Public Charity

THE CENTER FOR MICHIGAN

THE CENTER FOR MICHIGAN is a nonprofit organization categorized as Public Charity based in DETROIT, MI. Its most recent IRS filing (2024) reports revenue of $5.3M, expenses of $5.7M, total assets of $13.0M. Imperigo tracks 50 reported grant relationships connected to this organization totaling approximately $2.0M.

EIN: 320167398 DETROIT, MI Latest filing: 2024
Total Revenue$5.3M
Total Expenses$5.7M
Total Assets$13.0M
Grant Records50
Funding Total$2.0M
Filing Years2019–2024

Mission

FOR ALL STATE RESIDENTS, DIVERSE CIVIC STAKEHOLDERS AND PHILANTHROPY, THE CENTER FOR MICHIGAN (THE CENTER) AND ITS NONPROFIT NEWSROOMS - BRIDGE MICHIGAN AND BRIDGEDETROIT - MAKE MICHIGAN BETTER THROUGH HIGH-QUALITY, NONPARTISAN JOURNALISM AND ENGAGEMENT. THE CENTER FOCUSES ON IN-DEPTH EXPLANATORY AND WATCHDOG REPORTING WHILE WORKING COLLABORATIVELY WITH VARIOUS MEDIA TO DEEPEN AND WIDEN PUBLIC CONSUMPTION OF IN-DEPTH REPORTING. THIS WORK IS MADE POSSIBLE BY CHARITABLE DONATIONS RANGING FROM FOUNDATION GRANTS TO READER DONATIONS.

Officers & Directors

SECRETARY Cindy Goodaker
DIRECTOR(BEG Devin Scillian
DIRECTOR Glenda D Price
EXECUTIVE ED Joel T Kurth
EXECUTIVE AD John Bebow
CEO Katherine S Locker

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Top Grant Purposes

For grant recipient's exempt purposes
$458,420 6 grants
ADVOCACY
$287,000 2 grants
MEDIA SUPPORT
$150,000 2 grants
PROGRAM SUPPORT
$145,116 8 grants
Advocacy
$140,000 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2024 $5.3M $5.7M $13.0M
2023 $2.7M $5.3M $13.0M
2022 $7.7M $5.0M $15.6M
2020 $4.1M $3.8M $6.8M
2019 $2.0M $2.7M $5.5M

Between 2019 and 2024, reported annual revenue grew from $2.0M to $5.3M (+160%), with total assets most recently reported at $13.0M.

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