Michigan · Public charity
Invest Detroit Foundation
Idf promotes a higher quality of life for distressed communities, primarily in the city of detroit through attracting new industry, encouraging the development of business, housing, transportation and other community resources. Idf provides loans and financial assistance to promote community development and combat community deterioration…
- $766k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 13
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 57%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $602k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $178,300
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 100
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $209M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 57% of the organizations Invest Detroit Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 46% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 54% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $528k went to new ones.
RenewedFirst-time
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
Community ImprovementHousing & ShelterArts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesEnvironmentOther
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.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 13 | $602k | 62% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $1.1M | 57% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $4.5M | 67% |
| FY2021 | 20 | $8.4M | 75% |
| FY2020 | 100 | $3.0M | 88% |
| FY2019 | 23 | $5.5M | 57% |
| FY2018 | 26 | $2.2M | n/a |
100% classified
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Recreation & Sports$11MCommunity Improvement$5.9MHousing & Shelter$3.8MPublic Benefit$1.5MEducation$759kScience & Tech$690kEnvironment$684kReligion$400kOther$0
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
MI
NY
PA
KY
AZ
MS
TX
FL
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Detroit | $15,966,092 | 6 | n/a |
| Detroit Land Bank Authority | $2,758,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Chroma Owner 20 LLC | $750,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Detroit Economic Growth Association | $605,000 | 3 | 6% |
| Century Forward | $567,806 | 1 | n/a |
| Wayne State University Research and Technology Park in the City of Detroit | $500,000 | 2 | 7% |
| Islamic Center of Detroit Inc | $400,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Life Remodeled | $353,300 | 2 | 6% |
| Midtown Detroit Inc | $300,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Detroit Blight Busters Inc | $212,850 | 2 | 42% |
Show all 164 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Detroit | $15,966,092 | 6 | n/a |
| Detroit Land Bank Authority | $2,758,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Chroma Owner 20 LLC | $750,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Detroit Economic Growth Association | $605,000 | 3 | 6% |
| Century Forward | $567,806 | 1 | n/a |
| Wayne State University Research and Technology Park in the City of Detroit | $500,000 | 2 | 7% |
| Islamic Center of Detroit Inc | $400,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Life Remodeled | $353,300 | 2 | 6% |
| Midtown Detroit Inc | $300,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Detroit Blight Busters Inc | $212,850 | 2 | 42% |
| Lincoln Institute of Land Policy | $208,610 | 1 | 1% |
| Live6 Alliance | $200,000 | 1 | 11% |
| Better Block Foundation | $164,400 | 2 | 11% |
| Space Lab Development Inc | $161,655 | 1 | n/a |
| E Warren Development Corporation | $138,277 | 3 | 8% |
| Cody Rouge Community Action Alliance | $100,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Osborn Neighborhood Alliance | $91,316 | 1 | 25% |
| Detroit Developer Roundtable | $83,650 | 1 | n/a |
| Vertecore | $60,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Detroit Cdfi Coalition | $50,000 | 1 | 59% |
| Shoptelligence | $40,000 | 3 | n/a |
| The N'Namdi Center for Contemporary Art | $38,911 | 2 | 7% |
| Coe Van Dyke 2 | $37,500 | 2 | n/a |
| The Greening of Detroit | $34,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Woodborn Partners - Bagley 16th | $33,862 | 2 | n/a |
| SouthWest Detroit Business Association | $31,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Knew Deal Inc | $30,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Jool Health Inc | $30,000 | 3 | n/a |
| 6ix LLC | $30,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Notion Ai Inc | $28,636 | 2 | n/a |
| Ops Solutions LLC | $28,636 | 2 | n/a |
| Lingco Language Labs LLC | $26,600 | 2 | n/a |
| Clinc Inc | $25,964 | 1 | n/a |
| Saganworks Inc | $25,018 | 3 | n/a |
| Mynurse | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Metro Solutions Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Greenmark Biomedical | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Grandmont Rosedale Development Corp | $25,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Michigan Cdfi Coalition | $25,000 | 1 | 18% |
| Todoolie Inc | $20,927 | 2 | n/a |
| Gluck Properties Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Prince Management LLC | $19,375 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of the Alger Theater | $18,988 | 1 | 32% |
| Ginkgotree Dba Skillo Inc | $18,200 | 2 | n/a |
| Avenue Investment LLC | $17,800 | 1 | n/a |
| Detroit Independent Holdings LLC | $16,214 | 1 | n/a |
| The Empowerment Plan | $15,840 | 1 | 0% |
| Live Cycle Delight Inc | $15,829 | 1 | n/a |
| In2being LLC | $15,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Strametrics LLC (Coetic) | $15,000 | 2 | n/a |
| P&A Development Group | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Start Garden Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Integral Software Inc | $15,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Pocketnest | $15,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Sadza Space | $14,960 | 1 | 10% |
| Real Estate Interests LLC | $14,202 | 1 | n/a |
| Gig Mobile Corp | $13,637 | 2 | n/a |
| Zferral Inc | $13,636 | 1 | n/a |
| Southwest Housing Solutions | $13,113 | 1 | 0% |
| Clutch Consulting LLC | $12,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Pal Properties LLC | $12,500 | 1 | n/a |
| 16703 Warren Bd LLC | $12,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Airspace Link Inc | $12,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Baobab Fare LLC | $11,937 | 2 | n/a |
| Ultreia LLC | $11,291 | 1 | n/a |
| Tabor Way LLC Dba Terri's Cakes Detroit | $11,249 | 1 | n/a |
| Clark Park Coalition | $10,267 | 1 | 5% |
| East Jefferson Development Corporation | $10,151 | 1 | n/a |
