Michigan · Nonprofit
M-2 RAIL
M-2 RAIL (Michigan) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $47,424,045 to it, the largest being M-1 RAIL ($47,424,045). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
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 Foundationlocalportfolio match
- Detroit Economic Growth Associationlocal
- Uaw Michigan Community Action Programportfolio 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.
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 88% · 2019 85%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of M-2 RAIL’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation.
Where its funders are
100% of M-2 RAIL's grant income comes from Michigan funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing.
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 Foundationlocalportfolio matchMI · funds 99 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- Detroit Economic Growth AssociationlocalMI · funds 961 organizations near you
- Uaw Michigan Community Action Programportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Julius H and Barbara B Beers Family Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Richard and Jane Manoogian Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Edsel B Ford II Fundportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Steven and Kathryn Bandstra Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Community Foundation of Marquette Countyportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Rail Heritage Trust First Option Bank Trusteeportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Litvak Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Michigan Nonprofit Associationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Mary Free Bed Guild Fundportfolio 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 M-2 RAIL
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
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- M-1 Rail · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for M-2 RAIL: 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 M-2 RAIL?
- M-2 RAIL (Michigan) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $47,424,045 to it, the largest being M-1 RAIL ($47,424,045). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does M-2 RAIL have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $47,424,045 in grants to M-2 RAIL, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of M-2 RAIL?
- M-1 RAIL is the largest funder on record, with $47,424,045 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like M-2 RAIL 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 1funders 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. What this page cannot tell you · view filing