Bringing Literature To Life
A $25,000 grant from the Community Foundation will double the number of Page to Stage theater productions offered to students by the Macomb Center for the Performing Arts. The grant will also help...
Mar 24th 2014
The Sphinx Organization
The Sphinx Organization has received international acclaim for its work transforming lives through the power of diversity in the arts. Sphinx fulfills its mission through music education and helping talented...
Mar 24th 2014
Nonprofit Sustainability
Year-end at the Community Foundation is fast-paced to say the least. Our staff works through the holidays to process gifts and to make grants, primarily from our donor-advised funds, where...
Feb 17th 2014
Serving LGBT Seniors
LGBT seniors face a range of unique inequalities as they age. As members of the LGBT community grow older, new hurdles arise that they may not have had to deal...
Jul 14th 2014
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...
Mar 24th 2014
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...
Mar 24th 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
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
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