Local public meetings are a scrape and a tap away NeimanLab
“The goal is not to produce content for media outlets. It’s to repair broken bridges with local government, to get people to the meetings, get their voices heard, and figure...
Jan 15th 2019
In In The News
More than $11 million in grants announced
The Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan announced more than $11 million in grants to organizations and initiatives primarily within southeast Michigan’s seven counties in areas including the arts, education, health,...
Jan 14th 2019
In Press Release
Opportunities for Strategic Support of Detroit’s Young Children
This month, Detroit’s key Head Start agencies will submit applications to “re-compete” for federal dollars for this critical and comprehensive early childhood program. While the quest for these dollars is...
Jan 9th 2019
In General
Community Foundation Head Start grants to boost teacher recruitment and retention
Eight organizations in three southeast Michigan counties are receiving $1.1 million in grants from the Community Foundation’s Head Start Innovation Fund. The grants will support the organizations’ recompetition for federal...
Jan 8th 2019
In General,Press Release
Freedom of information: New project aims to help Detroiters use public records law The Detroit Free Press
“Journalists talk a lot about the Freedom of Information Act. It’s a key way that we hold our governments accountable. Free Press journalists recently used Michigan’s Freedom of Information law...
Jan 4th 2019
In In The News
The Team Behind The Impact: Program
Year-end at the Community Foundation is an exciting time of year as we see gifts coming in and grants flowing out. While nothing would happen without our donors and strong...
Dec 27th 2018
In General
Introducing Michigan Youth to Entrepreneurship
New Economy Initiative, in partnership with the C.S. Mott Foundation, has launched a youth project to explore and pilot ways to introduce youth to the existing entrepreneurial ecosystem and strengthen...
Dec 27th 2018
In General
A conversation with The HOPE Fund committee member Sabin Blake
Sabin Blake, 42, of Ferndale, was famously featured on the cover of Black Enterprise magazine in 2011 in an article with the headline “Black and Gay in Corporate America: Breaking...
Dec 26th 2018
In General
Neutral Zone helps LGBT youth tell their stories
Sixty youth from southeast Michigan’s seven counties were able to tell their stories through Queer Youth Stories, a digital storytelling and dialogue project for Gay Straight Alliances (GSAs) in southeast...
Dec 26th 2018
In General
Project focuses on transgender youth
The HOPE Fund is supporting a project to help educate community members and families of transgender youth about the importance of inclusion and affirmation. Its intention is also to create...
Dec 26th 2018
In General