PROPUBLICA Fearless Reporting for an Informed Society — Join Us.
DONATE
Skip to content
ProPublica Donate
ProPublica Donate

Personal Growth Center

  • Sandusky, MI
  • Tax-exempt since July 1993
  • EIN: 38-3076356

Organization summary

Type of Nonprofit

Designated as a Organizations for any of the following purposes: religious, educational, charitable, scientific, literary, testing for public safety, fostering national or international amateur sports competition (as long as it doesn't provide athletic facilities or equipment), or the prevention of cruelty to children or animals.

Category: Human Services — Multipurpose and Other / Neighborhood Centers, Settlement Houses (NTEE)

Donations to this organization are tax deductible.

Summary charts: organization finances over time

Revenue
$110k (2023)

Expenses
$103k (2023)

Total Assets
$9.14k (2023)

Total Liabilities
$1.74k (2023)

Source: Form 990 tax filings from 2011 to 2023

Tax Filings by Year

Form 990 is an information return that most organizations claiming federal tax-exempt status must file yearly with the IRS. Nonprofit Explorer has IRS digitized Form 990 data for filings processed in 2012 and later. If this organization filed an amended return, it may not be reflected below. Duplicate download links may indicate a resubmission or amendment to this organization's original return. Form 990 data is from the IRS.

Fiscal Year Ending Sept.
2023

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$109,601
Expenses
$102,564
Net Income
$7,037
Net Assets
$7,391
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $16,899
15.4%
Program Services $88,842
81.1%
Investment Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $3,860
3.5%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $9,135
Total Liabilities $1,744
Net Assets $7,391
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Phil Lipa (President) $0 $0
Jimmy Soule (Secretary) $0 $0
Charles Szczepanski (Treasurer) $0 $0
Karen Woolwine (Director) $0 $0
+ View more people

Document Links

990-EZ
Filed on Dec. 7, 2023

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

View Filing
PDF XML

Fiscal Year Ending Sept.
2022

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$97,278
Expenses
$103,996
Net Income
-$6,718
Net Assets
$354
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $10,924
11.2%
Program Services $81,395
83.7%
Investment Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $4,959
5.1%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $6,190
Total Liabilities $5,836
Net Assets $354
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Phil Lipa (President) $0 $0
Stacy Deriso (Secretary) $0 $0
Gerrie Kinnunen (Treasurer) $0 $0
Karen Woolwine (Director) $0 $0
+ View more people

Document Links

990-EZ
Filed on Dec. 6, 2023

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

View Filing
PDF XML

Fiscal Year Ending Sept.
2021

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$91,828
Expenses
$91,153
Net Income
$675
Net Assets
$7,073
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $6,010
6.5%
Program Services $82,345
89.7%
Investment Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $3,473
3.8%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $8,256
Total Liabilities $1,183
Net Assets $7,073
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Phil Lipa (President) $0 $0
Stacy Deriso (Secretary) $0 $0
Gerrie Kinnunen (Treasurer) $0 $0
Karen Woolwine (Director) $0 $0
+ View more people

Document Links

990-EZ
Filed on July 25, 2022

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

View Filing
PDF XML

Fiscal Year Ending Sept.
2020

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$80,412
Expenses
$80,418
Net Income
-$6
Net Assets
$6,398
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $3,920
4.9%
Program Services $72,752
90.5%
Investment Income $78
0.1%
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $3,662
4.6%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $17,432
Total Liabilities $11,034
Net Assets $6,398
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Phil Lipa (Director) $0 $0
Stacy Deriso (Director) $0 $0
Gerrie Kinnunen (Director) $0 $0
Paula Barylski (Director) $0 $0
John Grooms (Director) $0 $0
+ View more people

Document Links

990-EZ
Filed on Nov. 13, 2020

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

View Filing
PDF XML

Fiscal Year Ending Sept.
2019

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$87,266
Expenses
$87,878
Net Income
-$612
Net Assets
$6,403
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $5,967
6.8%
Program Services $75,770
86.8%
Investment Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $5,529
6.3%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $8,304
Total Liabilities $1,901
Net Assets $6,403
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Phil Lipa (President) $0 $0
Gerrie Kinnunen (Treasurer) $0 $0
Emily Greir (Secretary) $0 $0
Karen Woolwine (Director) $0 $0
Theresa Sanicome (Director) $0 $0
Theresa Mason (Director) $0 $0
+ View more people

