Michigan · Nonprofit
BUSINESS LEADERS FOR MICHIGAN FOUNDATION
BUSINESS LEADERS FOR MICHIGAN FOUNDATION (Michigan) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,700 to it, the largest being DTE ENERGY FOUNDATION ($5,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
BUSINESS LEADERS FOR MICHIGAN FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,946 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,946 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Three funders worth looking at
Grantmakers with no record of funding this organization, ranked by how strongly the co-funder graph and the mission embeddings agree. The evidence is in section 03.
- Hudson-Webber Foundationshared funderslocalportfolio match
- Delta Dental Plan of Michigan Incshared fundersportfolio match
- Henry Ford Health Systemshared funderslocalportfolio match
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. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
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.
79% of BUSINESS LEADERS FOR MICHIGAN FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (62% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2020: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $5k → $500.
Left out of every figure on this page: $5k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest The Skillman Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money BUSINESS LEADERS FOR MICHIGAN FOUNDATION raised.
From the IRS filings of BUSINESS LEADERS FOR MICHIGAN FOUNDATION’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 FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 88% 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: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2020 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
88% of BUSINESS LEADERS FOR MICHIGAN FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Michigan funders.
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.
Funders to approach
Grantmakers that don’t fund you yet, surfaced two ways: they back organizations that share your funders, or their grantees resemble your mission. The ones both signals agree on come first.
- Hudson-Webber Foundationshared funderslocalportfolio matchMI · backs 47 organizations that share your funders · funds 99 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- Delta Dental Plan of Michigan Incshared fundersportfolio matchMI · backs 20 organizations that share your funders · its grantees resemble your mission
- Henry Ford Health Systemshared funderslocalportfolio matchMI · backs 24 organizations that share your funders · funds 63 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- Detroit Employment Solutions Corporationshared funderslocalMI · backs 16 organizations that share your funders · funds 33 organizations near you
- Michigan Public Employees Benefit Trustportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Phillip W Fisher Support Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Citizens for Energizing Michigan's Economyportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Michigan Energy Firstportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- McLaren Greater Lansingportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Song Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospitalportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Monroe-Brown Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
From the co-funder graph (funders backing at least two comparable organizations, shrunk for grantee count, donor-advised and mega-funds excluded) and the universe embeddings. A research starting point; overlap is association, not a guarantee of fit.
Organizations like BUSINESS LEADERS FOR MICHIGAN FOUNDATION
Nonprofits whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over the universe of 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
Public support
34%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 3 related entities
- Business Leaders for Michigan · 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 FOUNDATION: 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.
Screens are triage, not determinations; a source that cannot be read reports not screened, never clear. How the screen works · on the API as GET /api/screening/{ein}?format=pdf
Questions and answers
- Who funds BUSINESS LEADERS FOR MICHIGAN FOUNDATION?
- BUSINESS LEADERS FOR MICHIGAN FOUNDATION (Michigan) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,700 to it, the largest being DTE ENERGY FOUNDATION ($5,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BUSINESS LEADERS FOR MICHIGAN FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $5,700 in grants to BUSINESS LEADERS FOR MICHIGAN FOUNDATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BUSINESS LEADERS FOR MICHIGAN FOUNDATION?
- DTE ENERGY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $5,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BUSINESS LEADERS FOR MICHIGAN FOUNDATION 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.
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 2funders 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 August 27, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing