Michigan · Nonprofit
DETROIT CRIME COMMISSION
DETROIT CRIME COMMISSION (Michigan) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,225,002 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN ($247,800). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $798k
- Funders on record
- 20
- Grants received
- $1.2M
- Net assets
- $78k
What Detroit Crime Commission does
Mission
To lessen the burdens of government by facilitating the prosecution of criminal activity in areas where funding is insufficient, such as complex organized crime investigations. The organization conducts research and investigations, disseminates information to governmental agencies and the public, and coordinates activities between business, government and law enforcement.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
The dcc currently has ten (10) distinct missions/initiatives, which are all designed to fill gaps in our public safety net. Most are the result of public safety requests, specifically, requests that public safety agencies (police and fire) cannot do for themselves due to lack of funding, expertise, or inflexible bureaucracies. However, not all ten dcc missions/initiatives are on at the same time. Of the dcc missions/initiatives operating consistently are; threat iq, done in conjunction with our local, state, and federal law enforcement partners, threat assessments are completed for world-class events,which if attacked by extremists would result in mass casualties. Another initiative that is always active (on) is our safeguard program. It is the temporary movement and relocation of witnesses of violent crime. Also, acting as the fiscal agent for law enforcement agencies is another initiative that runs throughout the year. Together, they represent about half of the dcc efforts. Started in 2012 as enough said (enough sexual assault in detroit) the name was changed to the detroit rape kit task force after the majority of rape kits had been tested. To this day it continues to be a…
$764,555 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $764,555.
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 2020 to 2021, from $566k to $954k (+68%).
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: 2017 3% · 2020 19% · 2021 29% · 2022 22% · 2023 15% · 2024 46%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
85% of DETROIT CRIME COMMISSION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (94% 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.
Board chair
Calvin Ford
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $51k → $256k.
4 of 20 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 24% 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 CRIME COMMISSION’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 CRIME COMMISSION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 20% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
66% 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 CRIME COMMISSION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 98% · 2018 94% · 2019 54% · 2020 47% · 2021 45% · 2022 39% · 2023 51% — 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
40% of DETROIT CRIME COMMISSION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% 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
100% of DETROIT CRIME COMMISSION's grant income comes from Michigan funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $295k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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 CRIME COMMISSION's funding base is broadening — from 2 funders to 8 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,538 crime & legal nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like DETROIT CRIME COMMISSION
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
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
72%
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 CRIME COMMISSION: 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 CRIME COMMISSION?
- DETROIT CRIME COMMISSION (Michigan) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,225,002 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN ($247,800). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does DETROIT CRIME COMMISSION have?
- IRS filings report 20 organizations giving $1,225,002 in grants to DETROIT CRIME COMMISSION, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DETROIT CRIME COMMISSION?
- COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN is the largest funder on record, with $247,800 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DETROIT CRIME COMMISSION 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 20 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