Using cooperative principles, CSI develops and manages exceptional, affordable rental communities where seniors enjoy opportunities to thrive. To preserve and grow our cooperative senior housing communities, helping members lead full, healthy, social lives.
City Square Elderly Housing Inc’s two largest recent grants both went to Csi Support & Development Services in Warren, Michigan, for the same low-income housing mission, with awards of $9,683,023 in 2025 and $8,875,158 in 2024. That pattern fits the organization’s broader role as a cooperative housing funder: it develops and manages affordable rental communities for seniors and backs projects that preserve and grow those communities. The foundation’s own summary says its work is grounded in cooperative principles and focused on helping members lead full, healthy, social lives. Its grantmaking is tied to senior housing and the support services that make those communities function. The active program descriptions point to grants for resident education, health and wellness, member services, capital improvements, acquisitions, and new construction. The funding structure also includes favorable loan terms for co-ops acquiring affordable housing projects, showing that capital support is part of the model as well as operating support for resident programs. Leadership is listed under Cindy Lamb.
A core theme in the foundation’s work is resident services for cooperative senior housing. One program supports education, health and wellness, and other member-focused services for CSI-managed and affiliated housing cooperatives. Another extends that same emphasis to programs and services for resident members. Capital support is a second major area. The loan and capital support program includes favorable loan terms and funding for capital improvements, new construction, and acquisitions tied to preserving cooperative senior housing. A related grants-and-loans program uses the same framework to support senior housing preservation alongside member services. The foundation also connects housing to wellbeing. Program descriptions explicitly pair affordable senior housing with education, health and wellness, and community programming, indicating that the funder sees resident support as part of housing stability rather than a separate activity.
The grant-size profile is very large and tightly clustered: p25 is $9,077,124, median is $9,279,090, and p75 is $9,481,057. The two recent grants fall within that narrow band, which suggests a consistent funding level rather than small transactional awards. The pattern also appears recurring. The same grantee, Csi Support & Development Services, received grants in both 2024 and 2025 for the same mission. City Square Elderly Housing Inc also makes program-related investments, and its active programs show a mix of grants, loans, and capital support. Unsolicited applications are not accepted in the active programs that list that policy.
$9.7M
$11M
$4.2M
$13M
Most grants fall between $9.1M and $9.5M, with a median of $9.3M.
25th Percentile
$9.1M
Median
$9.3M
75th Percentile
$9.5M
About 100% of grants go to recipients in MI.
CINDY LAMB
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Giving is local and entirely in Michigan: 100% of grants in the recipient distribution went to recipients in MI, and MI is also the top state by grant count. The recent grants list places both awards in Warren, MI, so the foundation’s current grant activity is concentrated in its own state rather than spread across multiple regions. The active program geography is narrower in a different way, with named coverage for California, Maryland, and Massachusetts in the cooperative housing programs.
The foundation funds education, health and wellness, resident services, community programs, capital improvements, new construction, and acquisitions tied to cooperative senior housing. Its program descriptions also include favorable loan terms for co-ops that are acquiring affordable housing projects.
No. At least one active program explicitly lists “Accepts unsolicited: False,” indicating that funding is not open to unsolicited requests in that program structure.
The grant-size distribution is very consistent: the 25th percentile is $9,077,124, the median is $9,279,090, and the 75th percentile is $9,481,057. Recent grants also sit in that same range.
The recent grants show recurring support to the same organization across two years. Csi Support & Development Services received awards in both 2024 and 2025 for the same low-income housing mission.
Its grant activity is local and entirely in Michigan. The recipient distribution shows 100% of grants to MI, and the recent grants were both made to an organization in Warren, MI.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CSI SUPPORT & DEVELOPMENT SERVICES | WARREN, MI | $9,683,023 | 2025 | TO ASSIST ON LOW INCOME HOUSING MISSION |
| CSI SUPPORT & DEVELOPMENT SERVICES | WARREN, MI | $8,875,158 | 2024 | TO ASSIST ON LOW INCOME HOUSING MISSION |
CSI SUPPORT & DEVELOPMENT SERVICES
$9,683,023TO ASSIST ON LOW INCOME HOUSING MISSION
CSI SUPPORT & DEVELOPMENT SERVICES
$8,875,158TO ASSIST ON LOW INCOME HOUSING MISSION