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Detroit Cares Circle of the National Cares Mentor
Detroit Cares Circle of the National Cares Mentor (Michigan) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $154,898 to it, the largest being THE KRESGE FOUNDATION ($125,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $257k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $155k
- Net assets
- $141k
What Detroit Cares Circle of the National Cares Mentor does
Mission
Provide mentoring, education and training to individuals and organizations that provide mentoring to underserved youth.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Elevating Student Voices is a student led conference allowing high school students unique opportunities to discover their voice and participate in their role as responsible citizens.
$101,073 spent$250,000 earned by the program98% of program spendingStudents Teaching About Relationships and Success (STARS) - A peer-to-peer mentoring porgram with 11-12th graders mentoring 9-10th graders.
$1,986 spent$1,980 earned by the program2% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $103,059.
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 $23k to $192k (+725%).
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.
100% of Detroit Cares Circle of the National Cares Mentor’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (83% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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.
Board chair
Sharon L Madison
Board Chair and Treasurer
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of Detroit Cares Circle of the National Cares Mentor’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 Cares Circle of the National Cares Mentor leans on a few funders — its largest provides 81% 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
“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
81% of Detroit Cares Circle of the National Cares Mentor's grant income comes from Michigan funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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 Cares Circle of the National Cares Mentor runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 5,688 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,688 youth development nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like Detroit Cares Circle of the National Cares Mentor
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
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
48%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Detroit Cares Circle of the National Cares Mentor: 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 Cares Circle of the National Cares Mentor?
- Detroit Cares Circle of the National Cares Mentor (Michigan) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $154,898 to it, the largest being THE KRESGE FOUNDATION ($125,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Detroit Cares Circle of the National Cares Mentor have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $154,898 in grants to Detroit Cares Circle of the National Cares Mentor.
- Who is the largest funder of Detroit Cares Circle of the National Cares Mentor?
- THE KRESGE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $125,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Detroit Cares Circle of the National Cares Mentor 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 2 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