Michigan · Nonprofit
NEXTENERGY CENTER
NEXTENERGY CENTER (Michigan) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $125,000 to it, the largest being WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE ($125,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.7M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $125k
- Net assets
- $2.3M
What Nextenergy Center does
Mission
To enable the commercialization of energy technologies that positively contribute to economic competitiveness, energy security, and the environment.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Federal programs - to develop and execute consortia-based research and development programs to accelerate the commercialization of advanced energy technologies and systems.
$1,696,935 spentof which $452,748 as grants35% of program spendingState programs - to support the organization's mission through facilitation of research, industry development, and demonstration programs within advanced technology applications and industries.
$2,514,419 spentof which $2,438,160 as grants52% of program spendingDemonstration center - to maintain a facility which will provide testing, demonstration and validation consulting services for emerging smart grid and smart mobility technologies.
$240,966 spentof which $77,744 as grants5% of program spendingFoundations - to support the organization's core mission through capacity building and/or program funding; program funds have been provided to advance smart city technologies in the city of detroit and to support technology challenges.
$392,484 spent8% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,844,804.
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 2017 to 2018, from $12M to $6.6M (−46%).
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 67% · 2019 84% · 2020 87% · 2021 98% · 2022 98% · 2023 96% · 2024 99% · 2025 100%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of NEXTENERGY CENTER’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations 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. 8 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
James Saber
President & CEO
Board chair
Lizabeth Ardisana
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $81k → $9k.
From the IRS filings of NEXTENERGY CENTER’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
NEXTENERGY CENTER draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Michigan, across 1 state in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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.
Against its field
NEXTENERGY CENTER is better cushioned than half of the 1,074 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,074 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding NEXTENERGY CENTER receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $202 on record.
- Department of Energy$202
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like NEXTENERGY CENTER
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
88% 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
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Greater Lansing Area Clean Cities · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for NEXTENERGY CENTER: 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 NEXTENERGY CENTER?
- NEXTENERGY CENTER (Michigan) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $125,000 to it, the largest being WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE ($125,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NEXTENERGY CENTER have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $125,000 in grants to NEXTENERGY CENTER, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NEXTENERGY CENTER?
- WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE is the largest funder on record, with $125,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NEXTENERGY CENTER 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 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