How much does Michigan Enviromental Council give?

Michigan Enviromental Council reported 8 itemized grants totaling $336,250, out of $359,193 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 22 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.

What does Michigan Enviromental Council fund?

By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (90%), Health (8%), Food & Nutrition (2%).

Who are Michigan Enviromental Council's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Michigan Environmental Council Action Fund ($200k), Michigan United Conservation Clubs ($138k), Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council ($138k).

Does Michigan Enviromental Council fund new organizations?

In FY2023, 77% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Which funders back the same organizations as Michigan Enviromental Council?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, DTE Energy Foundation.

Where is Michigan Enviromental Council based?

Michigan Enviromental Council is based in MI.

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Michigan · Public charity

Michigan Enviromental Council

Informing and educating the public and decision makers about environmental issues.

$359k
Granted FY2024(still arriving): 8
Itemized grants FY2024: 13
Organizations funded FY2023: 77%
First-time grantees FY2023

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Itemized, FY2024: $336k; The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024: $37,500
Largest grant, FY2024: $100,000
Organizations funded a year: 4 to 22; FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024: 4
Total assets, FY2024: $7.6M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 77% of the organizations Michigan Enviromental Council funded were first-time grantees, receiving 83% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 17% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $266k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

EnvironmentHealthPhilanthropyHousing & ShelterCommunity ImprovementEducationOther

How this is measured

First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2024still arriving	8	$336k	50%
FY2023	13	$321k	77%
FY2022	4	$85k	75%
FY2021	4	$103k	50%
FY2020	6	$150k	0%
FY2019	9	$239k	22%
FY2018	16	$264k	50%
FY2017	22	$420k	n/a

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Environment$1.7MHealth$145kFood & Nutrition$39kPhilanthropy$15k

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
The Michigan Environmental Council Action Fund	$200,000	2	26%
Michigan United Conservation Clubs	$137,500	4	3%
Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council	$137,500	4	2%
Trout Unlimited Michigan Council	$137,500	4	9%
Ecology Center	$96,500	3	4%
Groundwork Center for Resilient Communities Inc	$77,373	3	2%
Green Living Science	$76,000	1	45%
Clean Water Fund	$53,750	3	0%
Sustainable Markets Foundation	$50,000	1	0%
Michigan Organizing Project	$50,000	1	2%

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All grantees of Michigan Enviromental Council by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
The Michigan Environmental Council Action Fund	$200,000	2	26%
Michigan United Conservation Clubs	$137,500	4	3%
Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council	$137,500	4	2%
Trout Unlimited Michigan Council	$137,500	4	9%
Ecology Center	$96,500	3	4%
Groundwork Center for Resilient Communities Inc	$77,373	3	2%
Green Living Science	$76,000	1	45%
Clean Water Fund	$53,750	3	0%
Sustainable Markets Foundation	$50,000	1	0%
Michigan Organizing Project	$50,000	1	2%
For Love of Water	$50,000	1	6%
Trinity Health - Michigan	$50,000	2	0%
Northend Christian Community Development Corporation	$50,000	2	7%
Life Remodeled	$42,394	3	1%
Black Owners of Solar Services	$41,825	1	19%
Sierra Club	$39,705	2	0%
National Wildlife Federation	$39,568	3	0%
East Michigan Environmental Action Council Inc	$37,000	1	11%
Detroiters Working for Environmental Justice	$32,500	2	3%
Michigan Agri-Business Association	$30,000	2	2%
Greater Lansing Food Bank	$25,000	1	0%
Upper Peninsula Environmental Coalition	$25,000	2	44%
Allen Neighborhood Center	$25,000	1	3%
West Michigan Environmental Action Council Educational Foundation	$24,770	2	3%
Progress Michigan Education Inc	$20,000	2	2%
Michigan Physical Fitness Health and Sports Foundation	$20,000	1	0%
Michigan State University	$18,659	2	n/a
Safe Water Engineering	$16,948	1	n/a
Michigan Clinicians for Climate Action	$16,000	1	15%
Heart O the Lakes United Brethren in Christ Church	$15,500	2	n/a
Ducks Unlimited Inc	$15,000	1	0%
Friends of the Rouge	$15,000	1	1%
Clinton River Watershed Council	$15,000	1	2%
Kalamazoo River Watershed Public Advisory Council	$15,000	1	16%
Global Philanthropy Partnership	$14,833	1	0%
Hbcute	$13,825	1	n/a
Southwest Detroit Environmental Vision	$12,750	1	1%
Michigan Conservative Energy Forum	$12,000	1	42%
Michigan Association of Railroad Passengers Incorporated	$10,000	2	n/a
Michigan Climate Action Network	$10,000	1	n/a
Soulardarity	$8,970	1	6%
Healthy Homes Coalition of West Michigan Inc	$8,750	1	n/a
Evergreen Community Developement In	$5,000	1	1%
Genesee County Hispanic Latino Collaborative Inc	$5,000	1	n/a
Michigan League of Conservation Voters Education Fund	$5,000	1	0%
Michigan League for Public Policy	$2,000	1	0%
Citizens Against Rate Excess	$2,000	1	n/a
Christian Reformed Church in North America	$1,500	1	n/a
Michigan Interfaith Power & Light Inc	$1,500	1	n/a

Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($110k), not named here.

Michigan Enviromental Council supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 38 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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How this is measured

Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 38.

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Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Community Foundation for Southeast MichiganMI34.3× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · Charles Stewart Mott Foundation · DTE Energy Foundation · The Kresge Foundation · United States Energy Foundation · The Fred & Barbara Erb Family Foundation · Americana Foundation · The Ralph C Wilson Jr Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · Windward Fund · The Porter Family Foundation · Great Lakes Aquatic Habitat Network and Fund Inc

How this is measured

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Michigan Enviromental Council

How much does Michigan Enviromental Council give?: Michigan Enviromental Council reported 8 itemized grants totaling $336,250, out of $359,193 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 22 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Michigan Enviromental Council fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (90%), Health (8%), Food & Nutrition (2%).
Who are Michigan Enviromental Council's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Michigan Environmental Council Action Fund ($200k), Michigan United Conservation Clubs ($138k), Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council ($138k).
Does Michigan Enviromental Council fund new organizations?: In FY2023, 77% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Michigan Enviromental Council?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, DTE Energy Foundation.
Where is Michigan Enviromental Council based?: Michigan Enviromental Council is based in MI.