Nonprofit · EIN 38-2314954
GROUNDWORK CENTER FOR RESILIENT COMMUNITIES INC
Tax-exempt · TRAVERSE CITY, MI 49686
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 30, 2025 | 990 | $3,325,181 | $2,797,877 | $527,304 | $2,100,265 | $125,191 | $1,975,074 |
| September 30, 2024 | 990 | $3,212,439 | $2,798,910 | $413,529 | $1,692,314 | $244,544 | $1,447,770 |
| September 30, 2023 | 990 | $2,586,495 | $2,703,147 | -$116,652 | $1,118,988 | $84,747 | $1,034,241 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $3,302,279
- Program service revenue
- $5,454
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- $17,448
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $0
- Other salaries and wages
- $1,572,538
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $1,914,525
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Occupancy
- $31,782
- Travel
- $28,472
- Depreciation
- $7,423
- Program services (functional)
- $2,072,606
- Management and general (functional)
- $339,809
- Fundraising (functional)
- $385,462
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $1,692,314
- Total assets, end of year
- $2,100,265
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $125,191
- Net assets, end of year
- $1,975,074
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $109,763
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $1,915,690
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $59,384
- Gross receipts
- $3,325,181
- Employees
- 23
- Volunteers
- 21
- Year formed
- 1980
- State of legal domicile
- MI
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| HANS VOSS | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Former | 40 | $176,379 |
| MEGHAN MCDERMOTT | ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR Highest-paid employee | 40 | $135,187 |
| ELIZABETH PALCHAK | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $22,540 |
| MICHAEL LYMAN | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 |
| CHERYL HUTCHINSON | BOARD CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| DENIS PIERCE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| JULIE METTY BENNETT | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| BILL MILLKEN JR | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| JOE VAN ALSTINE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| JEAN KERVER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| MARTHA LANCASTER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| LAUREN TEICHNER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| BETSY CORBETT | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| MARCIE MEDITCH | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| DANDAN ZHU | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
1 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| JOE KEEDY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
990 for the year ended September 30, 2024: 20 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| HANS VOSS | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $176,775 |
| MEGHAN R McDERMOTT | DEPUTY DIRECTOR Key employee | 40 | $130,685 |
| MARGARET K DELOR | DEVELOPMENT DIR Key employee | 40 | $105,506 |
| ROGER NEWTON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| MICHAEL LYMAN | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 |
| MAUREEN SMYTH | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| CHERYL HUTCHINSON | BOARD CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| JOHN HOAGLAND | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| DENIS PIERCE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| MARY VAN VALIN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| MARSHALL COLLINS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| JULIE METTY BENNETT | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| BILL MILLKEN JR | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| JOE VAN ALSTINE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| JEAN KERVER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| MARTHA LANCASTER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| STEPHANIE RUSTEM | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| LAUREN TEICHNER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| BETSY CORBETT | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| MARCIE MEDITCH | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
990 for the year ended September 30, 2023: 18 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| HANS VOSS | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $162,850 |
| MEGHAN R McDERMOTT | DEPUTY DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 40 | $126,500 |
| ROGER NEWTON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 |
| ED GERGOSIAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 |
| JOHN BERCINI | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 |
| MAUREEN SMYTH | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| CHERYL HUTCHINSON | BOARD CHAIR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| JOHN HOAGLAND | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| DENIS PIERCE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| KATE BASSETT | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| MARY VAN VALIN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| MARSHAL COLLINS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| JULIE METTY BENNETT | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| BILL MILLIKEN JR | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| JOE VAN ALSTINE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| JEAN KERVER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| MARTHA LANCASTER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| STEPHANIE RUSTEM | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 414 E EIGHTH ST UNIT 204, TRAVERSE CITY, MI 49686-2670
- In care of
- % MICHIGAN LAND USE INSTITUTE
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- JAMES BRUCKBAUER, 414 E EIGHTH STREET STE 204, Traverse City, MI 49686
- Signed the 990
- JAMES BRUCKBAUER, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
- Phone
- (231) 941-6584
- Website
- groundworkcenter.org
- Return prepared by
- GREGORY TERRELL & COMPANY
Mission
Groundwork Center for Resilient Communities partners to create enduring and equitable local solutions that preserve the environment, strengthen the economy, and create healthy, thriving communities that people cherish, protect, and nuture.
Program accomplishments
- Food and Farming works to increase the production and availability of locally grown food, while simultaneously providing nutrition education and advocating for policies that enhance food access and community health.Expenses $1,110,797
- Transportation and Community Design advocates to launch a passenger rail line from southeast to northwest lower Michigan and works to find innovative solutions for more walkable, liveable communities.Expenses $189,453
- Climate and Clean Energy assists local governments, utilities and developers in clearing the way for local renewable energy infrastructure and remains engaged in activism for protecting the Great Lakes.Expenses $620,520
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in September, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | September 30, 2026 | February 16, 2027 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | September 30, 2025 | February 17, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | September 30, 2024 | February 18, 2025 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 38-2314954
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 1982
- Accounting year ends
- September
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $2,100,265
- Income (IRS master file)
- $3,325,181
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | September 2025 | $3,325,181 | $2,797,877 | $2,100,265 | XML |
| 990 | September 2024 | $3,212,439 | $2,798,910 | $1,692,314 | XML |
| 990 | September 2023 | $2,586,495 | $2,703,147 | $1,118,988 | XML |
| 990 | September 2022 | $2,369,624 | $2,409,259 | $1,297,281 | IRS |
| 990 | September 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | September 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | September 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | September 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 38-2314954).
Questions about GROUNDWORK CENTER FOR RESILIENT COMMUNITIES INC
- What is the EIN of GROUNDWORK CENTER FOR RESILIENT COMMUNITIES INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of GROUNDWORK CENTER FOR RESILIENT COMMUNITIES INC is 38-2314954.
- Is GROUNDWORK CENTER FOR RESILIENT COMMUNITIES INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1982.
- Are donations to GROUNDWORK CENTER FOR RESILIENT COMMUNITIES INC tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does GROUNDWORK CENTER FOR RESILIENT COMMUNITIES INC file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of GROUNDWORK CENTER FOR RESILIENT COMMUNITIES INC due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending September 30, 2026) is due February 16, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did GROUNDWORK CENTER FOR RESILIENT COMMUNITIES INC last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended September 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of GROUNDWORK CENTER FOR RESILIENT COMMUNITIES INC?
- The 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 names JAMES BRUCKBAUER.
- Who are the officers and directors of GROUNDWORK CENTER FOR RESILIENT COMMUNITIES INC?
- The 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 lists 16 people; 3 received compensation from the organization, the highest $176,379 (HANS VOSS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR).
- How much revenue does GROUNDWORK CENTER FOR RESILIENT COMMUNITIES INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $3,325,181, expenses of $2,797,877 and total assets of $2,100,265 at year end.
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