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MICHIGAN CITIZENS FOR BETTER HEALTH

MICHIGAN CITIZENS FOR BETTER HEALTH (Michigan) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $2,075,000 to it, the largest being MICHIGAN HEALTH & HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION DBA MHA ($2,075,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$1.2M
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$2.1M
Net assets
$456k
1/1 repeat funders
01What it does

What Michigan Citizens for Better Health does

Mission

To operate exclusively for the promotion of civic action and social welfare by promoting the common good and general welfare of the residents of, and visitors to the State of Michigan; To support public policies on the federal, state, and local levels, that will bring about civic betterments and social improvements to Michigan residents; To support activities and programs that improve the quality and effectiveness of government for the State of Michigan; To promote, encourage and advocate citizen participation in political events, civic events and activities, and governmental events and associated activities; To promote charitable causes, including lessening the burdens of government in the State of Michigan; and To receive and administer funds to sponsor, conduct research, secure goods and services, or to hold events in conjunction with the promotion of these purposes.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Contributions to support organizations that align with the organization's exempt purpose

    $50,000 spentof which $50,000 as grants
    78% of program spending
  2. Engage in research and advertising campaigns to promote public policies and support activities and programs that align with the organization's exempt purpose

    $14,146 spent
    22% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $64,146.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20232023 Revenue 100 ($100k) Expenses 100 ($66k) Net assets 100 ($34k)2024 Revenue 1225 ($1.2M) Expenses 1222 ($804k) Net assets 1331 ($456k)
20232024
Revenue (1225)Expenses (1222)Net assets (1331)

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 $34k to $456k (+1231%).

$34k
$456k
20232024
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.

2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.

$34k
’23
$421k
’24
6.8
months of
reserve
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'24*
'25*
total
funders
1
1

From the IRS filings of MICHIGAN CITIZENS FOR BETTER HEALTH’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

100% of MICHIGAN CITIZENS FOR BETTER HEALTH's grant income comes from Michigan funders.

MI

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.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like MICHIGAN CITIZENS FOR BETTER HEALTH

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

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

99% of spending goes to programs.

Program 99%Management 1%Fundraising 0%

Governance

3
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

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Questions and answers

Who funds MICHIGAN CITIZENS FOR BETTER HEALTH?
MICHIGAN CITIZENS FOR BETTER HEALTH (Michigan) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $2,075,000 to it, the largest being MICHIGAN HEALTH & HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION DBA MHA ($2,075,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does MICHIGAN CITIZENS FOR BETTER HEALTH have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $2,075,000 in grants to MICHIGAN CITIZENS FOR BETTER HEALTH, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of MICHIGAN CITIZENS FOR BETTER HEALTH?
MICHIGAN HEALTH & HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION DBA MHA is the largest funder on record, with $2,075,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like MICHIGAN CITIZENS FOR BETTER HEALTH 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