Michigan · Nonprofit
BUSINESS LEADERS FOR MICHIGAN
BUSINESS LEADERS FOR MICHIGAN (Michigan) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $229,236 to it, the largest being COMERICA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($226,236). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $4.5M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $229k
- Net assets
- $6.3M
What Business Leaders for Michigan does
Mission
Business Leaders for Michigan is a nonprofit, nonpartisan statewide organization driven by ceos from the state's leading employers, all working toward a shared goal: making michigan a top 10 state for jobs, talent and a thriving economy. Guided by research and diverse perspectives, we develop strategies, shape public policy and drive initiatives that bring people and ideas together to ignite change - for growth, shared prosperity and lasting progress.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
- bolster business climate: preserve flexibility in the workplace for employers and employees. Spearhead advocacy efforts and/or support coalitions opposing harmful proposals. Build coalitions; identify and promote alternatives to extreme proposals. Champion long-term solutions that uplift michiganders.- holistic economic development: strengthen and streamline the state's toolbox around business attraction/retention, entrepreneurship, and innovation. Link to holistic needs (I.e., tax credits, site development, access to talent, etc.).- k-12 education reform: launch michigan debuted the blm-designed district comparison dashboard to help build awareness of our public-school system's underperformance.
$4,041,128 spent$3,660,800 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $4,041,128.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $5.6M to $7.3M (+31%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Howard Ungerleider
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $3k → $115k.
From the IRS filings of BUSINESS LEADERS FOR MICHIGAN’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
BUSINESS LEADERS FOR MICHIGAN leans on a few funders — its largest provides 99% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
BUSINESS LEADERS FOR MICHIGAN draws 99% of its grant income from funders outside Michigan, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Organizations like BUSINESS LEADERS FOR MICHIGAN
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Michigan
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 3 related entities
- Business Leaders for Michigan Foundation · exempt
- Business Leaders for Michigan Political Action Committee · exempt
- Business Leaders for Michigan Political Action Committee II · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BUSINESS LEADERS FOR MICHIGAN: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BUSINESS LEADERS FOR MICHIGAN?
- BUSINESS LEADERS FOR MICHIGAN (Michigan) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $229,236 to it, the largest being COMERICA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($226,236). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BUSINESS LEADERS FOR MICHIGAN have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $229,236 in grants to BUSINESS LEADERS FOR MICHIGAN, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BUSINESS LEADERS FOR MICHIGAN?
- COMERICA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $226,236 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BUSINESS LEADERS FOR MICHIGAN find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Michigan. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 2 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing