Michigan · Nonprofit
DETROIT PEOPLES COMMUNITY
DETROIT PEOPLES COMMUNITY (Michigan) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $595,500 to it, the largest being THE FORD FOUNDATION ($325,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.2M
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $596k
- Net assets
- $25k
What Detroit Peoples Community does
Mission
Our organization works to stabilize and strengthen under-resourced Detroit neighborhoods by addressing the root causes of poverty, violence, and inequality through community-led outreach, data-driven programming, and advocacy. We focus on communities experiencing concentrated economic hardship, limited access to employment, housing instability, and high rates of violence-conditions that disproportionately impact low-income families and youth.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2023 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
Community Violence Program. An activity that involves reducing the incidence of community violence through intervention. Furthermore, the activity involves participating in conditions that are inherently dangerous, including engaging with individuals and groups most likely to commit violent crimes, stopping cycles of violence and retaliation, and addressing economic and neighborhood conditions that contribute to crime. We are contracted to conduct the activity in geographic areas where violent crime has occurred and may occur again within a four square mile radius.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Over a four-month period, the Tax Foreclosure Prevention initiative Neighbor2Neighbor conducted outreach to 64,003 residential units ("doors") identified as potentially at risk. During this campaign, staff successfully made 20,406 direct contacts with residents or property stakeholders. This resulted in a 40.18% contact rate, meaning that approximately two out of every five households reached through outreach efforts engaged in direct communication with the program. This level of engagement within a relatively short time frame demonstrates substantial outreach penetration across the target population. Achieving over 20,000 contacts in four months indicates consistent field or communication activity and suggests that the outreach strategy was effective in reaching a significant share of at-risk households. While more than half of the targeted properties remain not contacted, the current contact rate provides a strong foundation for continued engagement, follow up communication, and connection to foreclosure prevention resources. Overall, the data reflects meaningful progress in identifying and engaging homeowners at risk of tax foreclosure, while also highlighting the opportunity…
$186,000 spent$186,000 earned by the program17% of program spendingShot Stoppers Program - Community Violence Intervention. There are many accomplishments we've executed. Over the course of 20 weeks of engagement within the Detroit Public Schools Community District, the Shot Stoppers Program implemented a comprehensive community violence intervention strategy focused on prevention, mediation, youth engagement, and direct support for individuals at high risk. During this period, the program responded to 45 incidents requiring violent intervention and mediation, demonstrating an active presence in addressing conflicts before they escalated further. These interventions reflect the program's role as a rapid-response and relationship-based violence interruption effort within the community. Youth engagement was also a central component of the initiative. The program facilitated 15 field trips and enrichment sessions, providing students with constructive activities and exposure to positive experiences beyond their immediate environment. These opportunities supported mentorship, relationship building, and alternatives to violence for participating youth. The program also launched its inaugural 20-week Violence Deterrence Fellowship Program, designed to…
$495,000 spent$495,000 earned by the program45% of program spendingJumpStart was an innovative workforce development program launched by the City of Detroit and funded through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). It aimed to support Detroiters facing significant barriers to employment: such as long-term unemployment, lack of a high school diploma, or economic hardship; by providing access to education, training, individualized coaching, and job placement. The program partnered with community organizations (IDOs) to deliver support and ensure participants receive the resources needed to succeed. Since launch, JumpStart served over 1,800 Detroiters, helping hundreds secure jobs, earn credentials, and build brighter futures for their families. Employment and Readiness Outcomes (Detroit Peoples Community) Detroit Peoples Community enrolled 445 participants in the JumpStart program. Not all participants entered job- ready; many engaged in multiple tracks on their way to employment. Detroit Peoples Community helped participants strengthen their skills, pursue education, and prepare for long-term success. * 9 participants obtained their GED * 271 participants entered training programs * 287 participants secured employment Detroit Peoples Community has…
$383,700 spent$383,700 earned by the program35% of program spendingTaxForeclosure prevention
$38,735 spent$38,735 earned by the program4% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,103,435.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2021 to 2022, from $59k to $186k (+215%).
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: 2022 40% · 2023 100% · 2024 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
10% of DETROIT PEOPLES COMMUNITY’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (61% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 4 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
2020 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income rose $58k → $75k.
1 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 6% 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 PEOPLES COMMUNITY’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 PEOPLES COMMUNITY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 55% of grant income and the top three 88%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
44% 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 PEOPLES COMMUNITY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 87% · 2021 53% · 2022 64% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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 PEOPLES COMMUNITY draws 68% of its grant income from funders outside Michigan, across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $35k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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 PEOPLES COMMUNITY has grown faster than three-quarters of the 4,203 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,203 community improvement nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like DETROIT PEOPLES COMMUNITY
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
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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 PEOPLES COMMUNITY: 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 PEOPLES COMMUNITY?
- DETROIT PEOPLES COMMUNITY (Michigan) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $595,500 to it, the largest being THE FORD FOUNDATION ($325,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does DETROIT PEOPLES COMMUNITY have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $595,500 in grants to DETROIT PEOPLES COMMUNITY, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DETROIT PEOPLES COMMUNITY?
- THE FORD FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $325,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DETROIT PEOPLES COMMUNITY 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 2021–2024), and the filings of 6 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