Open Foundations · Michigan

Dte Energy Foundation

Detroit, Michigan · EIN 382708636. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $19.4M across 377 grants in 2023, a median of $10K each.

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$19.4M
paid in 2023
377
grants paid
$10K
median grant
12%
to first-time recipients
$129.1M
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.

Send requests to
RODNEY COLE
Address
ONE ENERGY PLAZA 1535 WCB, DETROIT, MI, 48226
Phone
3132354000
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
ELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS MUST BE SUBMITTED. APPLICATIONS ARE BY INVITATION ONLY.
Submission deadline
DEADLINES ARE QUARTERLY AND ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE DATES OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS' MEETINGS.
Restrictions on awards
USE OF FUNDS FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES; NO BREACH OF PRIVATE FOUNDATION RULES.

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2023, IRS filing object id 202443099349101229. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.

What it funds, in its own words

The words that come up most often across the purposes it wrote on its 2023 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

community transformationarts culturesocial impacteconomic progressenvironmental leadershiphumaneducationemployment

Biggest grants in 2023

The 15 largest of the 377 grants paid in 2023, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1United Way for Southeastern MichiganMI$2,850,000HUMAN NEEDS
2Dte Beacon Park FoundationMI$1,800,000COMMUNITY TRANSFORMATION
3Community Foundation for Southeast MichiganMI$1,000,000COMMUNITY TRANSFORMATION
4United Way for Southeastern MichiganMI$875,000HUMAN NEEDS
5Detroit Regional Partnership FoundaMI$666,000ECONOMIC PROGRESS
6Detroit Riverfront Conservancy IncMI$500,000COMMUNITY TRANSFORMATION
7The Heat and Warmth FundMI$500,000HUMAN NEEDS
8Lower Town RiverfrontMI$400,000COMMUNITY TRANSFORMATION
9Nature ConservancyVA$333,000ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERSHIP
10Detroit Employment Solutions CorpMI$265,000EMPLOYMENT
11American ForestsDC$250,000ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERSHIP
12Yeshivath Beth YehudahMI$250,000EDUCATION
13Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix IncMI$200,000COMMUNITY TRANSFORMATION
14Detroit Symphony Orchestra IncMI$200,000ARTS & CULTURE
15United Way of the LakeshoreMI$200,000EMPLOYMENT

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
2020702$23.3M
2021424$19.9M
2022379$17.7M
2023377$19.4M

Where the money went

Share of 2023 grant dollars by recipient state
Michigan93%
South Carolina2%
Virginia1%
North Carolina1%
District of Columbia1%

Who decides

Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.

David RuudDIRECTOR, TREASURER & SECRETARY · 2023
Joann ChavezDIRECTOR · 2023
Joi HarrisDIRECTOR · 2023
Lynette M DowlerDIRECTOR, CHAIR & PRESIDENT-PARTIAL YR · 2023
Paula SilverDIRECTOR · 2023
Rodney E Cole SrCHAIR, PRESIDENT, & DIRECTOR · 2023
Trevor F LauerDIRECTOR · 2023

Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; the newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.

Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.

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