Michigan · Public charity
Detroit Lions Charities
DETROIT LIONS CHARITIES (the "charities") is the nonprofit community funding extension of detroit lions, inc. During fiscal year 2020, the charities was granted a d/b/a for charities: detroit lions foundation. The charities invest in strategic partnerships to empower youth for lasting, transformative change in our hometown of detroit.…
- $1.5M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 25
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 19
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 32%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $1.4M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $36,750
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $200,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 29
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.7M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 32% of the organizations Detroit Lions Charities funded were first-time grantees, receiving 23% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $325k 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 | 25 | $1.4M | 36% |
| FY2024 | 19 | $1.4M | 32% |
| FY2023 | 17 | $982k | 24% |
| FY2022 | 29 | $1.6M | 45% |
| FY2021 | 28 | $1.9M | 46% |
| FY2020 | 25 | $1.4M | 48% |
| FY2019 | 20 | $1.7M | 60% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $1.7M | 31% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Playworks Education Energized | $1,270,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Henry Ford Health System | $1,105,885 | 6 | 0% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Southeastern Michigan | $1,039,250 | 5 | 4% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $1,000,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Detroit Police Athletic League Incorporated | $824,000 | 8 | 6% |
| City Year Inc | $694,700 | 7 | 0% |
| Nfl Foundation Inc | $510,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Eastern Market Corporation | $502,579 | 6 | 3% |
| Detroit Public Schools Foundation | $477,500 | 3 | 6% |
| Haven Inc | $467,499 | 5 | 4% |
Show all 76 grantees
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($189k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Detroit Lions Charities supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 5 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 56 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 · United Way for Southeastern Michigan · Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · The Skillman Foundation · Children's Hospital of Michigan Foundation · Detroit Pistons Foundation · The Ralph C Wilson Jr Foundation · The Kresge Foundation · Michigan College Access Network · Ford Philanthropy · McGregor Fund · Michigan Health Endowment Fund
How this is measured
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About Detroit Lions Charities
- How much does Detroit Lions Charities give?
- Detroit Lions Charities reported 25 itemized grants totaling $1,351,752, out of $1,507,346 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 29 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Detroit Lions Charities fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Youth Development (25%), Education (13%), Health (13%).
- Who are Detroit Lions Charities's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Playworks Education Energized ($1.3M), Henry Ford Health System ($1.1M), Boys & Girls Clubs of Southeastern Michigan ($1.0M).
- Does Detroit Lions Charities fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 32% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Detroit Lions Charities?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include DTE Energy Foundation, United Way for Southeastern Michigan, Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan.
- Where is Detroit Lions Charities based?
- Detroit Lions Charities is based in MI.
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