The foundation makes its first capital grant to the Methodist Children’s Home Society for the purchase of 28 acres of land, construction of a new children’s home (Children’s Village in Redford, Mich.), operating expenses, and establishment of an endowment. Gifts from prominent Detroiters like the Webber, Hudson, and Edsel Ford families augmented the Kresge grant. Now called MCHS Family of Services, the organization operates to this day.