Michigan · Public charity
Detroit Children's Fund
The mission of the DETROIT CHILDREN'S FUND is to make high-potential investments to expand successful schools, greatly improve lower performing schools, and discover and develop talented educators so that every child in detroit has the opportunity to receive an excellent education.
- $3.8M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 13%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,500,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $2,091,051
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 14
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $6.4M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 13% of the organizations Detroit Children's Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k 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 | 4 | $3.8M | 0% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $1.9M | 13% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $1.9M | 10% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $3.1M | 50% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $4.2M | 60% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $4.9M | 86% |
| FY2017 | 5 | $1.4M | n/a |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Paradigm for Education Inc | $7,594,075 | 8 | 9% |
| Teach for America Inc | $2,280,908 | 2 | 0% |
| Detroit Public Schools Community District | $1,559,700 | 2 | n/a |
| Detroit Academy of Arts & Science | $1,466,796 | 5 | n/a |
| New Leaders Inc | $1,280,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Jalen Rose Leadership Academy | $1,055,659 | 6 | n/a |
| Community Education Commission | $786,908 | 1 | n/a |
| Great Minds Pbc | $742,500 | 3 | n/a |
| El Education Inc | $642,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Escuela Avancemos Academy | $570,237 | 5 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Paradigm for Education Inc | $7,594,075 | 8 | 9% |
| Teach for America Inc | $2,280,908 | 2 | 0% |
| Detroit Public Schools Community District | $1,559,700 | 2 | n/a |
| Detroit Academy of Arts & Science | $1,466,796 | 5 | n/a |
| New Leaders Inc | $1,280,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Jalen Rose Leadership Academy | $1,055,659 | 6 | n/a |
| Community Education Commission | $786,908 | 1 | n/a |
| Great Minds Pbc | $742,500 | 3 | n/a |
| El Education Inc | $642,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Escuela Avancemos Academy | $570,237 | 5 | n/a |
| Kipp Foundation | $567,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Detroit Public Schools Foundation | $467,171 | 4 | 10% |
| Plymouth Educational Center | $442,112 | 3 | n/a |
| Michigan College Access Network | $432,700 | 2 | 2% |
| MAPSA Foundation | $325,000 | 6 | 7% |
| Tntp Inc | $188,950 | 1 | 0% |
| Hope Academy | $183,973 | 2 | n/a |
| Lawrence Technological University | $130,750 | 3 | 0% |
| Detroit Employment Solutions Corporation | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City Year Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Detroit Edison Public School Academy | $79,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Education Pioneers | $76,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Prevention Michigan | $50,000 | 1 | 3% |
| University Prep Academy | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Public Impact LLC | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Rhonda Walker Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Detroit Children's Fund supplied at peak.
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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: United Way for Southeastern Michigan · WK Kellogg Foundation · Michigan College Access Network · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Gates Foundation · For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Detroit Children's Fund
- How much does Detroit Children's Fund give?
- Detroit Children's Fund reported 4 grants totaling $3,779,262 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 14 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Detroit Children's Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (99%), Youth Development (0%), Employment (0%).
- Who are Detroit Children's Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: New Paradigm for Education Inc ($7.6M), Teach for America Inc ($2.3M), Detroit Public Schools Community District ($1.6M).
- Does Detroit Children's Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Detroit Children's Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include United Way for Southeastern Michigan, WK Kellogg Foundation, Michigan College Access Network.
- Where is Detroit Children's Fund based?
- Detroit Children's Fund is based in MI.
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