How do I find funders for a housing nonprofit in Michigan?

Start with the funders already giving to housing in Michigan, currently Homeless Action Network of Detroit, Alliance for Housing Oakland County Continuum of Care, Csi-Derby Street Non-Profit Housing Corporation. Then look at who funds the housing organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Michigan from out of state.

Who is the largest housing funder in Michigan?

Homeless Action Network of Detroit gives the most to housing organizations in Michigan, $293M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to housing in Michigan?

$1.1B reached 668 housing organizations in Michigan, from 1,648 funders. 79% came from funders also based in Michigan.

How recent is this data?

It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

Funding · Michigan · Housing

Who funds housing in Michigan

$1.1B reached 668 housing organizations in Michigan, from 1,648 funders, with no single one dominating.

$1.1B

granted

668

organizations

79%

from in-state

The short version

1,648 funders gave $1.1B to 668 housing organizations in Michigan across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
79% of that came from funders also based in Michigan; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of housing in Michigan is Homeless Action Network of Detroit, at $293M.
The housing organization drawing the most is Wayne-Metropolitan Community Action Agency Inc, at $198M.

Largest funders of housing in Michigan

The funders giving the most to housing organizations in Michigan, in-state and out. Pick one for its dossier.

1Homeless Action Network of Detroit$293M 2Alliance for Housing Oakland County Continuum of Care$75M 3Csi-Derby Street Non-Profit Housing Corporation$56M 4Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$24M 5City Square Elderly Housing Inc$19M 6Charles Stewart Mott Foundation$19M 7Enterprise Community Partners Inc$16M 8Habitat for Humanity International Inc$16M 9United Way for Southeastern Michigan$16M 10Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc$14M

Housing organizations in Michigan that draw the most

Sized by grant dollars received. Pick one to see exactly who funds it.

658 other housing organizations$495M

Wayne-Metropolitan Community Action Agency Inc$198M United Community Housing Coalition$102M Csi Support & Development Services$97M

How to find housing funders in Michigan

1
Start with the funders already active in Michigan
The funders giving the most to housing in Michigan are Homeless Action Network of Detroit, Alliance for Housing Oakland County Continuum of Care, Csi-Derby Street Non-Profit Housing Corporation. A funder already writing housing checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the housing organizations on this page that resemble yours in size or work, and look at who funds them. Shared funders are the strongest signal of fit.
3
Add the out-of-state funders reaching in
21% of housing money in Michigan comes from funders elsewhere, so national housing funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Michigan.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a housing nonprofit in Michigan?: Start with the funders already giving to housing in Michigan, currently Homeless Action Network of Detroit, Alliance for Housing Oakland County Continuum of Care, Csi-Derby Street Non-Profit Housing Corporation. Then look at who funds the housing organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Michigan from out of state.
Who is the largest housing funder in Michigan?: Homeless Action Network of Detroit gives the most to housing organizations in Michigan, $293M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to housing in Michigan?: $1.1B reached 668 housing organizations in Michigan, from 1,648 funders. 79% came from funders also based in Michigan.
How recent is this data?: It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

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 camps

funders cluster by geography, not ideology

State money flows

the interactive map of money crossing state lines

Giving abroad

which US foundations fund each country

Each grant is placed by its stated purpose and the recipient's mission, falling back to the recipient's IRS activity category where that is unclear; location is the recipient's state on its most recent filing. Grant figures are read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file XML for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, among recipients resolved by EIN. Source: IRS Form 990 downloads.