Grammy-winning Pastor Marvin Winans, who IRS records show was paid more than $545,000 last year for working 20 hours per week at his Perfecting Community Development Corporation in Detroit, Michigan, denied receiving a “dime” and insists his accountant made an error. “I can stand here in the holy place and say without thinking, that's totally a lie. I have never received a dime from Perfecting Community Development Corporation. Not a dime.
My name is not on anything. … I have to sign it [records] because I'm the president, but I have never, ever received [a dime],” Winans told his parishioners during a Bible study at his Perfecting Church on Tuesday night in response to an initial report on his compensation by The Center Square.
Perfecting CDC lists community development as its mission, along with three active programs and services: a free summer camp, a community care center, and a homeless shelter for women and children called the Amelia Agnes Home. Perfect Copies, a print and copy shop that opened in 1994, shows as dissolved on Bizapedia.
Of the $893,898 in revenue collected by Perfecting CDC in 2025, the nonprofit’s 2025 Form 990 filed with the IRS shows that Winans was paid $538,955 in base compensation for 20 hours of work each week. The IRS Form 990 is the reporting form that many federally tax-exempt organizations must file with the IRS each year. It allows the IRS and the general public to evaluate a nonprofit's operations, including information on the nonprofit's mission, programs and finances.
Depending on the filing year and the organization's gross receipts, a nonprofit could be required to file Forms 990, 990-EZ, or 990-N. In 2025, Winans was the only officer on Perfecting CDC’s 990 form listed as receiving compensation. The Schedule J for that year, which is