Michigan · Public charity
Detroit Pistons Foundation
The mission of the DETROIT PISTONS FOUNDATION is to enrich the lives of metro detroit residents by developing programs that promote education, mentoring, athletics, health, fitness and nutrition. Pistons foundation makes annual grants to underpriveliged youth to promote the pursuit of a higher education.
- $451k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $116k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $11,144
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 5
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.3M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 20% of the organizations Detroit Pistons Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k 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 | 7 | $116k | 71% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $153k | 20% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $149k | 40% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $403k | 60% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $150k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $315k | 75% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $185k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Say Detroit | $375,000 | 4 | 5% |
| Bing Youth Institute | $260,000 | 4 | 28% |
| Detroit Symphony Orchestra Inc | $195,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Detroit Police Athletic League Incorporated | $153,191 | 3 | 2% |
| City Year Inc | $125,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Forgotten Harvest Inc | $110,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Barbershop Books Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Sphinx Organization Inc | $45,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Detroit Parks Coalition | $34,633 | 2 | 1% |
| Brilliant Detroit | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Say Detroit | $375,000 | 4 | 5% |
| Bing Youth Institute | $260,000 | 4 | 28% |
| Detroit Symphony Orchestra Inc | $195,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Detroit Police Athletic League Incorporated | $153,191 | 3 | 2% |
| City Year Inc | $125,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Forgotten Harvest Inc | $110,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Barbershop Books Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Sphinx Organization Inc | $45,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Detroit Parks Coalition | $34,633 | 2 | 1% |
| Brilliant Detroit | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Redford Seahawks | $23,668 | 3 | n/a |
| Give Merit Inc | $17,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Ceciliaville | $12,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Brothers of Kelly Park | $11,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan Foundation | $11,144 | 1 | n/a |
| Healing Not Hurting Detroit | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of Rouge Park | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
Where it is load-bearing
Detroit Pistons Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 12 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.
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How this is measured
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About Detroit Pistons Foundation
- How much does Detroit Pistons Foundation give?
- Detroit Pistons Foundation reported 7 itemized grants totaling $115,528, out of $450,759 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 5 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Detroit Pistons Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Youth Development (25%), Community Improvement (25%), Arts & Culture (16%).
- Who are Detroit Pistons Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Say Detroit ($375k), Bing Youth Institute ($260k), Detroit Symphony Orchestra Inc ($195k).
- Does Detroit Pistons Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Detroit Pistons Foundation?
- 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 Pistons Foundation based?
- Detroit Pistons Foundation is based in MI.
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