Michigan · Nonprofit
DETROIT 300 CONSERVANCY
DETROIT 300 CONSERVANCY (Michigan) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $757,648 to it, the largest being DTE ENERGY FOUNDATION ($685,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $7.1M
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $758k
- Net assets
- $679k
What Detroit 300 Conservancy does
Mission
The organization is a michigan non-profit corporation designed to maintain and program the detroit 300 legacy gift to the city of detroit and campus martius park, as well as to provide funding for the continued beautification of public spaces in the city of detroit.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Park operations including most significantly campus martius park, a 2.4 acre public square and year-round entertainment venue, anchors a two-square-block district that is the commercial center and heart of downtown detroit. Surrounded by over 6.5 = million square feet of mixed use space, the campus martius district is a 24-hour neighborhood comprised of office employees, residents, dining options, retail outlets, and over two million annual visitors.
$1,438,858 spent21% of program spendingBeacon park - beacon park opened july 20, 2017. The park infuses light, energy, and motion to create a distinctive gathering place, and an unforgettable experience for visitors of all ages. The circular, open lawn is the largest of any downtown detroit park and gives visitors room to run, play, relax and recharge. The park provides year-round programming, interactive light installations and a contemporary restaurant with a rooftop garden and dining space for panoramic views of the park and city skyline. The park has activated 1.2 acres, improved walkability, and created a catalyst for cultural vibrancy and economic development.
$1,738,896 spent25% of program spendingPlacemaking/park events - beginning in 2013 and working with the city of detroit and key downtown stakeholders, the conservancy provides activation, improvements and programming for three additional downtown historic parks and public spaces including grand circus park, and capitol park. The conservancy produced over 2,000 free events in downtown parks and public spaces
$3,700,176 spent$1,125,484 earned by the program54% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $6,877,930.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $4.0M to $5.5M (+36%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
65% of DETROIT 300 CONSERVANCY’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (13% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Eric B Larson
CEO
Board chair
Cynthia Pasky
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income fell $125k → $48k.
1 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $1.3M from 5 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money DETROIT 300 CONSERVANCY raised.
From the IRS filings of DETROIT 300 CONSERVANCY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
DETROIT 300 CONSERVANCY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 90% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 86% · 2022 100% · 2023 99% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
97% of DETROIT 300 CONSERVANCY's grant income comes from Michigan funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $123 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
DETROIT 300 CONSERVANCY receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $758k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,728 recreation & sports nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like DETROIT 300 CONSERVANCY
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Michigan
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 4 related entities
- Downtown Detroit Partnership Inc · exempt
- Detroit Downtown Inc · exempt
- Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix · exempt
- Ddp Bike Share Corporation · exempt
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for DETROIT 300 CONSERVANCY: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds DETROIT 300 CONSERVANCY?
- DETROIT 300 CONSERVANCY (Michigan) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $757,648 to it, the largest being DTE ENERGY FOUNDATION ($685,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does DETROIT 300 CONSERVANCY have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $757,648 in grants to DETROIT 300 CONSERVANCY, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DETROIT 300 CONSERVANCY?
- DTE ENERGY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $685,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DETROIT 300 CONSERVANCY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Michigan. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 5 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing