Grant Highlights
Detroit
The agency, now called Michigan Community Resources, delivers free legal resources to community-based nonprofits that serve Detroit residents. This two-year grant enables its collaborative Detroit Vacant Property Campaign to provide block clubs and neighborhood associations with technical assistance and mini-grants to help them secure, maintain, beautify, and monitor foreclosed and unoccupied homes.
The national intermediary provides financial and technical assistance to communities to develop permanent supportive housing for people who are homeless because of unemployment and chronic health issues. This three-year grant supports the metropolitan Detroit office’s launch of a new initiative to provide 50 people with permanent homes and an array of supportive services.
The national intermediary provides financial and technical assistance to communities to develop permanent supportive housing for people who are homeless because of unemployment and chronic health issues. This three-year grant supports the metropolitan Detroit office’s launch of an initiative to provide 50 people with permanent homes and an array of supportive services.
The council is the fiscal agent for the new Michigan Office of Urban and Metropolitan Initiatives established by Gov. Rick Snyder. This two-year grant assists the office in developing and delivering a policy agenda to revitalize Michigan’s major cities and strengthen their economies.
The membership organization of grantmakers in Michigan provides networking, education and advocacy opportunities and serves as the fiscal agent for the new Michigan Office of Urban and Metropolitan Initiatives established by Gov. Rick Snyder. This two-year grant assists the office in developing and delivering a policy agenda to revitalize Michigan’s major cities and strengthen their economies.
The membership organization of grantmakers in Michigan provides networking, education and advocacy opportunities. This two-year grant funds the Office of the Foundation Liaison, a cabinet-level position in state government to help identify and broker strategic partnerships between the state and foundations that could lead to policy reforms that improve the lives of Michigan families and children.
The professional association provides research, advocacy, marketing, and professional-development services to nonprofit arts and culture organizations in a seven-county area. This two-year grant for general operating support strengthens the alliance’s capability to help these local organizations thrive and be sustainable community assets.
The professional association provides research, advocacy, marketing and professional development services to nonprofit arts and culture organizations in a seven-county area. A two-year grant enables the alliance to deliver services to member organizations and strengthen the arts and culture sector in Detroit and the surrounding region.
Demos is a nonpartisan, public-policy research and advocacy organization that anchors the Building Movement Project, which has worked in Detroit to bolster the capability of neighborhood groups to address systemic issues. With this three-year grant, the project is establishing community-engagement labs in two Detroit neighborhoods to identify emerging leaders and increase resident participation.
The agency offers elderly and disabled residents and their family caregivers a spectrum of services, ranging from adult day care and home-delivered meals to legal services and transportation. A two-year grant funds the launch of the Senior Solutions Home Repair Program, which serves seniors in three Detroit neighborhoods.