Michigan · Nonprofit
MICHIGAN ENVIRONMENTAL LAND CONSERVANCY
MICHIGAN ENVIRONMENTAL LAND CONSERVANCY (Michigan) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $290,000 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN ($280,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 97% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $32k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $290k
- Net assets
- $966k
What Michigan Environmental Land Conservancy does
Mission
To protect land throughout michigan in order to preserve natural ecosystems, protect water quality, provide sanctuaries for wildlife and benefit present and future generations. We serve as an intermediary and maintain acquired properties until they can be transferred to another conservation organization or government entity for permanent protection and stewardship.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Acquire land for public parks and nature preserves. Acquired a 2.1 acre parcel next to the william p. Holliday forest & wildlife preserve in the city of westland. Intend to transfer the property to wayne county parks to improve the connectivity of a narrow portion of this linear preserve.
$127,867 spent98% of program spendingMaintain land for public benefit. Establish and maintain public hiking trails, work to control invasive species, maintain public access areas and pay associated development and holding costs. Maintenance efforts in 2024 occurred at our marquette prairie preserve in the city of westland, wayne county mi and at the 162-acre birdsong nature preserve in superior township, washtenaw county mi.
$2,394 spent2% of program spendingProvide support to land protection projects by others. Provide grants to other 501(c)3 conservation organizations or to government entities to acquire public parks or nature preserves. No grants provided in 2024. Previous grants have been made to southeast michigan land conservancy and to washtenaw county parks and recreation commission.
$0 spent0% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $130,261.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 $1.9M to $2.0M (+7%).
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.
89% of MICHIGAN ENVIRONMENTAL LAND CONSERVANCY’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (92% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 4 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
2021 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $10k → $80k.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 97% 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 ENVIRONMENTAL LAND CONSERVANCY’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 ENVIRONMENTAL LAND CONSERVANCY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 97% 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
100% 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 ENVIRONMENTAL LAND CONSERVANCY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 100% · 2022 100% — broadly stable.
“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
97% of MICHIGAN ENVIRONMENTAL LAND CONSERVANCY'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. $280k 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 ENVIRONMENTAL LAND CONSERVANCY's revenue fell 95% between 2021 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,152 environment nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Organizations like MICHIGAN ENVIRONMENTAL LAND CONSERVANCY
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
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
86%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MICHIGAN ENVIRONMENTAL LAND CONSERVANCY?
- MICHIGAN ENVIRONMENTAL LAND CONSERVANCY (Michigan) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $290,000 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN ($280,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 97% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does MICHIGAN ENVIRONMENTAL LAND CONSERVANCY have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $290,000 in grants to MICHIGAN ENVIRONMENTAL LAND CONSERVANCY, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MICHIGAN ENVIRONMENTAL LAND CONSERVANCY?
- COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN is the largest funder on record, with $280,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MICHIGAN ENVIRONMENTAL LAND CONSERVANCY 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 2021–2024), 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