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← DETROIT CHILDRENS FUND

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by DETROIT CHILDRENS FUND.

Totals

Total revenue
$4,550,837
Total expenses
$4,215,795
Contributions and grants received
$4,813,810
Grants paid
$1,942,778
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$54,125
Other revenue
-$317,098
Total assets, end of year
$4,366,327
Total liabilities, end of year
$127,777
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$4,238,550
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,296,775
Management and general expenses
$571,396
Fundraising expenses
$347,624
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,296,775

Program services were 78.2% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $1,215,953

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $3,597,857

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $54,793 · excluded $54,793

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $668

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$668

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$668 · excluded -$668

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $54,660

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $1,215,953

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $371,758

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$317,098 · excluded -$317,098

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $1,942,778 · program services $1,942,778

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $436,511 · program services $303,467 · management and general $84,664 · fundraising $48,380

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $334,204 · program services $98,259 · management and general $58,444 · fundraising $177,501

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $68,000 · program services $20,528 · management and general $10,615 · fundraising $36,857

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $50,534 · program services $19,941 · management and general $18,185 · fundraising $12,408

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $54,544 · management and general $54,544

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $60,000 · program services $60,000

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $125,692 · management and general $79,567 · fundraising $46,125

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $501 · fundraising $501

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $233,718 · program services $13,033 · management and general $218,910 · fundraising $1,775

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $137,927 · program services $87,794 · management and general $36,805 · fundraising $13,328

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $43,339 · program services $35,486 · management and general $5,927 · fundraising $1,926

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $5,870 · program services $2,805 · management and general $1,078 · fundraising $1,987

  • 24a · Other expenses: CONTRACT SERVICES

    total $712,684 · program services $712,684

  • 24b · Other expenses: BANK FEES

    total $9,493 · management and general $2,657 · fundraising $6,836

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,300,639 · end of year $917,677

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,000,000 · end of year $2,168,697

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $2,268,328 · end of year $1,116,667

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $152,596 · end of year $95,000

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $43,049 · end of year $68,286

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $71,771 · end of year $127,777

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $795,333 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,472,029 · end of year $3,026,883

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,425,479 · end of year $1,211,667

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

THE MISSION OF THE DETROIT CHILDREN'S FUND IS TO MAKE HIGH-POTENTIAL INVESTMENTS TO EXPAND SUCCESSFUL SCHOOLS, GREATLY IMPROVE LOWER PERFORMING SCHOOLS, AND DISCOVER AND DEVELOP TALENTED EDUCATORS SO THAT EVERY CHILD IN DETROIT HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE AN EXCELLENT EDUCATION.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE DETROIT CHILDREN'S FUND IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT MAKES HIGH-POTENTIAL INVESTMENTS TO EXPAND SUCCESSFUL SCHOOLS, GREATLY IMPROVE LOWER PERFORMING SCHOOLS, AND DISCOVER AND DEVELOP TALENTED EDUCATORS SO THAT EVERY CHILD IN DETROIT HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE AN EXCELLENT EDUCATION.

  • SUPPORT FOR SCHOOL COLLABORATION COLLECTIVE (SC2), SUPPORT PILOT OF FOUR QUALIFYING SCHOOLS PROVIDING HOLISTIC, LONG TERM, TARGETED STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT. SC2 SUPPORTS TEACHERS AND LEADERS AT IMPROVING SCHOOLS TO GIVE MORE DETROIT CHILDREN THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE QUALITY EDUCATION.

    Expenses $1,576,961 · Grants $917,478

  • SUPPORT FOR MODEL SCHOOLS, SUPPORT BY IMPROVING COACHING FOR LEADERSHIP TEAMS, MASTER TEACHERS AND TEACHERS FOR THE ELA AND MATH CURRICULA AT THE 16 K-8 SCHOOLS FOR THE 2022-2023 SCHOOL YEAR, AND FOCUS ON DEVELOPING THE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP SCHOOLS.

    Expenses $922,500 · Grants $922,500

  • PROFESSIONAL INNOVATORS IN TEACHING (A PROGRAM CREATED BY MAPSA) IS A STATE-APPROVED MICHIGAN ALTERNATIVE TEACHER CERTIFICATION PROGRAM. IT IS DESIGNED TO ADDRESS THE CURRENT TEACHER SHORTAGES. THROUGH THE PROGRAM, CANDIDATES ARE PROVIDED SCHOLARSHIPS, SUPPORT, AND COACHING TO SUCCESSFULLY PASS THEIR MTTC AND OBTAIN TEACHER CERTIFICATION.