Document Links

990-EZ
Filed on Aug. 28, 2020

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

View Filing
PDF XML

Fiscal Year Ending Sept.
2018

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$85,919
Expenses
$86,010
Net Income
-$91
Net Assets
$7,016
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $7,100
8.3%
Program Services $73,895
86.0%
Investment Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $4,924
5.7%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $8,834
Total Liabilities $1,818
Net Assets $7,016
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Tim Butler (President) $0 $0
Gerrie Kinnunen (Treasurer) $0 $0
Emily Greir (Secretary) $0 $0
Karen Woolwine (Director) $0 $0
Theresa Sanicome (Director) $0 $0
Theresa Mason (Director) $0 $0
+ View more people

Document Links

990-EZ
Filed on Dec. 7, 2018

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

View Filing
PDF XML

Fiscal Year Ending Sept.
2017

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$83,830
Expenses
$84,940
Net Income
-$1,110
Net Assets
$7,107
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $5,392
6.4%
Program Services $73,895
88.1%
Investment Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $4,543
5.4%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $12,476
Total Liabilities $5,369
Net Assets $7,107
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Tim Butler (President) $0 $0
Lisa Leach (Vice Preside) $0 $0
Gerrie Kinnunen (Treasurer) $0 $0
Rebecca Grey (Secretary) $0 $0
+ View more people

Document Links

990-EZ
Filed on Dec. 1, 2017

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

View Filing
PDF XML

Fiscal Year Ending Sept.
2016

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$83,021
Expenses
$83,021
Net Income
$0
Net Assets
$8,216
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $1,902
2.3%
Program Services $76,590
92.3%
Investment Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $4,529
5.5%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $17,491
Total Liabilities $9,275
Net Assets $8,216
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Michael Butler (President) $0 $0
Karen Woolwine (Vice Preside) $0 $0
Donna Beatty (Treasurer) $0 $0
Stacy Deriso (Secretary) $0 $0
+ View more people

Document Links

990-EZ
Filed on Nov. 29, 2016

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

View Filing
PDF XML

Fiscal Year Ending Sept.
2015

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$87,974
Expenses
$87,974
Net Income
$0
Net Assets
$8,216
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $2,005
2.3%
Program Services $81,584
92.7%
Investment Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $4,385
5.0%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $13,216
Total Liabilities $5,000
Net Assets $8,216
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Karen Woolwine (Secretary) $0 $0
Cinnamon Wentz (Treasurer) $0 $0
Michael Butler (President) $0 $0

Document Links

990-EZ
Filed on Dec. 4, 2015

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

View Filing
PDF XML

Fiscal Year Ending Sept.
2014

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$91,588
Expenses
$88,075
Net Income
$3,513
Net Assets
$8,217
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $0
Program Services $88,908
97.1%
Investment Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $2,680
2.9%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $8,828
Total Liabilities $611
Net Assets $8,217
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Bonnie Garbowski (Director) $0 $0
Donna Beatty (Director) $0 $0
Patricia Moats (Director) $0 $0
Karen Woolwine (Secretary) $0 $0
John Mendoza (President) $0 $0
Cinnamon Wentz (Treasurer) $0 $0
Theresa Sainkome (Director) $0 $0
Michael Butler (Vice Preside) $0 $0
+ View more people

Document Links

990-EZ
Filed on March 18, 2015

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

View Filing
PDF XML

Fiscal Year Ending Sept.
2013

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$112,086
Expenses
$85,181
Net Income
$26,905
Net Assets
$4,704
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $0
Program Services $110,442
98.5%
Investment Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $1,644
1.5%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $4,921
Total Liabilities $217
Net Assets $4,704

Document Links

990-EZ

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending Sept.
2012

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$113,287
Expenses
$126,884
Net Income
-$13,597
Net Assets
-$22,201
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $5,179
4.6%
Program Services $104,391
92.1%
Investment Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $3,717
3.3%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $4,527
Total Liabilities $26,728
Net Assets -$22,201

Document Links

990-EZ

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending Sept.
2011

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$109,006
Expenses
$120,351
Net Income
-$11,345
Net Assets
-$8,604
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $1,975
1.8%
Program Services $104,392
95.8%
Investment Income $0
Net Fundraising $2,639
2.4%
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $2,335
Total Liabilities $10,939
Net Assets -$8,604

Document Links

990-EZ

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending Sept.
2010

No Extracted Financial Data

Extracted financial data is not available for the forms filed in this tax period, but Form 990 documents are available for download.

