Earmarks requested by Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick
Data from Fiscal Year 2008 appropriations bills supplied by Taxpayers for Common Sense.
| Amount | Earmark Description | Intended Recipient | |
| $ | for | Focus; HOPE, Detroit, MI for an experiential learning laboratory and related equipment and technology to support undergraduate education and training | |
| $2,000,000 | for | Detection of Biological Agents in Water | Wayne State University; Source Sentinel LLC. |
| $1,600,000 | for | City of Detroit | |
| $1,000,000 | for | Software Assurance Education and Research Institute - University of Detroit Mercy | University of Detroit-Mercy |
| $984,000 | for | Wyandotte Green Windpower on Brownfields project (MI) | |
| $800,000 | for | Light Weight Composite Brakes for Armored Wheeled Vehicles | Greening Test Labs; 3Tex, Inc. |
| $735,000 | for | Bus Maintenance Facility | |
| $634,500 | for | United Way of Southeastern Michigan Ex-Offender Reentry Program | |
| $485,000 | for | City of Detroit | |
| $423,000 | for | "Missing Persons" (Locating the Ones We Love) | |
| $390,000 | for | City of Detroit, MI for an Individual Development Account initiative | |
| $376,000 | for | Detroit, MI Drug Violence Enforcement | |
| $341,000 | for | City of Detroit, MI for the Detroit Primary Care Access Project | |
| $294,000 | for | Office of Economic Development, for demolition of vacant buildings as part of a redevelopment plan | |
| $282,000 | for | Detroit Economic Growth Corporation, Business Attraction Program | |
| $262,640 | for | United Way for Southeastern Michigan, to construct a training center for non-profit social service providers | |
| $245,000 | for | Replacement Buses | |
| $245,000 | for | Bus Component Overhaul | |
| $196,000 | for | TechTown, for renovations for historic structures for economic development | |
| $196,000 | for | City of Detroit, for infrastructure improvements to continue the revitalization of the Brush Park Historic District neighborhood | |
| $188,000 | for | Wayne County, MI Juvenile Reentry Initiative | |
| $188,000 | for | Ruth Ellis Center Street Outreach Program, Highland Park | |
| $188,000 | for | Bridge to Success | |
| $188,000 | for | Detroit, MI Business to Youth Mentoring Project | |
| $178,600 | for | Ruth Ellis Center, Highland Park, MI, for an outreach program | |
| $97,000 | for | L.I.F.T. Women's Resource Center, Detroit, MI for services to improve self-sufficiency and life skills of women transitioning from substance abuse, domestic violence, or homelessness | |
| $73,000 | for | Detroit Youth Foundation, Detroit, MI for comprehensive educational and enrichment activities for middle and high school youth | |
| $0 | for | Advanced Mobile Microgrid System | Next Energy |
