Michigan · Nonprofit
Heart of the Lakes Ctr for Land Cons
Heart of the Lakes Ctr for Land Cons (Michigan) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $748,370 to it, the largest being CHARLES STEWART MOTT FOUNDATION ($653,250). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $265k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $748k
- Net assets
- $111k
What Heart of the Lakes Ctr for Land Cons does
Mission
Heart of the Lakes provides technical assistance, leadership training, and strategic communication tools that help organizations thrive - from grassroots land conservancies to larger regional conservation groups. Programs such as peer learning cohorts, mentorship opportunities, and shared resource libraries ensure that staff and boards are equipped to address emerging challenges like climate resilience, community engagement, and justice in conservation. Heart of the Lakes also leads storytelling and public awareness efforts that elevate the profile of conservation in Michigan. Through digital campaigns, publications, and earned media, it promotes the importance of land protection and outdoor access, often highlighting the real-world impact of its partners. These efforts help bridge the gap between policy, practice, and public support -- cultivating a conservation movement that is as effective as it is inclusive.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Advocacy & Legal Engagement: Collaborated on a successful amicus brief in support of an easement violation case in Acme Township. Policy Engagement: Participated in Michigan Recreation & Parks Association's Capitol advocacy day and conference, championing urban open spaces. Federal -Level Advocacy: Joined Outdoor Industry Association events in D.C., engaging on topics like Farm Bill, Climate Corps, and equitable outdoor access. Awareness & Fundraising: Partnered with Boxed Water and Populace Coffee to promote conservation through branded fundraising bundles. Urban Restoration Efforts: Supported green space improvements in Detroit's Poletown East, coordinating with Detroit Parks Coalition and Detroit Future City. Conservation Summit Engagement: Hosted and contributed to the Michigan Outdoor Summit, addressing the outdoor economy, inclusivity, and future ecosystem investments. Monitoring Outcomes: Released its Michigan Protected Lands Survey, documenting protection of over 806,560 acres statewide.
$263,528 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $263,528.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $198k to $136k (−32%).
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: 2017 11% · 2019 8% · 2020 3% · 2022 9% · 2024 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
43% of Heart of the Lakes Ctr for Land Cons’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 9 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 narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income rose $101k → $120k.
3 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 13% 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 Heart of the Lakes Ctr for Land Cons’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
Heart of the Lakes Ctr for Land Cons leans on a few funders — its largest provides 87% of grant income and the top three 99%; 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 90% · 2018 61% · 2019 78% · 2020 100% · 2021 91% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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
100% of Heart of the Lakes Ctr for Land Cons's grant income comes from Michigan funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $95k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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.
Against its field
Heart of the Lakes Ctr for Land Cons's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,433 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like Heart of the Lakes Ctr for Land Cons
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In Michigan
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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 Heart of the Lakes Ctr for Land Cons: 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 Heart of the Lakes Ctr for Land Cons?
- Heart of the Lakes Ctr for Land Cons (Michigan) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $748,370 to it, the largest being CHARLES STEWART MOTT FOUNDATION ($653,250). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Heart of the Lakes Ctr for Land Cons have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $748,370 in grants to Heart of the Lakes Ctr for Land Cons, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Heart of the Lakes Ctr for Land Cons?
- CHARLES STEWART MOTT FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $653,250 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Heart of the Lakes Ctr for Land Cons 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 4 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