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Detroit Crime Commission

EIN 45-2920005 · Southfield, MI

Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.

LegitimacyPassesRegistration and standingFinancial healthFair57 out of 100GovernanceGood70 out of 100Impact evidenceDescribes programsHow well its results are evidenced

What it says it does

TO LESSEN THE BURDENS OF GOVERNMENT BY FACILITATION THE PROSECUTION OF CRIMINAL ACTIVITY IN AREAS WHERE FUNDING IS INSUFFICIENT, SUCH AS COMPLEX ORGANIZED CRIME INVESTIGATIONS. THE ORGANIZATION CONDUCTS RESEARCH AND INVESTIGATIONS, DESSEMINATIONS INFORMATION TO GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES AND THE PUBLIC, ANDCOORDINATES ACTIVITIES BETWEEN BUSINESS, GOVERNMENT AND LAW ENFORCEMENT.

Income
$1.0 million
Spending
$943,204
Spent on programs
81%
Reserves
2.1 months of spending
Largest source of income
government grants, 61%
Employees
4
Volunteers
11
Highest pay
$62,400, executive di

Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Financial health

Fair: 57 out of 100. Higher than 24% of charities in its peer group (crime and legal services, $1m to $10m).

  • Reserves

    10 of 35

    Spendable reserves would cover 2.1 months of spending.

  • Debt

    2 of 20

    It owes 76% of what it owns.

  • Living within its means

    15 of 15

    Income exceeded spending by 10% of income.

  • Income trend

    15 of 15

    Income rose 31% on the year before.

  • Spending floor

    15 of 15

    81% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 6 cents.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Governance

Good: 70 out of 100. Higher than 16% of charities in its peer group (crime and legal services, $1m to $10m).

  • Independent board

    25 of 25

    11 of 12 voting board members are independent.

  • Conflict of interest policy

    15 of 15

    Has a written conflict of interest policy.

  • Whistleblower policy

    0 of 8

    Reports no written whistleblower policy.

  • Record keeping policy

    0 of 7

    Reports no written policy on keeping and destroying records.

  • Board minutes

    5 of 5

    Keeps minutes of board meetings.

  • Board sees the tax return

    0 of 10

    Did not give the board a copy of this return before filing it.

  • Pay set independently

    0 of 5

    Reports no independent review process for its chief executive's pay.

  • Independent check of accounts

    15 of 15

    Its accounts were audited by an independent accountant.

  • No reported misuse

    10 of 10

    Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Impact evidence

Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.