    Expenses $75,000 · Grants $75,000

  • SUPPORT TO SUCCESSFULLY RECRUIT AND SUPPORT THE LAUNCH OF KIPP DETROIT.

    Expenses $38,500

  • OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES

    Expenses $683,814 · Grants $27,800

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Kc Crain

    BOARD CHAIR, DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Tonya Allen

    SECRETARY, DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jason Tinsley

    TREASURER, DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ryan Maibach

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Adam Levinson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Phil Cooley

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Arn Tellem

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kelle Ilitch

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bill Emerson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tiffany Douglas

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tony Barra

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jesse Venegas

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Darienne Driver

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Anup Popat

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ray Scott

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Craig Buchholz

    DIRECTOR - PART YEAR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Wright Lassiter III

    DIRECTOR - PART YEAR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nick Karmanos

    PARTNER

    Total calculated
    $228,270
    From this org
    $177,299
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $50,971
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $175,838
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $1,461
    Deferred
    $14,067
    Nontaxable benefits
    $36,904
    Filer's total
    $228,270
  • Latwila Ainsworth-Comfort

    PARTNER

    Total calculated
    $167,958
    From this org
    $136,307
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,651
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $114,035
    Bonus
    $10,154
    Other
    $12,118
    Deferred
    $10,827
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,824
    Filer's total
    $167,958
  • Lisa Laurin

    CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $142,794
    From this org
    $114,110
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,684
    Hours/week
    40
  • Misha Stredrick

    ACHIEVEMENT DIRECTOR - THRU 9/19/22

    Total calculated
    $111,057
    From this org
    $107,455
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,602
    Hours/week
    40
  • Tui Roper

    FORMER PARTNER - THRU 6/29/22

    Total calculated
    $279,320
    From this org
    $273,599
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,721
    Hours/week
    0

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $258,418
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $15,181
    Deferred
    $3,321
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,400
    Filer's total
    $279,320

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

  • 1a · Health or social club dues or initiation fees
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 1A
MONTHLY CLUB DUES TO THE DETROIT ATHLETIC CLUB ARE PAID FOR CEO & PARTNER, NICK KARMANOS. THE AMOUNT IS TREATED AS A NONTAXABLE BENEFIT AS THE MEMBERSHIP IS USED FOR DONOR MEETINGS AND EVENTS. ANY PERSONAL USE OF THE MEMBERSHIP REIMBURSEMENT IS REIMBURSED BY NICK KARMANOS TO DCF.
PART I, LINE 1B
THERE IS NOT A FORMAL WRITTEN POLICY REGARDING THE PAYMENT OF THE CLUB DUES PAID BY DCF FOR NICK KARMANOS. HOWEVER, KARMANOS RECEIVES EMAIL APPROVAL FROM BOARD CHAIR, K.C. CRAIN, FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF THE DUES.

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

  • MODEL SCHOOLS PROJECT, TRAIN EL AND GREAT MINDS COACHES

  • DETROIT ACADEMY OF ARTS & SCIENCE

    $385,000

    PROVIDE FOUNDATIONAL TOOLS AND SUPPORT TO STAFF AND STUDENTS; RETENTION BONUSES

  • PRINCIPAL AND TEACHER COACHING/DEVELOPMENT

  • GREAT MINDS PBC

    $242,500

    PRINCIPAL AND TEACHER COACHING/DEVELOPMENT

  • JALEN ROSE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY

    $216,828

    PROVIDE FOUNDATIONAL TOOLS AND SUPPORT TO STAFF AND STUDENTS; SENIOR STUDENT AND GRADUATING SENIOR LAPTOPS; RETENTION BONUSES

  • ESCUELA AVANCEMOS ACADEMY

    $135,250

    PROVIDE FOUNDATIONAL TOOLS AND SUPPORT TO STAFF AND STUDENTS; RETENTION BONUSES

  • PLYMOUTH EDUCATIONAL CENTER

    $128,500

    PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, COACHING, IMPROVE STUDENT ATTENDANCE; RETENTION BONUSES

  • SCHOLARSHIPS, COACHING TO PASS TEACHER CERTIFICATION

  • DETROIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS COMMUNITY DISTRICT

    $59,700

    PLACE CORE ELEMENTS IN MUMFORD HIGH SCHOOL: TECHNOLOGY, FURNITURE, DCOR

  • TRANSPORTATION

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
6 March 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202400679349300410

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