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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by DETROIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$28,884,982
Total expenses
$6,180,165
Contributions and grants received
$27,236,642
Grants paid
$4,849,291
Program service revenue
$478,268
Investment income
$523,323
Other revenue
$646,749
Total assets, end of year
$30,927,788
Total liabilities, end of year
$3,672,015
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$27,255,773
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$5,328,836
Management and general expenses
$344,801
Fundraising expenses
$506,528
Program service expenses (Part III)
$5,328,836

Program services were 86.2% 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

    $27,236,642

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ADMINISTRATIVE FEES

    total $478,268 · related or exempt $478,268

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $523,323 · related or exempt $523,323

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $932,599

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $285,850

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $646,749

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $4,849,291 · program services $4,849,291

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $175,050 · program services $38,511 · management and general $50,765 · fundraising $85,774

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $438,681 · program services $99,894 · management and general $128,291 · fundraising $210,496

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $47,278 · program services $11,112 · management and general $13,788 · fundraising $22,378

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $72,703 · program services $29,584 · management and general $29,020 · fundraising $14,099

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $15,813 · program services $5,479 · management and general $2,156 · fundraising $8,178

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $6,670 · program services $3,927 · management and general $1,497 · fundraising $1,246

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $1,483 · program services $132 · management and general $50 · fundraising $1,301

  • 17 · Travel

    total $0

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $92,709 · program services $50,513 · management and general $23,029 · fundraising $19,167

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $15,330 · program services $5,472 · management and general $6,799 · fundraising $3,059

  • 24a · Other expenses: BUSINESS EXPENSES

    total $37,115 · program services $7,947 · management and general $15,728 · fundraising $13,440

  • 24b · Other expenses: CONSULTING SERVICES

    total $428,042 · program services $226,974 · management and general $73,678 · fundraising $127,390

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $5,929,742 · end of year $8,116,263

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $192,008 · end of year $22,466,234

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $103,613 · end of year $325,075

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $17,992 · end of year $20,216

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $199,723 · end of year $696,195

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $1,492,676 · end of year $2,975,820

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $996,128 · end of year $1,971,211

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,554,828 · end of year $25,284,562

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

DPSFs mission is to create and enhance educational opportunities for over 50,000 Detroit Public Schools Community Districts students, families and educators. DPS Foundation was organized to ensure DPS, now DPSCD student and families to reach their full potential. This is achieved by executing fiducary responsibilities over donations.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO CREATE AND ENHANCE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR DETROIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS COMMUNITY DISTRICT STUDENTS, FAMILIES AND EDUCATORS.

  • DPSF oversees 18MM in funding to provide resources and wraparound supportive services to families, academic enrichment and career and college-ready preparedness to students, and training and development programs to teachers.

    Expenses $5,328,836

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Kerrie M Mitchell

    PRESIDENT CEO

    Total calculated
    $175,050
    From this org
    $175,050
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $175,050
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $175,050

  • Iris A Taylor

    CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Susan L Brueckman

    VICE CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Gwendolyn L Hatten Butler

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Joyce Hayes Giles

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Rian Barnhill

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Gina Coleman

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Laura Kopack

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Patrick O Lindsey

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Elizabeth Correa

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • James Coleman

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Charles Briggs

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Darienne D Hudson

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Angelique Peterson-Mayberry

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Alycia Meriweather

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kwame Simmons

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nikolai Vitti

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Shannon Smith

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tiffany Witherspoon

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Charles H Ellis III

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

  • DETROIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS

    $26,196,932

    EDUCATION

  • BREITHAUPT CAREER TECHNICAL CENTER

    $900,000

    EDUCATION

  • AMELIA EARHART MIDDLE SCHOOL

    $180,000

    EDUCATION

  • CAREER PATHWAYS

    $22,500

    EDUCATION

  • HENRY FORD HIGH SCHOOL

    $14,000

    EDUCATION

  • PALMER PARK PREPARATORY ACADEMY

    $10,000

    EDUCATION

  • SOUTHEASTERN HIGH SCHOOL

    $5,000

    EDUCATION

  • SPAIN ELEMENTARY MIDDLE SCHOOLS

    $2,500

    EDUCATION

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
15 May 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202601359349305005

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