Public Charity

DETROIT EMPLOYMENT SOLUTIONS CORPORATION

DETROIT EMPLOYMENT SOLUTIONS CORPORATION is a Public Charity headquartered in DETROIT, MI. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $72.6M revenue, $79.1M expenses, $17.4M total assets. 57 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $17.9M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 383353746 DETROIT, MI Employment Preparation & Procurement NTEE: J20 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$72.6M
Total Expenses$79.1M
Total Assets$17.4M
Grant Records57
Funding Total$17.9M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

THE MISSION OF DESC IS TO CULTIVATE LOCAL WORKFORCE TALENT TO ALIGN WITH THE NEEDS OF THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS WITH KEY WORKFORCE AGENCIES, FAITH- AND COMMUNITY- BASED ORGANIZATIONS, EDUCATION AND TRAINING INSTITUTIONS, AND PHILANTHROPIC, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND GOVERNMENT ENTITIES.

Where $100 goes at Detroit Employment Solutions Corporation

How Detroit Employment Solutions Corporation divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 6 years.

$87 Programs the work itself
$13 Management running the organization
$0 Fundraising none reported

No fundraising costs are reported. That often means fundraising runs through a separate affiliated organization that files its own return.

Inside the $87 for programs

$22
Workforce innovation and opportunity act (wioa) is a united states public law that replaced the previous workforce investment act of 1998 (wia) as the primary federal workforce development…
25% of program spending · Reported in the filing: 3,000 youth
$18
Temporary assistance for needy families (tanf) is a federal assistance program of the united states
21% of program spending
$15
The jumpstart program
16% of program spending

Plus 6 more programs. Cost per person served and the full program breakdown are on the full profile.

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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

CHAIR Alice Thompson
TREASURER Chris Uhl
PRESIDENT & CEO Dana Williams
VICE CHAIR Dannis Mitchell
DETROIT AT WORK BRAND MANAGER Diana Prosi
DIRECTOR Gail Taylor

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$5,772,878 15 grants
Youth Development
$4,946,820 24 grants
Human & Social Services
$3,625,000 4 grants
Economic Development
$2,400,000 3 grants
Education
$446,500 3 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $72.6M $79.1M $17.4M
2024 $84.4M $88.2M $23.6M
2023 $77.2M $76.6M $26.5M
2022 $61.7M $67.7M $25.2M
2021 $74.0M $64.7M $24.3M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue declined from $74.0M to $72.6M (-2%), with total assets most recently reported at $17.4M.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

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