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← MICHIGAN ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by MICHIGAN ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,877,010
Total expenses
$2,512,481
Contributions and grants received
$3,294,831
Grants paid
$344,678
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$536,422
Other revenue
$45,757
Total assets, end of year
$6,466,251
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,417,087
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$5,049,164
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,833,331
Management and general expenses
$455,597
Fundraising expenses
$223,553
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,833,331

Program services were 73.0% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $5,453

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $79,209

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $3,210,169

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $104,040 · excluded $104,040

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $21,744

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $21,744

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $21,744 · excluded $21,744

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $696,945

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $264,563

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $432,382

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $432,382 · excluded $432,382

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $11,400

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $79,209

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $15,862

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$4,462 · excluded -$4,462

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE

    total $28,475 · related or exempt $28,475

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $28,475

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $321,003 · program services $321,003

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $23,675 · program services $23,675

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $292,893 · program services $219,596 · management and general $47,643 · fundraising $25,654

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $964,246 · program services $722,943 · management and general $156,847 · fundraising $84,456

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $40,753 · program services $22,705 · management and general $11,731 · fundraising $6,317

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $57,301 · program services $37,353 · management and general $12,966 · fundraising $6,982

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $92,848 · program services $60,525 · management and general $21,010 · fundraising $11,313

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $7,846 · program services $6,397 · management and general $942 · fundraising $507

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $91,207 · program services $74,360 · management and general $10,951 · fundraising $5,896

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $78,718 · program services $78,718

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $10,870 · management and general $10,870

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $176,799 · management and general $125,230 · fundraising $51,569

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $62,506 · program services $14,715 · management and general $31,061 · fundraising $16,730

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $39,515 · program services $30,515 · management and general $5,850 · fundraising $3,150

  • 17 · Travel

    total $12,253 · program services $2,904 · management and general $6,077 · fundraising $3,272

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $32,824 · program services $19,305 · management and general $8,787 · fundraising $4,732

  • 20 · Interest

    total $106 · management and general $106

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $22,526 · program services $16,917 · management and general $3,646 · fundraising $1,963

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $8,884 · program services $6,036 · management and general $1,852 · fundraising $996

  • 24a · Other expenses: ENERGY POLICY PASS-THRO

    total $175,560 · program services $175,560

  • 24b · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT RENTAL & MAIN

    total $138 · program services $104 · management and general $22 · fundraising $12

  • 24c · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $10 · program services $0 · management and general $6 · fundraising $4

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $683,979 · end of year $1,405,006

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,220,225 · end of year $1,435,773

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $156,461 · end of year $780,000

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $143,473

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $6,544 · end of year $10,771

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $733,411

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $261,028

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $435,439 · end of year $472,383

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $2,065,041 · end of year $2,218,845

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $117,275 · end of year $97,660

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $633,521 · end of year $1,311,775

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $7,652 · end of year $7,652

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $656,568 · end of year $1,320,947

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,152,673 · end of year $3,728,217

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

INFORMING AND EDUCATING THE PUBLIC AND DECISION MAKERS ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES.

  • CLEANER ENERGY: MEC WORKS TO SPUR INVESTMENT IN ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND LOCALLY PRODUCED RENEWABLE POWER THAT WILL CREATE JOBS AND CURB THE NEGATIVE HEALTH, CLIMATE AND ECONOMIC IMPACTS CAUSED BY OUR DEPENDENCE ON IMPORTED FOSSIL FUELS. MEC ADVOCATES FOR THE RETIREMENT OF POLLUTING, EXPENSIVE COAL AND FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS TO ENSURE THE RAPID REDUCTION OF HARMFUL GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS. IN THE AUTO INDUSTRY, MEC SUPPORTS POLICIES AND PRACTICES THAT WILL MOVE MICHIGAN'S LARGEST INDUSTRY TO THE FOREFRONT IN THE DESIGN, MANUFACTURE AND SALES OF ATTRACTIVE, PRACTICAL ELECTRIC AND HIGHLY FUEL-EFFICIENT VEHICLES.

    Expenses $836,807 · Grants $124,375 · Revenue $15,957

  • CLEAN PLENTIFUL WATER - MEC WORKS TO PROTECT SURFACE WATER AND GROUND WATER FROM TOXINS LIKE MERCURY AND PFAS AND CONTAMINATION FROM INADEQUATE MUNICIPAL SEWER SYSTEMS, FAILING SEPTIC SYSTEMS, AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF, AND INDUSTRIAL DISCHARGES. THEY PROMOTE CONSERVATION AND THE PROTECTION OF VITAL WETLANDS ACROSS THE STATE. MEC WORKS TO DEFEND OUR INLAND SEAS FROM HARMFUL INVASIVE SPECIES. AND THEY ADVOCATE FOR POLICIES THAT ENSURE EVERY MICHIGANDER HAS ACCESS TO CLEAN, AFFORDABLE DRINKING WATER.

    Expenses $515,028 · Revenue $6,469

  • MEC BELIEVES THAT MICHIGAN'S LARGEST CITY SHOULD ALSO BE ITS GREENEST AND MOST SUSTAINABLE AND THAT ITS RESIDENTS AND LEADERS SHOULD BE HELPING SHAPE THE ENVIRONMENTAL AGENDA FOR THE STATE. THEY WORK TO ENSURE THAT DETROIT'S NEIGHBORHOODS, AND IN PARTICULAR, THE DENBY NEIGHBORHOOD, HAVE ACCESS TO CLEAN AND SAFE RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES. MEC WORKS TO EXPAND RECYCLING AND COMPOST SERVICES FOR RESIDENTS. AND THEY HELP ESTABLISH AND IMPLEMENT THE POLICY FRAMEWORK FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

    Expenses $194,301 · Revenue $2,441

  • HEALTHY PEOPLE: MEC IS FIGHTING TO REDUCE EXPOSURES TO LEAD AND OTHER DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES; CURB ASTHMA-INDUCING AIR POLLUTION; KEEP AIR AND WATER POLLUTION SOURCES AWAY FROM SCHOOLS, DAY CARE CENTERS AND HOMES; AND IMPROVE ACCESS TO HEALTHFUL FOODS AND RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AS PART OF A BROADER STRATEGY TO ADDRESS CHILDHOOD OBESITY IN MICHIGAN. THEY MAINTAIN A STATEWIDE NETWORK OF PARTNERS WORKING ON ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AT THE GRASSROOTS, LOCAL, STATE, FEDERAL, AND ACADEMIC LEVELS, USING THEIR INSIGHTS, EXPERIENCE, AND REACH TO SHAPE AND BUILD SUPPORT FOR PROTECTIVE POLICIES.

    Expenses $134,020 · Grants $52,303 · Revenue $1,684

  • BUILDING THE MOVEMENT - MEC IS THE HEART OF MICHIGAN'S ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT, AND THEY HELP TO BUILD ITS SIZE, CAPACITY, AND EFFICACY BY CONVENING NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, HELPING THEM TO UNDERSTAND THEIR ROLE IN DEVELOPING PUBLIC POLICY, AND PROVIDING THEM PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES. ONE OF THEIR KEY AREAS OF WORK IS MEASURING AND IMPROVING THE RACIAL AND GENDER DIVERSITY OF THE BOARDS AND STAFFS OF ENVIRONMENTAL NONPROFITS.

    Expenses $119,073 · Revenue $1,496

  • SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES: MEC CALLS FOR RE-INVESTMENT IN MICHIGAN'S URBAN CENTERS AND OTHER ESTABLISHED COMMUNITIES AS AN ANTIDOTE TO SPRAWL AND THE LOSS OF OPEN SPACES. THEY SUPPORT TRANSFORMATIVE CHANGE TO MICHIGAN'S TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM TO CATALYZE SUSTAINABLE LAND-USE, SPUR ECONOMIC ACTIVITY IN OUR CITIES AND TOWNS, AND CONNECT PEOPLE TO PLACES WHERE THEY LIVE, WORK, AND PLAY. MEC FAVORS INVESTMENTS IN PUBLIC PARKS AND NATURAL AREAS, AND PROMOTES SUSTAINED, HEALTHY ECOSYSTEMS AND BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY.

    Expenses $34,102 · Grants $168,000 · Revenue $428

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Mary Brady-Enerson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Marie McCormick

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Alisha Bell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Horst Schmidt

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Arminda Mindy Koch

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Raquel Garcia

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jerome Reide

    MEMBER AT LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tony Ambroza

    MEMBER AT LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mozghan Rajaee

    MEMBER AT LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Selma Tucker

    MEMBER AT LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Alicia Ping

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Dorsey

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Christine Green

    VICE-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bill Wood

    VICE-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jennifer McKay

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Conan Smith

    PRESIDENT/CEO

    Total calculated
    $157,453
    From this org
    $141,047
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,406
    Hours/week
    24

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $141,047
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,627
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,779
    Filer's total
    $157,453

  • Joe Bower

    COO

    Total calculated
    $135,749
    From this org
    $112,738
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,011
    Hours/week
    1

  • Charlotte Jameson

    CHIEF POLICY OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $115,565
    From this org
    $102,766
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,799
    Hours/week
    1

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 · Compensation survey or study

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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 3
THE BOARD AND ITS FINANCE COMMITTEE AND REVIEW AND APPROVE OUR BUDGET, WHICH DETAILS STAFF SALARIES.

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.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
19 September 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202412649349301206

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