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$2M in Detroit Head Start funds will support doulas, preschool, data collection Crain's Detroit

The first grants from the $4.5 million Detroit Head Start Early Childhood Innovation Fund will support the launch of a common data collection effort to identify best practices among five...

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Detroit Head Start Early Childhood Innovation Fund Awards Nearly $2 Million in Grants

DETROIT— The Detroit Head Start Early Childhood Innovation Fund announced the awarding of nearly $2 million in grants to Head Start providers in Detroit during a news conference today at...

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Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan Awarded More Than $56 Million in Grants to Nonprofits in 2015

Grants Support Diverse Programs Benefitting Seven-County Region and Beyond Detroit – The Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan announced that it awarded more than $56 million through more than 3,700 grants to...

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Detroit’s ‘Grand Bargain’ and the Partnership that Propelled It Independent Sector

“This is one of those cases in which the imagination is baffled by the facts.” So Winston Churchill commented when Nazi leader Rudolf Hess parachuted into Scotland to pursue peace...

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Study Finds One-third of Children in Macomb, Oakland and Out Wayne Counties Lack Access to Early Childhood Care

More Slots, Quality Improvements and Community-specific Strategies Recommended Detroit, MI—The Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan and Midwest nonprofit IFF today released a comprehensive needs assessment of early childhood care and...

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Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan Awarded $2.5 Million from Michigan Health Endowment Fund

New Initiative Will Improve Access to Healthy Food for Seniors and Children DETROIT – The Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan today announced it has been awarded a grant of $2.5...

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Pamela D. Lewis Named Director of New Economy Initiative

More than $130 Million Philanthropic Partnership is Advancing Innovation and Opportunity, Spurring Investment and Business Growth in Southeast Michigan DETROIT—Pamela D. Lewis has been named director of the New Economy...

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Nonprofits Working on Detroit Revitalization Receive $115,000 in New Funding for Professional Development

Knight Foundation Funds Second Round of Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan program DETROIT— The Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan has announced a second round of Nonprofit Capacity Training grants for...

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Nonprofit Capacity Training Program

Nonprofit Capacity: Investing in the People Behind Detroit’s Revitalization We know that Detroit needs investment in infrastructure. Investment in growing businesses, “greening” our neighborhoods, fixing streets and lights and broken...

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Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan Announces Grants Totaling $6 Million from The Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation

DETROIT – The Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation recently announced a series of grants totaling $6 million to support the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan (CFSEM), including the establishment of...

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