Michigan · Nonprofit
MICHIGAN WATER ENVIRONMENT ASSOCIATION
MICHIGAN WATER ENVIRONMENT ASSOCIATION (Michigan) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $16,389 to it, the largest being Water Environment Federation ($16,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.4M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $16k
- Net assets
- $595k
What Michigan Water Environment Association does
Mission
Be and create stewards for the water environment of michigan. Provide high quality education for michigan's water professionals. Educate and inform policy makers and the general public. Promote scientifically sound environmental practices and regulation.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The continuing education provided to our dues paying members and non-members is a process involving various education classes, seminars, conferences and workshops throughout the year. We host over 100 classes specific to wastewater education. Those classes have educational workbooks that follow the same curriculum and are taught by one of our training program instructors. All other events feature speakers that focus on various water sector issues and emerging trends. Since the association is a statewide organization, there are local sections of the association that conduct activities related to water sector issues in their local area as well. All these activities generate a variety of revenue that are all used for the association's exempt purpose.
$790,525 spentof which $315 as grants$656,677 earned by the program71% of program spendingAn annual conference is held during the year to honor outstanding efforts in water resource management. The conference provides technical information and encourages others to excel while providing a focal point for its members. 429 members attended the conference.
$240,987 spent$328,869 earned by the program22% of program spendingA centennial celebration to celebrate Michigan Water Environment Associations 100th anniversary was held.
$87,070 spent$53,723 earned by the program8% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,118,582.
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 2019 to 2020, from $765k to $979k (+28%).
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 2% · 2018 4% · 2020 11% · 2021 11% · 2022 0% · 2024 4% · 2025 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
24% of MICHIGAN WATER ENVIRONMENT ASSOCIATION’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
Cheryl Vosburg
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $10k → $39.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% 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 WATER ENVIRONMENT ASSOCIATION’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 WATER ENVIRONMENT ASSOCIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 98% 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
98% 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 WATER ENVIRONMENT ASSOCIATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 95% · 2023 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
MICHIGAN WATER ENVIRONMENT ASSOCIATION draws 98% of its grant income from funders outside Michigan, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $139 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 WATER ENVIRONMENT ASSOCIATION's revenue grew 48% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,074 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like MICHIGAN WATER ENVIRONMENT ASSOCIATION
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
78% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
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 WATER ENVIRONMENT ASSOCIATION: 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 WATER ENVIRONMENT ASSOCIATION?
- MICHIGAN WATER ENVIRONMENT ASSOCIATION (Michigan) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $16,389 to it, the largest being Water Environment Federation ($16,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MICHIGAN WATER ENVIRONMENT ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $16,389 in grants to MICHIGAN WATER ENVIRONMENT ASSOCIATION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MICHIGAN WATER ENVIRONMENT ASSOCIATION?
- Water Environment Federation is the largest funder on record, with $16,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MICHIGAN WATER ENVIRONMENT ASSOCIATION 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 3 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