Michigan · Public charity
Detroit Public Schools Foundation
DPSFs mission is to create and enhance educational opportunities for over 50,000 Detroit Public Schools Community Districts students, families and educators. DPS Foundation was organized to ensure DPS, now DPSCD student and families to reach their full potential. This is achieved by executing fiducary responsibilities over donations.
- $4.8M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2025
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $22,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $26,196,932
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 6
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $31M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Detroit Public Schools Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 8 | $27M | 100% |
| FY2024 | 1 | $2.7M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $2.4M | 25% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $2.6M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $7.6M | 0% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $10M | 83% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $3.5M | 0% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $2.9M | 60% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Public Schools Community District | $32,367,691 | 8 | n/a |
| Detroit Public Schools Foundation | $166,541 | 3 | 2% |
| Rebel Nell L3C | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Building Community Value | $25,000 | 1 | 29% |
| The Jerome Bettis Bus Stops Here Foundation | $18,182 | 1 | n/a |
| The Detroit Institute of Arts | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Living Arts | $15,000 | 2 | 1% |
| The Arts League of Michigan | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Sphinx Organization Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Special Olympics Michigan Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Public Schools Community District | $32,367,691 | 8 | n/a |
| Detroit Public Schools Foundation | $166,541 | 3 | 2% |
| Rebel Nell L3C | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Building Community Value | $25,000 | 1 | 29% |
| The Jerome Bettis Bus Stops Here Foundation | $18,182 | 1 | n/a |
| The Detroit Institute of Arts | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Living Arts | $15,000 | 2 | 1% |
| The Arts League of Michigan | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Sphinx Organization Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Special Olympics Michigan Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Michigan State University | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Jive Turkey Detroit | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Pewabic Society Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Women of Tomorrow Mentor and Scholarship Program Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($27M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Detroit Public Schools Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 8 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: Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Detroit Public Schools Foundation
- How much does Detroit Public Schools Foundation give?
- Detroit Public Schools Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $4,849,291 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 6 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Detroit Public Schools Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (100%), Arts & Culture (0%), Youth Development (0%).
- Who are Detroit Public Schools Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Detroit Public Schools Community District ($32M), Detroit Public Schools Foundation ($167k), Rebel Nell L3C ($25k).
- Does Detroit Public Schools Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Detroit Public Schools Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is Detroit Public Schools Foundation based?
- Detroit Public Schools Foundation is based in MI.
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