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CITIZENS UTILITY BOARD OF MICHIGAN

CITIZENS UTILITY BOARD OF MICHIGAN (Michigan) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,071,544 to it, the largest being UNITED STATES ENERGY FOUNDATION ($937,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$1.2M
Funders on record
8
Grants received
$2.1M
Net assets
$288k
6/8 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 94%
01What it does

What Citizens Utility Board of Michigan does

Mission

Ensure the affordability of utilities for residential customers by providing information, public forums & workshops on rates & assistance programs and advocating on behalf of residential rate payers in regulatory proceedings and courts.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Legal intervention: advocated on behalf of residential ratepayers in regulatory proceedings, the courts and other venues. Participated in cases before the michigan public service commission and the federal energy regulatory commission, affecting millions of ratepayers in michigan.

    $601,654 spentof which $723,215 as grants
    55% of program spending
  2. Consumer engagement/education: provided educational information to consumers on gas and electric utility issues impacting residential utility customers. Shared up to date information about energy policy impacting michigan ratepayers with thousands via website and social media.

    $203,722 spentof which $201,600 as grants
    19% of program spending
  3. Stakeholder engagement: engage stakeholders in various venues on utility issues affecting consumer gas and electric utility services.

    $138,886 spentof which $223,600 as grants
    13% of program spending
  4. Original research: conduct original research and report on the performance of mi utilities to identify areas for improvement; substantial reports were completed and published during the fiscal year.

    $109,691 spentof which $73,200 as grants
    10% of program spending
  5. Government relations: engage elected officials in various venues on utility issues affecting consumer gas and electric utility services.

    $38,331 spentof which $72,600 as grants
    3% of program spending
  6. Governance: activities to study, develop and implement future activities to ensure the affordability of utility provided electricity, gas and water for residential consumers.

    $4,307 spentof which $36,600 as grants
    0% of program spending

The 6 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,096,591.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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.

100 = 20192019 Revenue 100 ($133k) Expenses 100 ($133k) Net assets 100 ($457)2020 Revenue 184 ($245k) Expenses 183 ($243k) Net assets 420 ($2k)2021 Revenue 221 ($295k) Expenses 211 ($280k) Net assets 3656 ($17k)2022 Revenue 284 ($379k) Expenses 296 ($393k) Net assets 483 ($2k)2023 Revenue 442 ($589k) Expenses 375 ($498k) Net assets 20300 ($93k)2024 Revenue 932 ($1.2M) Expenses 788 ($1.0M) Net assets 62935 ($288k)
201920202021202220232024
Revenue (932)Expenses (788)Net assets (62935)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $149k to $288k (+93%).

$33k
$28k
$49k
$20k
$149k
$288k
201920202021202220232024
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

0% of CITIZENS UTILITY BOARD OF MICHIGAN’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (61% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 4,434 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

$457
’19
$1k
’20
$15k
’21
−$15k
’22
$91k
’23
$195k
’24
3.3
months of
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.

The chief executive listed changed between the FY2020 and FY2021 filings.

20202021202220232024
Listed66675
Joined·+2+0+1+1
No longer listed·2003
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 6 funders, grant income rose $125k → $548k.

Funder
'18
'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24*
'25*
total
$250k
funders
1
1
3
3
3
6
3
1

1 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 UTILITY BOARD OF 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

CITIZENS UTILITY BOARD OF MICHIGAN leans on a few funders — its largest provides 45% of grant income and the top three 69%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

88% 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 UTILITY BOARD OF MICHIGAN.

45%
largest funder
69%
top three
~4
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 85% · 2021 73% · 2022 93% · 2023 42% — 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

75% of CITIZENS UTILITY BOARD OF MICHIGAN's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 75% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y

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

CITIZENS UTILITY BOARD OF MICHIGAN draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Michigan, across 5 states in all.

WA
IL
NY
CA
VA

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Michigan out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $174 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

CITIZENS UTILITY BOARD OF MICHIGAN has grown faster than three-quarters of the 4,203 community improvement nonprofits its size.

Operating margin16% · above the median
Months of reserve3.3mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)56% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,203 community improvement nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

93% of spending goes to programs.

Program 93%Management 7%Fundraising 1%

Governance

5
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

24%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MI

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Questions and answers

Who funds CITIZENS UTILITY BOARD OF MICHIGAN?
CITIZENS UTILITY BOARD OF MICHIGAN (Michigan) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,071,544 to it, the largest being UNITED STATES ENERGY FOUNDATION ($937,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does CITIZENS UTILITY BOARD OF MICHIGAN have?
IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $2,071,544 in grants to CITIZENS UTILITY BOARD OF MICHIGAN, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of CITIZENS UTILITY BOARD OF MICHIGAN?
UNITED STATES ENERGY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $937,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like CITIZENS UTILITY BOARD OF 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 2019–2024), and the filings of 8 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