CultureSource
CultureSource is a Detroit-based public charity and member association serving nonprofit arts and cultural organizations in Southeast Michigan. Founded in 2007, it advances creative and cultural expression through grants and fiscal sponsorship, sector convenings, professional development, research, and other capacity-building services.
CultureSource at a glance
In short: CultureSource gave $3.4M across 75 grants in 2025 (avg $45K), mostly in Michigan. 32% of 2025 grantees were new. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $3,371,326
- +91.0% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 75
- -1.3% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $44,951
- +93.6% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $25,592
- Total assets
- $9,014,956
- +55.6% vs 2024
- New grantees (estimate)
- 32% first-time grantees (24 of 75, 2025)
- Primary geography
- Michigan (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated October 2026. New grantees are estimated by matching recipient names across years (methodology).
How to apply to CultureSource
- How to Apply
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Program-specific application instructions and required materials are not provided in the available information.
- Review Cycle
- In Our Neighborhood Grant Program: December 31, 2026; CulturePop: November 1, 2026.
- Deadline
- In Our Neighborhood Grant Program: December 31, 2026; CulturePop: November 1, 2026.
- Next open deadline
- November 8, 2026 (Creators of Culture)
- Contact
Mailing address: 2937 East Grand Blvd Ste 315, Detroit, MI 48202
Website: https://culturesource.org
Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.
Open Grants
15 open opportunities from CultureSource
COVID-19 Arts and Creative Community Assistance Fund
CultureSource
Amount
$55,000 (per awardee in 2021 round)
Deadline
Deadline not published
Creators of Culture
CultureSource
Amount
$3,000
Deadline
Expected ~November
Based on past cycles
Creators of Culture Grants
CultureSource
Amount
US $2,000 - US $3,000
Deadline
Deadline not published
Who CultureSource funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 10 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Concert of Colors ($1.3M). Together the top 10 received $2.0M.
Grant Size Distribution
239 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 222 grants of 239 (93%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
CultureSource serves arts and cultural organizations in Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, Washtenaw, Livingston, Monroe, and St. Clair counties in Southeast Michigan. Its 2025 grants went exclusively to recipients in Michigan. The In Our Neighborhood Grant Program is focused on Washtenaw County, while CulturePop is focused on downtown Detroit.
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 75 itemized grants.
States
Cities
Is CultureSource open to new grantees?
32%
first-time grantees, 2025
In 2025, 24 of 75 grantees (32%) were first-time recipients. First grants averaged $80K; repeat grants $29K. How we count
Medians: $25K first-time, $26K repeat.
Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990 filings (2022–2025). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2020 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $69K (2020) to $3.4M (2025). In 2025 it made 75 grants totaling $3.4M.
Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Concert of Colors Dearborn, MI | General Operating SupportArts Culture | $1,336,189 |
| Detroit Symphony Orchestra Detroit, MI | General Operating SupportArts Culture | $103,000 |
| Detroit Salon Ecorse, MI | General Operating SupportArts Culture | $85,500 |
| Detroit Public Media Wixom, MI | General Operating Support Arts Cultu | $84,000 |
| Detroit Institute of Arts Detroit, MI | General Operating SupportArts Culture | $74,500 |
| Detroit Zoological Society Royal Oak, MI | General Operating SupportArts Culture | $72,500 |
| College for Creative Studies Detroit, MI | General Operating SupportArts Culture | $66,500 |
| Board of Governors DBA Wayne State Detroit, MI | General Operating SupportArts Culture | $62,500 |
| Birmingham Bloomfield Arts Center Birmingham, MI | General Operating SupportArts Culture | $51,500 |
| Pewabic Society Inc Detroit, MI | General Operating SupportArts Culture | $38,500 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
Grant counts were 75 in 2025, 76 in 2024, and 32 in 2023.
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $9,014,956 | $9,506,492 | $6,072,031 | $3,371,326 | 75 | $21,206 |
| 2024 | $5,793,536 | $3,123,254 | $5,220,687 | $1,765,000 | 76 | $58,237 |
| 2023 | $7,554,281 | $6,112,731 | $2,483,737 | $547,889 | 32 | $7,396 |
| 2022 | $4,083,247 | $3,714,612 | $2,855,065 | $1,045,400 | 56 | $1,753 |
| 2021 | $3,009,357 | $2,825,503 | $1,439,351 | $206,226 | Total only | $261 |
| 2020 | $1,823,136 | $1,544,891 | $1,099,955 | $69,228 | Total only | $4,521 |
"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated October 2026.
Mission & Focus Areas
CultureSource’s mission is to advance and cultivate creative and cultural expression in Southeast Michigan. Its work includes grantmaking and fiscal sponsorship, convening the regional cultural sector, supporting leaders and organizations as they navigate change, and conducting and sharing research.
In 2025, the largest grants included support for organizations with varied cultural and community roles. Concert of Colors describes its mission as preserving and celebrating Metro Detroit’s diverse cultural heritage through education, research, community engagement, and public programming. The Detroit Symphony Orchestra says it serves audiences through performances, community initiatives, and music education. Other recipients describe work in public media, visitor experiences in art, visual arts education, and ceramic art and education. These are the grantees’ descriptions of their own missions.
