Michigan · Nonprofit
Detroiters for Change
Detroiters for Change (Michigan) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $250,000 to it, the largest being Michigan Energy First ($250,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2022
- $0
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $250k
- Net assets
- $0
What Detroiters for Change does
Mission
To operate exclusively for the promotion of civic action and social welfare by promoting the common good and general welfare of the residents of, and visitors to, the State of Michigan; To support public policies on the federal, state, and local levels that will bring about civic betterments and social improvements to Michigan residents; To support activities and programs that improve the quality and effectiveness of government for the State of Michigan; To promote, encourage, and advocate citizen participation in civic events.
As stated on its FY2022 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Detroiters for Change advocated for public policy projects, including promoting the renovation or demolition of blighted neighbors, through events, social media advertisements, print advertisements, telephone calls to citizens, billboards, and videos.
$7,382 spent49% of program spendingContributions to other organizations in support of similar social welfare initiatives.
$1,000 spentof which $1,000 as grants7% of program spendingEvent sponsorships in support of furthering the organization's social welfare initiatives.
$6,800 spent45% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2022 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $15,182.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2020 to 2021, from $60k to $17k (−72%).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
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 Detroiters for Change’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 Detroiters for Change's grant income comes from Michigan funders.
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.
Organizations like Detroiters for Change
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.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Detroiters for Change: 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 Detroiters for Change?
- Detroiters for Change (Michigan) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $250,000 to it, the largest being Michigan Energy First ($250,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Detroiters for Change have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $250,000 in grants to Detroiters for Change.
- Who is the largest funder of Detroiters for Change?
- Michigan Energy First 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 Detroiters for Change 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 FY2022 (financials across 2020–2022), 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