JOHN BALL AREA NEIGHBORS INC

This profile covers John Ball Area Neighbors (doing business as JBAN), the neighborhood association operating on Grand Rapids’ West Side; the organization is associated with the legal entity South West Area Neighbors, Inc. and the EIN 38-3083747 (tax-exempt 501(c)(3) status). JBAN operates as a neighborhood-focused, donor-facing nonprofit with an active web presence and a recorded history of municipal grant-funded programming.

JBAN’s work centers on neighborhood leadership, public-safety outreach, community-building events, and small-scale neighborhood improvement projects such as community gardens. In recent years the group has run public-safety education and outreach, launched a community garden project, and participated as a partner in City of Grand Rapids planning and neighborhood funding programs.

The organization is a regular participant in City of Grand Rapids neighborhood planning and community development activities and has received Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding for neighborhood leadership and public-safety programs in the last several program years. JBAN files federal Form 990 returns and maintains an active neighborhood-facing program and events calendar on its website.