Michigan · Nonprofit
MICHIGAN CHILDREN'S LAW CENTER INC
MICHIGAN CHILDREN'S LAW CENTER INC (Michigan) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $20,000 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN ($10,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 50% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $765k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $20k
- Net assets
- $608k
What Michigan Children's Law Center Inc does
Mission
Advocating for the safety and well-being of children in the detroit metropolitan area.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
In 2023, mclc coordinated the following programs:created mentoring and me program and successfully connected with four mentors to match them with four young women in fostercare.hosted webinars focused on what attorneys should know about trauma and children, fostercare car purchasing and insurance, juvenile justice roundtable called 'how lawyers can help children in juvenile justice cases, education advocacy and reform, building a better relationship with child clients.made presentations at michigan state university law school, wayne state university law school, and university of michigan law school focused on improving outcomes for children in care through effective legal and community advocacy, served on several panels throughout the state.collaborated with parkwest foundation, shorewood kiwanis club, lakeshore optimist club and more to build relationships and continue to engage partners.attended several conferences to enhance our expertise including the national association of children's council and children's law section.hosted two back to school events; one for children on the west side of detroit and surrounding areas and the second for children on the east side of detroit…
$538,196 spentof which $2,595 as grants$635,774 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $538,196.
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 2018 to 2019, from $808k to $1.3M (+62%).
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: 2021 10%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
3% of MICHIGAN CHILDREN'S LAW CENTER INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (91% for the typical peer).
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
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.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 50% 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 MICHIGAN CHILDREN'S LAW CENTER 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
MICHIGAN CHILDREN'S LAW CENTER INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 50% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
50% 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 MICHIGAN CHILDREN'S LAW CENTER INC.
“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
50% of MICHIGAN CHILDREN'S LAW CENTER INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $10k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Michigan funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $10k 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.
Against its field
MICHIGAN CHILDREN'S LAW CENTER INC's revenue fell 56% between 2017 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,616 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
63% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
58%
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 MICHIGAN CHILDREN'S LAW CENTER 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 MICHIGAN CHILDREN'S LAW CENTER INC?
- MICHIGAN CHILDREN'S LAW CENTER INC (Michigan) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $20,000 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN ($10,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 50% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does MICHIGAN CHILDREN'S LAW CENTER INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $20,000 in grants to MICHIGAN CHILDREN'S LAW CENTER INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MICHIGAN CHILDREN'S LAW CENTER INC?
- COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN is the largest funder on record, with $10,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MICHIGAN CHILDREN'S LAW CENTER 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 2 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