Michigan · Nonprofit
SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN LAND CONSERVANCY
SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN LAND CONSERVANCY (Michigan) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $726,666 to it, the largest being DUFFY FOUNDATION ($220,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $269k
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $727k
- Net assets
- $6.1M
What Southeast Michigan Land Conservancy does
Mission
To conserve natural land and open space - including forests, wetlands, meadows, agricultural lands, and places of scenic beauty - to provide habitat for wildlife and to enrich the lives of people.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Public education and outreach - the organization offers hikes, tours, campfires, and other family-friendly events that are free and open to the public. These events are a great way to connect with nature and learn more about the importance of land conservation. In addition, local businesses, clubs, schools, and community groups participate in their own work days and help with special stewardship projects. The organization also runs a community organic garden project.
$49,719 spent22% of program spendingConservation initiatives - activities that increase the organization's ability to preserve and steward land and conservation easements including conservation planning, networking and collaboration with potential and current partner groups, and general land protection education and outreach.
$40,808 spent18% of program spendingStewardship activities include property monitoring and the production of baseline reports, trail creation and maintenance, property cleanup, and the removal of exotic species. The organization also has ongoing projects that seek to restore wetlands, forests, and prairie habitats.
$121,728 spent54% of program spendingRegional initiatives - the organization currently has one local steering committee comprised of volunteers from the specific community who work with the smlc staff on local stewardship and community engagement endeavors.land acquisition - the organization acquires real estate and holds natural land and open space in trust for the public. Land held in trust is open to the community free of charge. The organization also holds conservation easements on private and public lands that protect valuable natural features.
$13,162 spent6% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $225,417.
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 2018 to 2019, from $5.6M to $5.9M (+5%).
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 7% · 2019 5% · 2020 11% · 2021 7% · 2023 16% · 2024 13%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
84% of SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN LAND CONSERVANCY’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 8 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
Jill A Lewis
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $46k → $77k.
6 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 22% 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 SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN 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
SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN LAND CONSERVANCY has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 30% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 54% · 2018 31% · 2019 41% · 2020 37% · 2021 27% · 2022 46% · 2023 39% — 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
67% of SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN LAND CONSERVANCY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% 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
100% of SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN LAND CONSERVANCY's grant income comes from Michigan funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $160k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN LAND CONSERVANCY holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 4,266 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,266 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN 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
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
65%
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 SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN LAND CONSERVANCY: 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 SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN LAND CONSERVANCY?
- SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN LAND CONSERVANCY (Michigan) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $726,666 to it, the largest being DUFFY FOUNDATION ($220,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN LAND CONSERVANCY have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $726,666 in grants to SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN LAND CONSERVANCY, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN LAND CONSERVANCY?
- DUFFY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $220,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 12 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