Document Links

990-EZ

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

PDF
PDF (2 of 2)

Fiscal Year Ending Sept.
2009

No Extracted Financial Data

Extracted financial data is not available for the forms filed in this tax period, but Form 990 documents are available for download.

Document Links

990-EZ

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending Sept.
2008

No Extracted Financial Data

Extracted financial data is not available for the forms filed in this tax period, but Form 990 documents are available for download.

Document Links

990-EZ

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending Sept.
2007

No Extracted Financial Data

Extracted financial data is not available for the forms filed in this tax period, but Form 990 documents are available for download.

Document Links

990-EZ

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending Sept.
2006

No Extracted Financial Data

Extracted financial data is not available for the forms filed in this tax period, but Form 990 documents are available for download.

Document Links

990-EZ

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

PDF
PDF (2 of 2)

Fiscal Year Ending Sept.
2005

No Extracted Financial Data

Extracted financial data is not available for the forms filed in this tax period, but Form 990 documents are available for download.

Document Links

990-EZ

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending Sept.
2003

No Extracted Financial Data

Extracted financial data is not available for the forms filed in this tax period, but Form 990 documents are available for download.

Document Links

990-EZ

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending Sept.
2002

No Extracted Financial Data

Extracted financial data is not available for the forms filed in this tax period, but Form 990 documents are available for download.

Document Links

990-EZ

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending Sept.
2001

No Extracted Financial Data

Extracted financial data is not available for the forms filed in this tax period, but Form 990 documents are available for download.

Document Links

990-EZ

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

PDF

About This Data

Nonprofit Explorer includes summary data for nonprofit tax returns and full Form 990 documents, in both PDF and digital formats.

The summary data contains information processed by the IRS during the 2012-2019 calendar years; this generally consists of filings for the 2011-2018 fiscal years, but may include older records. This data release includes only a subset of what can be found in the full Form 990s.

In addition to the raw summary data, we link to PDFs and digital copies of full Form 990 documents wherever possible. This consists of separate releases by the IRS of Form 990 documents processed by the agency, which we update regularly.

We also link to copies of audits nonprofit organizations that spent $750,000 or more in Federal grant money in a single fiscal year since 2016. These audits are copied from the Federal Audit Clearinghouse.

Which Organizations Are Here?

Every organization that has been recognized as tax exempt by the IRS has to file Form 990 every year, unless they make less than $200,000 in revenue and have less than $500,000 in assets, in which case they have to file form 990-EZ. Organizations making less than $50,000 don’t have to file either form but do have to let the IRS they’re still in business via a Form 990N "e-Postcard."

Nonprofit Explorer has organizations claiming tax exemption in each of the 27 subsections of the 501(c) section of the tax code, and which have filed a Form 990, Form 990EZ or Form 990PF. Taxable trusts and private foundations that are required to file a form 990PF are also included. Small organizations filing a Form 990N "e-Postcard" are not included in this data.

Types of Nonprofits

There are 27 nonprofit designations based on the numbered subsections of section 501(c) of the tax code. See the list »

Get the Data

For those interested in acquiring the original data from the source, here’s where our data comes from:

  • Raw filing data. Includes EINs and summary financials as structured data.
  • Exempt Organization profiles. Includes organization names, addresses, etc. You can merge this with the raw filing data using EIN numbers.
  • Form 990 documents. Prior to 2017, these documents were obtained and processed by Public.Resource.org and ProPublica. Bulk PDF downloads since 2017 are available from the IRS.
  • Form 990 documents as XML files. Includes complete filing data (financial details, names of officers, tax schedules, etc.) in machine-readable format. Only available for electronically filed documents. Electronic data released prior to October 2021 is also available through Amazon Web Services.
  • Audits. PDFs of single or program-specific audits for nonprofit organizations that spent $750,000 or more in Federal grant money in a single fiscal year. Available for fiscal year 2015 and later.

API

The data powering this website is available programmatically, via an API. Read the API documentation »

Byline

By Andrea Suozzo, Alec Glassford and Ash Ngu, ProPublica, and Brandon Roberts, Special to ProPublica.
Design by Jeff Frankl. Additional development by Ken Schwencke, Mike Tigas, and Sisi Wei.

E-file viewer adapted from IRS e-File Viewer by Ben Getson. Code for scraping audit documents adapated from Govwiki.

Updated