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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by Road to Michigan's Future.

Totals

Total revenue
$7,784,920
Total expenses
$4,752,971
Contributions and grants received
$7,784,920
Grants paid
$1,431,900
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$5,023,112
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$5,023,112
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,496,677
Management and general expenses
$256,294
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,496,677

Program services were 94.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $7,784,920

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $1,431,900 · program services $1,431,900

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,151,864 · program services $1,151,864

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $39,352 · program services $39,352

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $54,194 · management and general $54,194

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,298,087 · program services $1,298,087

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $98,480 · management and general $98,480

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $32,395 · management and general $32,395

  • 17 · Travel

    total $86,748 · program services $86,748

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $488,726 · program services $488,726

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,270 · management and general $1,270

  • 24a · Other expenses: Supplies

    total $41,109 · management and general $41,109

  • 24b · Other expenses: Meals

    total $12,606 · management and general $12,606

  • 24c · Other expenses: Bank/Service Fees

    total $8,146 · management and general $8,146

  • 24d · Other expenses: Payroll Processing

    total $8,094 · management and general $8,094

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,991,163 · end of year $5,023,112

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $1,991,163 · end of year $5,023,112

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

To conduct educational research and analysis to inform the public on public policies and issues of concern to and affecting the quality of life for Michigan residents; to provide an understanding of how current policy initiatives will affect the well-being of Michigan.

  • Advocacy of organization's mission

    Expenses $1,431,900 · Grants $1,431,900

  • Communications and consulting to promote the organization's mission

    Expenses $2,576,051

  • Events, research, and staff expenses to promote the organization's mission

    Expenses $488,726

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Richard Wiener

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • John D Cherry

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Robert Emerson

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Emily Eccleton

    Director of Fundraising Partnerships

    Total calculated
    $126,600
    From this org
    $117,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,600
    Hours/week
    40

  • John M Gettys

    Deputy Compliance and Operations Director

    Total calculated
    $121,716
    From this org
    $112,116
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,600
    Hours/week
    40

  • Brieann E Sauer

    Finance Director

    Total calculated
    $154,190
    From this org
    $134,990
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,200
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $116,990
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $18,000
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,200
    Filer's total
    $154,190

  • Amanda J Stitt

    Strategic Director

    Total calculated
    $240,000
    From this org
    $240,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $240,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $240,000

  • Heather N Ricketts

    Compliance and Operations Director

    Total calculated
    $269,950
    From this org
    $250,750
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,200
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $245,250
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $5,500
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,200
    Filer's total
    $269,950

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
12 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202533219349316513

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