Michigan · Private foundation
Sustainability Institute of Detroit
TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT, ADVANCE EDUCATION, AND NURTURE THE RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND PROLIFERATION OF NEW SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS MODELS THAT CREATE POSITIVE ENVIRONMENTAL AND COMMUNITY IMPACTS, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON THE CITY OF DETROIT. Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take…
- $181k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 60%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,393
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $90,342
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 5
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $5.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 60% of the organizations Sustainability Institute of Detroit funded were first-time grantees, receiving 22% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $34k 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 | 10 | $181k | 60% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $154k | 60% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $103k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $122k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $106k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $81k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $73k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Great Lakes Environmental Law Cente | $85,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Sidewalk Detroit | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($730k), not named here.
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About Sustainability Institute of Detroit
- How much does Sustainability Institute of Detroit give?
- Sustainability Institute of Detroit reported 10 grants totaling $181,372 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 5 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does Sustainability Institute of Detroit fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Community Improvement (79%), Environment (10%), Employment (9%).
- Who are Sustainability Institute of Detroit's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Great Lakes Environmental Law Cente ($85k), Sidewalk Detroit ($5k).
- Does Sustainability Institute of Detroit fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 60% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Sustainability Institute of Detroit accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Where is Sustainability Institute of Detroit based?
- Sustainability Institute of Detroit is based in MI.
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