Grantmaking
In filing year 2025, CultureSource made 75 grants totaling $3,371,326. Grants ranged from $5,500 to $1,336,189, with a median of $25,592. The largest awards were $1,336,189 to Concert of Colors, $103,000 to the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, $85,500 to Detroit Salon, $84,000 to Detroit Public Media, and $74,500 to the Detroit Institute of Arts. The listed purposes for these awards describe general operating support for arts and culture. All 2025 grant dollars went to Michigan recipients.
CultureSource’s website lists the In Our Neighborhood Grant Program as open, in partnership with the Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation. It supports arts and culture projects in Washtenaw County neighborhoods, including geographic, identity, or affinity communities, with positive local economic impact; it expresses particular interest in neighborhoods outside the county’s dominant arts-and-culture narrative. The listed deadline is December 31, 2026.
The website also lists CulturePop as open. Administered by CultureSource with the Rocket Community Fund, the program is described as supporting outdoor, family-friendly holiday-season arts activations in downtown Detroit. Eligibility is limited to CultureSource member organizations. The listed deadline is November 1, 2026. Its program description also notes eight grants of $4,000 in a fall 2021 cycle.
Leadership & Key People
Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings
The 2025 filing lists Omari Rush as Executive Director. Trustees listed are Elliot Broom, Mark Clague, Tiffany Ford, Phil Gilchrist, Peter Katz, Tom Lewand, Dustin McClellan, Hayley Murphy, and Angelique Power.
CultureSource is led by Omari Rush, Executive Director since 2025 (on filings since 2020); 1 of 18 officers listed in 2025 is compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Omari Rush
Executive Director
Executive Director → Executive Di, 2022
Executive Di → Executive Director, 2025
On filings since 2020
40 hrs/week
$135K (2020) → $212K (2025)
Brent Ott
Chair
Treasurer → Vice Chair, 2023
Vice Chair → Chair, 2024
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Elliot Broom
Trustee
Director → Trustee, 2025
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Olga Stella
Trustee
Director → Trustee, 2025
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Peter Katz
Trustee
Director → Trustee, 2025
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Peter Robingson
Trustee
Director → Trustee, 2025
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Tiffany Ford
Trustee
Treasurer → Director, 2021
Director → Trustee, 2025
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Tom Lewand
Trustee
Director → Trustee, 2025
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Kylee Wills
Trustee
Director → Trustee, 2025
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Phil Gilchrist
Trustee
Director → Trustee, 2025
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Angelique Power
Trustee
Director → Trustee, 2025
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
DeLashea Strawder
Trustee
Director → Trustee, 2025
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Patrick Willingham
Trustee
Director → Trustee, 2025
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Dustin McClellan
Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Hayley Murphy
Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Mark Clague
Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Afa Dworkin
Secretary
Director → Secretary, 2023
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Marianne James
Treasurer
Director → Treasurer, 2023
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (10)
- Former: Michael Morin (2020–2023) — Chair
- Former: Diana Abouali (2021–2023) — Director
- Former: Annmarie Erickson (2020–2022) — Secretary
- Former: Robert Bury (2020–2022) — Director
- Former: Tonya Matthews (2020–2022) — Immediate Pa
- Former: Dominic Dimarco (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: Frank Jonna (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: Kerry Doman (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: Devon Akmon (2020) — Director
- Former: Kylee Mitchell (2020) — Director
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $212K, to Omari Rush (Executive Director).
Frequently asked questions about CultureSource
How much does CultureSource give each year?
CultureSource gave $3.4M across 75 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $1.8M across 76 grants.
What is CultureSource's typical grant size?
CultureSource's median grant in 2025 was $25,592, and its average grant was $44,951, across 75 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Organizations receiving their first grant from CultureSource that year got $80K on average.
Where does CultureSource give grants?
CultureSource gives mostly in Michigan: 100% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990 went to recipients there. The most frequent recipient cities were Detroit, MI (41 grants), Dearborn, MI (4 grants), Ann Arbor, MI (3 grants) and Birmingham, MI (2 grants).
Does CultureSource give general operating support?
Yes: 100% of CultureSource's 2025 grants with a stated purpose (75 of 75) were for general or operating support, per its 2025 IRS Form 990.
Who are CultureSource's largest grantees?
CultureSource's largest 2025 grantees include Concert of Colors ($1,336,189), Detroit Symphony Orchestra ($103,000) and Detroit Salon ($85,500), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. Together they received 45% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.
How large is CultureSource?
CultureSource reported $9.0M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $9.5M.
What does CultureSource fund?
CultureSource’s mission is to advance and cultivate creative and cultural expression in Southeast Michigan. Its work includes grantmaking and fiscal sponsorship, convening the regional cultural sector, supporting leaders and organizations as they navigate change, and conducting and sharing research. See mission & focus areas ↑
How do I apply for a grant from CultureSource?
Program-specific application instructions and required materials are not provided in the available information. Eligibility and process details are in the grantmaking section of this profile. See how to apply ↑
What is CultureSource's EIN?
CultureSource's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 26-1476029. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.
Data last updated October 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings. Research dossier generated October 2026.
Data update history
(7)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS November 14, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS September 15, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS July 31, 2025)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS July 10, 2026)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS September 30, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS October 5, 2022)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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Grantable. (2026). CultureSource funder profile. GrantGraph. Retrieved October 10, 2026, from https://grantable.co/funders/culturesource-morg_c55acc04606b4c6b8cf9a5aed4026f52
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