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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by GROUNDWORK CENTER FOR RESILIENT COMMUNITIES INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,325,181
Total expenses
$2,797,877
Contributions and grants received
$3,302,279
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$5,454
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$17,448
Total assets, end of year
$2,100,265
Total liabilities, end of year
$125,191
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,975,074
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,072,606
Management and general expenses
$339,809
Fundraising expenses
$385,462
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,072,606

Program services were 74.1% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $3,302,279

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Program Events

    total $5,454 · related or exempt $5,454

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $17,448 · related or exempt $17,448

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $17,448

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $0

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,572,538 · program services $1,097,106 · management and general $209,865 · fundraising $265,567

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $224,711 · program services $170,144 · management and general $27,183 · fundraising $27,384

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $117,276 · program services $72,788 · management and general $22,688 · fundraising $21,800

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $0

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $105,323 · program services $78,932 · management and general $24,266 · fundraising $2,125

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $18,898 · program services $17,983 · management and general $915

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $27,578 · program services $13,156 · management and general $9,413 · fundraising $5,009

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $31,782 · program services $22,804 · management and general $4,504 · fundraising $4,474

  • 17 · Travel

    total $28,472 · program services $19,794 · management and general $2,901 · fundraising $5,777

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $33,857 · program services $25,354 · management and general $5,158 · fundraising $3,345

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $7,423 · management and general $7,423

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $8,339 · program services $1,083 · management and general $7,256

  • 24a · Other expenses: Memberships

    total $60,028 · program services $48,677 · management and general $6,744 · fundraising $4,607

  • 24b · Other expenses: Printing and postage

    total $41,743 · program services $3,462 · management and general $7,723 · fundraising $30,558

  • 24c · Other expenses: Telephone

    total $14,545 · program services $8,450 · management and general $3,645 · fundraising $2,450

  • 24d · Other expenses: Event expense

    total $47,785 · program services $35,294 · management and general $125 · fundraising $12,366

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $457,579 · program services $457,579

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $63,271 · end of year $600,203

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,105,457 · end of year $995,106

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $61,319 · end of year $45,989

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

    $209,899

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

    $92,713

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $117,186 · end of year $109,763

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $345,081 · end of year $349,204

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $244,544 · end of year $125,191

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,392,509 · end of year $1,915,690

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $55,261 · end of year $59,384

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

Groundwork Center for Resilient Communities partners to create enduring and equitable local solutions that preserve the environment, strengthen the economy, and create healthy, thriving communities that people cherish, protect, and nuture.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Groundwork Center for Resilient Communities partners to create enduring and equitable local solutions that preserve the environment, strengthen the economy, and create healthy, thriving communities that people cherish.

  • Food and Farming works to increase the production and availability of locally grown food, while simultaneously providing nutrition education and advocating for policies that enhance food access and community health.

    Expenses $1,110,797

  • Transportation and Community Design advocates to launch a passenger rail line from southeast to northwest lower Michigan and works to find innovative solutions for more walkable, liveable communities.

    Expenses $189,453

  • Climate and Clean Energy assists local governments, utilities and developers in clearing the way for local renewable energy infrastructure and remains engaged in activism for protecting the Great Lakes.

    Expenses $620,520

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Hans Voss

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $176,379
    From this org
    $176,379
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $176,379
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $176,379

  • Meghan McDermott

    ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $135,187
    From this org
    $135,187
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Elizabeth Palchak

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $22,540
    From this org
    $22,540
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Michael Lyman

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Cheryl Hutchinson

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Denis Pierce

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Julie Metty Bennett

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Bill Millken Jr

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Joe Van Alstine

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jean Kerver

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Martha Lancaster

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Lauren Teichner

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Betsy Corbett

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Marcie Meditch

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Dandan Zhu

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Joe Keedy

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 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

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
11 August 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202602239349300210

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