Nextenergy Center
Detroit, MI · EIN 02-0648628. Reported 100 grants totalling $6,967,820 to 68 organizations across tax years 2020-2023, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For Nextenergy Center, the IRS classifies it under environment rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE C35) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 68 distinct organizations, with 7% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 52% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is about the 57% median for grantmaking charities -- noticeably lower than the 67% private foundations manage. Organizations like this one rotate more of their list each year, which is where an opening for a newcomer tends to be.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $48,695. Half of what it reported fell between $20,375 and $95,000; the smallest was $5,400 and the largest $453,225. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regents of the University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, MI | $482,525 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Michigan Unmanned Aerial Systems Consortium Inc | Alpena, MI | $451,655 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Kettering University | Flint, MI | $378,670 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| City of Marquette | Marquette, MI | $287,892 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Adastec Corp | East Lansing, MI | $240,800 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Civilized Cycles | Brooklyn, NY | $227,604 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Center for Mobility | Ann Arbor, MI | $217,025 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Michigan State University | East Lansing, MI | $214,610 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Michigan Technological University | Houghton, MI | $207,332 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Mackinac Technology Company | Grand Rapids, MI | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Mitsubishi Electric | Northbville, MI | $197,615 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Chargeway Inc | Portland, OR | $180,397 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Lilypad Labs Inc | Holland, MI | $174,869 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Gerald R Ford International Airport Authority | Grand Rapids, MI | $168,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Joule Labs Inc | San Jose, CA | $145,609 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Voltaic Marine Inc | Beaverton, OR | $138,118 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Airspace Link Inc | Detroit, MI | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hyfi | Ann Arbor, MI | $123,072 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Adaptable Powerful Transformative Solar Solutions LLC | Ann Arbor, MI | $120,025 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Intramotev | St Louis, MO | $120,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Orange Sparkle Ball Inc | Atlanta, GA | $115,116 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hiper Fiber LLC | Taylor, MI | $115,001 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Workhorse | Sharonville, OH | $115,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Brandmotion | Novi, MI | $106,785 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Grounded Rvs Inc | Detroit, MI | $105,384 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Neuvokas Corporation | Ahmeek, MI | $103,750 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Ablelink Smart Living Technologies | Colorado Springs, CO | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Mouvit | Ann Arbor, MI | $95,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Scion Plasma | East Lansing, MI | $95,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Kuhmute Inc | Wilmington, DE | $88,925 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Gekot Inc | Bloomfield Twp, MI | $87,400 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Ecamion USA Inc | Brimingham, AL | $86,690 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Electric Fish Energy | Fremont, CA | $84,375 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Fleet Lab | Ann Arbor, MI | $78,769 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Lazarillo Inc | Tampa, FL | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Ddp Bike Share Corporation | Detroit, MI | $69,566 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Michigan Flyer LLC | Owosso, MI | $65,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| It's Electric Inc | Brooklyn, MI | $64,250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Stantec Consulting Services Inc | Chicago, IL | $58,470 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Sway Mobility Inc | Shaker Heights, OH | $56,444 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Elevated Parking | Detroit, MI | $53,675 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Fermata Energy LLC | Charlottesville, VA | $50,070 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Meili Technologies | Brooklyn, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Numina | Brooklyn, NY | $49,420 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ghsp | Grand Haven, MI | $46,290 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Ktisis LLC | Rochester Hills, MI | $41,400 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Literacy Center | Detroit, MI | $41,308 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Intvo | Ann Arbor, MI | $40,730 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Greenroute LLC | Ann Arbor, MI | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Kerb-E Inc | Santa Monica, CA | $33,800 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Autowed LLC | Columbus, IN | $33,755 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Just Air Solutions | Detroit, MI | $32,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Evenergi LLC | Ann Arbor, MI | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| City of Detroit | Detroit, MI | $27,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Aqua Super Power | Wilmington, DE | $25,255 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Volta Charging | San Francisco, CA | $20,375 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Arc Boat Company | San Francisco, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pikmykid | Tampa, FL | $19,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Keweenaw Mountain Lodge | Cooper Harbor, MI | $19,498 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Bay Mills Indian Community | Brimley, MI | $18,707 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| AKTV8 | Wixom, MI | $17,325 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Revision Autonomy | Kalamazoo, MI | $16,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Grid Link Holdings Inc | Chicago, IL | $15,300 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Navya | Saline, MI | $15,250 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Spanio Inc | San Francisco, CA | $14,919 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| E-Mobility Analystics | Saline, MI | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| State Electric Company | Holly, MI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hercules Electric Mobility Inc | Novi, MI | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
27 of 68 (40%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.
- Regents of the University of Michigan
TO SUPPORT TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES. - The Mackinac Technology Company
TO SUPPORT COMMERCIALIZATION EFFORTS OF SMART GRID TECHNOLOGY AND PROVIDE COST SHARE FOR FEDERAL AWARD. - Neuvokas Corporation
TO SUPPORT DEMONSTRATION OF NEW MOBILITY TECHNOLOGY
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 6 of 68 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 12 | $575,638 | $25,107 |
| 2021 | 19 | $1,277,329 | $51,810 |
| 2022 | 29 | $2,081,092 | $60,200 |
| 2023 | 40 | $3,033,761 | $48,517 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
72% of its giving went to organizations in Michigan. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. Shared grantees are the strongest signal available that two funders have overlapping priorities -- and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $48,695 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in Michigan.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Nextenergy Center's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 4 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 37 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: 440 Burroughs St Suite 370, Detroit, MI, 48202.
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