Michigan · Nonprofit
FORCE Detroit Inc
FORCE Detroit Inc (Michigan) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,201,715 to it, the largest being FAITH IN ACTION NETWORK ($937,715). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $4.7M
- Funders on record
- 18
- Grants received
- $5.2M
- Net assets
- $2.7M
What FORCE Detroit Inc does
Mission
FORCE Faithfully Organizing Resources for Community Empowerment is a culmination of interfaith, grassroots and public sector leaders committed to having hard conversations about complex community issues, pushing boundaries and generating creative justice oriented solutions. We leverage media and culturally relevant strategies to connect people least likely to be engaged to civic infrastructures. Toward the goal of building a safer, freer Detroit, Force is committed the following programs and activities: Participatory Research we aim to drive and capture the experiences of their constituencies and support them to create academically sound research that gives voice to otherwise ignored community concerns. Narrative Building pairs participatory research efforts with media creation and communications strategy to ensure that community voice is represented in public dialogue. Youth and Millennial Organizing seeks to deepen the community organizing and civic leadership capacity of youth and m
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
The City of Detroit recently reported a remarkable 72 reduction in crime within our targeted area. This significant achievement resulted in a well-deserved performance bonus and an extension for our team. Our success was driven by the ongoing efforts of our Mentorship program, Keepers, through which we conducted over 87 interventions and facilitated 5 relocation and hosting programs onsite, focusing on cognitive behavioral therapy and economic stability. In addition to our direct interventions, we organized several grassroots advocacy and programmatic partners to help build Detroit's community-led safety ecosystem. Our collaborative approach ensured that we could provide technical assistance to emerging Community Violence Intervention CVI teams, fostering a network of support and expertise. A noteworthy milestone in our journey was the graduation of our Director of Public Health and Safety from the inaugural White House CVI Leadership Academy.
$1,672,951 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,672,951.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 2023 to 2024, from $1.2M to $3.0M (+150%).
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: 2023 10% · 2024 29%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of FORCE Detroit Inc’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 3 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
2022 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $1.1M → $1.2M.
2 of 18 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 2% 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 FORCE Detroit 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
FORCE Detroit Inc has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 18% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 80% · 2023 29% — 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.
Where its funders are
FORCE Detroit Inc draws 56% of its grant income from funders outside Michigan, across 7 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $110k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
FORCE Detroit Inc runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,263 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,263 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding FORCE Detroit Inc receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $2.0M on record.
- Department of Justice$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 FORCE Detroit 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
52% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
0%
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 FORCE Detroit Inc: 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 FORCE Detroit Inc?
- FORCE Detroit Inc (Michigan) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,201,715 to it, the largest being FAITH IN ACTION NETWORK ($937,715). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FORCE Detroit Inc have?
- IRS filings report 18 organizations giving $5,201,715 in grants to FORCE Detroit Inc, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FORCE Detroit Inc?
- FAITH IN ACTION NETWORK is the largest funder on record, with $937,715 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FORCE Detroit 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 2022–2024), and the filings of 18 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