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Michigan League of Conservation Voters Education Fund

MICHIGAN LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS EDUCATION FUND is a non-partisan organization that works to promote a healthy and vital michigan by preserving and protecting our air, land, and water through public education and civic engagement.

$384k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
4
Itemized grants FY2024
16
Organizations funded FY2023
56%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2024
$324k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$62,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$150,000
Organizations funded a year
1 to 16
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
2
Total assets, FY2024
$3.5M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 56% of the organizations Michigan League of Conservation Voters Education Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 24% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $84k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Civil RightsHuman ServicesEnvironmentEducationPhilanthropyAnimalsOther
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 yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving4$324k50%
FY202316$358k56%
FY20228$205k88%
FY20216$184k50%
FY20202$24k100%
FY20191$100k0%
FY20183$149k67%
FY20171$75kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Environment$904kCrime & Legal$124kPublic Benefit$85kHuman Services$77kAnimals$70kCivil Rights$65kArts & Culture$24kInternational$17kOther$0

Top grantees

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

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Michigan League of Conservation Voters Inc$800,000710%
Count Mi Vote$85,00034%
We the People of Detroit$77,10333%
National Wildlife Federation$70,00020%
Hooper Hathaway PC$62,0001n/a
Kanji & Katzen Pllc$62,0001n/a
West Michigan Environmental Action Council Educational Foundation$36,80623%
Equality Michigan$25,00012%
North Country Opera 2022 Revival$24,0001n/a
East Michigan Environmental Action Council Inc$18,97222%
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All grantees of Michigan League of Conservation Voters Education Fund by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Michigan League of Conservation Voters Inc$800,000710%
Count Mi Vote$85,00034%
We the People of Detroit$77,10333%
National Wildlife Federation$70,00020%
Hooper Hathaway PC$62,0001n/a
Kanji & Katzen Pllc$62,0001n/a
West Michigan Environmental Action Council Educational Foundation$36,80623%
Equality Michigan$25,00012%
North Country Opera 2022 Revival$24,0001n/a
East Michigan Environmental Action Council Inc$18,97222%
Southwest Detroit Environmental Vision$18,97221%
Michigan Organizing Project$18,00010%
Peoples Water Board Coalition$16,8062n/a
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc$13,50010%
Endless Opportunities$10,000114%
482 Forward$10,00011%
The Joyce Foundation$10,00010%
Warrenconner Development Coalition$8,40310%
Central United Methodist Church$8,4031n/a
The Greening of Detroit$7,50010%
Feedom Freedom Growers Non Profit Service Corp$6,06914%
Wisdom Institute$6,0691n/a
The Original United Citizens of Southwest Detroit$6,0001n/a
Nexus Detroit$6,000159%
One Love Global$6,00010%
EcoWorks$5,50010%

Where it is load-bearing

Michigan League of Conservation Voters Education Fund supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 19 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMichigan League of Conservation Voters Inc: $800,000 over 7y, 10.0% of budgetCount Mi Vote: $85,000 over 3y, 4.3% of budgetWe the People of Detroit: $77,103 over 3y, 3.4% of budgetNational Wildlife Federation: $70,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWest Michigan Environmental Action Council Educational Foundation: $36,806 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetEquality Michigan: $25,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetEast Michigan Environmental Action Council Inc: $18,972 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetSouthwest Detroit Environmental Vision: $18,972 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetMichigan Organizing Project: $18,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAmerican Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc: $13,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEndless Opportunities: $10,000 over 1y, 14% of budget482 Forward: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetThe Joyce Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWarrenconner Development Coalition: $8,403 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetThe Greening of Detroit: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFeedom Freedom Growers Non Profit Service Corp: $6,069 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetNexus Detroit: $6,000 over 1y, 59% of budgetOne Love Global: $6,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetEcoWorks: $5,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budget

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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 19.

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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.

The Fred & Barbara Erb Family FoundationMI19.9× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Fred & Barbara Erb Family Foundation · The Skillman Foundation · Natural Resources Defense Council Inc · United Way for Southeastern Michigan · Tides Foundation · Michigan Voices · The Kresge Foundation · Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · The Minneapolis Foundation · Michigan Enviromental Council · Allied Media Projects Inc · Wayne-Metropolitan Community Action Agency 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 League of Conservation Voters Education Fund

How much does Michigan League of Conservation Voters Education Fund give?
Michigan League of Conservation Voters Education Fund reported 4 itemized grants totaling $324,000, out of $383,500 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 16 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Michigan League of Conservation Voters Education Fund fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (64%), Crime & Legal (9%), Public Benefit (6%).
Who are Michigan League of Conservation Voters Education Fund's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Michigan League of Conservation Voters Inc ($800k), Count Mi Vote ($85k), We the People of Detroit ($77k).
Does Michigan League of Conservation Voters Education Fund fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 56% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Michigan League of Conservation Voters Education Fund?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Fred & Barbara Erb Family Foundation, The Skillman Foundation, Natural Resources Defense Council Inc.
Where is Michigan League of Conservation Voters Education Fund based?
Michigan League of Conservation Voters Education Fund is based in MI.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 26 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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