Grant Highlights
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 alumni association is an independent, membership organization that offers alumni programs and services and supports the University of Michigan. This two-year grant provides funding for the association’s LEAD Scholars Program, which uses scholarships and targeted outreach to recruit, retain, and graduate underrepresented minority students.
The American Assembly, established in 1950 by Dwight D. Eisenhower as an affiliate of Columbia University, is a nonpartisan, public-affairs forum that illuminates important national policy issues and formulates innovative solutions to complex problems. This grant provided funding for the 110th assembly, held in Detroit in April 2011, which focused on strategic responses to the challenges facing cities with population loss.
The American Assembly, established in 1950 by Dwight D. Eisenhower as an affiliate of Columbia University, is a nonpartisan, public-affairs forum that illuminates important national policy issues and formulates innovative solutions to complex problems. This grant provided funding for the 110th assembly, held in Detroit in April 2011, which focused on strategic responses to the challenges facing cities with population loss.
The association is the leading advocacy and membership organization for the nation’s 1,200 community colleges and their nearly 12 million students. This grant underwrites the 21st-Century Commission on the Future of Community Colleges, which is charged with comprehensively examining the challenges and opportunities facing this fast-growing sector of higher education.
The association is the leading advocacy and membership organization for the nation’s 1,200 community colleges and their nearly 12 million students. This two-year grant provides multifaceted support for the Sustainability Education and Economic Development Initiative, which seeks to help community colleges build a skilled work force for a globally competitive green economy.
The association is the leading advocacy and membership organization for the nation’s 1,200 community colleges and their nearly 12 million students. Grant funding supports “Building a Green Workforce: Charting a Green Course for Community Colleges.” The grant identifies opportunities for community colleges to build a “green” labor force and to establish best practices across the field.
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.
The national nonprofit organization has a strong track record of leading and supporting improvements in the efficiency of America’s energy use through its publications, advocacy work in Congress, and development of appliance-efficiency standards and model building codes. This two-year grant underwrites the council’s general operations, enabling it to pursue its work in critical areas such as policy, behavior, transportation, water, and communications.
The national nonprofit organization has a strong track record of leading and supporting improvements in the efficiency of America’s energy use through its publications, advocacy work in Congress, and development of appliance-efficiency standards and model building codes. This two-year grant enables the council to expand into new areas of policy, consumer choice, and communications.