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Detter Family Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$249k
Granted FY2025still arriving
41
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$19k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$432kHealth$426kHuman Services$399kHousing & Shelter$164kEnvironment$131kEmployment$100kFood & Nutrition$92kAnimals$83kOther$0
02FY2025 · 41 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k34 grants · $157k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $92k
$6,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$3.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$19,200
PLANNED PARENTHOOD$19,000
PATHWAYS EARLY EDUCTION CENTER$13,125
FRIENDS OF THE SALINE RIVER$10,600
OZONE HOUSE$10,000
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY HURON VALLEY$10,000
FISHER HOUSE MICHIGAN$10,000
MYOSITIS SUPPORT AND UNDERSTANDING$9,758
U-M MARSAL SCHOOL OF EDUCATION$9,019
HEAR FOR LIFE FOUNDATION$9,000
BACKPACK MINISTRY OF MCCORMICK$9,000
CAMP CASEY$8,250
SHELTER FOR ABUSED WOMEN & CHILDREN$7,500
MICHIGAN FOSTER CARE CLOSET$7,500
BREAKTHROUGH T1D$7,000
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:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $330k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 30% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%NEW HORIZONS OF SOUTHWEST FL: $5k → 10%CAMP CASEY: $8k → 8%CHILDREN WITH HAIR LOSS: $6k → 10%JASMYNNS VOICE: $5k → 12%EIGHTCAP INC: $2k → 12%SHELTER FOR ABUSED WOMEN & CHILDREN: $11k → 10%CAMP CASEY: $5k → 8%CHILDREN WITH HAIR LOSS: $5k → 10%CAMP SUNSHINE: $2k → 10%JASMYNNS VOICE: $5k → 12%SHELTER FOR ABUSED WOMEN & CHILDREN: $10k → 10%CAMP CASEY: $5k → 8%CHILDREN WITH HAIR LOSS: $5k → 10%SHELTER FOR ABUSED WOMEN & CHILDREN: $8k → 10%CAMP CASEY: $3k → 8%CHILDREN WITH HAIR LOSS: $5k → 10%SHELTER FOR ABUSED WOMEN & CHILDREN: $8k → 10%CHILDREN WITH HAIR LOSS: $5k → 10%OZONE HOUSE: $10k → 14%SHELTER FOR ABUSED WOMEN & CHILDREN: $8k → 10%CHILDREN WITH HAIR LOSS: $5k → 10%SHELTER FOR ABUSED WOMEN & CHILDREN: $7k → 10%SHELTER FOR ABUSED WOMEN & CHILDREN: $5k → 10%SHELTER FOR ABUSED WOMEN & CHILDREN: $5k → 10%SHELTER FOR ABUSED WOMEN & CHILDREN: $4k → 10%OZONE HOUSE: $10k → 14%OZONE HOUSE: $9k → 14%LOVE INC OF ALLENDALE: $9k → 8%OZONE HOUSE: $5k → 14%OZONE HOUSE: $3k → 14%OZONE HOUSE: $2k → 14%OZONE HOUSE: $2k → 14%LOVE INC OF ALLENDALE: $4k → 8%CHAD TOUGH FOUNDATION: $2k → 14%WINGS OF MERCY: $15k → 8%WINGS OF MERCY: $12k → 8%WINGS OF MERCY: $11k → 8%WINGS OF MERCY: $10k → 8%WINGS OF MERCY: $9k → 8%WINGS OF MERCY: $9k → 8%WINGS OF MERCY: $9k → 8%WINGS OF MERCY: $8k → 8%WINGS OF MERCY: $7k → 8%OZONE HOUSE: $10k → 14%OZONE HOUSE: $10k → 14%MICHIGAN FOSTER CARE CLOSET: $8k → 14%MICHIGAN FOSTER CARE CLOSET: $8k → 14%MICHIGAN FOSTER CARE CLOSET: $6k → 14%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.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
IL
MI
NY
OR
IN
OH
CA
VA
MD
DE
NC
SC
TX
FL
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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.0M · 59 repeat orgs$204k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +47% since the first grant, against +32% for those funded once.

59 repeat relationships: 35 still active in FY2025, 24 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

59
22

Total granted

$2.0M
$180k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+47%
+32%

Still filing today

56%
68%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $24k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthAnimalsEducationArts & CultureYouth 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

  • SA
    SALINE AREA SOCIAL SERVICE INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $142k · revenue +113%
  • WO
    WINGS OF MERCY INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $91k · revenue +92%
  • THE SHELTER FOR ABUSED WOMEN & CHILDREN INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $65k · revenue +43%

Funded once

  • WI
    WONDERWORK INC
    one grant, 2017 · $100k
  • PE
    Pathways Early Education Center of Immokalee Incgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $12k · revenue +36%
  • NATIONAL NETWORK OF ABORTION FUNDS INC
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue -41%
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
Michigan Humane Society

To improve and save lives through compassionate care, community engagement and advocacy for animals.

Animals
2
Hands Across the Water Inc

Hands across the water supports and empowers children and families through inclusive, strengths-based services. we envision a community where every child is valued and has a safe home and loving family where they can thrive. in keeping…

Human Services
3
Michigan Anti-Cruelty Society

To maintain and operate a hospital, ambulance and veterinary services for the care of animals. the maintenance and operation of kennels and suitable chambers for the humane destruction of wounded animals.

Animals
4
Organ Procurement Agency of Michigan

We honor life through donation.

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5
Arc of Wabash County Inc

The mission of arc of wabash county, inc. is to challenge, empower, and support individuals with disabilities to reach their highest level of independence. arc of wabash is dedicated to: 1) preserve, protect, and promote the dignity of…

Human Services
6
The New Foster Care

The new foster care will show the love of jesus christ by making a measurable, meaningful, and transformative change in the michigan foster care system and in the lives of those who have experienced foster care by: 1) providing direct…

Human Services
7
Michigan Casa Inc

Michigan casa, inc. is dedicated to changing the lives of abused and neglected children by advocating for their best interests through establishing, supporting, and expanding quality casa programs throughout the state of michigan to ensure…

Civil Rights
8
Michigan Science Center

The mission of the michigan science center is to inspire curious minds of all ages to discover, explore and appreciate science, technology, engineering and math in a creative, dynamic learning environment.

Education
9
Huron Area Center for Independence

Mission: supporting people to participate as essential members of their community.

Employment
10
Business Leaders for Michigan

Business leaders for michigan is a nonprofit, nonpartisan statewide organization driven by ceos from the state's leading employers, all working toward a shared goal: making michigan a top 10 state for jobs, talent and a thriving economy.…

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11
Association for Children's Mental Health

To ensure all michigan children and youth with emotional, behavioral, or mental health challenges and their families live in a safe, welcoming community with access to needed services and supports.

Health
12
Interact of Michigan Inc

Interact of michigan, inc. is dedicated to collaborative delivery of evidence-supported mental health and substance abuse treatments that foster hope and wellness. interact of michigan, inc. has developed services designed to meet the…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Shelter for Abused Women & Children Inc; the most unlike its peers is Starkey Hearing 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

53 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. 53 of the 87 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
17
Early backer (in before they grew)
52/53
Grantees still filing
40/53
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PATHWAYS EARLY EDUCTION CENTER: $171,351 · OtherPATHWAYS EARLY EDUCTION CENTERSALINE AREA SOCIAL SERVICE INC: $142,380 · OtherSALINE AREA SOCIAL SERVICE INCFRIENDS OF THE SALINE RIVER: $112,700 · OtherFRIENDS OF THE SALINE RIVERALLENDALE PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $105,844 · OtherALLENDALE PUBLIC SCHOOLSWONDERWORK INC: $100,000 · OtherWONDERWORK INCIndividual grant recipient: $89,800 · OtherIndividual grant recipientMYOSITIS SUPPORT AND UNDERSTANDING: $82,620 · OtherMYOSITIS SUPPORT AND UNDERSTANDING+54 more: $667,181 · Other+54 moreWINGS OF MERCY INC: $90,775 · Human ServicesWINGS OF MERCY INCTHE SHELTER FOR ABUSED WOMEN & CHILDREN INC: $65,470 · Human ServicesTHE SHELTER FOR AB…OZONE HOUSE INC: $61,000 · Human ServicesOZONE HOUSE INCMICHIGAN FOSTER CARE CLOSET: $51,200 · Human ServicesMICHIGAN FOSTER CA…CHILDREN WITH HAIR LOSS INC: $31,625 · Human ServicesCHILDREN WITH HAIR…CAMP CASEY CORPORATION: $21,625 · Human ServicesCAMP CASEY CORPORA…LOVE INC OF ALLENDALE: $13,000 · Human Services+7 more: $25,100 · Human Services+7 moreHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF HURON VALLEY: $88,000 · Housing & ShelterHUMANE SOCIETY OF HURON VALLEY: $33,600 · AnimalsHARBOR HUMANE SOCIETY: $24,613 · AnimalsK9S FOR WARRIORS INC: $23,100 · Animals+1 more: $1,902 · AnimalsMICHIGAN OVARIAN CANCER ALLIANCE: $27,500 · EducationWESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $20,000 · EducationWASHTENAW COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $12,000 · EducationSTEM GREENHOUSE INC: $4,250 · EducationELE'S PLACE INC: $57,500 · Youth DevelopmentPACE CENTER FOR GIRLSINC: $6,000 · Youth DevelopmentFISHER HOUSE MICHIGAN: $60,301 · Public Benefit
Other$1,471,876Human Services$359,795Housing & Shelter$88,000Animals$83,215Education$63,750Youth Development$63,500Public Benefit$60,301

