Planet Detroit is a fiscally sponsored project of Michigan Environmental Council, a 501c3 nonprofit organization. Below is a list of the funders, media partners, and sponsors who support Planet Detroit.

2025 Funders

Kresge Foundation

MacArthur Foundation

Joyce Foundation

Knight Foundation

Report for America

Patrice K. Aaron Family Foundation

Google News Initiative

Porter Family Foundation

MIT Environmental Solutions Journalism Fellowship

NewsMatch

Readers like you!

Impact Partners

2024 Funders

Kresge Foundation

Joyce Foundation

Knight Foundation

Report for America

Fred A. and Barbara M. Erb Family Foundation

Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan

NewsMatch

Patrice K. Aaron Family Foundation

Detroit Equity Action Lab

Michigan Health Endowment Fund

Google News Initiative

Michigan Humanities Council

Porter Family Foundation

Great Lakes PFAS Action Network

Readers like you!

Previous Funders

Michigan League of Conservation Voters Education Fund

GM Foundation

LION Publishers

Rotary Club of Detroit

Rita Allen Foundation

American Press Institute

Facebook Journalism Project

Solutions Journalism Network

Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs

Institute for Journalism and Natural Resources

Society for Environmental Journalists


Media Partners and Collaborators


Meet Planet Detroit’s 2025 Impact Partners

Learn more about Impact Partnership here.