Michigan · Nonprofit
MICHIGAN UNITED CONSERVATION CLUBS
MICHIGAN UNITED CONSERVATION CLUBS (Michigan) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,338,424 to it, the largest being CHARLES STEWART MOTT FOUNDATION ($515,000). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.2M
- Funders on record
- 24
- Grants received
- $1.3M
- Net assets
- $521k
What Michigan United Conservation Clubs does
Mission
Uniting citizens to conserve, protect and enhance michigan's natural resources and outdoor heritage
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Resource program staff monitor governmental, industrial, military, and legislative service providing information relating to conservation and environmental matters to the michigan legislature, governor's office and state of michigan, and federal agencies. Informs members and the public regarding developments and issues on the conservation front. Engages in environmental litigation to protect michigan's natural resources. Serves as the official michigan affiliate of the national wildlife federation.
$296,433 spent$299,904 earned by the program26% of program spendingMichigan out-of-doors publication - this is a publication supplied to approximately 6,400 members in print 14,000 digitally (quarterly average) and which is devoted to conservation and outdoor recreation.
$324,330 spent29% of program spendingMichigan out-of-doors youth camp - 252 youth ages 6-15 registered for the 2024 youth camp overnight and day programs over a seven-week period. The camp provides opportunities for youth to engage in outdoor activities focused on outdoor recreation, environmental conservation, ecology, and wildlife habitats.
$326,144 spent$133,319 earned by the program29% of program spendingThe field staff work collaboratively with partners and communities to identify, plan, and host habitat projects to protect and restore critical ecosystems across the state of michigan. The program works closely with the state of michigan, local communities, and volunteers to achieve specific project goals. These goals include enhancing wildlife habitats, improving biodiversity, and promoting sustainable land use practices.
$187,114 spent17% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,134,021.
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 2024 to 2025, from $1.5M to $842k (−43%).
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: 2017 19% · 2018 15% · 2019 24% · 2020 24% · 2021 12% · 2022 8% · 2023 9% · 2024 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
57% of MICHIGAN UNITED CONSERVATION CLUBS’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 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.
Chief executive
Amy Trotter
Chief executive officer
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 7 funders, grant income fell $198k → $73k.
8 of 24 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 7% 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 UNITED CONSERVATION CLUBS’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 UNITED CONSERVATION CLUBS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 38% of grant income and the top three 62%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
40% 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 UNITED CONSERVATION CLUBS.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 36% · 2018 59% · 2019 44% · 2020 60% · 2021 41% · 2022 51% · 2023 33% — 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.
How long its funders stay
58% of MICHIGAN UNITED CONSERVATION CLUBS's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 58% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
76% of MICHIGAN UNITED CONSERVATION CLUBS's grant income comes from Michigan funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $98k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 states 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 UNITED CONSERVATION CLUBS's revenue fell 22% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,209 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like MICHIGAN UNITED CONSERVATION CLUBS
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In Michigan
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
68% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
93%
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 UNITED CONSERVATION CLUBS: 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 UNITED CONSERVATION CLUBS?
- MICHIGAN UNITED CONSERVATION CLUBS (Michigan) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,338,424 to it, the largest being CHARLES STEWART MOTT FOUNDATION ($515,000). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MICHIGAN UNITED CONSERVATION CLUBS have?
- IRS filings report 24 organizations giving $1,338,424 in grants to MICHIGAN UNITED CONSERVATION CLUBS, 14 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MICHIGAN UNITED CONSERVATION CLUBS?
- CHARLES STEWART MOTT FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $515,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MICHIGAN UNITED CONSERVATION CLUBS 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 24 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing