Michigan · Nonprofit
MACKINAC CENTER ACTION
MACKINAC CENTER ACTION (Michigan) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $550,000 to it, the largest being AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ($550,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.5M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $550k
- Net assets
- $1.5M
What Mackinac Center Action does
Mission
To advance the mission of the mackinac center for public policy, a michigan nonprofit corporation.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Conduct scholarly research and analysis of public policy issues related to state labor policies and communicate the results of that research and analysis to citizens, in order to improve the quality of life for all citizens by advancing the principles of a free-market economy, limited government and respect for private property.
$483,523 spentof which $10,000 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $483,523.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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 2023 to 2024, from $541k to $1.6M (+192%).
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.
100% of MACKINAC CENTER ACTION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (97% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 2 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
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of MACKINAC CENTER ACTION’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.
Where its funders are
MACKINAC CENTER ACTION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Michigan, across 1 state in all.
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.
Against its field
MACKINAC CENTER ACTION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 976 civil rights nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 976 civil rights nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like MACKINAC CENTER ACTION
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
92% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Mackinac Center Charitable Foundation · exempt
- Mackinac Center · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MACKINAC CENTER ACTION: 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 MACKINAC CENTER ACTION?
- MACKINAC CENTER ACTION (Michigan) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $550,000 to it, the largest being AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ($550,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MACKINAC CENTER ACTION have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $550,000 in grants to MACKINAC CENTER ACTION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MACKINAC CENTER ACTION?
- AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY is the largest funder on record, with $550,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MACKINAC CENTER ACTION 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 2023–2024), and the filings of 1 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