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Funders to approach for Detroit Food & Entrepreneurship Academy

Detroit, Michigan$1.3M revenue36 funders on file

Detroit food academy partners with local high schools, educators, and food entrepreneurs to facilitate a year-round program. As students develop food-based solutions in their communities, they grow as holistic leaders who are healthy, connected, and powerful. Detroit food academy is a non- profit youth leadership program that works with local educators, chefs, and business owners to inspire young detroiters through entrepreneurial experiences rooted in food--experiences, which open doors, create connections, and cultivate confidence. From cooking delicious healthy meals for friends and family to facilitating complex conversations with community, to developing artisanal food projects from scratch to market, students learn by transforming their ideas into reality. By developing food-based solutions in and for their communities, students will achieve the goal of learning to identify problems, implement solutions, and grow as holistic leaders who are healthy, connected, and powerful to…

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Best betsLikely, smaller grants1 in 40$22k, your typical grant1 in 401 in 201 in 10$3k$10k$30k$100kChance of a first grant within two years →Likely grant for you →
Expected from this list$110k–$470kover two years, from 4–9 new funders
Last two years (2023–24)$260kfrom 8 new funders

Half the value is in your top 3 funders, of 152

$0$240k$470khalf from the top 3likely range1st10thAll 152
FunderWay inChanceLikely grant
  1. 1The Kresge FoundationSimilar grantees: Detroit Regional Chamber Foundation Inc ($360k/yr), Keep Growing Detroit ($47k/yr), Detroit Children's Fund ($120k/yr)1 in 10$85k
  2. 2The Gilbert Family FoundationGives in Michigan (92 of 151)Similar grantees: Focushope ($290k/yr), Jewish Federation of Detroit ($500/yr), The Michigan Women's Foundation ($1.1M/yr)1 in 11$90k
  3. 3Priority Health Total Health FoundationGives in Michigan (72 of 91)Similar grantees: Friends of the Children - Detroit ($50k/yr), Lfe Leaders Inc ($60k/yr), Forgotten Harvest Inc ($200k/yr)1 in 11$90k

149 more funders on the list for Detroit Food & Entrepreneurship Academy

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