Top-Rated Nonprofits in Michigan 2026
Michigan has 21 nonprofits with $25.1B in combined revenue. The top-rated organization is Henry Ford Health System with an Efficiency Score of 83/100.
Michigan has 21 nonprofits in the IRS Form 990 dataset ranked here by efficiency score. The NonprofitTruth nonprofit efficiency rubric combines financial health / operating reserves (40%), revenue-growth consistency (35%), and officer compensation relative to revenue (25%) into a 0-100 composite.
Reading the ranking: top of the list typically combines healthy operating reserves (the highest-weighted factor) with stable multi-year revenue and reasonable officer compensation. Large hospital and university systems often appear near the top in any state — their scale gives them deep balance sheets and steady revenue. Each nonprofit links to its full Form 990 profile. For donors trying to choose between organizations, the efficiency grade is a useful triage — but the underlying reserve position, the multi-year revenue trend, and the officer-comp ratio matter more than the composite letter on any individual decision.
Top 20 of 21 Nonprofits in Michigan
| # | Organization | Category | Revenue | CEO Pay | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Henry Ford Health System | Health | $4.5B | $21.0M | A (83) |
| 2 | Great Lakes Fishery Commission | Environment & Animals | $82.1M | $272K | B (79) |
| 3 | Trinity Health Michigan | Health | $3.0B | $12.5M | B (75) |
| 4 | Corewell Health | Health | $10.4B | $0 | B (74) |
| 5 | Corewell Health | Health | $2.9B | $28.1M | B (74) |
| 6 | Detroit Zoological Society | Environment & Animals | $54.3M | $1.9M | B (72) |
| 7 | Michigan Humane Society | Environment & Animals | $27.8M | $918K | B (71) |
| 8 | University Of Detroit Mercy | Education | $176.1M | $4.6M | B (70) |
| 9 | John Ball Zoo | Environment & Animals | $24.2M | $1.1M | B (70) |
| 10 | Hope College | Education | $181.7M | $2.0M | C (63) |
| 11 | Hillsdale College | Education | $320.8M | $3.1M | C (58) |
| 12 | Calvin University | Education | $190.9M | $1.6M | C (58) |
| 13 | Kalamazoo College | Education | $123.3M | $2.0M | C (57) |
| 14 | Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy | Environment & Animals | $14.5M | $264K | C (57) |
| 15 | Trinity Health Corporation | Health | $2.6B | $19.7M | C (56) |
| 16 | Marshall Area Economic Development Alliance | Environment & Animals | $151.6M | $0 | C (54) |
| 17 | Interlochen Center For The Arts | Arts, Culture & Humanities | $91.8M | $2.5M | C (54) |
| 18 | Detroit Symphony Orchestra Hall Inc | Arts, Culture & Humanities | $39.2M | $2.6M | C (53) |
| 19 | The Edison Institute Inc | Arts, Culture & Humanities | $81.9M | $1.4M | C (50) |
| 20 | The Detroit Institute Of Arts | Arts, Culture & Humanities | $71.2M | $2.1M | D (49) |
Nonprofit financial data for Michigan is sourced from IRS Form 990 filings, which all tax-exempt organizations must file annually.
Frequently Asked Questions
Henry Ford Health System is the top-rated nonprofit in Michigan with an Efficiency Score of 83/100 (Grade A) and $4.5B in annual revenue.
Michigan has 21 nonprofits in our database with a combined $25.1B in total revenue.
The Efficiency Score (0-100, A-F) measures a nonprofit's financial structure based on financial health / operating reserves (40%), revenue-growth consistency (35%), and current-officer compensation relative to revenue (25%), all from IRS Form 990 data. Higher scores indicate stronger financial structure. It does not include a program-spending ratio, which our data source does not provide.
Efficiency Score: financial health / operating reserves (40%), revenue-growth consistency (35%), current-officer compensation ratio (25%). No program-spending ratio is included — total program service expenses are not available from the ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer feed.