WEST MICHIGAN NEW HORIZONS MUSIC ENSEMBLES
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Retrieved 2026-10-20; covers tax years 2010–2024. Data: Strategy Studio, CC BY 4.0.
2024 · Form 990EZ · revenue $53K · expenses $53K · assets $78K
- EIN
- 26-4696115
- Address
- PO BOX 150337, GRAND RAPIDS, MI 49515-0337
- Website
- westmichigannewhorizons.org
- NTEE code
- A68
- Subsection
- 501(c)(3)
- Ruling year
- 2010
- Cross-check
- ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer
Mission
Provide opportunities for lifelong benefits of music making.
Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).
People paid by the organization
1 person paid across every filing: current people first, then by total pay from this organization. Organizations counts every nonprofit each person appears on.
| Name | Latest title | Years | Latest year pay | Total pay from here | Organizations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nancy Summers-Meussen (former) | Director | 2019 | $22,000 | $22,000 | 1 |
Officers and directors, no compensation reported
29 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.
| Name | Latest title | Years | Hrs/wk (latest) | Compensation | Organizations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roger Bleiler | President | 2019-2024 | 2 | $0 reported | 1 |
| LuAnne Bleiler | Secretary | 2023-2024 | 2 | $0 reported | 1 |
| Bryan Whipple | Treasurer | 2024 | 2 | $0 reported | 1 |
| Jerome M Smith | Vice President | 2023-2024 | 2 | $0 reported | 1 |
| Kathy DeMey | Director | 2023-2024 | 2 | $0 reported | 1 |
| Sonja Hoezee | Director | 2023-2024 | 2 | $0 reported | 1 |
| Orin Gelderloos | Director | 2024 | 2 | $0 reported | 1 |
| Kristy Ippel | Director | 2023-2024 | 2 | $0 reported | 1 |
| Della Landheer | Director | 2023-2024 | 2 | $0 reported | 1 |
| T Rose | Director | 2023-2024 | 2 | $0 reported | 1 |
| Charles Hornung (former) | Treasurer | 2019-2023 | 2 | $0 reported | 1 |
| Karen Huizenga (former) | Director | 2023 | 2 | $0 reported | 1 |
| Ed Perkins (former) | President | 2019 | 2 | $0 reported | 1 |
| David LaRowe (former) | Vice President | 2019 | 2 | $0 reported | 1 |
| Darryl Larson (former) | Secretary | 2019 | 2 | $0 reported | 1 |
| Beth Beels (former) | Director | 2019 | 2 | $0 reported | 1 |
| Noelle Frost (former) | Director | 2019 | 2 | $0 reported | 1 |
| Omar Helferich (former) | Director | 2019 | 2 | $0 reported | 1 |
| Harry Dyck (former) | Director | 2019 | 2 | $0 reported | 1 |
| Gary Wells (former) | Director | 2019 | 2 | $0 reported | 1 |
| Patrick J Conlon (former) | PRESIDENT | 2010 | 8 | $0 reported | 1 |
| Helen Bradley (former) | VICE-PRESIDENT | 2010 | 2 | $0 reported | 1 |
| Edward W Oosterhouse (former) | TREASURER | 2010 | 8 | $0 reported | 1 |
| Lyn Zbojniewicz (former) | SECRETARY | 2010 | 3 | $0 reported | 1 |
| Judy Soderquist (former) | ASSISTANT SECRETARY | 2010 | 2 | $0 reported | 1 |
| Linda Barrett (former) | DIRECTOR | 2010 | 2 | $0 reported | 1 |
| Thomas F Curran (former) | DIRECTOR | 2010 | 2 | $0 reported | 1 |
| Jeanne M Howell (former) | DIRECTOR | 2010 | 3 | $0 reported | 1 |
| Lawrence Manning (former) | DIRECTOR | 2010 | 2 | $0 reported | 1 |
People by year
2024 · 10 people listed · none paid
| Name | Title | Hrs/wk | From org | From related | Other | Total | Orgs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roger Bleiler | President | 2 | $0 | - | - | $0 | 1 |
| LuAnne Bleiler | Secretary | 2 | $0 | - | - | $0 | 1 |
| Bryan Whipple | Treasurer | 2 | $0 | - | - | $0 | 1 |
| Jerome M Smith | Vice President | 2 | $0 | - | - | $0 | 1 |
| Kathy DeMey | Director | 2 | $0 | - | - | $0 | 1 |
| Sonja Hoezee | Director | 2 | $0 | - | - | $0 | 1 |
| Orin Gelderloos | Director | 2 | $0 | - | - | $0 | 1 |
| Kristy Ippel | Director | 2 | $0 | - | - | $0 | 1 |
| Della Landheer | Director | 2 | $0 | - | - | $0 | 1 |
| T Rose | Director | 2 | $0 | - | - | $0 | 1 |
2023 · 10 people listed · none paid
| Name | Title | Hrs/wk | From org | From related | Other | Total | Orgs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roger Bleiler | President | 2 | $0 | - | - | $0 | 1 |
| LuAnne Bleiler | Secretary | 2 | $0 | - | - | $0 | 1 |
| Charles Hornung | Treasurer | 2 | $0 | - | - | $0 | 1 |
| Jerome M Smith | Vice President | 2 | $0 | - | - | $0 | 1 |
| Kathy DeMey | Director | 2 | $0 | - | - | $0 | 1 |
| Sonja Hoezee | Director | 2 | $0 | - | - | $0 | 1 |
| Karen Huizenga | Director | 2 | $0 | - | - | $0 | 1 |
| Kristy Ippel | Director | 2 | $0 | - | - | $0 | 1 |
| Della Landheer | Director | 2 | $0 | - | - | $0 | 1 |
| T Rose | Director | 2 | $0 | - | - | $0 | 1 |
2019 · 11 people listed · 1 paid, $22K
| Name | Title | Hrs/wk | From org | From related | Other | Total | Orgs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nancy Summers-Meussen | Director | 12 | $22,000 | - | - | $22,000 | 1 |
| Ed Perkins | President | 2 | $0 | - | - | $0 | 1 |
| David LaRowe | Vice President | 2 | $0 | - | - | $0 | 1 |
| Darryl Larson | Secretary | 2 | $0 | - | - | $0 | 1 |
| Charles Hornung | Treasurer | 2 | $0 | - | - | $0 | 1 |
| Beth Beels | Director | 2 | $0 | - | - | $0 | 1 |
| Noelle Frost | Director | 2 | $0 | - | - | $0 | 1 |
| Omar Helferich | Director | 2 | $0 | - | - | $0 | 1 |
| Harry Dyck | Director | 2 | $0 | - | - | $0 | 1 |
| Gary Wells | Director | 2 | $0 | - | - | $0 | 1 |
| Roger Bleiler | Director | 2 | $0 | - | - | $0 | 1 |
2010 · 9 people listed · none paid
| Name | Title | Hrs/wk | From org | From related | Other | Total | Orgs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PATRICK J CONLON | PRESIDENT | 8 | $0 | - | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| HELEN BRADLEY | VICE-PRESIDENT | 2 | $0 | - | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| EDWARD W OOSTERHOUSE | TREASURER | 8 | $0 | - | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| LYN ZBOJNIEWICZ | SECRETARY | 3 | $0 | - | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| JUDY SODERQUIST | ASSISTANT SECRETARY | 2 | $0 | - | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| LINDA BARRETT | DIRECTOR | 2 | $0 | - | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| THOMAS F CURRAN | DIRECTOR | 2 | $0 | - | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| JEANNE M HOWELL | DIRECTOR | 3 | $0 | - | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| LAWRENCE MANNING | DIRECTOR | 2 | $0 | - | $0 | $0 | 1 |
Highest-paid independent contractors
No independent contractors reported.
Who gave
Contributor names are not public for this form type.
Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.
Finances
Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.
| Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Net assets | Contributions | Program revenue | Officer pay | Employees | Volunteers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 · Form 990EZ | ||||||||
| $52,501 | $53,163 | $78,190 | $75,565 | $47,105 | $1,428 | - | - | - |
| 2023 · Form 990EZ | ||||||||
| $54,937 | $52,771 | $76,227 | $76,227 | $48,185 | $1,575 | - | - | - |
| 2019 · Form 990EZ | ||||||||
| $57,566 | $38,817 | $64,735 | $64,735 | $53,832 | $966 | - | - | - |
| 2010 · Form 990EZ | ||||||||
| $33,583 | $29,536 | $17,181 | $17,181 | $11,705 | - | - | - | - |
Funders of this organization
1 grantor reported grants to this organization, $118 in all, tax years 2020 to 2023. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV
| Grantor | Type | Match | Years given | Grants | Total | Latest year | Latest year's amount | Grants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION | Private foundation | Fuzzy filed as “WEST MICHIGAN NEW HORIZONS MUSIC ENSEMBLES” | 2020-2023 | 4 | $118 | 2023 | $36 | show |
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Where the money went
Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.
2024 · Form 990EZ · $53,163 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
| Line | As described | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fees to independent contractors | $29,560 | 55.6% | |
| Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) | $13,704 | 25.8% | |
| Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance | $7,523 | 14.2% | |
| Printing, publications, postage | $2,376 | 4.5% | |
| Total | $53,163 | 100% |
2023 · Form 990EZ · $52,771 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
| Line | As described | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fees to independent contractors | $30,665 | 58.1% | |
| Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) | $12,498 | 23.7% | |
| Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance | $6,953 | 13.2% | |
| Printing, publications, postage | $2,655 | 5.0% | |
| Total | $52,771 | 100% |
2019 · Form 990EZ · $38,817 spent · pay $22,000 · grants $0 · events $0
| Line | As described | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salaries, other pay and benefits | $22,000 | 56.7% | |
| Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance | $5,589 | 14.4% | |
| Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) | $5,561 | 14.3% | |
| Fees to independent contractors | $4,115 | 10.6% | |
| Printing, publications, postage | $1,552 | 4.0% | |
| Total | $38,817 | 100% |
2010 · Form 990EZ · $29,536 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
| Line | As described | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fees to independent contractors | $15,260 | 51.7% | |
| Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) | $7,863 | 26.6% | |
| Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance | $4,737 | 16.0% | |
| Printing, publications, postage | $1,676 | 5.7% | |
| Total | $29,536 | 100% |