Michigan · Public charity
Motown Soup Inc
Produce soup mixes and other items (27,976 annual volunteer hours) to be sold with profits being given to 501(c)(3) organizations which focus on serving thousands of homeless, distressed, and underprivileged.
- $205k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 11
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2025
- $114k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $8,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $24,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 13
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $405k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Motown Soup Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 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 | 11 | $114k | 9% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $120k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $130k | 15% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $92k | 10% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $99k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $95k | 14% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $73k | 14% |
| FY2017 | 8 | $92k | n/a |
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 Rescue Mission Ministries | $155,752 | 8 | 0% |
| Macomb County Rotating Emergency Shelter Team | $111,500 | 8 | 2% |
| Trinity Lutheran Church | $108,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan | $70,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Kids' Food Basket Inc | $68,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Forgotten Harvest Inc | $65,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Lighthouse Food Bank | $52,599 | 7 | n/a |
| The Manna Food Project Inc Dba - the Manna Food Project | $50,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Motor City Mitten Mission | $41,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Hidden Harvest | $20,500 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries | $155,752 | 8 | 0% |
| Macomb County Rotating Emergency Shelter Team | $111,500 | 8 | 2% |
| Trinity Lutheran Church | $108,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan | $70,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Kids' Food Basket Inc | $68,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Forgotten Harvest Inc | $65,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Lighthouse Food Bank | $52,599 | 7 | n/a |
| The Manna Food Project Inc Dba - the Manna Food Project | $50,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Motor City Mitten Mission | $41,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Hidden Harvest | $20,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Redford Interfaith Relief | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Province of St Joseph of the Capuchin Order Inc | $13,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Mid City Nutrition Program | $13,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Grace Centers of Hope | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wave Project | $6,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Qtmc Inc | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Crossroads of Michigan | $5,500 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Motown Soup Inc supplied at peak.
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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: Consumers Energy Foundation · DTE Energy Foundation · Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
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About Motown Soup Inc
- How much does Motown Soup Inc give?
- Motown Soup Inc reported 11 itemized grants totaling $114,000, out of $204,780 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 13 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Motown Soup Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (59%), Housing & Shelter (21%), Health (19%).
- Who are Motown Soup Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries ($156k), Macomb County Rotating Emergency Shelter Team ($112k), Trinity Lutheran Church ($108k).
- Does Motown Soup Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Motown Soup Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Consumers Energy Foundation, DTE Energy Foundation, Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan.
- Where is Motown Soup Inc based?
- Motown Soup Inc is based in MI.
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