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FOODBANK COUNCIL OF MICHIGAN INC

EIN 38-2515765 LANSING, MI

Revenue 2024
$132,763,489
Expenses 2024
$132,700,315

Program services were 99.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
1000
Street
330 MARSHALL ST STE 102

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 · 2024

Mission

See Schedule O

Activities or mission (Part I)

Alleviate and prevent hunger amongst Michigan residents.

  • USDA - Programs that distribute USDA commodities to member food banks.

    Expenses $67,881,527 · Grants $67,662,379

  • Processing - Program that is dedicated to harvesting, cleaning, packaging, and distributing surplus agricultural commodities.

    Expenses $54,011,561 · Grants $53,464,956

  • Transportation - Program used to transport food to/from sources both within and outside the State of Michigan. Funded by grants from the State of Michigan Department of Social Services and private donations.

    Expenses $525,000 · Grants $525,000

  • Milk - Program dedicated to distributing milk to member food banks Expenses $ 1,883,749. Including Grants of $ 1,853,598. Revenue $ 0. Food Assistance to Outreach - Assists the food bank network to create customized food assistance outreach plans. The plans include population assessment, client eligibility, staffing requirements, goal development for completing food assistance program applications, volunteer recruiting, training, supply, equipment, and communication needs. Expenses $ 784,929. Including Grants of $ 197,572. Revenue $ 0. Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program - Program to purchase foods produced within the state or within 400 miles of the delivery destination to help support local, regional and underserved producers. Expenses $ 3,628,554. Including Grants of $ 3,218,404. Revenue $ 0. Reach and Resiliency - Program to provided additional fund that are to be used in the same manner and for the same allowable costs as The Emergency Food Assistance Program. Expenses $ 676,288. Including Grants of $ 507,528. Revenue $ 0. Food Security Council Hunger Study - To gather and analyze data related to the level of food insecurity in Michigan. Expenses $ 539,994. Including Grants of $ 0. Revenue $ 0. Other programs. Expenses $ 1,862,063. Including Grants of $ 366,996. Revenue $ 453,032. Food Bank Council of Michigan's (FBCM) reported revenue of $ 132,763,488 includes the estimated value of non-cash food donations of $ 108,693,693. FBCM distributes their food to member food banks. Total reported expenses of $ 132,700,315 includes the estimated value of non-cash food distribution of $ 108,693,693. Not including the estimated non-cash value of food donated and distributed, FBCM had revenue of $ 24,069,795 and expenses of $ 24,006,622. The distribution of the donated food takes place through member food banks and their network of food pantries, meal programs, group homes, and mobile distribution sites. Additionally, fresh produce, dairy, and frozen produce are distributed to member food banks.

    Expenses $9,375,577 · Grants $6,144,098 · Revenue $453,032

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

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Kara Ross

    Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Scott Piggott

    Vice Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Gerry Brisson Ended

    Past Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Paula Cunningham

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Michelle Lantz

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Peter Vogel

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Eileen Spring

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Dominick Pallone

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Kenneth Estelle

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Adrian Lewis

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Dr Phillip Knight

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $277,044
    From this org
    $268,786
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,258
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $229,996
    Bonus
    $38,790
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,682
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,576
    Filer's total
    $277,044

  • Chad Schafer

    Chief Financial Officer

    Total calculated
    $58,880
    From this org
    $45,868
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,012
    Hours/week
    40

  • Dawn Opal

    Chief Innovation Officer

    Total calculated
    $184,094
    From this org
    $171,082
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,012
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $151,082
    Bonus
    $20,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,352
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,660
    Filer's total
    $184,094

  • Marsha Keefer

    Chief Operating Officer

    Total calculated
    $157,214
    From this org
    $145,571
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,643
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $125,571
    Bonus
    $20,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,191
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,452
    Filer's total
    $157,214

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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $132,763,489
    Expenses
    $132,700,315
    Contributions
    $132,295,630
    Grants paid
    $127,796,433
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $175,789,562
    Expenses
    $175,655,382
    Contributions
    $175,389,840
    Grants paid
    $168,902,127
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $105,541,290
    Expenses
    $105,492,531
    Contributions
    $105,161,217
    Grants paid
    $102,961,463

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
    $99,053,292
    Expenses
    $99,059,418
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,664,587

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $165,817,709
    Expenses
    $165,749,389
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,936,316

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $124,917,911
    Expenses
    $124,907,649
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,125,735

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $78,473,047
    Expenses
    $78,443,987
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,463,920

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $31,626,419
    Expenses
    $31,592,881
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,671,978

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $34,866,310
    Expenses
    $34,846,340
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,561,329

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $42,370,263
    Expenses
    $42,339,114
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,500,320

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $28,424,172
    Expenses
    $28,370,633
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,223,112

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $25,258,910
    Expenses
    $25,174,130
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,499,038

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $25,801,373
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,394,390

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

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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 13 October 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 13 October 2026 and read 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.