Michigan · Nonprofit
Devota Advocacy Services
Devota Advocacy Services (Michigan) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $110,000 to it, the largest being FLAGSTAR FOUNDATION INC ($65,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $118k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $110k
- Net assets
- $-19259
What Devota Advocacy Services does
Mission
Devota Advocacy Services DAS provides free tax preparation financial advocacy and housing stability support to low- and moderate-income Michigan residents. Through the IRS VITA program and year-round services DAS helps households file tax returns claim eligible credits resolve tax debt and prevent property tax foreclosure. By partnering with libraries senior centers and local governments DAS expands access to trusted financial support that increases income reduces financial stress and strengthens long-term household stability.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Flagstar Bank Foundation Grant - Devota Advocacy Services DAS has helped hundreds of Michigan households achieve greater financial stability through free tax preparation and financial advocacy. DAS has returned hundreds of thousands of dollars in tax refunds and credits to residents helped families resolve multi-year tax issues and prevented property tax foreclosures through poverty exemptions and repayment plans. By partnering with local governments libraries and community organizations DAS continues to expand access to trusted financial support across Southeast Michigan.
$65,000 spentof which $65,000 as grants59% of program spendingCEDAM Grant - Devota Advocacy Services DAS has helped hundreds of Michigan households achieve greater financial stability through free tax preparation and financial advocacy. DAS has returned hundreds of thousands of dollars in tax refunds and credits to residents helped families resolve multi-year tax issues and prevented property tax foreclosures through poverty exemptions and repayment plans. By partnering with local governments libraries and community organizations DAS continues to expand access to trusted financial support across Southeast Michigan.
$45,000 spentof which $45,000 as grants41% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $110,000.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Bradley Swartz
Executive Director
Board chair
Marshall Averill
Board Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
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 Devota Advocacy Services’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
Devota Advocacy Services leans on a few funders — its largest provides 59% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
41% 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 Devota Advocacy Services.
“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 Devota Advocacy Services'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.
Against its field
Devota Advocacy Services runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 4,980 housing & shelter nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,980 housing & shelter nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like Devota Advocacy Services
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.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Devota Advocacy Services: 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 Devota Advocacy Services?
- Devota Advocacy Services (Michigan) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $110,000 to it, the largest being FLAGSTAR FOUNDATION INC ($65,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Devota Advocacy Services have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $110,000 in grants to Devota Advocacy Services, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Devota Advocacy Services?
- FLAGSTAR FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $65,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Devota Advocacy Services 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 2025–2025), and the filings of 2 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