NEWS & PRESS


Foundations create $900,000 fund to support local journalism Crain's Detroit

Several foundations working in Detroit have teamed up to launch a $900,000 fund that will invest in quality journalism and in efforts to ensure coverage and the pool of journalists...

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Working with the people of Detroit to tell the story of Detroit Knight Foundation

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New Detroit Journalism Engagement Fund

Two projects receive more than $2.3 million in funding to support local news: the Detroit Journalism Cooperative and the Detroit Journalism Engagement Fund Knight Foundation, Ford Foundation and the Community Foundation...

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Moments of Inspiration

Looking at 2016 I’ll be honest.  2016 was not an easy year – not for the local community or for the nation.  The violence, the ongoing racism, the negative messages...

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The View from the Other Side – an Open Letter to Grantseekers

Having worked with and for non-profit organizations for all of my career to date, it was quite an opportunity to be able to come to “the other side” and make...

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Detroit Homecoming Fund of the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan

The Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan and Crain’s Detroit Business have agreed to establish the “Detroit Homecoming Fund” as a means for attendees of Homecoming to join together to support...

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Double Up Food Bucks Expands

Healthy Food Incentive Program Part of New Farm Bill In February a bipartisan team led by Michigan senator Debbie Stabenow achieved long-sought-after passage of the five-year, comprehensive Agricultural Act of...

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Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra

Connecting with New Audiences at Farmers’ Markets Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra conductor Arie Lipsky takes questions from a recent KinderConcert audience. The 2-6 year olds enjoyed a 30-minute program of...

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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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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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