Michigan · Nonprofit
DETROIT INSTITUTE FOR LAW AND INSTITUTE FOR LAW AND ORANIZING
DETROIT INSTITUTE FOR LAW AND INSTITUTE FOR LAW AND ORANIZING (Michigan) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $362,500 to it, the largest being THE FORD FOUNDATION ($250,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $255k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $363k
- Net assets
- $151k
What Detroit Institute for Law and Institute for Law and Oranizing does
Mission
The institute for law and organizing uses collaborative, power building campaigns to combat anti-black racism related to dis- possession and displacement from housing and other property
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Property tax appeals program - relief of the poor, the distressed, or
Wraparound social service - relief of the poor, the distressed, or the
Public education - education - held 11 of our monthly coffee and
Other program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$208,295 spent100% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $208,295.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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 $104k to $151k (+45%).
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 INSTITUTE FOR LAW AND INSTITUTE FOR LAW AND ORANIZING’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (99% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 2 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
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of DETROIT INSTITUTE FOR LAW AND INSTITUTE FOR LAW AND ORANIZING’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 INSTITUTE FOR LAW AND INSTITUTE FOR LAW AND ORANIZING leans on a few funders — its largest provides 69% of grant income and the top three 99%; 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
DETROIT INSTITUTE FOR LAW AND INSTITUTE FOR LAW AND ORANIZING draws 70% of its grant income from funders outside Michigan, across 3 states in all.
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 INSTITUTE FOR LAW AND INSTITUTE FOR LAW AND ORANIZING runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 1,798 civil rights nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,798 civil rights nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like DETROIT INSTITUTE FOR LAW AND INSTITUTE FOR LAW AND ORANIZING
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
66% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for DETROIT INSTITUTE FOR LAW AND INSTITUTE FOR LAW AND ORANIZING: 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 INSTITUTE FOR LAW AND INSTITUTE FOR LAW AND ORANIZING?
- DETROIT INSTITUTE FOR LAW AND INSTITUTE FOR LAW AND ORANIZING (Michigan) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $362,500 to it, the largest being THE FORD FOUNDATION ($250,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does DETROIT INSTITUTE FOR LAW AND INSTITUTE FOR LAW AND ORANIZING have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $362,500 in grants to DETROIT INSTITUTE FOR LAW AND INSTITUTE FOR LAW AND ORANIZING, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DETROIT INSTITUTE FOR LAW AND INSTITUTE FOR LAW AND ORANIZING?
- THE FORD FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $250,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DETROIT INSTITUTE FOR LAW AND INSTITUTE FOR LAW AND ORANIZING 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 2023–2024), and the filings of 4 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