Michigan · Nonprofit
DETROIT PISTONS FOUNDATION
DETROIT PISTONS FOUNDATION (Michigan) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,399,800 to it, the largest being William Davidson Foundation ($450,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $719k
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $1.4M
- Net assets
- $1.1M
What Detroit Pistons Foundation does
Mission
The mission of the Detroit Pistons Foundation is to enrich the lives of metro detroit residents by developing programs that promote education, mentoring, athletics, health, fitness and nutrition. Pistons foundation makes annual grants to underpriveliged youth to promote the pursuit of a higher education.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The Detroit Pistons Foundation donates tickets to charities so that underprivileged children and veterans can attend a pistons game.
$224,995 spentof which $224,995 as grants45% of program spendingDetroit Pistons Foundation awards grants to non-profit organizations in wayne, oakland and macomb counties, with a focus on the city of detroit.
$150,764 spentof which $150,764 as grants30% of program spendingThe Detroit Pistons Foundation grants scholarships to detroit high school seniors once a year at their annual black history event. The main focus of this event is to provide scholarships to students who normally wouldn't have an opportunity to be considered for a scholarship.
$75,000 spentof which $75,000 as grants15% of program spendingThe Detroit Pistons Foundation provided aid to underpivileged in the detroit community.
$49,782 spent10% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $500,541.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $1.1M to $1.3M (+19%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 7 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
Mary Ann Sigler
Chairman/tre
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $25k → $10k.
3 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 36% 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 PISTONS FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 7 of 9 funders by total. 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 PISTONS FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 32% of grant income and the top three 90%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
36% 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 PISTONS FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2020 56% · 2021 42% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
100% of DETROIT PISTONS FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Michigan funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $500k 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.
Organizations like DETROIT PISTONS FOUNDATION
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
96% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
41%
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 PISTONS FOUNDATION: 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 PISTONS FOUNDATION?
- DETROIT PISTONS FOUNDATION (Michigan) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,399,800 to it, the largest being William Davidson Foundation ($450,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does DETROIT PISTONS FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $1,399,800 in grants to DETROIT PISTONS FOUNDATION, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DETROIT PISTONS FOUNDATION?
- William Davidson Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $450,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DETROIT PISTONS FOUNDATION 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2018–2025), and the filings of 9 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