Grant Highlights
Detroit
Through volunteers and partnerships, the organization assists low- and moderate-income families and households with local, state, and federal income-tax filings, as well as filings for property-tax refunds and tax credits. This two-year grant supports the Brightmoor Neighborhood Tax Center, which provides free tax preparation and counseling services for residents.
For 20 years, the multiservice agency has provided shelter, outreach, counseling, medical care, employment training, and other gender-specific and age-appropriate services for homeless and at-risk girls and young women in Southwest Detroit. This three-year grant enables the organization to expand its fund-development staff and to raise funds for an operating reserve.
The American Civil Liberties Union has launched a multimillion-dollar initiative to help strengthen and reposition affiliates in key states, including Michigan. This three-year grant supports the ACLU’s expansion fund and advances its efforts to address systemic civil rights issues affecting Detroit and other urban communities.
Michigan’s ACLU chapter works to defend residents’ civil liberties at the most local level. This three-year grant enables the chapter to address systemic civil rights issues impacting Detroit and other urban communities and to expand its services statewide.
The civil rights organization was founded in 1913 to fight anti-Semitism and all forms of bigotry through information, education, legislation, and advocacy. In conjunction with Detroit community performances of the play “Palmer Park” by Joanna McClelland Glass, the league’s Michigan chapter is using this grant to create and videotape an educational symposium on issues of diversity and inclusion in Detroit.
The civil rights organization was founded in 1913 to fight anti-Semitism and all forms of bigotry through information, education, legislation, and advocacy. In conjunction with Detroit community performances of the play “Palmer Park” by Joanna McClelland Glass, the league’s Michigan chapter is using this grant to create and videotape an educational symposium on issues of diversity and inclusion in Detroit.
To divert building materials from landfills, the nonprofit salvage and resale organization trains low-skilled Detroit residents to deconstruct vacant houses by hand and offers the salvaged materials for reuse or recycling locally through its retail store. This grant enables the warehouse to scale up its operations to deconstruct 100 to 500 houses in coming years.
Working with 300 community partners, the organization has engaged more than 3,000 volunteers in hundreds of community-service programs benefiting youth, families, and neighborhoods. This two-year grant funds the recruitment of additional volunteers, the launch of a weekly ARISE Detroit! Network radio show, and service to the community on its annual citywide Neighborhoods Day.
Working with 300 community partners, the organization has recruited more than 3,000 volunteers and engaged them in hundreds of community-service programs benefiting youth, families, and neighborhoods. This grant is being used to upgrade the organization’s information technology, increase its fund-development capacity, and expand its annual ARISE Detroit! Neighborhoods Day program.
The statewide organization uses advocacy, capacity building, and strategic communications, in partnership with constituents, stakeholders, and the broader community, to cultivate the creative potential of Michigan’s arts and cultural sector in ways that enhance the health, well-being, and quality of life for residents and communities. This two-year, $150,000 grant supports general operations.