Michigan · Nonprofit
DOWNTOWN DETROIT PARTNERSHIP INC
DOWNTOWN DETROIT PARTNERSHIP INC (Michigan) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $19,727,577 to it, the largest being THE GILBERT FAMILY FOUNDATION ($7,148,130). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $22M
- Funders on record
- 25
- Grants received
- $20M
- Net assets
- $2.5M
What Downtown Detroit Partnership Inc does
Mission
Our mission is to advance detroit by driving engagement, development and programs that benefit businesses, residents and visitors throughout the downtown's urban core. We strengthen and support downtown detroit through strategic initiatives and programs that evolve with the changing needs of the community. Ddp convenes business, philanthropic and government partners to ensure that efforts in the creation of a vibrant urban core for detroit are balanced and all perspectives are considered.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Clean downtown - the project aims to maintain a high standard of cleanliness for downtown detroit by providing daily cleanup in the area within the downtown freeway system and neighboring districts. Uniformed goodwill industries workers sweep streets and power-wash sidewalks, clear trash, and remove graffiti to keep the city clean and inviting.
$1,699,215 spentof which $112,500 as grants$1,744,853 earned by the program9% of program spendingHoliday lighting - ddp illuminates downtown during the holidays and throughout the year. The downtown lighting program enhances the physical characteristics of downtown by brightening the streetscape for the entire detroit community. The ddp is responsible for installing distinctive lighting on street poles and in trees, as well as for designing and implementing dazzling holiday light displays in beacon park, campus martius park and other favorite downtown public spaces.
$168,932 spentof which $186,242 as grants1% of program spendingMichigan strategic fund revitalization and placemaking programin january 2023, ddp received a reimbursement grant award from the michigan strategic fund in the amount of $13,740,000 to support capital improvements of eight (8) projects throughout downtown detroit. The projects include two (2) real estate developments and six (6) public space projects. Ddp is the administrator of these projects and has, separately, enter into sub-grant agreements with sub-grantees. The grant is a multi-year commitment which will be fully expended by december 31, 2026.
$5,003,443 spent$1,151,633 earned by the program25% of program spendingRap- medc rap 1.0 to support physical improvements throughout the downtown.
$4,984,638 spentof which $6,039,961 as grants25% of program spendingMajor events- - to support the organization and programming of the 2024 nfl draft event
$7,887,290 spent40% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $19,743,518.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 2022 to 2023, from $3.9M to $7.5M (+90%).
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: 2020 7% · 2021 1% · 2024 44%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
87% of DOWNTOWN DETROIT PARTNERSHIP INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (60% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 8 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.
Chief executive
Eric B Larson
CEO
Board chair
Cynthia Pasky
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 9 funders to 12 funders, grant income rose $2.7M → $6.2M.
4 of 25 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $2.1M from 4 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan). These are real filings, and they are not money DOWNTOWN DETROIT PARTNERSHIP INC raised.
From the IRS filings of DOWNTOWN DETROIT PARTNERSHIP INC’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
DOWNTOWN DETROIT PARTNERSHIP INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 36% of grant income and the top three 72%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 64% · 2018 38% · 2019 32% · 2020 26% · 2021 35% · 2022 62% · 2023 43% — diversifying over time.
“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.
How long its funders stay
44% of DOWNTOWN DETROIT PARTNERSHIP INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
91% of DOWNTOWN DETROIT PARTNERSHIP INC's grant income comes from Michigan funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $117k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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.
Against its field
DOWNTOWN DETROIT PARTNERSHIP INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 659 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 659 community improvement nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Government funding DOWNTOWN DETROIT PARTNERSHIP INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $2.0M on record.
- Department of Transportation$2.0M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like DOWNTOWN DETROIT PARTNERSHIP INC
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
85%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 5 related entities
- Ddp Safety Initiative LLC · disregarded
- Downtown Detroit Inc · exempt
- Detroit 300 Conservancy · exempt
- Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix · exempt
- Ddp Bike Share Corporation · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds DOWNTOWN DETROIT PARTNERSHIP INC?
- DOWNTOWN DETROIT PARTNERSHIP INC (Michigan) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $19,727,577 to it, the largest being THE GILBERT FAMILY FOUNDATION ($7,148,130). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does DOWNTOWN DETROIT PARTNERSHIP INC have?
- IRS filings report 25 organizations giving $19,727,577 in grants to DOWNTOWN DETROIT PARTNERSHIP INC, 14 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DOWNTOWN DETROIT PARTNERSHIP INC?
- THE GILBERT FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $7,148,130 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DOWNTOWN DETROIT PARTNERSHIP INC 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 25 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing