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24 Core Art Organization Grants (Multiple)
To support operating and general costs for 24 core arts organizations: Allied Media Projects, Arab American National Museum, Arts League of Detroit (Carr Center), Center for Detroit Arts & Culture at Marygrove, Charles H. Wright Museum, Compas (SDBA), CultureSource, Design Core Detroit, Detroit Artists market, Detroit Historical Society, Detroit Public Library Friends Foundation, Detroit Public Theatre, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Detroit Zoological Society, Heidelberg Project, Matrix Theatre Company, Michigan Opera Theatre, Michigan Science Center, Mosaic Youth Theater, Motown Historical Society, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Pewabic Society, Signal Return, Sphinx Organization
Allied Media Projects
To renovate the LOVE Building in the Woodbridge / Core City neighborhood as a local-national hub for social justice that integrates community connectivity with restorative and universal design principles.
Belle Isle Conservancy
To create a new public garden designed by Dutch garden designer Piet Oudolf on Belle Isle.
Black Leaders Detroit
To provide operating support to develop Black Leaders Detroit’s organizational capacity and expanding financing and funding for Black-led small businesses and entrepreneurs
Center for Michigan
To support research, education, and community engagement on policy issues that affect Detroiters.
Center for Michigan
For core operating support
Chandler Park Conservancy
To support the revitalization of Chandler Park on the eastside of Detroit into a high-quality regional park and urban conservation campus.
Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History
To support general operations in furtherance of long-term financial sustainability
CHN Housing Partners
To support implementation capacity for the Detroit Housing Network and its single-family housing strategy in neighborhoods across Detroit.
Citizens Research Council
To support research, education, and community engagement on policy issues that affect Detroiters.
Citizens Research Council
For core operating support
College for Creative Studies
To support Design Core Detroit's Commerce Design: DETROIT program
United Way of Southeastern Michigan
In support of the COVID-19 Community Response Fund. The COVID-19 Community Response Fund has been established to rapidly deploy resources to community-based organizations offering emergency relief to families and individuals impacted by the Coronavirus pandemic in Detroit and the region.
Community Connections (Wayne Metropolitan Community Action Agency)
To support its the Bridging the Gap fund, a community-led grantmaking program that funds COVID-relief efforts for community leaders, grassroots organizations, and childcare providers.
Community Development Advocates of Detroit
To build its operational capacity to serve as the backbone organization for the Building the Engine of Community Development (BECDD) planning process and to facilitate system governance.
Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan
To support the New Economy Initiative to enhance service delivery to diverse small businesses in Detroit through enhanced network, capacity-building, funding, and communications support.
Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan
To support the Mariam C. Noland Public Spaces Fund
Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan
To support the implementation of Phase 2 of the Community Policing Innovations Initiative.
Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan (CFSEM)
To support a planning phase ("Phase One") for a funder collaborative focused on safety and justice issues in Michigan.
Council of Michigan Foundations
To support the Governor's Office of the Foundation Liaison (OFL) in promoting of philanthropic-public collaboration at the state level by providing research and data to inform decision making for policy changes.
Council of Michigan Foundations
To support a fellow to advance policy and research activities to improve the quality of life in Detroit.
Council of Michigan Foundations
To engage Public Policy Associates (PPA) in providing continued strategic consulting, thought partnership, and research support to the Michigan State Budget Office's Federal working group (SBO)
Council of State Governments
To work in collaboration with Safe and Just Michigan by performing prelimary research on key questions that will shape the formulation of "Clean Slate" policies, - which allow for the automatic sealing of minor criminal records for individuals demonstrating rehabiliation, - in the state of Michigan.
Council on Foundations
Annual membership dues.
CultureSource
In support for the launch of Creators of Culture Program to foster small-scale, informal, and/or artistic-led creative activities in Detroit.
Design Core Detroit (a department of College for Creative Studies)
To support a City of Design Challenge focused on building social cohesion and community re-engagement through Detroit’s COVID-19 recovery
Detroit Employment Solutions Corporation
To support community outreach and communications operations for the City of Detroit 2020 Census Campaign.
Detroit Employment Solutions Corporation
To support Project Clean Slate (PCS) the City of Detroit’s expungement initiative, to help Detroiters clear eligible criminal records to remove barriers to better employment, education, and housing opportunities.
Detroit Employment Solutions Corporation
To support the Friends and Family Choices Program which is intended to prevent violence and reduce poverty through employment services like job readiness, case management and placement assistance.
Detroit Future City
To support the creation of a Center for Equity, Engagement, and Research within Detroit Future City, that would conduct research and build partnerships to promote greater economic equity in Detroit.
Detroit Future City
To support Detroit Future City’s Center for Equity, Engagement, and Research to strengthen economic equity for Detroit city residents through sustained and expanded research and engagement efforts.
Detroit Future City
To conduct a research study on equitable economic development philanthropy and investment opportunities in Detroit.
Detroit Institute of Arts
To support a regional outreach plan.
Detroit Justice Center
To provide legal services to assist Detroiters who have had justice system contact.
Detroit Justice Center
To provide general operating support to the Detroit Justice Center to assist Detroiters with justice system contact overcome barriers to opportunity while engaging the community in redesigning a more equitable justice system
Detroit Justice Center
To provide general operating support to the Detroit Justice Center to assist Detroiters with justice system contact to overcome barriers to opportunity while engaging the community in transforming the criminal legal system in Detroit and beyond
Detroit Parks Coalition (Chandler Park Conservancy as fiscal sponsor)
To support the launch of the Detroit Parks Coalition as a unified voice, advocate, and assistance provider for all parks in Detroit
Detroit Public Safety Foundation
To expand the Detroit Police Department's Ceasefire violence prevention program.
Detroit Public Safety Foundation
To support the launch and implementation of a Mental Health Co-Response Partnership program in Wayne County. The program will provide systems capacity to better serve Detroiters and drive better utilization of law enforcement & emergency services.
Detroit Public Safety Foundation (DPSF)
To support the development of a comprehensive risk assessment management tool that will identify officers with high risk of violating civil rights.
Detroit Public Schools Foundation
To support the Connected Futures initiative which will provide Detroit Public School students and families with devices, connectivity and technology support to continue to access learning during the COVID-19 school closure period and beyond.
Detroit Regional Partnership
To support the development of an inclusive regional economic development strategy for Southeast Michigan through a partnership with the Brookings Institution Metropolitan Policy Program
Detroit RiverFront Conservancy
To support capital expansion, enhancement, programming, and operations of park infrastructure along the Detroit riverfront.
Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO)
For general operating support.
Detroit Wayne Integrated Health Network (DWIHN)
To support the creation of a jail data dashboard that would integrate and publicly share data from Detroit Wayne Integrated Health Network and the Wayne County Sheriff’s Office.
Develop Detroit Inc.
To support operating capacity for and capitalization of affordable housing and community development activities in Detroit.
Downtown Detroit Partnership
To support the recovery and growth of Downtown Detroit as a vibrant, safe and inclusive community and a behavioral-mental health augmentation service pilot
Downtown Detroit Partnership
To facilitate community convening and data analysis to improve safety in Downtown and Corktown.
Downtown Detroit Partnership
To support the growth and sustainability of downtown Detroit as a vibrant, safe and inclusive environment.
Downtown Detroit Partnership (Homecoming)
To support Detroit Homecoming VI.
East Warren Development Corporation
To provide operating support for East Warren Development Corporation’s stewardship of community development, small business, and resident engagement efforts in its target neighborhood.
Eastern Market Corporation
To support general operations in furtherance of job growth, entrepreneurship, and district management as part of an equitable development strategy for the Eastern Market District
Eastern Market (Murals in the Market)
To support Murals in the Market.
Eastern Market Partnership
To support general operations in furtherance of job growth, entrepreneurship, and district management as part of an equitable development strategy for the Eastern Market District
Enterprise Community Partners
To support the Emerging Community Development Organization Fund, which will provide general operating support and technical assistance to newer and smaller community development organizations and their leaders throughout the city.
Faith in Action Network (Force Detroit)
To support the Ceasefire Learning Community which will exam, affirm and produce a set of recommendations for strengthening Detroit’s Ceasefire program and community engagement strategy.
Force Detroit
To strengthen capacity to facilitate and develop neighborhood-based Community Violence Interruption infrastructure in Detroit, including through the hiring of a consultant.
FORCE Detroit/Faith in Action
To provide holistic, community-based violence prevention and safety solutions to address and reduce the number of violent crimes that happen in Detroit.
Genesis Hope CDC
To build capacity to support community engagement and planning for the Inclusive Growth Neighborhood Investment Project.
Global Detroit
To commission a research study into the role of immigration and immigrant integration in neighborhood stabilization and revitalization in Detroit.
Green Light Fund Detroit
To support the launch of GreenLight Detroit Fund II to advance economic progress for Detroiters by working with local stakeholders to bring four new social innovations to the city
GroundTruth Project (FREEP)
To support a reporter at the Detroit Free Press to cover systemic challenges affecting returning citizens and their families.
Hyphen Partners
To bolster the capacity of grassroots Community Violence Intervention (CVI) organizations in Detroit and to increase their access to federal and other public funding sources.
Invest Detroit
To conduct research and analysis to inform the creation of a more fair and equitable property tax structure that promotes economic growth for the city of Detroit.
Invest Detroit Foundation
To support general operations to enhance and sustain the administration of real estate and business development activities in Detroit, including the Strategic Neighborhood Fund.
Invest Detroit Foundation
To support loan loss reserve protection for the Detroit Small Business Recovery Fund (DSBRF).
Jeferson East, Inc.
To support public safety program along the east Jefferson corridor and its adjoining neighborhoods to bolster JEI's inclusive neighborhood redevelopment strategies
Jefferson East Inc.
To provide general operating support.
Jefferson East, Inc.
To support initial implementation of the Jefferson Chalmers Targeted Redevelopment Area.
Jefferson East Inc.
For the implementation of the Jefferson Chalmers Targeted Redevelopment Area.
Jefferson East, Inc.
To facilitate community convening and data analysis to improve safety in the East Jefferson Corridor.
Jefferson East Inc.
Realigning and streamlining the East Jefferson Corridor development model
Live6 Alliance
To support façade improvement programs for small businesses in two neighborhoods, Livernois-McNichols and Southwest Detroit
Live6 Alliance
To provide support for the Live6 Alliance to expand its economic development, business support, and public safety efforts in its target neighborhood
Local Initiative Support Corporation
To support affordable housing, economic development, and neighborhood revitalization in Detroit.
Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC)
To implement the Afforable Housing Leverage Fund (AHLF).
Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC)
To support general operations which will enable the implementation of an economic development agenda to revitalize neighborhoods and support small business development job creation in Detroit
Michigan Center for Youth Justice
To provide operating support to advance research, training, and engagement on policy issues that affect youth in contact with the juvenile justice system.
Michigan Council on Crime and Delinquency
For operating support during the completion of a strategic planning process.
Michigan Future Inc.
To support research, communications and advocacy that advances a statewide agenda with the goal of rising incomes for all Michigan residents.
Michigan Future, Inc.
To support research, communications, and advocacy to increase economic prosperity among Michiganders.
Michigan Future Inc
To support research, communications and advocacy that advances a statewide agenda with the goal of rising incomes for all Michigan residents.
Michigan Justice Fund – Collaborative Fund hosted by CFSEM
To support a funder collaborative focused on safety and justice issues in Michigan
Michigan League for Public Policy
To support research, education, and community engagement on policy issues that affect Detroiters.
Michigan League for Public Policy
For core operating support
Michigan Nonprofit Association
To support the Michigan Nonprofits Count Campaign to mobilize the nonprofit sector to support a fair and accurate census count in Detroit.
Michigan Nonprofit Association
As fiscal sponsor to Building the Engine of Community Development of Detroit (BECDD) to support the development of a coordinated community development system in Detroit.
Michigan Nonprofit Association
To support the development and implementation of the Neighborhood Vitality Index, a community-driven, assessment of neighborhood quality of life to inform future neighborhood investments and improvement efforts.
Michigan Nonprofit Association
To support the nonprofit sector as they engage communities in Detroit into a high-quality regional park and urban conservation campus.
Michigan Opera Theater
To support the production of "Blue" at the Aretha Franklin Ampitheatre
Midtown Detroit Inc.
To support Midtown Detroit Inc.’s coordination and development of a comprehensive conceptual design framework for Detroit’s Midtown Cultural Connection project
Midtown Detroit, Inc.
To support the façade matching grant program in Midtown and New Center.
Midtown Detroit, Inc.
To support general operations and community development programming.
Midtown Detroit Inc.
To support the completion of the Cultural Center Planning Initiative (CCPI). The CCPI aims to reimagine a nine-block neighborhood in Detroit in order to strengthen the local economy create an enhanced sense of community, deepen local cultural capacity and increase the quality of life for the neighborhood.