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSALINE AREA SOCIAL SERVICE INC: $142,380 over 9y, 2.0% of budgetWINGS OF MERCY INC: $90,775 over 9y, 2.4% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF HURON VALLEY: $88,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetTHE SHELTER FOR ABUSED WOMEN & CHILDREN INC: $65,470 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetOZONE HOUSE INC: $61,000 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetFISHER HOUSE MICHIGAN: $60,301 over 7y, 1.2% of budgetELE'S PLACE INC: $57,500 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetMICHIGAN FOSTER CARE CLOSET: $51,200 over 7y, 11% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF HURON VALLEY: $33,600 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDREN WITH HAIR LOSS INC: $31,625 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetKIDS' FOOD BASKET INC: $31,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetMOSAIC COUNSELING: $28,440 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetMICHIGAN OVARIAN CANCER ALLIANCE: $27,500 over 9y, 1.7% of budgetHARBOR HUMANE SOCIETY: $24,613 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetK9S FOR WARRIORS INC: $23,100 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCAMP CASEY CORPORATION: $21,625 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetUniversity of Michigan: $20,000 over 3y, 3.3% of budgetWESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetStarkey Hearing Foundation: $19,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $19,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLOVE INC OF ALLENDALE: $13,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetWASHTENAW COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $12,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budget826 MICHIGAN INC: $10,600 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetJASMYNNS VOICE INC: $10,000 over 2y, 6.3% of budgetNATIONAL NETWORK OF ABORTION FUNDS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGRAND RAPIDS PUBLIC MUSEUM: $9,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetBACKPACK MINISTRY OF MCCORMICK COUNTY INC: $9,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $9,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR SALINE AREA SCHOOLS: $7,500 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetANGIES SPA INC: $7,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetPACE CENTER FOR GIRLSINC: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTREVOR PROJECT INC: $5,700 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW HORIZONS OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCARE CAMPS FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTEM GREENHOUSE INC: $4,250 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE DAHLEM CONSERVANCY: $3,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetABUSE COUNSELING & TREATMENT INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetINSIDE BOOKS PROJECT: $2,500 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetCAMP SUNSHINE: $2,100 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCHADTOUGH DEFEAT DIPG FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHEALING IN ARTS: $2,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TOLEDO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $1,902 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetEIGHTCAP INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINDIAN TRAILS CAMP: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDESTINY RESCUE USA INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% 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 SALINE AREA SOCIAL SERVICE INC ↗
  • Who funds WINGS OF MERCY INC ↗
  • Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF HURON VALLEY ↗
  • Who funds THE SHELTER FOR ABUSED WOMEN & CHILDREN INC ↗
  • Who funds OZONE HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds FISHER HOUSE MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds ELE'S PLACE INC ↗
  • Who funds MICHIGAN FOSTER CARE CLOSET ↗
  • Who funds HUMANE SOCIETY OF HURON VALLEY ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN WITH HAIR LOSS INC ↗
  • Who funds KIDS' FOOD BASKET INC ↗
  • Who funds MOSAIC COUNSELING ↗
  • Who funds MICHIGAN OVARIAN CANCER ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds HARBOR HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds K9S FOR WARRIORS INC ↗
  • Who funds CAMP CASEY CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds University of Michigan ↗
  • Who funds WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Starkey Hearing Foundation ↗
  • Who funds BREAKTHROUGH T1D ↗
  • Who funds SPECIAL OLYMPICS MICHIGAN INC ↗
  • Who funds LOVE INC OF ALLENDALE ↗

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.

DTE Energy FoundationGrand Haven Area Comm…United Way of Washten…Harry a and Margaret …The Community Foundat…Ann Arbor Area Commun…The Richard M Schulze…Edward F Redies Found…John and Judy Spoelho…Adient Foundation IncKiwanis Club of Ann A…United Way for Southe…
DTE Energy FoundationMI22.3× affinity9 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: DTE Energy Foundation · Grand Haven Area Community Foundation Inc · United Way of Washtenaw County · Harry a and Margaret D Towsley Foundation · The Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area Inc · Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · Edward F Redies Foundation Inc · John and Judy Spoelhof Foundation · Adient Foundation Inc · Kiwanis Club of Ann Arbor Foundation Inc · United Way for Southeastern Michigan

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 Detter Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Detter Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Pace Center for Girlsinc: 2% of income from government
  • The Shelter for Abused Women & Children Inc: 2% of income from government
  • K9S for Warriors Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
14report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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 87 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-PF 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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grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
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The endowment market
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The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home