KUKACARES

EIN 47-3818969 STERLING HTS, MI

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Revenue 2025: $169,877
Expenses 2025: $162,144

Program services were 90.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection: 03
NTEE code: P20
Classification: 1000
Street: 6600 CENTER DR

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 · 2025

Mission

KUKACARES MISSION IS TO DIRECTLY SUPPORT THE WELL-BEING OF THE FAMILIES IN THE KUKA COMMUNITY AND THOSE FAMILIES SERVING IN THE KUKA COMMUNITY AND TO AID IN THE RELIEF OF THE DISTRESSED OR UNDERPRIVILEGED.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO DIRECTLY SUPPORT THE WELL-BEING OF THE FAMILIES IN THE KUKA COMMUNITY AND THOSE FAMILIES SERVING IN THE COMMUNITY & TO AID IN THE RELIEF OF THE DISTRESSED OR UNDERPRIVILEGED.

CARE FOR PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY WHETHER THROUGH HEALTH, FINANCIAL AID OR EDUCATION. WE PROVIDE SUPPORT TO IMPROVE THE LIVES AND FUTURES OF PEOPLE AND HELP THEM FIND THEIR PATH AND THE WAY TO INDEPENDENCE AND SELF SUFFICIENCY. WE PROVIDE RESOURCES IN TIMES OF HARDSHIP TO EMPOWER THOSE IN NEED WITH CONFIDENCE AND INDEPENDENCE. WE PROVIDE SUPPORT TO ENCOURAGE STRONG HEALTHY FAMILIES TO ENABLE A LASTING IMPACT ON OUR COMMUNITIES. IN 2025, 27 FAMILIES AND 10 LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS IN NEED RECEIVED FINANCIAL SUPPORT.

Expenses $147,315 · Grants $147,315

As filed on the 2025 return.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

Erani WestarbERANI WESTARB

PRESIDENT

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

4
Jennifer HusbyJENNIFER HUSBY

SECRETARY

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

4
Mark WeznerMARK WEZNER

VICE PRESIDENT

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

4
Shannon MaioranaSHANNON MAIORANA

TREASURER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

4
Andy WernerANDY WERNER

BOARD MEMBER (THRU 01/31)

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

4
Aubrey GojcajAUBREY GOJCAJ

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

4
Brian KeithBRIAN KEITH

BOARD MEMBER (THRU 01/31)

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

4
Chris ReynoldsCHRIS REYNOLDS

BOARD MEMBER (AS OF 01/31)

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

4
Connie MackCONNIE MACK

BOARD MEMBER (THRU 01/31)

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

4
Dennis DasilvaDENNIS DASILVA

BOARD MEMBER (THRU 01/31)

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

4
Gary TinoGARY TINO

BOARD MEMBER (AS OF 01/31)

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

4
Joe PitlockJOE PITLOCK

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

4
Joe PizzimentiJOE PIZZIMENTI

BOARD MEMBER (AS OF 01/31)

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

4
Mr John JonesMR JOHN JONES

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

4
Paul AmbrosPAUL AMBROS

BOARD MEMBER (THRU 01/31)

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

4
Rachel PizzimentiRACHEL PIZZIMENTI

BOARD MEMBER (AS OF 01/31)

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

4
Ron AdamkiewiczRON ADAMKIEWICZ

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

4
Scott DoyleSCOTT DOYLE

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

4
Tamara ContestiTAMARA CONTESTI

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

4
Todd BellTODD BELL

BOARD MEMBER (AS OF 01/31)

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

4

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

2025

Revenue

$169,877

Expenses

$162,144

Contributions

$191,967

Grants paid

$147,315
2024

Revenue

$187,803

Expenses

$269,459

Contributions

$216,015

Grants paid

$260,563
2023

Revenue

$145,150

Expenses

$125,934

Contributions

$175,375

Grants paid

$117,475
2022

Revenue

$143,196

Expenses

$151,505

Contributions

$204,688

Grants paid

$140,000

Tax year	Revenue	Expenses	Contributions	Grants paid
2025	$169,877	$162,144	$191,967	$147,315
2024	$187,803	$269,459	$216,015	$260,563
2023	$145,150	$125,934	$175,375	$117,475
2022	$143,196	$151,505	$204,688	$140,000

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

$31,300

Expenses

$72,170

Assets (EOY)

$199,990
2020 · 990

Revenue

$26,932

Expenses

$123,147

Assets (EOY)

$240,860
2019 · 990

Revenue

$127,605

Expenses

$125,287

Assets (EOY)

$337,075
2018 · 990

Revenue

$199,935

Expenses

$137,198

Assets (EOY)

$334,757
2017 · 990

Revenue

$209,681

Expenses

$77,592

Assets (EOY)

$272,020
2016 · 990

Revenue

$129,756

Expenses

$101,725

Assets (EOY)

$139,931

Tax year	Form	Revenue	Expenses	Assets (EOY)
2021	990	$31,300	$72,170	$199,990
2020	990	$26,932	$123,147	$240,860
2019	990	$127,605	$125,287	$337,075
2018	990	$199,935	$137,198	$334,757
2017	990	$209,681	$77,592	$272,020
2016	990	$129,756	$101,725	$139,931

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.

Grants made

ROMEO COMMUNITY SCHOOLS

$22,000

2024 GENERAL SUPPORT
FRIENDS OF FOSTER KIDS

$20,000

2024 GENERAL SUPPORT
GRACE CENTERS OF HOPE

$20,000

2024 GENERAL SUPPORT
HOLDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

$20,000

2024 GENERAL SUPPORT
The Rainbow Connection

$11,000

2022
Mission Oakland

$10,000

2022 General Support General Support
HOPE AGAINST TRAFFICKING

$10,000

2024 GENERAL SUPPORT
The Rainbow Connection

$7,500

2023 general support
THE RAINBOW CONNECTION

$7,500

2024 GENERAL SUPPORT
THE RAINBOW CONNECTION

$7,500

2025 GENERAL SUPPORT

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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

Listed as of 11 November 2026, under deductibility PC.

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 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.