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Michigan Climate Action Network
Michigan Climate Action Network (Michigan) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $264,068 to it, the largest being THE PORTER FAMILY FOUNDATION ($144,268). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
Michigan Climate Action Network runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,156 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,156 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
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.
- Michigan Energy Firstlocalportfolio match
- The Fred & Barbara Erb Family Foundationshared funders
- 350orgportfolio match
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $10k → $40k.
2 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 17% 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 Climate Action Network’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 Climate Action Network leans on a few funders — its largest provides 55% of grant income and the top three 81%; 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: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 63% — diversifying over time.
“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
71% of Michigan Climate Action Network's grant income comes from Michigan funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $45k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 statesis 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.
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.
- Michigan Energy Firstlocalportfolio matchMI · funds 16 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- The Fred & Barbara Erb Family Foundationshared fundersMI · backs 24 organizations that share your funders
- 350orgportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Ecology Centerportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Climate Emergency Fundportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Institute for Governance and Sustainable Developmentportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- US Climate Action Networkportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Center for International Environmental Law Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Columbia Riverkeeperportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Alliance for Climate Protectionportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Great Lakes Aquatic Habitat Network and Fund Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Lansing Economic Area PartnershiplocalMI · funds 627 organizations near you
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 Michigan Climate Action Network
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
93% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Michigan Climate Action Network: 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 Michigan Climate Action Network?
- Michigan Climate Action Network (Michigan) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $264,068 to it, the largest being THE PORTER FAMILY FOUNDATION ($144,268). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Michigan Climate Action Network have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $264,068 in grants to Michigan Climate Action Network, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Michigan Climate Action Network?
- THE PORTER FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $144,268 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Michigan Climate Action Network 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 FY2025 (financials across 2025–2025), and the filings of 6funders 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 August 27, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing