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MICHIGAN EDUCATION SPECIAL SERVICES ASSOCIATION

EIN 38-1641634 EAST LANSING, MI

Largest nonprofits in Michigan

Revenue 2023
$1,309,379,430
Expenses 2023
$1,373,427,775

As filed

Subsection
09
Classification
1000
Street
PO BOX 2560

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO EXCEED THE EXPECTATIONS OF OUR CUSTOMERS BY PROVIDING EXTRAORDINARY SERVICE AND A SUPERIOR HEALTHCARE EXPERIENCE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PROVIDE MEMBERS WITH GROUP INSURANCE BENEFITS.

  • MEDICAL, VISION, DENTAL, DISABILITY, AND VARIOUS OTHER HEALTH RELATED INSURANCE BENEFITS WERE PROVIDED TO THE 66,584 MEMBERS.

As filed on the 2023 return.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Dr Charles R Bacon

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Eric Ghiggia

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Jessyca Mathews

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Rich Vander Klok

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Becky Wendel

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Lisa Welch

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Brett Smith

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Paula Herbart

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Chandra Madafferi

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Charlotte Tillerson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Becky Newell

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Sarah Carter

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Rick Meeth

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Earl Wiman

    EXECUTIVE SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Ross Wilson

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $338,215
    From this org
    $266,004
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $72,211
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $266,004
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $39,741
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,470
    Filer's total
    $338,215
  • Lisa J Allen Ended 0623

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $547,619
    From this org
    $494,564
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $53,055
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $311,231
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $183,333
    Deferred
    $36,819
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,236
    Filer's total
    $547,619
  • Matt Nyquist

    DIRECTOR OF HEALTH PLAN OP

    Total calculated
    $278,562
    From this org
    $211,924
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $66,638
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $211,924
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $34,168
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,470
    Filer's total
    $278,562
  • Karen Schulz

    DIRECTOR OF MEMBER SERVICE

    Total calculated
    $279,053
    From this org
    $212,415
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $66,638
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $212,415
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $34,168
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,470
    Filer's total
    $279,053
  • Arjay Patrick

    DIRECTOR OF IT SERVICES

    Total calculated
    $252,700
    From this org
    $217,419
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,281
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $217,419
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $34,168
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,113
    Filer's total
    $252,700
  • Tanya Pratt

    DIRECTOR OF FIELD SERVICES

    Total calculated
    $248,572
    From this org
    $213,398
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,174
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $213,398
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $31,751
    Nontaxable benefits
    $3,423
    Filer's total
    $248,572

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,309,379,430
    Expenses
    $1,373,427,775
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,264,034,575
    Expenses
    $1,263,215,692
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,230,720,543
    Expenses
    $1,190,053,420
    Assets (EOY)
    $876,609,590
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,163,668,963
    Expenses
    $1,080,563,685
    Assets (EOY)
    $824,142,549
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,129,888,396
    Expenses
    $1,106,436,724
    Assets (EOY)
    $733,822,981
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,175,592,382
    Expenses
    $1,148,925,733
    Assets (EOY)
    $581,141,046
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,202,409,841
    Expenses
    $1,148,819,421
    Assets (EOY)
    $522,149,026
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,216,880,624
    Expenses
    $1,305,745,252
    Assets (EOY)
    $512,052,414
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,174,289,269
    Expenses
    $1,235,508,200
    Assets (EOY)
    $547,974,748
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,139,030,063
    Expenses
    $1,134,608,641
    Assets (EOY)
    $626,691,813
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $1,064,802,015
    Assets (EOY)
    $557,841,371
  • 2011 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $1,104,861,694
    Assets (EOY)
    $548,195,934

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

No itemized grant names this organization as a recipient. Only grants over $5,000 are itemized, and only by filers of the full Form 990.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Not present in the most recent drop.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.