Form 990 for tax year 2024
Filed by LITERACY CENTER OF WEST MICHIGAN.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $2,562,858
- Total expenses
- $2,689,883
- Contributions and grants received
- $2,207,314
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $226,355
- Investment income
- $22,359
- Other revenue
- $106,830
- Total assets, end of year
- $2,304,042
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $1,341,743
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $962,299
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $2,110,411
- Management and general expenses
- $389,210
- Fundraising expenses
- $190,262
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $2,110,411
Program services were 78.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
Line items
Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.
Revenue
Part VIII, the statement of revenue.
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1a · Federated campaigns
$90,625
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$1,258,374
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$858,315
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$8,753
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2a · Program service revenue: Workplace English and other
total $226,355 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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3 · Investment income
total $22,359 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $22,359
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8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$158,154
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8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$51,324
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $106,830 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $106,830
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $140,202 · program services $46,734 · management and general $46,734 · fundraising $46,734
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $1,354,701 · program services $1,118,358 · management and general $150,721 · fundraising $85,622
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $175,007 · program services $131,553 · management and general $30,448 · fundraising $13,006
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $114,081 · program services $89,349 · management and general $14,606 · fundraising $10,126
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $36,136 · program services $1,726 · management and general $34,410 · fundraising $0
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11g · Fees: other
total $423,333 · program services $414,650 · management and general $0 · fundraising $8,683
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13 · Office expenses
total $80,748 · program services $61,675 · management and general $12,455 · fundraising $6,618
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14 · Information technology
total $11,935 · program services $9,310 · management and general $1,551 · fundraising $1,074
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16 · Occupancy
total $86,911 · program services $67,791 · management and general $11,298 · fundraising $7,822
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17 · Travel
total $29,030 · program services $26,210 · management and general $1,387 · fundraising $1,433
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $24,390 · program services $20,639 · management and general $2,767 · fundraising $984
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20 · Interest
total $12,982 · program services $0 · management and general $12,982 · fundraising $0
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $19,522 · program services $15,227 · management and general $2,538 · fundraising $1,757
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23 · Insurance
total $5,795 · program services $4,520 · management and general $753 · fundraising $522
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24a · Other expenses: Repairs and Maintenance
total $78,892 · program services $66,257 · management and general $7,634 · fundraising $5,001
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24b · Other expenses: Bad debts
total $58,005 · program services $0 · management and general $58,005 · fundraising $0
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24c · Other expenses: Event Expense
total $21,996 · program services $21,996 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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24d · Other expenses: Program outreach
total $7,248 · program services $7,248 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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24e · All other expenses
total $8,969 · program services $7,168 · management and general $921 · fundraising $880
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $244,169 · end of year $148,689
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $763,859 · end of year $770,980
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $4,920 · end of year $1,268
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$402,953
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$159,114
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $15,983 · end of year $243,839
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $164,419 · end of year $177,894
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $999,569 · end of year $961,372
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $95,516 · end of year $143,931
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19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $8,510 · end of year $4,700
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23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable
end of year $196,980
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24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable
beginning of year $999,569 · end of year $996,132
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $506,862 · end of year $480,651
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $582,462 · end of year $481,648
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
As the largest community-based adult literacy provider in Michigan and nationally recognized for best practice, we instructed 1,347 adults in 2024-2025 with free, contextualized literacy and English language instruction.
Activities or mission (Part I)
The Literacy Center of West Michigan is committed to bringing about a just and vibrant West Michigan through the power of literacy
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Across all programs, learners received 145,242 hours of free instruction designed to meet literacy needs where life happens, including workplaces, health clinics, schools, community settings, and libraries. The Literacy Center instructed 385 adults through Family Literacy programming in 13 schools and online, integrating English language instruction with parent leadership and school partnership. To reduce barriers, 2,809 hours of free childcare were provided.
Expenses $2,110,411
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The Literacy Center instructed 350 learners through workforce development and Integrated Education and Training programs aligned with high-demand industries. This included 228 learners in Customized Workplace English at 17 employers and 70 learners who upskilled into healthcare career pathways.
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Through one-on-one tutoring, 195 learners were instructed with the support of 111 trained volunteer literacy coaches who contributed 5,595 hours of service. Health literacy and refugee-focused programming integrated literacy instruction into healthcare and resettlement contexts. Fifty-five additional learners became new United States citizens through citizenship instruction and application support, strengthening workforce participation and economic opportunity in West Michigan.
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Wendy Falb
Executive Director
- Total calculated
- $161,975
- From this org
- $140,203
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $21,772
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $140,203
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $792
- Deferred
- $5,608
- Nontaxable benefits
- $15,372
- Filer's total
- $161,975
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Kevin Vos
President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Sherril Soman
Vice President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Adam Russo
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Melissa Seguin
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Jim Ayres
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Win Irwin
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Shanna Reynolds
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Jeff Heilman
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Lee Moyer
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Deidra Mitchell
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Maleika Joubert Brown
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Ashleigh Draft
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Victor Holt
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Rosa Estrada
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Carolina C'Nol
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Casey O'Neill
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Yadira Garza
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.
Schedule J
Answered yes
None.
Answered no
- 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
- 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
- 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
- 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
- 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
- 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
- 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
- 7 · Other non-fixed payments
- 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception
Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 25 February 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202630799349301118
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