Michigan Climate Action Network

Tax-deductible

Lansing, MI501(c)(3)Since 2023EnvironmentEIN 99-1009297

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Our mission is to amplify connect and support the people organizations and communities demanding urgent bold and equitable solutions for a just transition to a resilient future.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
93¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 40 volunteers and 8 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Spent on programs
93%
of spending
Looks good: 93% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$17K
to officers and key staff · 10% of spending
Top officer’s pay lower than 91% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 10% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
20 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 19.8 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
6
named funders · $111K
Looks good: 6 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$8K
3% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 3% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
8
of 9 voting members
Looks good: 8 of 9 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$450K
Spent
$173K
To programs
93%
Net assets
$278K

From the FY2025 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Aug 2024.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

93 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 93% · $160K Management & general 4% · $8K Fundraising 3% · $5K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

9 people listed on the 990; $17K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$16,846Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Denise Keele’s $17K as Executive Director is at the 9th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1989 $100K–1M environment nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Michigan Climate Action Network is an environmental nonprofit based in Lansing, MI, formed in 2023.

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3 programs · $160K · in their own filed words · FY2025
01

Amplify

MiCAN elevates equitable climate solutions and stories by providing a high-visibility platform for grassroots leaders and critical energy narratives. Key initiatives include our False v. Just Solutions series which educates the public on distinguishing misinformation from community-empowered climate strategies our climate voter project…

$53Kprogram expense
02

Connect

MiCAN functions as a central connector for Michigans climate movement building the infrastructure necessary for collective impact. We focus on cultivating an empowered well-trained well-coordinated durable network that builds power for the climate movement overall.

$53Kprogram expense
03

Support

MiCAN provides essential resources and capacity-building to empower individuals and grassroots organizations. We serve as a support hub for member-led events and actions providing the additional promotion funding and logistical planning necessary to ensure successful local initiatives.

$53Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
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By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$450K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$449K
Investment incomeLn 3$818
Money outPt IX
$173K
Ln 25
Programscol B$160K
Managementcol C$8K
Fundraisingcol D$5K
Owns and owesPt X
$278K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$285K
Total assetsLn 16$285K
LiabilitiesLn 26$8K
PeoplePt VI, VII
9
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a9
IndependentVI 1b8
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$449K
Government grantsLn 1e$0
Noncash giftsLn 1g$0
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$0
Investment incomeLn 3$818
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$450K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$285K
SavingsLn 2$0
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$285K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$285K
LiabilitiesLn 26$8K
Net assetsLn 32$278K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 58
VolunteersI 640
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$0$285K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0$0
Total assetsLn 16$0$285K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0$8K
Net assetsLn 32$0$278K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$0$0$0$0
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0$0$0$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$92K$82K$5K$4K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$9K$9K$567$379
Other employee benefitsLn 9$4K$4K$235$156
Payroll taxesLn 10$9K$8K$517$345
Management feesLn 11a$0$0$0$0
Legal feesLn 11b$2K$2K$0$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$3K$3K$0$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0$0$0$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0$0$0$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g−$30$0−$30$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$4K$4K$0$0
Office expensesLn 13$456$0$456$0
Information technologyLn 14$0$0$0$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0$0$0$0
OccupancyLn 16$900$900$0$0
TravelLn 17$1K$1K$0$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0$0$0$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$4K$4K$0$0
InterestLn 20$0$0$0$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0$0$0$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0$0$0$0
InsuranceLn 23$6K$5K$366$244
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$38K$38K$0$0
All other expensesLn 24e$0$0$0$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$173K$160K$8K$5K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $450K$173K$278K$278K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2025 990 (5 parts)
Part I · Summary $450,176 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $0$449,358
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $0$818
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $0$450,176
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $0$113,638
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $0$58,988
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $0$172,626
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $0$277,550
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $450,176 across 16 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$0
VIII-1c Fundraising events$0
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$0
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$449,358
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$0
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$449,358
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $818 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$818
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $818 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$450,176
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $172,626 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $0$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $0$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $0$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for membersPrograms $0$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $82,484 · Management $5,499 · Fundraising $3,666$91,649
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $8,515 · Management $567 · Fundraising $379$9,461
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $3,516 · Management $235 · Fundraising $156$3,907
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $7,759 · Management $517 · Fundraising $345$8,621
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $1,800 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$1,800
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $2,580 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$2,580
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $0$0
IX-11f Investment management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $0 · Management −$30 · Fundraising $0−$30
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $3,809 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$3,809
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $0 · Management $456 · Fundraising $0$456
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-15 RoyaltiesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $900 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$900
IX-17 TravelPrograms $1,305 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$1,305
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officialsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $4,083 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$4,083
IX-20 InterestPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliatesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $5,491 · Management $366 · Fundraising $244$6,101
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $37,984 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$37,984
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $160,226 · Management $7,610 · Fundraising $4,790$172,626
Part X · Balance sheet $285,484 assets, 24 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $0$285,484
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $0$0
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $0$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $0$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $0$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $0$0
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $0$0
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-13 Program-related investmentsStart of year $0$0
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $0$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $0$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $0$285,484
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $0$7,935
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $0$0
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $0$0
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $0$0
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $0$7,935
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $0$277,550
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $0$0
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $0$277,550
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $0$285,485
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $277,549 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$450,176
XI-2 Total expenses$172,626
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$277,550
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$0
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$0
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$0
XI-7 Investment expenses$0
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$0
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$277,549

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