Working with Lots Mini-Grant Program
Funding Amount
Up to $5,000
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
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Geography
- Detroit residents
Other requirements
- Community groups
- Businesses
Overview
Geographic Scope: Detroit, Michigan
Focus Areas: Vacant lot improvement and land stewardship activities
The Detroit Future City (DFC) Field Guide to Working with Lots is a tool that provides step-by-step instruction to support Detroiters in transforming vacant land in order to create cleaner, safer and more attractive neighborhoods. The Field Guide mini-grant program encourages Detroit residents, community groups and businesses to utilize the Field Guide to implement land stewardship activities in Detroit's neighborhoods.
Eligibility:
- Detroit residents
- Community groups
- Businesses
Award Details:
- Maximum Award: $5,000 per applicant
- Number of Grants: 15 grants awarded (as of program announcement)
Contact Information:
- Detroit Future City
- 440 Burroughs Street, Suite 229
- Detroit, MI 48202
- Phone: (313) 259-4407
How to Apply
Application Process
Applicants should utilize the Field Guide to Working with Lots and submit a mini-grant application. Specific step-by-step application instructions and required materials are referenced on the application form (accessible via their website).
Past recipients of this program
Recent awards under this program (from Detroit Future City's IRS filings)
Downtown Boxing Gym Youth Program
Detroit, MI · 2020
$13K
Emerald Isles Community Development Corporation
Detroit, MI · 2020
$6,300
Detroit, MI · 2020
$6,224
3 grants in Detroit Future City's 2020 filings reference “Working with Lots Mini-Grant Program” in their stated purpose. Amounts and places as reported by the funder.
What Detroit Future City actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2024 — the most recent filing with itemized grants
Detroit Future City reported $55K in grants for 2025 as a total without an itemized list; the grant details below are from 2024, its most recent itemized filing.
- Grants in 2024
- 3
- Total given
- $65K
- Median grant
- $20K
- Range
- $15K–$30K
Example grants
Allied Media Project
To support archival research
$30K
Arboretum
Tree palanting and park improvements
$20K
Bailey Park Nieghborhood Developmen
Tree planting
$15K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Community development
- Grassroots
- Environmental justice
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