Wolverine Human Services

Analysis

Wolverine Human Services is a registered charity in United States, based in Vassar, MI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 1990, 36 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, Wolverine Human Services reported income of $19.2m and spending of $19.7m, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income fell from $37.9m to $19.2m (-49%), an average of -16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2021, when income dropped by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Wolverine Human Services sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile, and in the 97th percentile within MI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Human Service Agency ($19.1m), Pope Francis Center ($19.2m) and Agena ($19.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 18% and program service revenue 80% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $10.0m. At year end it held assets of $24.9m against liabilities of $12.8m, net assets of $12.1m. It reported 396 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.