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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 FY2025still arriving
4
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$2.1M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$21MYouth Development$105kEmployment$100kCivil Rights$50k
02FY2025 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $11k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $177k
  • $250k+2 grants · $3.6M
$1,500,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$6.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NEW PARADIGN FOR EDUCATION$2,091,051
DETROIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS COMMUNITY DISTRICT$1,500,000
JALEN ROSE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY$177,461
LAWRENCE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY$10,750
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.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 20%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 97% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%EDUCATION PIONEERS: $77k → 16%KIPP FOUNDATION: $568k → 10%TNTP: $189k → 17%GREAT MINDS PBC: $500k → 14%LAWRENCE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY: $60k → 8%MICHIGAN COLLEGE ACCESS NETWORK: $210k → 16%TEACH FOR AMERICA: $1.3M → 21%EL EDUCATION INC: $400k → 17%GREAT MINDS PBC: $243k → 14%MICHIGAN COLLEGE ACCESS NETWORK: $113k → 16%TEACH FOR AMERICA: $1.0M → 21%EL EDUCATION INC: $243k → 17%MICHIGAN COLLEGE ACCESS NETWORK: $110k → 16%DETROIT EMPLOYMENT SOLUTIONS CORP: $100k → 21%NEW LEADERS: $700k → 17%MAPSA FOUNDATION: $75k → 16%DETROIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $438k → 21%NEW LEADERS INC: $580k → 17%MAPSA FOUNDATION: $75k → 16%CITY YEAR DETROIT: $100k → 21%MAPSA FOUNDATION: $75k → 16%MAPSA FOUNDATION: $75k → 16%EXCELLENT SCHOOLS DETROIT DBA COMMUNITY EDUCATION COMMISSION: $787k → 21%HOPE ACADEMY: $110k → 21%HOPE ACADEMY: $74k → 21%ESCUELA AVANCEMOS ACADEMY: $202k → 21%ESCUELA AVANCEMOS ACADEMY: $135k → 21%ESCUELA AVANCEMOS ACADEMY: $94k → 21%ESCUELA AVANCEMOS ACADEMY: $80k → 21%NEW PARADIGN FOR EDUCATION: $2.1M → 21%NEW PARADIGM FOR EDUCATION INC: $2.0M → 21%DETROIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS COMMUNITY DISTRICT: $1.5M → 21%NEW PARADIGM FOR EDUCATION INC: $1.4M → 21%NEW PARADIGM FOR EDUCATION INC: $1.1M → 21%NEW PARADIGM FOR EDUCATION INC: $500k → 21%NEW PARADIGM FOR EDUCATION INC: $450k → 21%DETROIT ACADEMY OF ARTS & SCIENCE: $434k → 21%DETROIT ACADEMY OF ARTS & SCIENCE: $417k → 21%DETROIT ACADEMY OF ARTS & SCIENCE: $385k → 21%PLYMOUTH EDUCATIONAL CENTER: $264k → 21%DETROIT ACADEMY OF ARTS & SCIENCE: $171k → 21%PLYMOUTH EDUCATIONAL CENTER: $129k → 21%DETROIT EDISON PUBLIC SCHOOL ACADEMY: $79k → 21%JALEN ROSE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY: $256k → 21%JALEN ROSE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY: $217k → 21%JALEN ROSE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY: $214k → 21%JALEN ROSE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY: $177k → 21%JALEN ROSE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY: $139k → 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.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$19M · 14 repeat orgs$2.2M to everyone else

14 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
12

Total granted

$19M
$2.2M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+19%
+23%

Still filing today

57%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’21’22’23’24’25
EducationEmploymentCivil RightsYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • NP
    New Paradigm for Education Inc
    8× · 2017–2025 · $7.6M · revenue +28%
  • Teach for America Inc
    2× · 2018–2021 · $2.3M · revenue +1%
  • EE
    EL EDUCATION INC
    3× · 2019–2023 · $643k · revenue +19%

Funded once

  • CE
    Community Education Commissiongraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $787k · revenue +879%
  • KF
    KIPP FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $568k · revenue +64%
  • TI
    TNTP INC
    one grant, 2022 · $189k · revenue -5%
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
Diploma Equity Project

The organization works with k-12, higher education and other community partners to design and implement programs to improve rates of college persistence and completion.

Education
2
Deans for Impact

See Schedule ODeans for Impact supports educator-preparation programs to bring the science of learning into teaching practice; partners with policymakers to ensure pathways into teaching are accessible, practice-based, and…

Education
3
Chicago Public Education Fund

The chicago public education fund (the fund) is a nonprofit organization that improves public schools in chicago by investing in the talented educators who lead them.

Education
4
New Classrooms Innovation Partners Inc

To create and inspire better ways to give every student an educational foundation for lifelong success. we imagine a world where every student attends a school that meets them where they are, adapts to the unique ways they learn, and…

Education
5
National Institute for Excellence in Teaching

Building educator excellence to give all students the opportunity for success.

Education
6
Leading Educators Inc

Leading educators partners with school systems to build and sustain the conditions, teaching, and leadership to ensure that the students furthest from opportunity succeed in school and in life.

Education
7
Detroit 90 90

The organization provides educational management services to public school academies in the State of Michigan

Education
8
National Association for College Admission Counseling

Empowering college admission counseling professionals through education, advocacy, and community.

Education
9
The Peak School

The peak school seeks to ignite a passion for learning, to develop students of diverse talents and backgrounds who think critically and act with integrity, and to graduate compassionate, confident, capable students who will embrace their…

Education
10
Editorial Projects in Education Inc

Editorial projects in education, inc. (epe) was established to raise the level of awareness and understanding among professionals and the public of important issues in american education through a variety of targeted products and media.…

Arts & Culture
11
New Teacher Center

New teacher center (ntc) is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to improving outcomes for all students by accelerating teacher and school leader effectiveness. from preschool through high school, (continued on schedule o)

Education
12
Kipp Chicago Schools

The team at kipp chicago schools is guided by a simple, yet powerful mission: to create a network of excellent schools in chicago that teach our students the character and academic skills necessary to succeed in college and beyond, and to…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Education Pioneers; the most unlike its peers is Rhonda Walker Foundation. 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

16 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. 16 of the 26 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
11/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

New Paradigm for Education Inc: $7,594,075 · EducationNew Paradigm for Education IncTeach for America Inc: $2,280,908 · EducationTeach for America IncNEW LEADERS INC: $1,280,000 · EducationNEW LEADERS INCCommunity Education Commission: $786,908 · EducationEL EDUCATION INC: $642,500 · EducationKIPP FOUNDATION: $567,500 · Education+6 more: $1,621,071 · Education+6 moreDETROIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS COMMUNITY DISTRICT: $1,559,700 · OtherDETROIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS COMMUNITY …DETROIT ACADEMY OF ARTS & SCIENCE: $1,466,796 · OtherDETROIT ACADEMY OF ARTS & SCIENCEJALEN ROSE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY: $1,055,659 · OtherJALEN ROSE LEADERSHIP ACADEMYGREAT MINDS PBC: $742,500 · OtherGREAT MINDS PBCESCUELA AVANCEMOS ACADEMY: $570,237 · OtherESCUELA AVANCEMOS ACADEMYPLYMOUTH EDUCATIONAL CENTER: $442,112 · OtherPLYMOUTH EDUCATIONAL CENTER+5 more: $407,973 · Other+5 moreDETROIT EMPLOYMENT SOLUTIONS CORPORATION: $100,000 · EmploymentPREVENTION MICHIGAN: $50,000 · Civil RightsRHONDA WALKER FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Youth Development
Education$14,772,962Other$6,244,977Employment$100,000Civil Rights$50,000Youth Development$5,000

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNew Paradigm for Education Inc: $7,594,075 over 8y, 9.4% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $2,280,908 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetNEW LEADERS INC: $1,280,000 over 3y, 2.7% of budgetEL EDUCATION INC: $642,500 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetKIPP FOUNDATION: $567,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetDETROIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $467,171 over 4y, 10% of budgetMICHIGAN COLLEGE ACCESS NETWORK: $432,700 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetMAPSA Foundation: $325,000 over 6y, 6.7% of budgetTNTP INC: $188,950 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLAWRENCE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY: $130,750 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCITY YEAR INC: $100,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetEDUCATION PIONEERS: $76,500 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetPREVENTION MICHIGAN: $50,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetRHONDA WALKER FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 1.0% 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 New Paradigm for Education Inc ↗
  • Who funds Teach for America Inc ↗
  • Who funds NEW LEADERS INC ↗
  • Who funds Community Education Commission ↗
  • Who funds EL EDUCATION INC ↗
  • Who funds KIPP FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds DETROIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MICHIGAN COLLEGE ACCESS NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds MAPSA Foundation ↗
  • Who funds TNTP INC ↗
  • Who funds LAWRENCE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds DETROIT EMPLOYMENT SOLUTIONS CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds CITY YEAR INC ↗
  • Who funds EDUCATION PIONEERS ↗
  • Who funds PREVENTION MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds RHONDA WALKER FOUNDATION ↗

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.

United Way for Southe…WK Kellogg FoundationMichigan College Acce…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Gates FoundationFor Inspiration and R…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
United Way for Southeastern MichiganMI27.7× affinity11 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
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 Detroit Children's Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Detroit Children's Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

2025
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 21%
  • City Year Inc: 21% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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 26 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 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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The regranting layer
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The endowment market
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The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
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