Small Business for a Better Michigan

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
824819085
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2018–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Lansing, MI, USA
Phone
5174828788
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,003
Expenses
$6,505
Assets
$338
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • BRIAN CALLEY (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • BRIAN CALLEY (PRESIDENT)
  • ANN PARKER (TREASURER (ENDED 10/24))
  • MICHAEL BROWN (TREASURER (STARTED 10/24))

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

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

Overview

Mission

To promote free enterprise and protect small businesses against misleading and damaging ballot proposals.

What it reported doing in 2024

Small business for a better Michigan promotes free enterprise and protects small business against misleading and damaging ballot proposals as well as raise concerns over any administrative rules issued. It is committed to responding to business issues that impact Michigan small business and Michigan's economy. Small business for a better Michigan submitted an amicus brief to the Michigan court of appeals on the Michigan legislature's "adopt and amend" work from 2018. The question at hand was whether the approach taken by the legislature to adopt and amend a paid sick leave and minimum wage proposal in the same legislative session was constitutional. A coalition of which small business for a better Michigan is a steering committee member, believes that it was.

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 100% 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 18
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -548.6%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.05; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -42.9% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -47.4% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -29% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $7K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2018 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 2/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 9/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.