Community Improvement & Capacity Building
Keep Growing Detroit
DETROIT, MI
Total revenue
$2.5M
Total expenses
$2.2M
Net assets
$2.7M
Grants received
$4.3M
101 grants
EIN
800892277
Tax year
2024
Mission
Keep growing detroit exists to promote a food sovereign city where the majority of fruits and vegetables detroiters consume are grown by residents within the city's limits.
Programs
3 programs
Education & capacity building keep growing detroit's educational programs provide hundreds of educational opportunities and one-on-one technical assistance sessions to the gardeners and farmers served in areas ranging from new garden development and basic gardening to farm business planning, season extension, and marketing produce. In 2024, there were 38 classes held reaching 759 individuals across the city.
Farm & market operations keep growing detroit has a farm in downtown detroit where the organization grows plants, hosts service projects and educational events, and grows produce for market and donation to local emergency food providers. Our grown in detroit program is based at the kgd farm. This program supported dozens of growers in gaining access to farmers' markets and other sales outlets. Together these growers contributed over 20,000 pounds of fresh, locally-grown produce to detroit's food system.
Detroit black farmer land fund dbflf has mission to rebuild inter-generational land ownership for black farmers in detroit. This fund is now administered by detroit black community food security network. Keep growing detroit transfered all accumulated assets to them in 2024.
Financials
FY 2024
Revenue
Expenses
People
10 listed
ASHLEY ATKINSON
CO-DIRECTOR
$76K
45 hrs/wk
LINDSAY PIELACK
CO-DIRECTOR
$67K
40 hrs/wk
ROSEBUD SCHNEIDER
CO-DIRECTOR
$57K
40 hrs/wk
DARIUS HARDRICK
CO-CHAIR
—
1 hrs/wk
MARIA JONES-FOSTER
SECRETARY
—
1 hrs/wk
JOSHUA BUDIONGAN
TREASURER
—
1 hrs/wk
AZRI AFEWORK
BOARD MEMBER
—
1 hrs/wk
RUKYIA COLVIN
BOARD MEMBER
—
1 hrs/wk
MARILYN GRIFFIN
BOARD MEMBER
—
1 hrs/wk
DEON HAMILTON
BOARD MEMBER
—
1 hrs/wk
Grants received
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Funded by
$4.3M from 44 funders · 101 grants · 2017–2024
$733K · 7 grants · 2017–2023
$586K · 6 grants · 2020–2022
$495K · 4 grants · 2020–2024
$325K · 2 grants · 2021–2024
$271K · 3 grants · 2019–2020
$220K · 3 grants · 2020–2024
$218K · 3 grants · 2018–2019
$190K · 4 grants · 2020–2024