| Jsr Funding LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| East Forest Art Project LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Russell Street Investments LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Crow Lodge LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Iconic Downtown Property LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Tk Fund Qozb LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ffy LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Arsanos Group LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sjr Investments | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Holden Block LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| 71 Garfield Mt LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Green Garage LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Detroit Architectural Metals Company | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sw Detroit Land for Redevelopment LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| 449 E Milwaukee LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Roger Robinson | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| 3100 Woodward 2014 LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Monarch Holdings Group LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Olabi Brothers LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Silk and Morgan Holdings LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| 634 Selden 2018 LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Aft Ventures LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Y & S Holdings LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Zap Group LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Fast Cash for Homes LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| 1938 Franklin Holdings LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| 4626 Third LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Marsh Investments LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Daj Michigan Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bricktown Development Group LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Alam Investment LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Detroit Beer Exchange LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Luxury Properties and Investment LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Campus Investments LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| M Haus LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sunbridge International Collaborative Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 12% |
| Best Investment & Development Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Resurget Cineribus LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| F&N LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Valletta LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Atomic Greats LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Grand Boulevard Plaza LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Professionals Buildings LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| On Your Fork LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ln Properties LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| M&R Group LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Marshall Pryce Properties LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Regal Investment Corporation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Farmer Street Development LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Invest Detroit Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Rs Kathawa LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Arsanos Investment LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| J & B Development Co LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| 4225 Third Street LLC | $9,900 | 1 | n/a |
| First Detroit Development Co LLC | $9,750 | 1 | n/a |
| Kercheval 3 LLC | $9,400 | 1 | n/a |
| Alfonso Avila | $9,300 | 1 | n/a |
| Rivers Commerical LLC | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Basmaji Property LLC | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| 4130 Cass LLC | $8,950 | 1 | n/a |
| Landy Cass Avenue Development | $8,550 | 1 | n/a |
| Romark Inc | $8,439 | 1 | n/a |
| Fieldstone Properties Inc | $8,439 | 1 | n/a |
| Bamboo Detroit LLC | $8,439 | 1 | n/a |
| Times Square 2000 Inc | $8,439 | 1 | n/a |
| Alphonse de Tonty LLC | $8,367 | 1 | n/a |
| Omor Investments LLC | $8,250 | 1 | n/a |
| Change Dynamix Inc | $8,182 | 1 | n/a |
| Censys | $8,182 | 1 | n/a |
| The Gallery Detroit LLC | $8,100 | 1 | n/a |
| Speramus Partners LLC | $7,822 | 1 | n/a |
| Maria International Travel Co Inc | $7,710 | 1 | n/a |
| 547 E Milwaukee LLC | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| 3143 Six Mile LLC | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| K & G Enterprize LLC | $7,455 | 1 | n/a |
| Cdl Marketing Group LLC | $6,818 | 1 | n/a |
| Collective Metrics LLC | $6,818 | 1 | n/a |
| Nutshell Inc | $6,818 | 1 | n/a |
| Pixel Velocity Inc | $6,818 | 1 | n/a |
| Boxcar Studios | $6,818 | 1 | n/a |
| Pronav Inc | $6,818 | 1 | n/a |
| Jlmg2 Investments LLC | $6,600 | 1 | n/a |
| 7326 West McNichols | $6,550 | 1 | n/a |
| Soletrade Holdings LLC Dba Stockx LLC | $6,400 | 1 | n/a |
| Larry Teamer | $6,300 | 1 | n/a |
| Capital Properties Eastern Mkt LLC | $6,300 | 1 | n/a |
| Ganco LLC | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bagley Properties LLC | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Jlmg Investments LLC | $5,511 | 1 | n/a |
| Detroit Pizza Bar LLC | $5,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Wisely Inc | $5,455 | 1 | n/a |
| Darla Holdings LLC | $5,400 | 1 | n/a |
| Evergreen Lutheran Church | $5,400 | 1 | n/a |
| Good Vibes Lounge Express Inc | $5,189 | 1 | n/a |
| Mac Galleries | $5,189 | 1 | n/a |
| NewFoundry Labs LLC | $3,200 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Invest Detroit Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 26 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 26.
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.
Community Foundation for Southeast MichiganMI24.3× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →
Open a dossier: Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · The Skillman Foundation · United Way for Southeastern Michigan · Detroit Economic Growth Association · The Kresge Foundation · Community Development Advocates of Detroit · Detroit Industrial School · Enterprise Community Partners Inc · DTE Energy Foundation · Hudson-Webber Foundation · Wayne-Metropolitan Community Action Agency Inc · Comerica Charitable 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.
About Invest Detroit Foundation
- How much does Invest Detroit Foundation give?
- Invest Detroit Foundation reported 13 itemized grants totaling $602,254, out of $766,460 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 100 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does Invest Detroit Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (44%), Community Improvement (23%), Housing & Shelter (15%).
- Who are Invest Detroit Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: City of Detroit ($16M), Detroit Land Bank Authority ($2.8M), Chroma Owner 20 LLC ($750k).
- Does Invest Detroit Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 57% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Invest Detroit Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, The Skillman Foundation, United Way for Southeastern Michigan.
- Where is Invest Detroit Foundation based?
- Invest Detroit Foundation is based in MI.
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More from the funding graph
The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home