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Detroit Lions Charities

Name: Detroit Lions Charities grants, 2021–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

91
grants reported: $5.4M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $36,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Boys and Girls Club of Southeastern Michigan4 grants · $989,250
Playworks Education Energized2 grants · $300,000
Alternatives for Girls2 grants · $260,630
Downtown Boxing Gym Youth Program3 grants · $235,630
Hfhs2 grants · $217,579
City Year2 grants · $210,000
Pure Heart Foundation3 grants · $201,500
Henry Ford Health System1 grant · $200,000
Henry Ford Health1 grant · $200,000
Playworks2 grants · $200,000

Giving over time

$1.6M

2021

$982,203

2022

$1.5M

2023

$1.4M

2024

Grant history

All 91 reported grants, largest first.

$350,000
Boys and Girls Club of Southeastern Michigan · Farmington Hills, MI · 2023
To support the detroit community
$350,000
Boys and Girls Club of Southeastern Michigan · Farmington Hills, MI · 2022
To support the community
$252,500
Boys and Girls Club of Southeastern Michigan · Farmington Hills, MI · 2021
To support the community
$211,579
Hfhs · Detroit, MI · 2021
To support the community
$200,000
Henry Ford Health System · Detroit, MI · 2024
To support cancer patients
$200,000
Henry Ford Health · Detroit, MI · 2023
To support the detroit community - game on cancer
$182,130
Alternatives for Girls · Detroit, MI · 2024
Social justice inspire change - to support the detroit community
$150,000
Playworks Education Energized · Oakland, CA · 2022
To support youth physical activity programs
$150,000
Playworks Education Energized · Oakland, CA · 2021
To support youth physical activity programs
$120,282
United Way for Southeastern Michigan · Detroit, MI · 2023
To support the detroit community
$105,000
City Year · Boston, MA · 2022
To support the community
$105,000
City Year · Boston, MA · 2021
To support the community
$104,500
Pure Heart Foundation · Detroit, MI · 2022
To support the detroit community
$100,000
Playworks · Detroit, MI · 2024
To support youth physical activity programs
$100,000
United Way of North Carolina · Cary, NC · 2024
To support disaster relief
$100,000
Playworks · Detroit, MI · 2023
To support youth physical activity programs
$100,000
Detroit Police Athletic League · Detroit, MI · 2021
To support athletic league for public service groups in metropolitan detroit
$87,000
Pure Heart Foundation · Detroit, MI · 2021
To support the detroit community
$83,500
Lomas Brown Jr Foundation · Waterford, MI · 2023
To support the community
$81,130
Lomas Brown Jr Foundation · Waterford, MI · 2024
Social justice inspire change - to support the community
$80,130
The Yunion · Detroit, MI · 2024
Social justice inspire change - to support the detroit community
$80,000
City Year · Detroit, MI · 2024
To support the detroit community
$80,000
City Year Detroit · Detroit, MI · 2023
To support the detroit community
$79,130
Downtown Boxing Gym Youth Program · Detroit, MI · 2024
Social justice inspire change - to support the detroit community
$79,130
Life Remodeled · Detroit, MI · 2024
Social justice inspire change - to support the detroit community
$78,500
Alternatives for Girls · Detroit, MI · 2023
Social justice inspire change - to support the detroit community
$78,500
Detroit Phoenix Center · Detroit, MI · 2023
Social justice inspire change - to support the detroit community
$78,500
Downtown Boxing Gym Youth Program · Detroit, MI · 2023
Social justice inspire change - to support the detroit community
$78,500
The Yunion · Detroit, MI · 2023
Social justice inspire change - to support the detroit community
$78,500
United Charitable · Ashburn, VA · 2023
Social justice inspire change - to support the community
$78,000
Detroit Justice Center · Detroit, MI · 2021
To support the detroit community
$78,000
Downtown Boxing Gym Youth Program · Detroit, MI · 2021
To support youth physical activity programs
$78,000
Family Assistance for Renaissance Men · Detroit, MI · 2021
Inspire change grant
$70,000
Wayne County Sheriffs Reserve Foundation · Detroit, MI · 2024
To support the detroit community
$60,000
Detroit Crime Commission · Southfield, MI · 2024
To support the detroit community
$58,000
Scholastic Book Fairs · Cincinnati, OH · 2021
Inspire change grant
$53,161
United Way for Southeastern Michigan · Detroit, MI · 2022
To support the detroit community
$53,000
Detroit Cody High School · Detroit, MI · 2021
Touchdown in your town
$48,542
Sharefest Community Development · San Pedro, CA · 2022
To support the detroit community
$45,000
Detroit Police Athletic League · Detroit, MI · 2024
