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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by DETROIT PISTONS FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$718,641
Total expenses
$523,652
Contributions and grants received
$587,815
Grants paid
$450,759
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$16,719
Other revenue
$114,107
Total assets, end of year
$1,308,166
Total liabilities, end of year
$163,756
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,144,410
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$500,541
Management and general expenses
$23,111
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$500,541

Program services were 95.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $587,815

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $210,124

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $16,719 · excluded $16,719

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $28,743

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $17,698

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $11,045 · excluded $11,045

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $168,780

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $100,718

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $68,062 · excluded $68,062

  • 11a · Other revenue: GRANT RECOVERY

    total $35,000 · excluded $35,000

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $35,000

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $375,759 · program services $375,759

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $75,000 · program services $75,000

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $21,920 · management and general $21,920

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,191 · management and general $1,191

  • 24a · Other expenses: SPONSOR BASKETBALL EVENT

    total $25,732 · program services $25,732

  • 24b · Other expenses: GROCERIES UNDERPRIVILEGED

    total $17,500 · program services $17,500

  • 24c · Other expenses: COATS FOR UNDERPRIVILEGED

    total $5,000 · program services $5,000

  • 24d · Other expenses: DETROIT NEIGHBORS PROGRAM

    total $1,550 · program services $1,550

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,093,367 · end of year $1,197,561

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $100,000

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $3,863 · end of year $10,605

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $10,107 · end of year $61,678

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $137,702 · end of year $102,078

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $890,026 · end of year $1,035,015

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $59,395 · end of year $109,395

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE MISSION OF THE DETROIT PISTONS FOUNDATION IS TO ENRICH THE LIVES OF METRO DETROIT RESIDENTS BY DEVELOPING PROGRAMS THAT PROMOTE EDUCATION, MENTORING, ATHLETICS, HEALTH, FITNESS AND NUTRITION. PISTONS FOUNDATION MAKES ANNUAL GRANTS TO UNDERPRIVELIGED YOUTH TO PROMOTE THE PURSUIT OF A HIGHER EDUCATION.

Activities or mission (Part I)

DEVELOPING PROGRAMS THAT PROMOTE EDUCATION, MENTORING, ATHLETICS, HEALTH, FITNESS AND NUTRITION. PISTONS FOUNDATION MAKES ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIP GRANTS TO UNDERPRIVILEGED YOUTH TO PROMOTE THE PURSUIT OF A HIGHER EDUCATION.

  • THE DETROIT PISTONS FOUNDATION DONATES TICKETS TO CHARITIES SO THAT UNDERPRIVILEGED CHILDREN AND VETERANS CAN ATTEND A PISTONS GAME.

    Expenses $224,995 · Grants $224,995

  • DETROIT PISTONS FOUNDATION AWARDS GRANTS TO NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS IN WAYNE, OAKLAND AND MACOMB COUNTIES, WITH A FOCUS ON THE CITY OF DETROIT.

    Expenses $150,764 · Grants $150,764

  • THE DETROIT PISTONS FOUNDATION GRANTS SCHOLARSHIPS TO DETROIT HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS ONCE A YEAR AT THEIR ANNUAL BLACK HISTORY EVENT. THE MAIN FOCUS OF THIS EVENT IS TO PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS TO STUDENTS WHO NORMALLY WOULDN'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE CONSIDERED FOR A SCHOLARSHIP.

    Expenses $75,000 · Grants $75,000

  • THE DETROIT PISTONS FOUNDATION PROVIDED AID TO UNDERPIVILEGED IN THE DETROIT COMMUNITY.

    Expenses $49,782

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Megan Churches

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Eva Kalawski

    VP/SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

  • Nicolet Lewis

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

  • Mary Ann Sigler

    CHAIRMAN/TRE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
19 March 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202630829349301853

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