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US nonprofit · EIN 465225488 · Grand Rapids, MIiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 465225488) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe tenure.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 31 December 2024: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay.Finances by year IRS Form 990 e-file data - total revenue and total expenses by tax year.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue (us-approach-v4-clean). Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Principal officer IRS Form 990-N (e-Postcard) - principal officer named for tax year 2018.Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Realism IS Loyalty

Donations deductible
Revenue
$573k
year to 31 December 2024
Expenses
$730k
year to 31 December 2024
Total assets
$598k
$37k liabilities
Net assets
$562k
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
5
4.0y av
Staff
8
employees, year to 31 December 2024
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
3
named in Part VII
How am I connected?

Realism IS Loyalty's network

5 people7 organisationsi5 people and 7 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (5). Violet dotted lines (7) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.

The board

5 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Tenure and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed tenure is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 6 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Wendy Taylor ChairChair2024
2 yrs
Aaron JonkerTrustee2024
2 yrs
Antoinette ChapmanTrustee2022
4 yrs
JD Chapman JR (also filed as JD Chapman)President2019
7 yrs
Julia KellyTreasurer2023
3 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Officers and senior leadership

3 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
Christine Helms-MaleticCompany secretarysince 2023
JD Chapman JRPresident -since 2021
Tami VandenbergTreasurer2023

Pay and hours

year to 31 December 2024iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Antoinette ChapmanTrustee40$102k
JD Chapman JrPresident40$92k
Aaron JonkerTrustee2$0
Julia KellyTreasurer2$0
Wendy TaylorChair2$0
Christine Helms-MaleticSecretary2$0

About

Legal name
Realism Is Loyalty
EIN
465225488
Address
601 Martin Luther King Jr St Se, Grand Rapids, MI, 49507-1304
State
Michigan
Mission
Counseling and guidance (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
P20 Human services
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Human Services
Size band
5 (IRS master file code)
Formed
2014
Principal officer
JD Chapman Jr (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 December 2014
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
6, latest 2024
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥7years on the filingsJD Chapman JR
≥4years on the filingsAntoinette Chapman
≥3years on the filingsJulia Kelly
≥2years on the filingsWendy Taylor

Latest return

year to 31 December 2024iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2024. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$598k
Total liabilities
$37k
Net assets or fund balances
$562k
Contributions and grants received
$392k
Program service revenue
$180k
Employees
8

Filed finances

1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.
Tax yearTotal revenueTotal expensesSurplus or deficit
2024$573k$730kDeficit $156k

As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.