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Deseranno Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

Deseranno Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$66k
Granted FY2025still arriving
14
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$17k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$149kRecreation & Sports$109kYouth Development$51kHealth$29kReligion$24kArts & Culture$4kHuman Services$4kOther$0
02FY2025 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k10 grants · $17k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $50k
$2,500
Median grant
4
States reached
$604k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GROSSE POINTE ACADEMY$17,000
EASTSIDE YOUTH SPORTS FDN$12,525
MOTOR CITY DIRTY DAWGS$10,000
ROCKNE ATHLETIC FUND - FENCING$10,000
KIDS ON THE GO$4,000
UNIVERSITY LIGGETT SCHOOL$2,500
ELEMENT COMMUNITY HEALTH FUND$2,500
GROSSE POINTE FDN FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION$2,500
GROSSE POINTE SOUTH GRIDIRON CLUB$1,000
HOLY YOGA DETROIT$1,000
REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN$1,000
FULL CIRCLE FOUNDATION$1,000
JT MESTDAGH FOUNDATION$500
DRAVET SYNDROME FOUNDATION$500
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $22k) land where the poverty rate runs at 20%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%SABATHANI COMMUNITY CENTER: $3k → 11%FULL CIRCLE FOUNDATION: $1k → 21%KIDS ON THE GO: $5k → 21%KIDS ON THE GO: $4k → 21%KIDS ON THE GO: $3k → 21%KIDS ON THE GO: $2k → 21%KIDS ON THE GO: $2k → 21%KIDS ON THE GO: $2k → 21%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

81%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$299k · 14 repeat orgs$72k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +37% since the first grant, against +24% for those funded once.

14 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
12

Total granted

$299k
$46k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+37%
+24%

Still filing today

57%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 61% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $26k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationRecreation & SportsHuman ServicesPhilanthropyInternationalArts & CultureOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • TG
    THE GROSSE POINTE ACADEMY
    5× · 2020–2025 · $69k · revenue +30%
  • ES
    EAST SIDE YOUTH SPORTS FOUNDATION
    6× · 2020–2025 · $59k · revenue +69%
  • US
    United States Fencing Association
    3× · 2021–2024 · $30k · revenue +107%

Funded once

  • RF
    RENAISSANCE FENCING CLUB
    one grant, 2021 · $10k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $10k
  • RH
    REACH HOMESCHOOL DRAMA
    one grant, 2022 · $10k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Grosse Pointe Historical Society

To stimulate and encourage education and interest in the grosse pointe area and its history, customs, architecture, and government, and the part that its inhabitants have had in the service of their government, and their contributions to…

Arts & Culture
2
Grosse Pointe Housing Foundation
Philanthropy
3
The Family Center of Grosse Pointe & Harper Woods

The family center provides support, connection, and education to families in our community. we provide tools and resources to help people succeed in raising healthy children and building strong families.

Human Services
4
Grosse Pointe Farms Foundation

To raise funds to support the city of grosse pointe farms' projects

Environment
5
Grosse Pointe Gators Swim Club Inc

Grosse pointe gators is a swimming organization that aspires to teach, train and motivate swimmers at all skill levels.

Recreation & Sports
6
Gig Harbor Junior Sailing

Our programs develop local sailors at all skill levels and challenge them to achieve confidence and independence on the water.

Recreation & Sports
7
Grosse Pointe Rotary Foundation

Educational, civic, charitable & literacy

Community Improvement
8
Grosse Pointe Library Foundation

To promote educational and literacy purposes of the grosse pointe public library by soliciting and administering funds.

Education
9
Neighborhood Club

The neighborhood club collaborates to enhance the health and well-being of grosse pointe and surrounding communities by offering comprehensive recreation, social, and wellness programs.

Recreation & Sports
10
Glacier Swim Club Inc

Glacier swim club (gsc) is dedicated to the development of excellence and achievement in all levels of competitive swimming. gsc program will promote a supervised competitive swim team, good sportsmanship and team spirit in all swimmers,…

Recreation & Sports
11
The Grayson School

The grayson school provides gifted children a challenging, research-based education worthy of their intellect and their intrinsic desire to learn and think deeply. we serve as a valued resource for the gifted education community in…

Education
12
Grosse Pointe South Dugout Club Inc

College scholarships

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Grosse Pointe Foundation for Public Education; the most unlike its peers is Tserings Fund. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

18 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 18 of the 33 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/18
Grantees still filing
13/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HOLY YOGA DETROIT: $24,450 · OtherHOLY YOGA DETROITDE LA SALLE COLLEGIATE: $14,000 · OtherDE LA SALLE COLLEGIATERENAISSANCE FENCING CLUB: $10,000 · OtherRENAISSANCE FENCING CLUBMOTOR CITY DIRTY DAWGS: $10,000 · OtherMOTOR CITY DIRTY DAWGSIndividual grant recipient: $10,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientROCKNE ATHLETIC FUND - FENCING: $10,000 · OtherROCKNE ATHLETIC FUND - FENCINGREACH HOMESCHOOL DRAMA: $10,000 · OtherREACH HOMESCHOOL DRAMAGROSSE POINTE SOUTH HAT TRICK HOCKEY: $9,000 · OtherGROSSE POINTE SOUTH HAT TRICK HOCKEYGROSSE POINTE FARMS-CITY LEAGUE: $8,000 · OtherGROSSE POINTE FARMS-CITY LEAGUETAU BETA SPRING MARKET: $8,000 · OtherTAU BETA SPRING MARKETIndividual grant recipient: $6,500 · Other+8 more: $13,700 · Other+8 moreTHE GROSSE POINTE ACADEMY: $68,700 · EducationTHE GROSSE POINTE ACADEMYUNIVERSITY LIGGETT SCHOOL: $25,500 · EducationUNIVERSITY LIGGETT SCHOOLGROSSE POINTE FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION: $21,200 · EducationGROSSE POINTE FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC…+1 more: $1,000 · EducationEAST SIDE YOUTH SPORTS FOUNDATION: $58,525 · Recreation & SportsEAST SIDE YOUTH SPORTS FOUN…United States Fencing Association: $30,000 · Recreation & SportsUnited States Fencing Assoc…+1 more: $500 · Recreation & SportsKIDS ON THE GO: $18,250 · Human ServicesSABATHANI COMMUNITY CENTER: $2,500 · Human ServicesFULL CIRCLE FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesGROSSE POINTE YACHT CLUB FOUNDATION: $4,000 · Arts & CultureTHE JT MESTDAGH FOUNDATION: $2,800 · PhilanthropyDRAVET SYNDROME FOUNDATION INC: $500 · PhilanthropyELEMENT COMMUNITY HEALTH FUND INC: $2,500 · Youth Development
Other$133,650Education$116,400Recreation & Sports$89,025Human Services$21,750Arts & Culture$4,000Philanthropy$3,300Youth Development$2,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE GROSSE POINTE ACADEMY: $68,700 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetEAST SIDE YOUTH SPORTS FOUNDATION: $58,525 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetUnited States Fencing Association: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY LIGGETT SCHOOL: $25,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGROSSE POINTE FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION: $21,200 over 6y, 2.3% of budgetKIDS ON THE GO: $18,250 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetGROSSE POINTE YACHT CLUB FOUNDATION: $4,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetTHE JT MESTDAGH FOUNDATION: $2,800 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetAnnex Teen Clinic Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSABATHANI COMMUNITY CENTER: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGROSSE POINTE YACHT CLUB: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTAU BETA ASSOCIATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGROSSE POINTE SOUTH GRIDIRON CLUB: $1,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetTSERINGS FUND: $700 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetRENAISSANCE FENCING INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDRAVET SYNDROME FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds THE GROSSE POINTE ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds EAST SIDE YOUTH SPORTS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds United States Fencing Association ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY LIGGETT SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds GROSSE POINTE FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION ↗
  • Who funds KIDS ON THE GO ↗
  • Who funds GROSSE POINTE YACHT CLUB FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE JT MESTDAGH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ELEMENT COMMUNITY HEALTH FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds Annex Teen Clinic Inc ↗
  • Who funds SABATHANI COMMUNITY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds GROSSE POINTE YACHT CLUB ↗
  • Who funds FULL CIRCLE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds TAU BETA ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds GROSSE POINTE SOUTH GRIDIRON CLUB ↗
  • Who funds TSERINGS FUND ↗
  • Who funds RENAISSANCE FENCING INC ↗
  • Who funds DRAVET SYNDROME FOUNDATION INC ↗

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Community Foundation …Patrick and Christie …John a & Marlene L Bo…Richard and Jane Mano…Donor Advised Charita…The Bank of America C…National Philanthropi…Network for GoodAmerican Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Community Foundation for Southeast MichiganMI20.8× affinity8 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · Patrick and Christie Scoggin Family Foundation · John a & Marlene L Boll Foundation · Richard and Jane Manoogian Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Deseranno Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Deseranno Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 33 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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