For Michigan

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
372128145
IRS 990 coverage
2024–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Allen Park, MI, USA
Phone
3139496420
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Voter Education, Registration

Reported finances

Revenue
$5,276,749
Expenses
$4,497,777
Assets
$778,972
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Amritha Venkataraman (President & Chair of Board of Directors)

People named in this filing

  • Amritha Venkataraman (President & Chair of Board of Directors)
  • Ashlea Phenicie (Secretary)
  • Eli Isaguirre (Treasurer)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To empower students in Michigan's higher education institutions to take leadership in their community and increase their participation in the democratic process. We strengthen students' voices in developing and advocating for legislation and government programs to improve their community, provide civic leadership training, and organize high-impact mobilization efforts.

What it reported doing in 2024

To empower students in Michigan's higher education institutions For Michigan built campus teams at 41 out of 78 of Michigan's higher education institutions. Teams held daily activities at each campus to promote civic engagement and responsibility. This was accomplished by providing information on how to vote, election locations & times, educational materials, discussing issues of the week, and listening to student concerns. The organization provided $325k in grant assistance used to provide nonpartisan civic responsibility education. To provide further nonpartisan student outreach we collaborated with For Michigan Action Fund. Throughout the collaboration, the organization expended $500k for doorknockers, digital, and nonpartisan student focused research, $11.3k for management and advisory services, $256k in contractor support for voter registration, and $177.4k on staff salaries to educate students on their concerns and the voting process. FY 2024 Metrics: 54.5k plans to vote, 5k voter registrations, knocked 65k doors, held 15k relational conversations, sent 1.2M text messages providing voter education (618k in-house, and 593k by vendor) and made 402k calls (in-house), obtaining commitment from students. Digital ads reached 1.6M students, and focused on registering to vote, volunteer recruitment, early voting, and student issue-based ads.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 92% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 70
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 76
  • Sustainability: 57
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 74%; rating input score 74
  • Program expense ratio: 86.6%; rating input score 87
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 14.8%; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.17; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 74% of revenue deployed · 86.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 3 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $3.9M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $423K reported
  • Consistency: 39 of 39 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 1 filing year from 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 5/100.