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DETROIT COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS INC

DETROIT COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS INC (Michigan) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $31,000 to it, the largest being WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY PARK IN THE CITY OF DETROIT ($31,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$157k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$31k
Net assets
$264k
0/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 67%
01What it does

What Detroit Community Solutions Inc does

Mission

Neighborhood Development

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. Continues a home ownership program for Saratoga Homes through Southwest Solutions and CHN Housing Partners. Sold 3 homes to first-time qualified home buyers.

    $108,500 spent
    67% of program spending
  2. Held its Fifth Family Fun Day at Stoudemire Park in Detroit. The park was renovated by City of Detroit to include new basketball, outdoor fitness, shed and walking path.

    $43,000 spent
    27% of program spending
  3. The 2024 financial audit was completed and received an unqualified opinion.

    $9,849 spent
    6% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $161,349.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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.

100 = 20192019 Revenue 100 ($530k) Expenses 100 ($76k) Net assets 100 ($247k)2020 Revenue 2 ($8k) Expenses 110 ($83k) Net assets 70 ($172k)2021 Revenue 2 ($8k) Expenses 98 ($74k) Net assets 43 ($105k)2022 Revenue 9 ($46k) Expenses 94 ($71k) Net assets 33 ($81k)2023 Revenue 16 ($85k) Expenses 123 ($93k) Net assets 29 ($72k)2024 Revenue 63 ($336k) Expenses 151 ($114k) Net assets 120 ($295k)2025 Revenue 30 ($157k) Expenses 249 ($189k) Net assets 107 ($264k)
2019202020212022202320242025
Revenue (30)Expenses (249)Net assets (107)Peer revenue range

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 $72k to $295k (+308%).

$247k
$172k
$105k
$81k
$72k
$295k
$264k
2019202020212022202320242025
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

26% of DETROIT COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (62% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 12,439 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

$454k
’19
−$75k
’20
−$66k
’21
−$25k
’22
−$8k
’23
$223k
’24
−$32k
’25
31
months of
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

Bishop Anthony Russell

CEO Non Voting

Board chair

Sherise N May

Chairman

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

201920202024
Listed776
Joined·+0·
No longer listed·0·
03Who funds it

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 COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS INC’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.

Where its funders are

100% of DETROIT COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS INC's grant income comes from Michigan funders.

MI

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

DETROIT COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS INC's revenue fell 70% between 2019 and 2025.

Operating margin−20% · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−18% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,175 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

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In Michigan

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Public support

95%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds DETROIT COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS INC?
DETROIT COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS INC (Michigan) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $31,000 to it, the largest being WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY PARK IN THE CITY OF DETROIT ($31,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does DETROIT COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS INC have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $31,000 in grants to DETROIT COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS INC.
Who is the largest funder of DETROIT COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS INC?
WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY PARK IN THE CITY OF DETROIT is the largest funder on record, with $31,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like DETROIT COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS INC 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 2019–2025), and the filings of 1 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