Michigan · Public charity
Detroit Auto Dealers Association Charity Preview
Make grants to various public charities. The Foundation holds a fundraising event - the Charity Benefit Preview preceding the opening of the North American International Auto Show in Detroit Michigan. The proceeds from the Preview are paid to local charities.
- $906k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2025
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 36%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $106,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $172,786
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 19
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $751k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 36% of the organizations Detroit Auto Dealers Association Charity Preview funded were first-time grantees, receiving 41% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 59% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $245k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 11 | $892k | 18% |
| FY2024 | 11 | $600k | 36% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $1.2M | 30% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $35k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $65k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $44k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $2.8M | 0% |
| FY2018 | 19 | $3.3M | 26% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legacy Chm | $2,751,060 | 4 | 67% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Southeastern Michigan | $2,207,518 | 6 | 18% |
| Childrens Center of Wayne County Inc | $1,760,269 | 6 | 2% |
| Judson Center Inc | $1,492,933 | 3 | 3% |
| Detroit Police Athletic League Incorporated | $1,368,116 | 6 | 7% |
| Hope Ignites Detroit | $684,602 | 3 | n/a |
| March of Dimes Inc | $590,223 | 3 | 0% |
| Children's Hospital of Michigan Foundation | $219,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Detroit Auto Dealers Association Education Foundation Inc | $191,800 | 3 | 34% |
| Mott Children's Health Center | $166,566 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 34 grantees
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($676k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Detroit Auto Dealers Association Charity Preview supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 29 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: DTE Energy Foundation · Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · Ford Philanthropy · Others First Inc · The Kresge Foundation · Children's Hospital of Michigan Foundation · The Barton Malow Foundation · United Way for Southeastern Michigan · Fca Foundation · Michigan Health Endowment Fund · The Ralph C Wilson Jr Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America
How this is measured
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About Detroit Auto Dealers Association Charity Preview
- How much does Detroit Auto Dealers Association Charity Preview give?
- Detroit Auto Dealers Association Charity Preview reported 12 grants totaling $905,897 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 19 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Detroit Auto Dealers Association Charity Preview fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Youth Development (28%), Health (28%), Human Services (22%).
- Who are Detroit Auto Dealers Association Charity Preview's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Legacy Chm ($2.8M), Boys & Girls Clubs of Southeastern Michigan ($2.2M), Childrens Center of Wayne County Inc ($1.8M).
- Does Detroit Auto Dealers Association Charity Preview fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 36% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Detroit Auto Dealers Association Charity Preview?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include DTE Energy Foundation, Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, Ford Philanthropy.
- Where is Detroit Auto Dealers Association Charity Preview based?
- Detroit Auto Dealers Association Charity Preview is based in MI.
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