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Top 25 Community development nonprofits based in Detroit, United States

Name: Community development nonprofits based in Detroit, United States
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026 73 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 73 community development nonprofits headquartered in Detroit, United States as of September 2026 and tracks 1,207 professional contacts across them, including 395 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.

This list covers community development nonprofits headquartered in Detroit, United States, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 19, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 19, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

73Companies

1,207Contacts tracked

395Verified emails

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The 25 largest community development nonprofits based in Detroit, United States

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 73 community development nonprofits based in Detroit, United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to community development nonprofits: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	United WAY For Southeastern Michigan	Partial evidence	Detroit, MI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	232 contacts →
	Partial evidence “We mobilize the caring power of Detroit and Southeastern Michigan to improve communities and individual lives across Wayne, Oakland, Washtenaw, and Macomb counties in measurable…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
2	Brilliant Cities	Indirect evidence	Detroit, MI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	63 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Brilliant Detroit is a non-profit dedicated to building “kid success neighborhoods” where families with children ages 0-8 have what they need to be school-ready, healthy and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
3	United Community Housing Coalition	Partial evidence	Detroit, MI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	63 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Our mission is to help low-income residents stay in their homes and strengthen their communities, through representation, support, and ownership.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
4	Urban Neighborhood Initiatives	Strong evidence	Detroit, MI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	54 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Urban Neighborhood Initiatives (UNI) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit corporation that works with communities in urban neighborhoods to build safe and thriving environments where people…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
5	Eastside Community Network	Strong evidence	Detroit, MI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	38 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Eastside Community Network, the former Warren/Conner Development Coalition, has been engaging the community in resident-led planning, community development, youth programming…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
6	Rocket Community Fund	Indirect evidence	Detroit, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	32 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “In 2010, Quicken Loans (now Rocket Mortgage) moved its headquarters and 3,600 team members from suburban Detroit to the heart of downtown.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
7	Central Detroit Christian CDC	Strong evidence	Detroit, MI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	27 contacts →
	Strong evidence “The Central Detroit Christian Community Development Corporation (CDC) is a non-profit, faith-based organization committed to empowering people and creating positive opportunities…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
8	Life Remodeled	Indirect evidence	Detroit, MI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	25 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “There’s a lot of talk but not enough walk when it comes to revitalizing Detroit neighborhoods.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
9	Challenge Detroit	Partial evidence	Detroit, MI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	23 contacts →
	Partial evidence “OUR MISSION We develop, support, and connect emerging and existing community-minded leaders, amplifying the positive impact on our diverse, culturally vibrant city.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
10	Detroit Future City	Indirect evidence	Detroit, MI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	21 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Mission: Through the shared vision of the Strategic Framework, Detroit Future City (DFC) is committed to advancing the quality of life for all Detroiters.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
11	Ecoworks Detroit	Strong evidence	Detroit, MI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	21 contacts →
	Strong evidence “EcoWorks is a Detroit-based non-profit with over forty years of providing services at the intersection of community development and sustainability.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
12	Franklin-Wright Settlements INC	Indirect evidence	Detroit, MI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	17 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “FRANKLIN-WRIGHT SETTLEMENTS INC is a company based out of 3360 CHARLEVOIX ST, DETROIT, Michigan, United States.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
13	Connect Detroit	Strong evidence	Detroit, MI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	17 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Connect Detroit is a nonprofit in Detroit, Michigan established by foundations to build greater capacity for people to work together, and improve lives and communities.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
14	Cass Community Social Services INC	Partial evidence	Detroit, MI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	16 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Fighting Poverty, Creating Opportunity, Building Community” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
15	Force Detroit	Strong evidence	Detroit, MI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	15 contacts →
	Strong evidence “FORCE DETROIT is a nonprofit organization: A culmination of interfaith, grassroots and public sector leaders committed to having hard conversations about complex community issues…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
16	Dream Of Detroit	Strong evidence	Detroit, MI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	13 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Dream of Detroit is combining community organizing with strategic housing and land development to build a healthy community and empower our neighborhood on the Westside of Detroit.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
17	Jefferson East, INC	Indirect evidence	Detroit, MI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	12 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “What We Do We foster resilient & economically competitive neighborhoods for Detroit residents and small businesses.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
18	Develop Detroit	Partial evidence	Detroit, MI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	10 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Develop Detroit is a mission-driven real estate development company that executes significant housing and revitalization projects throughout Detroit.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
19	Vanguard Community Development Corp	Strong evidence	Detroit, MI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	10 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Vanguard Community Development Corporation (CDC) is a comprehensive, holistic community service and development organization that works to facilitate, coordinate and ignite…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
20	Lifebuilders	Indirect evidence	Detroit, MI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	10 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “LifeBUILDERS is a non-profit, faith-based organization in Detroit.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
21	Genesishope	Indirect evidence	Detroit, MI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	9 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “What We Do We promote healthy living, empower financial health, and provide affordable living and open green spaces.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
22	Detroit Development Fund	Strong evidence	Detroit, MI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	9 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Detroit Development Fund is a non-profit (501(c)(3)) organization and a certified community development financial institution, incorporated in the state of Michigan.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
23	Century Partners	Strong evidence	Detroit, MI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	6 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Our mission is to facilitate holistic revitalization through sustainable residential housing development that embraces grass roots community outreach and the power of creative…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
24	Activate Detroit	Partial evidence	Detroit, MI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	6 contacts →
	Partial evidence “At Activate Detroit, we have a heart for the city, and we know how it works, from city government to individual communities.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
25	Co.Act Detroit	Strong evidence	Detroit, MI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	6 contacts →
	Strong evidence “We are a hub for accelerating collaborative action in Southeast Michigan’s nonprofit community.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026

RevenueBase Smart Search

RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: community development nonprofits. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.

Strong evidence: The company's own public description of its business names community development nonprofits.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of community development nonprofits, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name community development nonprofits. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.

RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.

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Community development nonprofits based in Detroit, United States at a glance

As of Sep 19, 2026

32.7%Verified-email coverage

16.5Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

232.9%Largest-city concentration · New York

Sep 19, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

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Email recency for this list is measured across the whole United States list rather than for Detroit, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Detroit, over 73 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among community development nonprofits, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source: The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies: Companies headquartered in Detroit, United States whose own description of what they do matches “community development nonprofits”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search: RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names community development nonprofits), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude: Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among community development nonprofits, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Detroit are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality: In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking: Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification: Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 395 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh: This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 19, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections: Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

Community development nonprofits by metro in the United States

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names community development nonprofits, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many community development nonprofits are there based in Detroit, United States?

RevenueBase identified 73 community development nonprofits headquartered in Detroit, United States as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

United WAY For Southeastern Michigan, headquartered in Detroit, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most community development nonprofits?

New York leads with 170 headquartered companies, followed by Chicago (166) and Los Angeles (124).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 395 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 73 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 19, 2026.

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RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.