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DETROIT DOWNTOWN INC

EIN 38-0389330 DETROIT, MI

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Revenue 2024
$5,955,750
Expenses 2024
$5,875,803

Program services were 94.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
04
Classification
1000
Street
1 CAMPUS MARTIUS STE 380

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Other organizations at this address

3 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list the same street address. matched by us

This address is a suite or unit (STE 380). Organizations that share one are often clients of the same office-services firm, accountant or registered agent rather than related to each other.

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO SOLICIT, RECEIVE AND ADMINISTER FUNDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING A CLEAN, SAFE AND BEAUTIFUL DOWNTOWN DETROIT.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE PRIMARY PURPOSE IS TO PROVIDE A CLEAN, SAFE AND BEAUTIFUL DOWNTOWN.

  • ESTABLISHED IN APRIL 2014, THE DOWNTOWN DETROIT BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT ZONE (BIZ) IS A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT DISTRICT FORMED BY PROPERTY OWNERS TO PROVIDE CLEANING, SAFETY AND LANDSCAPING SERVICES TO SUPPORT DOWNTOWN DETROIT. THE DOWNTOWN DETROIT BIZ CONTRACTS FOR SERVICES WITH THE DETROIT DOWNTOWN, INC. TO DELIVER BEHIND-THE-SCENES SUPPLEMENTAL SERVICES ON WHICH RESIDENTS, DOWNTOWN WORKERS, VISITORS, AND BUSINESS AND PROPERTY OWNERS RELY. THE BIZ'S ANNUAL BUDGET IS APPROXIMATELY $5.3M, GENERATED THROUGH ASSESSMENTS OF MORE THAN 500 COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES IN THE BIZ AREA. THE BIZ IS LED BY A BOARD OF DIRECTORS COMPRISED OF 16 VOLUNTEER REPRESENTATIVES OF DOWNTOWN'S DIVERSE BUSINESS COMMUNITY. THE BIZ AREA ENCOMPASSES 140 CITY BLOCKS IN A 1.1 SQUARE MILE AREA. STRETCHING BETWEEN THREE OF DOWNTOWN DETROIT'S MAJOR HIGHWAYS AND THE DETROIT RIVER.

    Expenses $5,530,384 · Revenue $5,874,750

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

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Eric B Larson

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $518,863
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $497,620
    Other
    $21,243
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $389,635 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $100,000 related
    Other
    $0 + $7,985 related
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $21,243 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $518,863 related
  • Cari Easterday-Kar

    VICE PRESIDENT/CFO/ASST TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $169,603
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $163,203
    Other
    $6,400
    Hours/week
    10 + 30 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $153,337 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $9,609 related
    Other
    $0 + $257 related
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $6,400 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $169,603 related
  • Cynthia Pasky

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related
  • Daniel Loepp

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related
  • Matthew Cullen

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related
  • Timothy Nicholson

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related
  • Bishop Edgar Van II

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 3 related
  • Cameron Piggott

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 3 related
  • Christopher Ilitch

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related
  • Claude Bud Denker

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 3 related
  • Dan Gilbert

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related
  • David Egner

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related
  • Laura Grannemann

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related
  • Mary Culler

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related
  • Michael McLauchlan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related
  • Sandy Pierce

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related
  • Gina Cavilere

    CHIEF COMMUNITY IMPACT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $241,626
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $201,284
    Other
    $40,342
    Hours/week
    39 + 2 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $195,701 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $4,892 related
    Other
    $0 + $691 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $10,064 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $30,278 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $241,626 related
  • David Cowan

    CHIEF PUBLIC SPACES OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $160,427
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $139,050
    Other
    $21,377
    Hours/week
    1 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $128,525 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $10,300 related
    Other
    $0 + $225 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $8,248 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $13,129 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $160,427 related

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $5,955,750
    Expenses
    $5,875,803
    Contributions
    $81,000
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $5,080,607
    Expenses
    $5,104,670
    Contributions
    $70,109
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $5,310,253
    Expenses
    $5,197,272
    Contributions
    $41,500
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,731,023
    Expenses
    $4,680,154
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,463,613
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,419,987
    Expenses
    $4,388,299
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,073,689
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,237,734
    Expenses
    $4,207,531
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,435,153
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,677,912
    Expenses
    $4,627,035
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,616,845
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,504,534
    Expenses
    $4,496,466
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,448,347
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,984,063
    Expenses
    $3,952,333
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,690,190
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,439,816
    Expenses
    $3,396,004
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,278,462
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $816,789
    Expenses
    $796,926
    Assets (EOY)
    $602,554
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $61,328
    Expenses
    $34,127
    Assets (EOY)
    $53,335

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

No itemized grant names this organization as a recipient. Only grants over $5,000 are itemized, and only by filers of the full Form 990.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

Declared as related by

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Not present in the most recent drop.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.