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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by BATTLE CREEK UNLIMITED INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$19,224,833
Total expenses
$4,864,721
Contributions and grants received
$17,852,304
Grants paid
$1,397,400
Program service revenue
$799,830
Investment income
$473,297
Other revenue
$99,402
Total assets, end of year
$84,263,690
Total liabilities, end of year
$28,238,134
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$56,025,556
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,383,050
Management and general expenses
$423,830
Fundraising expenses
$57,841
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,383,050

Program services were 90.1% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $8,956,901

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $8,895,403

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $5,440,000

  • 2a · Program service revenue: RENT

    total $799,830 · related or exempt $799,830

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $473,297 · excluded $473,297

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $99,402 · related or exempt $99,402

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $99,402

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $1,376,400 · program services $1,376,400

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $21,000 · program services $21,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $267,669 · program services $215,719 · management and general $38,439 · fundraising $13,511

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $609,023 · program services $490,848 · management and general $87,441 · fundraising $30,734

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $169,324 · program services $136,403 · management and general $24,359 · fundraising $8,562

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $57,169 · program services $46,055 · management and general $8,223 · fundraising $2,891

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $93,947 · program services $47,833 · management and general $46,114

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $113,080 · program services $57,575 · management and general $55,505

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $138,000 · program services $70,263 · management and general $67,737

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $36,204 · management and general $36,204

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $104,932 · program services $53,427 · management and general $51,505

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $9,484 · program services $8,608 · management and general $694 · fundraising $182

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $78,790 · program services $74,643 · management and general $3,284 · fundraising $863

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $180,800 · program services $180,128 · management and general $538 · fundraising $134

  • 17 · Travel

    total $8,355 · program services $8,355

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $71,975 · program services $71,949 · management and general $26

  • 20 · Interest

    total $198,995 · program services $198,519 · management and general $381 · fundraising $95

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $338,307 · program services $336,850 · management and general $1,165 · fundraising $292

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $79,051 · program services $78,658 · management and general $311 · fundraising $82

  • 24a · Other expenses: SPECIAL PROJECTS

    total $544,469 · program services $544,469

  • 24b · Other expenses: REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE

    total $303,230 · program services $302,732 · management and general $398 · fundraising $100

  • 24c · Other expenses: SUBSCRIPTIONS AND DUES

    total $34,024 · program services $34,024

  • 24d · Other expenses: TELEPHONE

    total $20,596 · program services $18,695 · management and general $1,506 · fundraising $395

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $9,897 · program services $9,897

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $438,005 · end of year $1,276,482

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $11,545,715 · end of year $14,849,444

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $467,317 · end of year $504,091

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $388,457 · end of year $340,212

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $5,029 · end of year $81,443

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $14,114,831

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $3,963,163

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $4,964,591 · end of year $10,151,668

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $5,036,156 · end of year $4,769,662

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $1,410,366 · end of year $2,243,005

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $31,239,034 · end of year $50,047,683

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $521,950 · end of year $4,765,220

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $55,000 · end of year $28,729

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $10,268,352 · end of year $10,286,040

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $3,361,359 · end of year $13,104,234

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $60,719 · end of year $53,911

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $12,470,060 · end of year $19,308,042

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $28,757,230 · end of year $36,717,514

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

BUILD A STRONG COMMUNITY BY DRIVING STRATEGIC INVESTMENT AND JOB CREATION.

Activities or mission (Part I)

BATTLE CREEK UNLIMITED IS A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION THAT WILL CREATE AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CLIMATE THAT ENCOURAGES BUSINESS FORMATION AND INVESTMENTS IN TECHNOLOGY, COUPLED WITH A CONTINUING SUPPLY OF REAL ESTATE WITH INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT TECHNOLOGY WORKPLACES.

  • DEVELOPMENT AND MARKETING OF FORT CUSTER INDUSTRIAL PARK AND RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION OF BUSINESS IN THE CITY OF BATTLE CREEK.

    Expenses $2,342,848 · Grants $1,397,400

  • MANAGEMENT AND PROMOTION OF THE FREDERICK R. BRYDGES CUSTOMS CARGO CENTER.

    Expenses $735,444 · Revenue $899,232

  • PURCHASE, RENOVATION, AND OPERATION OF BUILDINGS AND AREAS DOWNTOWN.

    Expenses $1,304,758

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Joseph Sobieralski

    PRESIDENT/CEO

    Total calculated
    $294,514
    From this org
    $261,824
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,690
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $261,824
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $26,182
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,508
    Filer's total
    $294,514
  • Erick Stewart

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sara Wallace

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nate Darlington

    1ST VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Gallagher

    2ND VICE CHAR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Karen Boyer

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kris Bahner

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Jenefer O'Dell

    DIRECTOR (ENDED 10/12/22)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Rebecca Fleury

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Jim Sholl

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Neal Graziano

    DIRECTOR (BEG 2/8/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Frank Tecumseh

    DIRECTOR (BEG 3/8/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Stacey Hamlin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Dr Paul Watson II

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Joe Michilizzi

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Mike Way

    DIRECTOR (BEG 2/8/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Drew Schweitzer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Toshiya Kawashima

    DIRECTOR (ENDED 1/11/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

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

  • 1a · Health or social club dues or initiation fees
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 1A
THE SOCIAL CLUB DUES ARE PAID FROM INVOICES RECEIVED, BUT THE VALUE IS ADDED TO THE INDIVIDUAL'S W-2.

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

  • SIMPLY SENSATIONAL BERRIES

    $412,074

    BUSINESS INCENTIVE

  • STREAM 2 LLC

    $330,000

    BUSINESS INCENTIVE

  • BUSINESS INCENTIVE

  • SMITH-COTTON FUNERAL HOME LLC

    $147,926

    BUSINESS INCENTIVE

  • GRANT FUNDING

  • BUSINESS INCENTIVE

  • SUNLIGHT GARDENS

    $80,000

    BUSINESS INCENTIVE

  • PENETRATOR EVENTS LLC

    $40,000

    SPONSORSHIP

  • BRILLIANT MINDS FAMILY CONSULTING LLC

    $20,400

    BUSINESS INCENTIVE

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • WEST MI LAND HOLDING LLC

    REAL ESTATE HOLDING · MI · assets $4,095,526

    Directly controlled by BATTLE CREEK UNLIMITED

  • BATTLE CREEK RIVER 1 LLC

    REAL ESTATE HOLDING · MI · assets $3,550,004

    Directly controlled by BATTLE CREEK UNLIMITED

  • BATTLE CREEK RIVER 2 LLC

    REAL ESTATE HOLDING · MI · assets $299,108

    Directly controlled by BATTLE CREEK UNLIMITED

  • BATTLE CREEK RIVER 3 LLC

    REAL ESTATE HOLDING · MI · assets $241,280

    Directly controlled by BATTLE CREEK UNLIMITED

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • 50 CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT

    C · HOTEL DEVELOPMENT · MI · 100% owned · share of income $39,549 · share of assets $48,488,074 · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by BATTLE CREEK UNLIMITED

  • MCCAMLY PLAZA CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION

    C · MANAGE CONDO · MI · 100% owned · share of income -$127,261 · share of assets $44,346 · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by BATTLE CREEK UNLIMITED

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
15 February 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202420579349300022

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