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile, and in the 92nd percentile within MI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lincoln Self Reliance Incorporated ($4.8m), Ferncliff Manor Inc ($4.8m) and Sheboygan County Food Bank Inc ($4.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% and program service revenue 0.7% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $194k (4.4% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $2.3m. At year end it held assets of $5.1m against liabilities of $1.2m, net assets of $3.9m. It reported 65 employees.