Cair Michigan Chapter Inc

Form 990 Part IX line items we have on file for this filing (compensation totals + fundraising lines). The full functional-expense col-A/B/C/D split (grants, program, admin, fundraising) was not in the structured extract — the residual sits in “Program & operations” below. Reading note: compensation is NOT the same as “admin overhead” — for orgs running clinics (like IMAN’s FQHC), schools, or in-house programs, most of compensation is program work.

• Compensation & benefits$228K · 60.7%

  Form 990 Part IX lines 5–10 — total staff compensation: salaries & wages, payroll taxes, and benefits across everyone the org pays (program, clinical, and support staff), plus any pay to officers, directors, and key employees. The per-person split — including which officers, if any, are paid — is in the Compensation history section below. For orgs running clinics, schools, or in-house programs, most of this is program work, not admin.

• Program & operations (other)$148K · 39.3%

  Total expenses minus compensation and fundraising — the residual covering program supplies, occupancy & utilities, professional fees, beneficiary services, medical supplies (for clinics), travel, equipment, and depreciation. ProPublica's structured extract did not include the Part IX functional split for this filing year; the breakdown PDF reconciles which specific lines went where.

Per-metric direction and magnitude vs. the prior fiscal year. Where the data goes back far enough, the 3-year compound annual growth rate is included — useful for separating one-off spikes from sustained trends.

• Revenue↓ -18.8% YoY
  $387Kprior: $476K
  Δ −$89K3y CAGR +7.8%

  Total revenue per Form 990 Part I line 12.

• Contributions↓ -18.8% YoY
  $387Kprior: $476K
  Δ −$89K3y CAGR +7.8%

  Form 990 Part I line 1h — gifts, grants, and contributions received.

• Investment income→ n/a
  $0prior: $0

  Form 990 Part VIII line 4 — interest, dividends, and other investment earnings on the org's reserve. For orgs with material reserves, a healthy investment-income trend indicates capital is actually working; near-zero income on a large reserve raises the 'idle capital' question.

• Total expenses↑ 15.2% YoY
  $375Kprior: $326K
  Δ +$50K3y CAGR +7.3%

  Form 990 Part I line 18 — total functional expenses.

• Top-officer compensation→ 0.0% YoY
  $73Kprior: $73K
  3y CAGR +0.0%

  Form 990 Part IX line 5 — aggregate compensation for officers, directors, key employees, and the five highest-paid employees. Growing in line with revenue is expected for healthy orgs; growing faster than revenue is the question worth asking.

• Total compensation & benefits↑ 3.5% YoY
  $228Kprior: $220K
  Δ +$8K3y CAGR +1.4%

  Officer comp + other salaries + payroll tax — total people-cost of running the org.

• Net assets↑ 4.4% YoY
  $232Kprior: $222K
  Δ +$10K3y CAGR +46.2%

  Form 990 Part X line 33 — assets minus liabilities at year end.

• Months of reserve↓ -9.4% YoY
  7.4 moprior: 8.2 mo
  Δ −0.8 mo3y CAGR +36.4%

  Net assets ÷ (annual expenses ÷ 12). The trend matters more than the absolute number: a falling reserve year-over-year is the early warning sign of fragility, even if it's still above the 3-month floor.