Nonprofit · EIN 32-0167398
THE CENTER FOR MICHIGAN INC
Tax-exempt · DETROIT, MI 48201
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $5,280,443 | $5,658,764 | -$378,321 | $12,994,181 | $539,035 | $12,455,146 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 (amended) | $2,664,896 | $5,257,128 | -$2,592,232 | $13,042,518 | $190,819 | $12,851,699 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $4,855,404
- Membership dues
- $33,600
- Program service revenue
- $201,100
- Investment income
- $207,816
- Other revenue
- $16,123
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Other salaries and wages
- $3,971,134
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $3,971,134
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Occupancy
- $95,035
- Travel
- $129,626
- Program services (functional)
- $3,808,190
- Management and general (functional)
- $1,218,820
- Fundraising (functional)
- $631,754
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $13,042,518
- Total assets, end of year
- $12,994,181
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $539,035
- Net assets, end of year
- $12,455,146
- Publicly traded securities
- $3,028,061
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $4,817,776
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $7,637,370
- Gross receipts
- $5,280,443
- Employees
- 38
- Year formed
- 2006
- State of legal domicile
- MI
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KATHERINE S LOCKER | CEO Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $260,464 | $11,364 |
| JOEL T KURTH | EXECUTIVE ED Highest-paid employee | 40 | $171,270 | $31,405 |
| WILLIAM EMKOW | GROWTH STRAT Highest-paid employee | 40 | $168,491 | $32,644 |
| JOHN BEBOW | EXECUTIVE AD Highest-paid employee | 40 | $169,090 | $0 |
| RONNIE L FRENCH | SENIOR REPOR Highest-paid employee | 40 | $131,107 | $34,167 |
| REGINA BELL | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| PAULA CUNNINGHAM | VICE CHAIR(E Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ROB FOWLER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| CINDY GOODAKER | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| PAUL HILLEGONDS | CHAIRMAN Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| LOYAL A ELDRIDGE III | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| SARAH WYCOFF MCCAULEY | VICE CHAIR(B Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| PHILIP POWER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| GLENDA D PRICE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DEVIN SCILLIAN | DIRECTOR(BEG Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
1 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROBERT SEESTADT | TREASURER(BE Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 18 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JOHN BEBOW | PUBLISHER Highest-paid employee | 40 | $312,289 | $23,709 |
| KATHERINES S LOCKER | CEO Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $255,024 | $9,813 |
| DAVID L ZEMAN | SENIOR EDITO Highest-paid employee | 40 | $180,843 | $28,653 |
| WILLIAM EMKOW | GROWTH STRAT Highest-paid employee | 40 | $169,685 | $25,148 |
| JOEL T KURTH | EXECUTIVE ED Highest-paid employee | 40 | $162,775 | $28,173 |
| RONNIE L FRENCH | SENIOR WRITE Highest-paid employee | 40 | $136,367 | $30,608 |
| REGINA BELL | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| KARLA CAMPBELL | TREASURER-EN Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| PAULA CUNNINGHAM | VICE PRESIDE Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ROB FOWLER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| CINDY GOODACRE | SECRETARY BE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| RANIA HANA | TREASURER -B Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| PAUL HILLEGONDS | CHAIRMAN Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| LOYAL A ELDRIDGE III | SECRETARY - Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MICHAEL J JANDERNOA | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| SARAH WYCOFF MCCAULEY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| PHILIP POWER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| GLENDA D PRICE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 950 SELDEN ST STE 210, DETROIT, MI 48201-2234
- In care of
- % KATHERINE LOCKER
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- KATHERINE S LOCKER, 950 SELDEN ST STE 210, DETROIT, MI 48201
- Signed the 990
- KATHERINE S LOCKER, CEO
- Phone
- (734) 215-5169
- Website
- WWW.BRIDGEMI.COM
- Return prepared by
- ALAN C YOUNG & ASSOCIATES PC
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.
Program accomplishments
- BRIDGE MICHIGAN: THE CENTERS MISSION IS TO MAKE MICHIGAN BETTER THROUGH HIGH-QUALITY, NONPARTISAN JOURNALISM AND ENGAGEMENT. THE CENTER ALSO WORKS COLLABORATIVELY WITH VARIOUS MEDIA TO PROVIDE IN-DEPTH REPORTING TO OUR PARTNERS, IN SO DOING, BUILDING JOURNALISM CAPACITY IN WAYS THAT SUPPORT MICHIGAN NEWS MEDIA, CITIZENS, BUSINESS AND PHILANTHROPY. THE CENTERS MAJOR FOCUS IS BRIDGE MICHIGAN, A FREE, ONLINE, NONPARTISAN NEWS MAGAZINE HAS GROWN TO MORE THAN 104,000 SUBSCRIBERS. BRIDGE MICHIGAN HAS GROWN INTO ONE OF THE NATIONS LEADING EXAMPLES OF NONPROFIT JOURNALISM AS MAINSTREAM NEWSPAPERS HAVE DRAMATICALLY DECLINED, EARNING OVER THREE MILLION READERS IN 2024.Expenses $2,666,181
- BRIDGEDETROIT LAUNCHED IN MAY 2020 AS AN EDITORIALLY INDEPENDENT NEWSROOM. BRIDGEDETROIT PROVIDES DETROIT WITH CREDIBLE, HIGHLY RELEVANT NEWS AND COMMUNITY INFORMATION - DRIVEN BY AUTHENTIC AND DIVERSE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND RESIDENT PRIORITIES - TO HELP CITY RESIDENTS. BRIDGEDETROIT HAS GROWN TO OVER 735,000 READERS IN 2024.Expenses $1,142,009
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | Not on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 32-0167398
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 2006
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Public and societal benefit (W22)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $12,994,181
- Income (IRS master file)
- $5,280,443
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2024 | $5,280,443 | $5,658,764 | $12,994,181 | XML |
| 990 | December 2023 | $2,664,896 | $5,257,128 | $13,042,518 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $7,693,331 | $5,049,941 | $15,627,587 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 32-0167398).
Questions about THE CENTER FOR MICHIGAN INC
- What is the EIN of THE CENTER FOR MICHIGAN INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of THE CENTER FOR MICHIGAN INC is 32-0167398.
- Is THE CENTER FOR MICHIGAN INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2006.
- Are donations to THE CENTER FOR MICHIGAN INC tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does THE CENTER FOR MICHIGAN INC file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of THE CENTER FOR MICHIGAN INC due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending December 31, 2025) is due May 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did THE CENTER FOR MICHIGAN INC last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2024.
- Who is the principal officer of THE CENTER FOR MICHIGAN INC?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 names KATHERINE S LOCKER.
- Who are the officers and directors of THE CENTER FOR MICHIGAN INC?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 16 people; 5 received compensation from the organization, the highest $260,464 (KATHERINE S LOCKER, CEO).
- How much revenue does THE CENTER FOR MICHIGAN INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $5,280,443, expenses of $5,658,764 and total assets of $12,994,181 at year end.
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