Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan Awards More Than $7.5 Million in Grants to Area Nonprofits in Third Quarter 2015
Detroit – The Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan announced that more than $7.5 million in grants were made to nonprofit organizations during the third quarter of 2015. The projects supported cover a wide range of program areas, from arts, culture and recreation to health and human services and economic development.
A few of the programs and organizations that received recent grants are:
• Care House of Oakland County, Inc., Pontiac: $30,000 to support a program for staff who serve trauma survivors.
• Detroit PAL Inc., Detroit: $4,000 to maintain and improve baseball diamonds at St. Hedwig Recreational Center.
• Furniture Bank of Southeastern Michigan, Pontiac: $50,000 over three years to expand a program to furnish the homes of low-income families in Wayne County.
• Historic Elmwood Foundation, Detroit: $34,500 for the development of digital audio tours of Historic Elmwood Cemetery.
• InsideOut Literary Arts, Detroit: $30,000 for continued collaboration with ArtOps to increase organizational sustainability.
• InterFaith Leadership Council of Metropolitan Detroit, Oak Park: $10,000 to expand a religious diversity immersion program for seventh-grade students in Oakland and Wayne County schools.
• Non-Profit Enterprise at Work, Ann Arbor: $30,000 to build organizational capacity and develop a training program for nonprofit organizations in partnership with ZingTrain.
• Racquet Up Detroit, Detroit, $40,000. Support to grow the capacity and impact of a mentoring program focused on squash and academic achievement.
• Regents of University of Michigan Dearborn, Dearborn, $50,000. Support for a Public Allies Metropolitan Detroit program to position Opportunity Youth in nonprofit leadership roles.
More than $33 million granted to date in 2015
The Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan takes a regional approach to community investment and grantmaking. It was founded in 1984 to promote and facilitate community philanthropy across the seven counties of southeast Michigan. Although it is one of the younger community foundations in the nation, (many are approaching their 100th anniversaries) it is one of the fastest growing. In 2014 it was ranked 23rd nationally in asset size.
Included in these totals are Community Foundation grants recommended by donors who have established charitable funds at the Foundation. Each day the Community Foundation works with individuals, families and businesses to establish funds that allow them to draw upon its financial strength, tax advantages and community know-how to maximize the impact of their charitable dollars.
Long-Term Initiatives Foster Regional Impact
In addition to quarterly grantmaking to nonprofits in the region, the Community Foundation develops long-term initiatives that bring additional public and philanthropic dollars into the region. Examples include the New Economy Initiative for Southeast Michigan, a $100 million, 10 foundation philanthropic economic development initiative; the GreenWays Initiative, which supports the planning and construction of regional trails and greenways; and the Detroit Head Start Early Childhood Innovation Fund, a $4.9 million fund managed by the Community Foundation and created by eight foundations investing in innovative, data-driven programs to improve outcomes for Detroit children and families receiving Head Start services.
The Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan is a full-service philanthropic organization leading the way to positive change in our region. As a permanent community endowment built by gifts from thousands of individuals and organizations, the Foundation supports a wide variety of activities benefiting education, arts and culture, health, human services, community development and civic affairs. Since its inception, the Community Foundation and its supporting organizations have distributed more than $709 million through nearly 54,000 grants to nonprofit organizations throughout Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, Monroe, Washtenaw, St. Clair and Livingston counties.
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Detroit – The Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan announced that more than $7.5 million in grants were made to nonprofit organizations during the third quarter of 2015. The projects supported cover a wide range of program areas, from arts, culture and recreation to health and human services and economic development.
A few of the programs and organizations that received recent grants are:
• Care House of Oakland County, Inc., Pontiac: $30,000 to support a program for staff who serve trauma survivors.
• Detroit PAL Inc., Detroit: $4,000 to maintain and improve baseball diamonds at St. Hedwig Recreational Center.
• Furniture Bank of Southeastern Michigan, Pontiac: $50,000 over three years to expand a program to furnish the homes of low-income families in Wayne County.
• Historic Elmwood Foundation, Detroit: $34,500 for the development of digital audio tours of Historic Elmwood Cemetery.
• InsideOut Literary Arts, Detroit: $30,000 for continued collaboration with ArtOps to increase organizational sustainability.
• InterFaith Leadership Council of Metropolitan Detroit, Oak Park: $10,000 to expand a religious diversity immersion program for seventh-grade students in Oakland and Wayne County schools.
• Non-Profit Enterprise at Work, Ann Arbor: $30,000 to build organizational capacity and develop a training program for nonprofit organizations in partnership with ZingTrain.
• Racquet Up Detroit, Detroit, $40,000. Support to grow the capacity and impact of a mentoring program focused on squash and academic achievement.
• Regents of University of Michigan Dearborn, Dearborn, $50,000. Support for a Public Allies Metropolitan Detroit program to position Opportunity Youth in nonprofit leadership roles.
More than $33 million granted to date in 2015
The Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan takes a regional approach to community investment and grantmaking. It was founded in 1984 to promote and facilitate community philanthropy across the seven counties of southeast Michigan. Although it is one of the younger community foundations in the nation, (many are approaching their 100th anniversaries) it is one of the fastest growing. In 2014 it was ranked 23rd nationally in asset size.
Included in these totals are Community Foundation grants recommended by donors who have established charitable funds at the Foundation. Each day the Community Foundation works with individuals, families and businesses to establish funds that allow them to draw upon its financial strength, tax advantages and community know-how to maximize the impact of their charitable dollars.
Long-Term Initiatives Foster Regional Impact
In addition to quarterly grantmaking to nonprofits in the region, the Community Foundation develops long-term initiatives that bring additional public and philanthropic dollars into the region. Examples include the New Economy Initiative for Southeast Michigan, a $100 million, 10 foundation philanthropic economic development initiative; the GreenWays Initiative, which supports the planning and construction of regional trails and greenways; and the Detroit Head Start Early Childhood Innovation Fund, a $4.9 million fund managed by the Community Foundation and created by eight foundations investing in innovative, data-driven programs to improve outcomes for Detroit children and families receiving Head Start services.
The Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan is a full-service philanthropic organization leading the way to positive change in our region. As a permanent community endowment built by gifts from thousands of individuals and organizations, the Foundation supports a wide variety of activities benefiting education, arts and culture, health, human services, community development and civic affairs. Since its inception, the Community Foundation and its supporting organizations have distributed more than $709 million through nearly 54,000 grants to nonprofit organizations throughout Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, Monroe, Washtenaw, St. Clair and Livingston counties.
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