Michigan · Nonprofit
DETROIT CHESED PROJECT
DETROIT CHESED PROJECT (Michigan) receives grants from 35 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,156,304 to it, the largest being NISTAR ($295,502). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2023
- $1.3M
- Funders on record
- 35
- Grants received
- $1.2M
- Net assets
- $370k
What Detroit Chesed Project does
Mission
To provide various social services to the greater detroit orthodox jewish community, including providing food and clothing for the needy; access to community social services and such other communal services as are needed.
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990.
Programs
Special projects and other programs:children are provided back-to-school supplies, new coats, shoes, and boots. Holiday clothing, food, toys, and other essentials were also provided for families in need. Assistance provided to hundreds of michigan families to pay bills, rent, or unexpected home and vehicle repairs. A commitee reviews the applications and recipients are selected through rabbinic figures in the community and other non-profits.lunches with love volunteers prepare lunches the night before with no knowledge of who the recipients are. Drivers pick up the lunches and deliver them to the children's homes so they can go to sleep knowing they have a filling and delicious lunch to bring to school the next day. This program has been a game-changer for overwhelmed families, bringing peace of mind to both caregivers and children.the coo donates her services to help facilitate these programs.
$640,002 spent$633,651 earned by the program62% of program spendingThe spot a three-hour program which provides a fun and safe environment for its participants, as well as a hot dinner. It also frees time for parents to concentrate on other children in their families. In that time, parents can provide homework assistance, create a calm and relaxed dinner environment, and be better prepared to face the evening and bedtime routines. Over 18,000 hours of respite were provided to special needs children in the community during 2023.also, the spot program evolved to include a women's day vocational program. This program teaches women to shop, cook for themselves and work togetherthe coo donates her services to help facilitate this program.
$260,383 spent$73,081 earned by the program25% of program spendingTomchei shabbosevery week, tomchei shabbos distributes "shabbat in a box" to families in need. Deliveries are discreetly dropped off on the recipents' doorstep every thursday evening, under the cover of dark to ensure sensitivity and confidentiality. Shabbos food boxes were provided to 3,600 families in 2023.the coo donates her services to help facilitate this program.
$119,611 spent$88,536 earned by the program12% of program spendingOther program services 4: special projects and other programs:children are provided back-to-school supplies, new coats, shoes, and boots. Holiday clothing, food, toys, and other essentials were also provided for families in need. Assistance provided to hundreds of michigan families to pay bills, rent, or unexpected home and vehicle repairs. A commitee reviews the applications and recipients are selected through rabbinic figures in the community and other non-profits.lunches with love volunteers prepare lunches the night before with no knowledge of who the recipients are. Drivers pick up the lunches and deliver them to the children's homes so they can go to sleep knowing they have a filling and delicious lunch to bring to school the next day. This program has been a game-changer for overwhelmed families, bringing peace of mind to both caregivers and children.the coo donates her services to help facilitate these programs.
$18,905 spent$100 earned by the program2% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,038,901.
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 2019 to 2020, from $107k to $626k (+484%).
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.
102% of DETROIT CHESED PROJECT’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 7 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 16 funders, grant income rose $27k → $289k.
10 of 35 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 29% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of DETROIT CHESED PROJECT’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 35 funders by total. 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 CHESED PROJECT has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 26% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
64% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund DETROIT CHESED PROJECT.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 43% · 2019 96% · 2020 51% · 2021 50% · 2022 63% · 2023 36% — diversifying over time.
“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.
How long its funders stay
33% of DETROIT CHESED PROJECT's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 49% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
98% of DETROIT CHESED PROJECT's grant income comes from Michigan funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $333k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 states 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 CHESED PROJECT has grown faster than three-quarters of the 10,790 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 10,790 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2023
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
79%
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 CHESED PROJECT: 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 CHESED PROJECT?
- DETROIT CHESED PROJECT (Michigan) receives grants from 35 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,156,304 to it, the largest being NISTAR ($295,502). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does DETROIT CHESED PROJECT have?
- IRS filings report 35 organizations giving $1,156,304 in grants to DETROIT CHESED PROJECT, 17 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DETROIT CHESED PROJECT?
- NISTAR is the largest funder on record, with $295,502 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DETROIT CHESED PROJECT 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2023 (financials across 2017–2023), and the filings of 35 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