Atlantic Impact: A Catapult Story
Students at schools that include educational trips in their academic offerings get better grades, and are more likely to graduate. As a 2016 Catapult grantee, Atlantic Impact is providing more...
Jun 13th 2017
2017 Message from the Chair and the President
This letter originally appeared in the 2017 Yearbook. We are pleased to report on a year of strong growth. Just as southeast Michigan’s economy continued to strengthen during 2016, so...
Jul 7th 2017
Yearbook 2017: Regional Economic Vitality
In our 2017 Yearbook we highlight three stories about our focus on regional economic vitality. A strong economy is vital to every successful community. We are becoming a destination for...
Jul 10th 2017
Yearbook 2017: Healthy Communities
In our 2017 Yearbook we highlight stories about our focus on healthy communities. Regions that promote healthy living have more productive and satisfied residents. In healthier communities, residents tend to live longer...
Jul 10th 2017
Yearbook 2017: Investing in Youth
In our 2017 Yearbook we highlight stories about our focus on investing in our youth. When we think of youth, we think of dreams, innovation, and new opportunities — or, simply put,...
Jul 9th 2017
Investing In Youth
The Community Foundation believes the future of this region rests on developing children into fully capable adults. That is why we have invested in youth for more than 30 years...
Sep 19th 2017
Further Connecting With Our Community
On the Table is a new Community Foundation investment in the future of young people. The Foundation is encouraging residents from across the region to pause from their daily activities...
Sep 19th 2017
Inviting All Voices To The Table
On October 4, 2017, more than 2,000 residents of southeast Michigan participated in On the Table, a new initiative of the Community Foundation. Over breakfast, lunch, snacks, or dinner, people...
Nov 21st 2017
A Message From The President: Fall 2017
A little over three years ago, Detroit was just beginning to emerge from this country’s largest municipal bankruptcy settlement, Michigan’s unemployment rate was over 7 percent, and the Dow Jones...
Nov 21st 2017
Building Brightmoor Community Leaders
The nonprofit sector exists to build and support healthy, vibrant, and engaged communities. Therefore, it has become important to invest in the advancement of skills in employees of nonprofit organizations,...
Nov 21st 2017