To support the detroit community
$43,000
Battle Creek Public Schools · Battle Creek, MI · 2021
Touchdown in your town
$40,000
Give Merit · Detroit, MI · 2023
To support the detroit community
$37,500
Northend Christian Community Develoment Corp · Detroit, MI · 2022
Oakland avenue urban farm
$37,500
Northend Christian Community Develoment Corp · Detroit, MI · 2021
Oakland avenue urban farm
$36,750
Boys and Girls Club of Southeastern Michigan · Farmington Hills, MI · 2024
To support the detroit community
$36,000
Beyond Basics · Southfield, MI · 2022
To support the detroit community
$32,500
St Louis Public Schools · St Louis, MI · 2021
Touchdown in your town
$29,000
American Heart Association · Dallas, TX · 2023
To support the community
$24,970
American Heart Association · Dallas, TX · 2024
To support the community
$23,600
Bridgeport High School · Bridgeport Charter Twp, MI · 2021
Touchdown in your town
$21,131
School District of the City of Pontiac · Pontiac, MI · 2021
Digital divide grant
$20,000
Wayne State University Police Department · Detroit, MI · 2024
To support the detroit community
$20,000
Calvin Johnson Jr Foundation · Tyrone, GA · 2023
Golf classic
$20,000
Detroit Crime Commission · Detroit, MI · 2022
To support the detroit community
$20,000
Wayne County Sheriffs Reserve Foundation · Detroit, MI · 2022
Traffic safety management donation
$20,000
Detroit Crime Commission · Detroit, MI · 2021
To support the detroit community
$20,000
The Empowerment Plan · Detroit, MI · 2021
To provide homeless with coats to protect them from the harsh elements
$20,000
Wayne County Sheriffs Reserve Foundation · Detroit, MI · 2021
Traffic safety management donation
$19,000
Detroit Public Schools Community District · Detroit, MI · 2024
To support the detroit community
$18,213
Family Assistance for Renaissance Men · Detroit, MI · 2023
Social justice inspire change - to support the detroit community
$17,500
Catch · Detroit, MI · 2024
To support the detroit community
$17,000
Catch Foundation · Detroit, MI · 2023
To support the community
$16,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Detroit · Detroit, MI · 2021
To support the community
$15,000
Detroit Police Athletic League · Detroit, MI · 2023
To support the detroit community
$15,000
Catch Foundation · Detroit, MI · 2022
To support the community
$15,000
Catch Foundation · Detroit, MI · 2021
To support the community
$15,000
Mount Clemens Community Schools · Mount Clemens, MI · 2021
Touchdown in your town
$13,000
Gleaners Community Food Bank of Se Mi · Detroit, MI · 2024
To support the detroit community
$11,057
Morley Stanwood Community Schools · Morley, MI · 2024
To support the community
$10,579
Eastern Market Corporation · Detroit, MI · 2021
To support small businesses in detroit
$10,000
Chadtough Defeat Dipg Foundation · Saline, MI · 2024
To support cancer patients
$10,000
Detroit Sports Commission · Detroit, MI · 2024
To support the detroit community
$10,000
The Heat and Warmth Fund · Detroit, MI · 2024
To support the detroit community
$10,000
Detroit Sports Commission · Detroit, MI · 2023
To support the detroit community
$10,000
Pure Heart Foundation · Detroit, MI · 2023
To support the detroit community
$10,000
NFL Alumni Detroit Chapter · Ann Arbor, MI · 2022
League mvp sponsorship
$10,000
NFL Alumni Detroit Chapter · Ann Arbor, MI · 2021
League mvp sponsorship
$10,000
The Vaughn McClure and Jeff Dickerson Foundation · Chicago Ridge, IL · 2021
Jef dickerson memorial parker
$8,000
Arts and Technology of Pontiac · Ponitac, MI · 2024
To support the community
$8,000
Wayne State University Police Department · Detroit, MI · 2021
K-9 unit donation
$7,825
United Way for Southeastern Michigan · Detroit, MI · 2024
To support the detroit community
$7,500
The Children'S Center · Detroit, MI · 2023
To support the detroit community
$7,500
Detroit Sports Commission · Detroit, MI · 2022
Golf classic
$7,500
Detroit Sports Commission · Detroit, MI · 2021
Golf classic
$7,500
Michigan High School Football Coaches Association · Dimondale, MI · 2021
Nfl foundation pro bowl grant
$7,000
Cadillac Area Public Schools · Cadillac, MI · 2024
To support the community
$7,000
Detroit Public Schools Community District · Detroit, MI · 2022
To support the detroit community
$7,000
Detroit Public Safety Foundation · Detroit, MI · 2021
To support the detroit community
$6,800
Wayne State University Police Department · Detroit, MI · 2022
K-9 unit donation
$6,000
Hfhs · Detroit, MI · 2022
To support the community
$5,200
Oxford Community Schools · Oxford, MI · 2022
To support the community

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.