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
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
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
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
Fostering Innovation in Detroit Head Start Programs
A One-of-a-Kind Collaboration A one-of-a-kind collaboration among eight regional foundations, housed at the Community Foundation, will grant more than $4 million over two years to support high quality Head Start...
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
Building Endowment
The recent economic upturn has made it possible for more nonprofits to prioritize their long-term financial destinies by building endowment with the Community Foundation. A total of 189 organizations are working...
Jul 14th 2014
Building High-Tech Careers
Support from the Community Foundation helped Henry Ford Community College in Dearborn and the University of Michigan’s Lurie Nanofabrication Facility in Ann Arbor create the first-of-its-kind nanotechnology and microsystems technician training and...
Jul 14th 2014
Promoting Healthy Food
The Double Up Food Bucks program has become the national model for increasing access to healthy food among low-income families. The 2014 federal Farm Bill allocates millions of dollars...
Jul 14th 2014
Teaching The Hearing Impaired
Madonna University in Livonia offers the state’s only bachelor of arts degree in sign language studies. A grant from the Community Foundation is helping the school use its unique expertise to...
Jul 14th 2014