Engaging New Audiences
Because we recognize the important role arts and culture play in our daily lives, the Community Foundation has provided considerable support to organizations focused on arts and culture. Creating...
Jul 9th 2018
Strengthening Leaders and Capacity
Strong communities are built on the bonds and connections of residents and charitable organizations that are working to improve the well-being of their neighborhoods. For nonprofit organizations, which often benefit...
Jul 9th 2018
Supporting Social-Emotional Needs at Head Start
Social-emotional support for kids, families and agency staff has been a key focus on Head Start Innovation Fund investments. Several key agencies, including the two that serve all of Macomb...
Jun 29th 2018
Supporting New Moms at Head Start
With a larger number of Early Head Start seats available in Detroit for newborns, the Innovation Fund made some key, early investments for agencies to better support and connect to...
Jun 25th 2018
Cultivating A New Generation of Storytellers
The Riverwise Writing Workshop is arming a new generation of storytellers with the tools to shape their own stories. Local activists deeply-rooted in their communities are developing skills writing poetry...
Jun 15th 2018
Tostada Magazine: Writing About Food, Breaking Down Barriers
Tostada Magazine uses food to explore Detroit’s culture and people with the belief that food can break down barriers and bring people together. From profiling small ethnic restaurants to examining...
Jun 15th 2018
Arise Detroit! and Michigan Chronicle
Arise Detroit! created “One Year in the Life” to produce news stories in three Detroit neighborhoods — Dexter-Davidson, Northwest and Southwest — to expand the narrative about Detroit and show...
Jun 15th 2018
WDET and City Bureau: Citizen Journalism Serving as the Eyes and Ears for the Public
Too often Detroit residents are not aware a public meeting is happening or are unable to find out what occurred. Some public meetings, once routinely covered by local journalists, seldom...
Jun 15th 2018
Journalism on Demand: Personalized Data Delivered By Text Message
When Outlier Media founder Sarah Alvarez explored how to reach more Detroit residents to share information she looked beyond newsprint and websites, traditional ways of delivering news to the public....
Jun 15th 2018
Detroit Public Television and Community Development Advocates of Detroit host community conversations to bolster neighborhood participation in the region’s journalism
Local residents share views about the problems and promise of their comeback city in Detroit Journalism Engagement Fund pilot program. The group of young black men under 30, who make...
Jun 15th 2018