Michigan · Nonprofit
CITIZENS RESEARCH COUNCIL OF MICHIGAN INC
CITIZENS RESEARCH COUNCIL OF MICHIGAN INC (Michigan) receives grants from 26 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,655,622 to it, the largest being THE KRESGE FOUNDATION ($350,000). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.2M
- Funders on record
- 26
- Grants received
- $2.7M
- Net assets
- $4.0M
What Citizens Research Council of Michigan Inc does
Mission
The goal of the citizens research council is to secure good government for the citizens of michigan-government that is representative of and responsible and accountable to the public; effective in carrying out its responsibilities and providing services; and efficient in the use of its resources. Research council activities focus on four areas:monitoring trends in state and local finances; analyzing the structure and organization of government; conducting in-depth studies of major public policy issues; and assisting public officials and concerned citizens to promote efficiency, effectiveness, and accountability in governmental operations.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
The citizens research council published a paper that addressed public funding of economic development related to innovation and entrepreneurial activities. The research documented the economic benefits of public involvement, quantified michigan's investments relative to several surrounding states, and identified potential sources of funding if policy makers prioritize these activities. The citizens research council analyzed detroit's economic wellbeing and the economic development tools it employs to facilitate future growth. Three papers were published that 1) established that the city is on the upswing but still lags behind in economic strength and the wealth of its residents; 2) critiqued the practices of the detroit downtown development authority and made recommendations to improve the financial well-being of the city, county, and other overlapping jurisdictions; and 3) critiqued the city's use of tax abatements to facilitate job creation and return abandoned or under-utilized buildings to productive use. The research council documented inequities and failings in getting federal and state at-risk funding to the buildings and classrooms where at-risk students attend schools. It…
$967,262 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $967,262.
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 $3.7M to $4.5M (+20%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 10% · 2021 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 12 funders, grant income rose $49k → $536k.
5 of 26 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 25% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of CITIZENS RESEARCH COUNCIL OF MICHIGAN INC’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
CITIZENS RESEARCH COUNCIL OF MICHIGAN INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 13% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
26% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund CITIZENS RESEARCH COUNCIL OF MICHIGAN INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 72% · 2018 54% · 2019 77% · 2020 22% · 2021 35% · 2022 28% · 2023 20% — diversifying over time.
“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.
How long its funders stay
56% of CITIZENS RESEARCH COUNCIL OF MICHIGAN INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 62% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
85% of CITIZENS RESEARCH COUNCIL OF MICHIGAN INC's grant income comes from Michigan funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $659k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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 CITIZENS RESEARCH COUNCIL OF MICHIGAN INC
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
73% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
73%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CITIZENS RESEARCH COUNCIL OF MICHIGAN INC: 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 CITIZENS RESEARCH COUNCIL OF MICHIGAN INC?
- CITIZENS RESEARCH COUNCIL OF MICHIGAN INC (Michigan) receives grants from 26 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,655,622 to it, the largest being THE KRESGE FOUNDATION ($350,000). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CITIZENS RESEARCH COUNCIL OF MICHIGAN INC have?
- IRS filings report 26 organizations giving $2,655,622 in grants to CITIZENS RESEARCH COUNCIL OF MICHIGAN INC, 16 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CITIZENS RESEARCH COUNCIL OF MICHIGAN INC?
- THE KRESGE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $350,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CITIZENS RESEARCH COUNCIL OF MICHIGAN INC 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 26 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