Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$249,476

Total expenses

$184,876

Contributions and grants received

$239,585

Grants paid

$24,944

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$9,891

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$306,347

Total liabilities, end of year

$0

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$306,347

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$144,896

Management and general expenses

$39,980

Fundraising expenses

$0

Program service expenses (Part III)

$144,896

Program services were 78.4% 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.

Mission and programs · 2024

• CRC OPERATES AN OPEN CHOICE MARKET FOOD PANTRY SERVING RESIDENTS OF SOUTHWESTERN WASHTENAW COUNTY WITH INCOMES BELOW 200% OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL, WHILE PROVIDING EMERGENCY FOOD ASSISTANCE TO ANYONE IN NEED REGARDLESS OF RESIDENCY OR INCOME. IN 2024, THE PROGRAM RECORDED 830 VISITS TO THE FOOD PANTRY, SERVING 1,250 INDIVIDUALS ACROSS 598 HOUSEHOLDS, REPRESENTING A 44% INCREASE FROM 2023. THE PROGRAM ENHANCED ACCESSIBILITY THROUGH THREE DELIVERY METHODS: IN-PERSON SHOPPING, CURBSIDE PICKUP, AND HOME DELIVERY. THROUGH THIS RURAL DELIVERY SERVICE, 103 HOUSEHOLDS RECEIVED GROCERIES WHO OTHERWISE COULDN'T ACCESS THE PANTRY DUE TO MOBILITY OR TRANSPORTATION BARRIERS. CRC PARTNERED WITH FOOD GATHERERS FOOD BANK TO PROVIDE FRESH PRODUCE, DAIRY, AND MEAT, AND ESTABLISHED AN EMERGENCY FOOD ACCESS POINT AT MANCHESTER DISTRICT LIBRARY FOR AFTER-HOURS NEEDS. THE FOOD PANTRY SERVES AS THE PRIMARY ENTRY POINT FOR CLIENTS TO ACCESS CRC'S COMPREHENSIVE SERVICES, ENABLING STAFF TO IDENTIFY ADDITIONAL NEEDS AND CONNECT CLIENTS TO OTHER AVAILABLE RESOURCES.

  Expenses $29,098 · Grants $13,105

• THE WOODEN NICKELS PROGRAM PROMOTES ACCESS TO FRESH, LOCAL PRODUCE BY PROVIDING UP TO 40 MONTHLY IN FOOD VOUCHERS PER ELIGIBLE HOUSEHOLD DURING THE MANCHESTER FARMERS MARKET SEASON. IN 2024, THE PROGRAM SERVED 48 HOUSEHOLDS OVER A SIX-MONTH PERIOD, RESULTING IN 4,186 SPENT ON FRESH PRODUCE AT THE LOCAL FARMERS MARKET. THIS PROGRAM NOT ONLY IMPROVED ACCESS TO NUTRITIOUS FOOD FOR LOW-INCOME FAMILIES BUT ALSO SUPPORTED LOCAL FARMERS AND THE COMMUNITY'S AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY. THE INITIATIVE DEMONSTRATES CRC'S COMMITMENT TO BOTH ADDRESSING FOOD INSECURITY AND PROMOTING HEALTHY EATING HABITS THROUGH ACCESS TO FRESH, LOCALLY GROWN PRODUCE. CHELSEA HOSPITAL SUPPORTED THIS HEALTH INITIATIVE.

  Expenses $51,167 · Grants $11,182

• THE WEEKEND KIDS MEAL PROGRAM ADDRESSES FOOD INSECURITY AMONG SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN BY PROVIDING NUTRITIOUS MEALS FOR WEEKENDS WHEN SCHOOL MEALS ARE NOT AVAILABLE. IN 2024, THE PROGRAM SERVED 31 CHILDREN THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR, DISTRIBUTING 874 WEEKEND MEAL KITS TO MANCHESTER SCHOOL DISTRICT STUDENTS WHO FACE FOOD INSECURITY WHEN NOT IN SCHOOL. EACH CHILD RECEIVED ONE MEAL KIT PER WEEK THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR, ENSURING CONSISTENT ACCESS TO NUTRITION DURING VULNERABLE PERIODS. THE PROGRAM COLLABORATES WITH THE MANCHESTER SCHOOL DISTRICT TO IDENTIFY AND SERVE CHILDREN AT RISK OF HUNGER, MAINTAINING CONFIDENTIALITY WHILE ENSURING RELIABLE ACCESS TO WEEKEND NUTRITION SUPPORT. FARM BUREAU AGENT CHARITABLE FUND, FREE & ACCEPTED MASONS OF MICHIGAN, 148 MANCHESTER, AND THE MANCHESTER LIONS CLUB SUPPORTED THIS PROGRAM.

  Expenses $64,631 · Grants $657

• IN 2024, CRC PROVIDED COMPREHENSIVE NON-FOOD SUPPORT SERVICES TO 106 UNIQUE HOUSEHOLDS THROUGH SEVERAL KEY INITIATIVES. THROUGH THE VOLUNTEER INCOME TAX ASSISTANCE (VITA) "SCAN AND GO" PROGRAM, CRC SERVED 53 INDIVIDUALS WITH ANNUAL INCOMES BELOW 64,000, FACILITATING 101,300 IN TOTAL TAX REFUNDS. THE EMERGENCY FUNDING PROGRAM PROVIDED CRITICAL SUPPORT FOR RENT, UTILITIES, AND TRANSPORTATION TO 14 HOUSEHOLDS, DISBURSING 3,804 IN EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE. ADDITIONALLY, CRC'S MI BRIDGES NAVIGATION SERVICES HELPED 49 CLIENTS SUCCESSFULLY APPLY FOR OR RENEW ESSENTIAL BENEFITS INCLUDING HEALTHCARE, FOOD ASSISTANCE, CHILDCARE, AND STATE EMERGENCY RELIEF BENEFITS.

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

Listed in Part VII

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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

11 March 2025

IRS schema version

2024v5.0

Source object

202500829349300250

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