Programs described in its return (1)
  1. $764,555 spent. THE DCC CURRENTLY HAS TEN (10) DISTINCT MISSIONS/INITIATIVES, WHICH ARE ALL DESIGNED TO FILL GAPS IN OUR PUBLIC SAFETY NET. MOST ARE THE RESULT OF PUBLIC SAFETY REQUESTS, SPECIFICALLY, REQUESTS THAT PUBLIC SAFETY AGENCIES (POLICE AND FIRE) CANNOT DO FOR THEMSELVES DUE TO LACK OF FUNDING, EXPERTISE, OR INFLEXIBLE BUREAUCRACIES. HOWEVER, NOT ALL TEN DCC MISSIONS/INITIATIVES ARE ON AT THE SAME TIME. OF THE DCC MISSIONS/INITIATIVES OPERATING CONSISTENTLY ARE; THREAT IQ, DONE IN CONJUNCTION WITH OUR LOCAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS, THREAT ASSESSMENTS ARE COMPLETED FOR WORLD-CLASS EVENTS,WHICH IF ATTACKED BY EXTREMISTS WOULD RESULT IN MASS CASUALTIES. ANOTHER INITIATIVE THAT IS ALWAYS ACTIVE (ON) IS OUR SAFEGUARD PROGRAM. IT IS THE TEMPORARY MOVEMENT AND RELOCATION OF WITNESSES OF VIOLENT CRIME. ALSO, ACTING AS THE FISCAL AGENT FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES IS ANOTHER INITIATIVE THAT RUNS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. TOGETHER, THEY REPRESENT ABOUT HALF OF THE DCC EFFORTS. STARTED IN 2012 AS ENOUGH SAID (ENOUGH SEXUAL ASSAULT IN DETROIT) THE NAME WAS CHANGED TO THE DETROIT RAPE KIT TASK FORCE AFTER THE MAJORITY OF RAPE KITS HAD BEEN TESTED. TO THIS DAY IT CONTINUES TO BE A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE WAYNE COUNTY PROSECUTORS OFFICE (WCPO) AND THE DETROIT POLICE DEPARTMENT (DPD) TO IDENTIFY AND ARREST RAPISTS WITH THE DCC ACTING AS FISCAL AGENT. AS OF SEPTEMBER 2021, THE TASK FORCE HAD COMPLETED 4,166 INVESTIGATIONS, WITH 92 AWAITING INVESTIGATION, AND 224 CONVICTIONS; MOST OF WHICH WERE SERIAL RAPISTS. THE DCC IS PROUD TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS EFFORT THAT BRINGS PEDOPHILES, RAPISTS, AND SERIAL RAPISTS TO JUSTICE. GANG IQ: IS ANOTHER ONE THE DCC'S MISSIONS/INITIATIVES THAT IS ALWAYS ON. IT IS ONE OF THE DCC'S SIGNATURE AND UNIQUE COMMITMENTS TO PUBLIC SAFETY BY USING INNOVATIVE SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS AND GRADUATE LEVEL ANALYTICAL SKILLS TO ASSIST LAW ENFORCEMENT TO IDENTIFY GANGS, THEIR STRUCTURE, AND ACTS OF CRIMINALITY. COSTS FOR THE SOFTWARE USED TO SUPPORT GANG IQ IS SECOND ONLY TO SALARIES. ITS CONTRIBUTION TO PUBLIC SAFETY, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE, CANNOT BE OVERSTATED. THE EFFORT INCREASES THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE DETROIT COMMUNITY SCHOOLS DISTRICT POLICE DEPARTMENT THROUGH THE USE OF TECHNOLOGY IN THE FACE OF SHRINKING BUDGETS. ALTHOUGH THE DESCRIPTION IS SMALL, GANG IQ NOW REPRESENTS A QUARTER OF DCC ACTIVITIES. NEW BEGINNINGS INITIATIVE: NEW BEGINNINGS INITIATIVE IS AN OFFSHOOT OF GANG IQ AND FOCUSES ON THWARTING GANG RELATED VIOLENCE AND DISSOLVING THE GANG ORGANIZATION BY GIVING ITS LEADERS AND INFLUENCERS A NEW BEGINNING. THE PROCESS COMBINES RESEARCH (DATA HARVESTING) AND ANALYSIS TO IDENTIFY GANG LEADERS AND INFLUENCERS WITH THE GOAL OF POINTING WILLING PARTICIPANTS TOWARDS COMMUNITY SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS THAT DELIVER SERVICES DESIGNED TO CREATE AN ALTERNATE FUTURE FOR GANG LEADERS AND TURNING SUCH MEMBERS INTO CONTRIBUTING MEMBERS OF SOCIETY. TO DATE, THE DCC AND ITS PARTNER ORGANIZATION KEEPING THEM ALIVE HAVE SHOWN NEARLY 50 GANG MEMBERS/INFLUENCERS A NEW BEGINNING. AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC IN MARCH 2020, THIS PROGRAM WENT DORMANT FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. HOWEVER, REPORTS OF INCREASED VIOLENCE VIA GANG IQ, KICK STARTED THE PROGRAM FOR A FEW MONTHS, BUT LACK OF FUNDING BROUGHT THE PROGRAM TO A HALT AGAIN. A NEW ROUND OF FUNDING APPROVED BY THE CITY OF DETROIT WILL HOPEFULLY GET THE INITIATIVE STARTED AGAIN. ANOTHER ON-GOING INITIATIVE, THE DCC'S ANTI-HUMAN TRAFFICKING INITIATIVE: IN AN EFFORT TO COMBAT HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN THE DCC PARTNERS WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PRIVATE ENTITIES TO INVESTIGATE POTENTIAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING RINGS AND ASSIST LAW ENFORCEMENT IN DISRUPTING THESE RINGS. THE DCC USES GRADUATE LEVEL ANALYSTS (MS) AND ADVANCED DATA GATHERING SOFTWARE TO CAPTURE "BACK PAGE" TYPE OF DATA FOR ANALYSIS. ANALYSTS ARE TRAINED TO LOOK FOR SIGNS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING TO INCLUDE PERSONS INVOLVED AND AREA OF OPERATION. TO DATE, THE DCC HAS REFERRED MORE THAN THREE DOZEN SUSPECTED HUMAN TRAFFICKING RINGS TO THE APPROPRIATE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR FOLLOW-UP INVESTIGATION. IN FACT, THE POLARIS PROJECT BELIEVES HUMAN TRAFFICKING (LABOR AND SEX) HAS CONTINUED DESPITE THE PANDEMIC. THE DCC HAS MODIFIED ITS EFFORTS TO FOCUS ON PREVENTION AND AWARENESS WITH REGARD TO GROOMING, AS A RESULT OF THE SOFTWARE IDENTIFYING MORE SEX WORKERS AS OPPOSED TO POTENTIAL VICTIMS THE DCC CURRENTLY HAS TEN (10) DISTINCT MISSIONS/INITIATIVES, WHICH ARE ALL DESIGNED TO FILL GAPS IN OUR PUBLIC SAFETY NET. MOST ARE THE RESULT OF PUBLIC SAFETY REQUESTS, SPECIFICALLY, REQUESTS THAT PUBLIC SAFETY AGENCIES (POLICE AND FIRE) CANNOT DO FOR THEMSELVES DUE TO LACK OF FUNDING, EXPERTISE, OR INFLEXIBLE BUREAUCRACIES. HOWEVER, NOT ALL TEN DCC MISSIONS/INITIATIVES ARE ON AT THE SAME TIME. OF THE DCC MISSIONS/INITIATIVES OPERATING CONSISTENTLY ARE; THREAT IQ, DONE IN CONJUNCTION WITH OUR LOCAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS, THREAT ASSESSMENTS ARE COMPLETED FOR WORLD-CLASS EVENTS,WHICH IF ATTACKED BY EXTREMISTS WOULD RESULT IN MASS CASUALTIES. ANOTHER INITIATIVE THAT IS ALWAYS ACTIVE (ON) IS OUR SAFEGUARD PROGRAM. IT IS THE TEMPORARY MOVEMENT AND RELOCATION OF WITNESSES OF VIOLENT CRIME. ALSO, ACTING AS THE FISCAL AGENT FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES IS ANOTHER INITIATIVE THAT RUNS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. TOGETHER, THEY REPRESENT ABOUT HALF OF THE DCC EFFORTS. STARTED IN 2012 AS ENOUGH SAID (ENOUGH SEXUAL ASSAULT IN DETROIT) THE NAME WAS CHANGED TO THE DETROIT RAPE KIT TASK FORCE AFTER THE MAJORITY OF RAPE KITS HAD BEEN TESTED. TO THIS DAY IT CONTINUES TO BE A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE WAYNE COUNTY PROSECUTORS OFFICE (WCPO) AND THE DETROIT POLICE DEPARTMENT (DPD) TO IDENTIFY AND ARREST RAPISTS WITH THE DCC ACTING AS FISCAL AGENT. AS OF SEPTEMBER 2021, THE TASK FORCE HAD COMPLETED 4,166 INVESTIGATIONS, WITH 92 AWAITING INVESTIGATION, AND 224 CONVICTIONS; MOST OF WHICH WERE SERIAL RAPISTS. THE DCC IS PROUD TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS EFFORT THAT BRINGS PEDOPHILES, RAPISTS, AND SERIAL RAPISTS TO

Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Legitimacy checks

  1. Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.

    Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.

  2. Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.

    Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.

    Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 30, 2026.

  3. Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.

    On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.

    Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 10, 2026.

  4. Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.

    Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.

  5. How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.

    Recognized by the IRS since October 2011.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.

  6. Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.

    Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.

    Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 7, 2026.

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