Michigan · Nonprofit
DETROIT COLLEGE ACCESS NETWORK
DETROIT COLLEGE ACCESS NETWORK (Michigan) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $240,000 to it, the largest being THE JAMIE & DENISE JACOB FAMILY FOUNDATION ($225,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.1M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $240k
- Net assets
- $1.3M
What Detroit College Access Network does
Mission
The mission of the Detroit College Access Network DCAN is to increase postsecondary readiness enrollment and attainment for Detroit students so that earning a college degree or credential becomes a reality for all Detroit students.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2025 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
During the current tax year the organization commenced independent operations and began implementing its program services. In prior years these activities were conducted under a fiscal sponsor and were not reported by DCAN on its own Form 990.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
College Access & Student Success Initiatives The Detroit College Access Network DCAN works to increase postsecondary readiness enrollment persistence and attainment for Detroit students through citywide coordination student support and partnership development. DCAN collaborates with schools community-based organizations higher education institutions and workforce partners to strengthen college and career pathways across Detroit. During the year DCAN supported more than 4,000 students and engaged over 500 college access professionals through FAFSA completion efforts college and career exposure activities professional development summer transition support and student success programming. DCAN also worked alongside more than 50 Detroit high schools 13 middle schools and over 60 community and institutional partners to coordinate postsecondary access and success efforts across the city. Key initiatives included Graduate 313 which provides postsecondary access and navigation support for students and families and the Detroit Alumni Success Collective DASC which strengthens persistence and completion efforts through collaboration with organizations serving college students and alumni.…
$724,985 spentof which $1,500 as grants$25,465 earned by the program100% of program spendingNot described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spendingNot described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $724,985.
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
Cyekeia Lee
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $3k → $13k.
From the IRS filings of DETROIT COLLEGE ACCESS NETWORK’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 COLLEGE ACCESS NETWORK leans on a few funders — its largest provides 94% 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
94% 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 COLLEGE ACCESS NETWORK.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2023 80% — 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.
Where its funders are
96% of DETROIT COLLEGE ACCESS NETWORK's grant income comes from Michigan funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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.
Organizations like DETROIT COLLEGE ACCESS NETWORK
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
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for DETROIT COLLEGE ACCESS NETWORK: 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 COLLEGE ACCESS NETWORK?
- DETROIT COLLEGE ACCESS NETWORK (Michigan) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $240,000 to it, the largest being THE JAMIE & DENISE JACOB FAMILY FOUNDATION ($225,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does DETROIT COLLEGE ACCESS NETWORK have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $240,000 in grants to DETROIT COLLEGE ACCESS NETWORK, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DETROIT COLLEGE ACCESS NETWORK?
- THE JAMIE & DENISE JACOB FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $225,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DETROIT COLLEGE ACCESS NETWORK 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 FY2025 (financials across 2025–2025), and the filings of 3 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing