MICHIGAN ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

C010

Classification

1000

Street

602 W IONIA ST

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Other organizations at this address

5 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

• CAPITAL AREA FRIENDS OF THE ENVIRONMENT

  EIN 93-1968086

• MICHIGAN CLIMATE ACTION NETWORK

  EIN 99-1009297

• MICHIGAN RECYCLING COALITION

  EIN 38-2466754

• SCENIC MICHIGAN

  EIN 38-3263322

• THE MICHIGAN ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL ACTION FUND

  EIN 84-4039491

Mission and programs · 2024

• 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 $649,839 · Grants $38,879

• 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 $458,838 · Grants $38,879

• 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 $523,020 · Grants $38,879

• DETROIT: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. 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. 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 $1,818,936 · Grants $242,556 · Revenue $78,144

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $5,397,682

  Expenses

  $4,893,320

  Contributions

  $5,138,577

  Grants paid

  $359,193

• 2023

  Revenue

  $3,877,010

  Expenses

  $2,512,481

  Contributions

  $3,294,831

  Grants paid

  $344,678

• 2022

  Revenue

  $1,923,600

  Expenses

  $2,304,906

  Contributions

  $2,088,996

  Grants paid

  $115,695

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,310,483

  Expenses

  $2,123,737

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,088,879

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,965,678

  Expenses

  $2,581,511

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,117,800

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,110,017

  Expenses

  $2,503,163

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,548,604

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,759,338

  Expenses

  $2,447,400

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,706,792

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,207,188

  Expenses

  $2,324,269

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,599,257

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,992,573

  Expenses

  $2,252,278

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,632,066

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,219,435

  Expenses

  $2,205,365

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,855,565

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,006,706

  Expenses

  $2,007,997

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,482,712

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,318,029

  Expenses

  $2,597,112

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,349,557

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $2,844,044

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,690,026

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

• MEC ACTION FUND

  $100,000

  2024 · PROGRAM SUPPORT

• SIERRA CLUB CANADA FOUNDATION

  $100,000

  2024 · PROGRAM SUPPORT

• THE MICHIGAN ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL ACTION FUND

  $100,000

  2023 · TO PREPARE FOR A BALLOT REFERENDUM CAMPAIGN IN 2026 TO EXPAND MICHIGAN'S BOTTLE-DEPOSIT PROGRAM TO INCLUDE OTHER DRINK CONTAINERS LIKE WATER AND WINE BOTTLES

• SUSTAINABLE MARKETS FOUNDATION

  $50,000

  2024 · PROGRAM SUPPORT

• MICHIGAN UNITED

  $50,000

  2023 · PARTNER IN PROJECT TO PROMOTE SUPPORT FOR MI HEALTH CLIMATE CAMPAIGN

• BLACK OWNERS OF SOLAR SERVICES

  $41,825

  2022 · ADVANCE MISSION

• GROUNDWORK CENTER FOR RESILIENT COMMUNITIES

  $37,500

  2024 · PROGRAM SUPPORT

• DETROITERS WORKING FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE

  $30,000

  2023 · PARTNER IN PROJECT TO PROMOTE SUPPORT FOR MI HEALTH CLIMATE CAMPAIGN

• CLEAN WATER FUND

  $18,750

  2024 · PROGRAM SUPPORT

• SAFE WATER ENGINEERING

  $16,948

  2022 · PUBLIC EDUCATION AND OUTREACH ON WATER ISSUES.

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• UNITED STATES ENERGY FOUNDATION

  $658,980

  2024 · TO SUPPORT EDUCATION AND OUTREACH TO BUILD A CLEAN ENERGY FUTURE.

• MARIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $500,000

  2022 · ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECT SUPPORT

• ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC

  $500,000

  2023 · GENERAL

• UNITED STATES ENERGY FOUNDATION

  $400,000

  2023 · TO SUPPORT EDUCATION AND OUTREACH TO BUILD A CLEAN ENERGY FUTURE.

• ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC

  $200,000

  2022 · GENERAL

• EQUATION CAMPAIGN AND GLOBAL CLIMATE LEGAL DEFENSE

  $200,000

  2024 · SUPPORT FOR OIL & WATER DON'T MIX

• UNITED STATES ENERGY FOUNDATION

  $190,000

  2022 · TO SUPPORT EDUCATION AND OUTREACH TO BUILD A CLEAN ENERGY FUTURE.

• THE US CHARITABLE GIFT TRUST

  $174,593

  2024 · FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE

• MOVEMENT STRATEGY CENTER

  $155,000

  2023 · MSC REGRANTS-GRANT

• TIDES CENTER

  $150,000

  2023 · SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT

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

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Other IRS files