Michigan Organizing Project

Analysis

Michigan Organizing Project is a registered charity in United States, based in Oshtemo, MI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Michigan Organizing Project reported income of $2.3m and spending of $3.2m, spending 141% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.2m to $2.3m (+87%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 170%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Michigan Organizing Project sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile, and in the 87th percentile within MI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include United Way of St Charles ($2.3m), United Way of Greater Nashua Inc ($2.3m) and Jean Massieu Foundation ($2.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% and program service revenue 0.4% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $100k (3.1% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $2.2m. At year end it held assets of $587k against liabilities of $6,380, net assets of $581k. It reported 93 employees.