Schools Promote Healthy Habits
Helping schools in Detroit solidify the health outcomes achieved by Project Healthy Schools Reducing childhood obesity and its long-term cardio-vascular health risks is the goal of Project Healthy Schools, a...
Apr 15th 2015
A Healthy Neighborhood Hub
The Northwest Detroit Farmers’ Market, operated by the Grandmont Rosedale Development Corp., is the highest-grossing neighborhood-based market in Detroit, attracting more than 300 shoppers each week. A $10,000 grant from...
Apr 6th 2015
CPR Training for Firefighters
With help from a DMC Foundation grant of $51,000, a program at the Detroit Medical Center is training hundreds of firefighters in adult and infant CPR and basic lifesaving, including...
Apr 6th 2015
Cultivating Civic Leadership
Nonprofit leadership and civic engagement are important themes in our work at the Community Foundation. We are always on the lookout for programs and initiatives that teach and motivate citizens to...
Mar 30th 2015
Endowment Building
Stories of individuals whose gifts help us make significant investments in our community One of our most important tasks as a community foundation is to build a permanent source of...
Nov 15th 2014
Agency Endowment Offers Many Advantages
Building a Stable Financial Future Building a long-term, revenue-producing endowment is one of the best ways a nonprofit organization can build a stable financial future for their work. That’s why...
Sep 22nd 2014
James B. Nicholson Elected Board Chair
At the June 2014 annual meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Community Foundation, James B. Nicholson, civic leader and president and chief executive officer of PVS Chemicals Inc.,...
Sep 22nd 2014
Making Investments Across The Region
Helping Donors Do the Most Good with Their Charitable Dollars More than $50 million in grants are made by the Community Foundation each year to nonprofit organizations throughout Wayne, Oakland,...
Sep 22nd 2014
Young Leaders Learn Philanthropy
Pathway to Excellence Program Mentors the Next Generation of African-American Men Sigma Pi Phi fraternity, also known as the Boulé, was the first Greek-letter fraternity founded by African-American men. Boulé...
Sep 22nd 2014
I Heard It Through the Grapevine: Motown’s Prospects Are Looking Up The Huffington Post
However improbable it might have seemed twenty, five, or even two years ago, Detroit could well be on the verge of a major turnaround that could make it one of...
Sep 5th 2014
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