Midtown Detroit, Inc
To provide general operating support to continue its mission to support and enhance community & economic development in the Midtown and New Center areas.
Neighborhood Defender Service Detroit
To support its data analytic capacity to assess the impact of its community-based holistic public defense, and to advance policy and practice improvements.
Neighborhood Vitality Index (Michigan Nonprofit Association)
To provide renewal support of the Neighborhood Vitality Index pilot and implementation.
New Detroit
To provide general operating support to advance the mission to achieve racial understanding and racial equity in Metropolitan Detroit
New Detroit, Inc.
For general operating support to complete and implement their strategic plan.
Public Rights Project (Tide’s Center)
To support the Public Rights Project in the launch of a 2-year fellowship with the City of Detroit to help catalyze and expand the City’s affirmative litigation and community engagement efforts to better protect and enforce Detroit resident’s legal rights
Renaissance of Hope
To support operating capacity to support community engagement and begin to implement a neighborhood master plan for the Grand River and Livernois community.
Southwest Detroit Business Association
To support façade improvement programs for small businesses in two neighborhoods, Livernois-McNichols and Southwest Detroit
Southwest Detroit Business Association
To provide support to the Southwest Detroit Business Association to revitalize commercial corridors and assist small businesses in Southwest Detroit
Southwest Detroit Community Justice Center
To support the Southwest Detroit Community Justice Center (SWDCJC) to provide case management for the Detroit Police Department’s LEAD Opioid Abuse Diversion Program pilot.
Tech Town Detroit
To provide technical support to the small business borrowers through the Detroit Recovery, Opportunity, and Resilience (ROAR) Fund as they stabelize through the COVID-19 pandemic.
TechTown Detroit
To support the Community Development Minigrant Program launched by the Community Development Advocates of Detroit and and Co.Act Detroit, which will provide grants to neighborhood and community organizations throughout Detroit to respond to organizational and neighborhood needs as a result of the pandemic and related economic downturn.
The Council of Michigan Foundations (CMF)
For the Governor's Office of the Foundation Liaison's (OFL) ongoing efforts to facilitate strategic partnerships between state agencies and Michigan foundations that share mutual goals and interests
The Heidelberg Project
To support the creation of a comprehensive development plan for the Heidleberg Project Arts District in the McDougall-Hung neighborhood conducted by Lord Cultural Resources.
The Michigan Collaborative to End Incarceration (MLPP)
To expand its operational capacity to address mass incarceration at the state and local level by cultivating partnerships and providing a platform for multiple organizations to focus strategically on shared goals
Tuxedo Project
To support general operations to advance neighborhood revitalization efforts and community supports.
United Commuinty Housing Coalition
To prevent, reduce and mitigate the negative impacts from tax foreclosures in Detroit through outreach, counseling, and legal support.
United Community Housing Coalition
To support the “Make it Home” program that purchases homes through the City of Detroit’s Right of Refusal process for the purpose of helping homeowners and tenants avoid eviction through tax foreclosure and retain or purchase quality, affordable homeownership
United Way for Southeast Michigan
Which will provide funding to small businesses, veterans support, out of school and place-based programs, and microgrants to community nonprofits meeting COVID-related needs. UWSEM will also provide a directed $50,000 regrant to the Family Independence Initiative to support cash transfers to low-income households in metro Detroit who are experiencing an increased financial hardship due to family wage and job losses, and/or burdens associated with care for vulnerable and infected relatives, a $50,000 directed regrant to the Detroit Hispanic Development Corporation to help meet pandemic-related needs of the predominantly Latino, as well as Arab, African, and Bengali immigrant communities in Southwest Detroit, and a $20,000 directed regrant to the Here to Help Foundation to support direct COVID-related housing, employment, and transportation relief for returning citizens.
United Way for Southeastern Michigan
To support the Tech Fund which will provide Detroit youth, specifically students enrolled in charter schools, with devices, connectivity and technology support to continue to access learning during the COVID-19 disruption to traditional in-school instruction and beyond.
United Way for Southeastern Michigan (UWSEM)
To address low and racially disparate vaccination rates of Detroit residents. In partnership with Faith Forward Fund and Henry Ford Health System, UWSEM has expanded mobile vaccination units and community clinics in targeted Black and Latino neighborhoods in order to increase access to and education about COVID-19 vaccination.
United Way for Southeastern Michigan (UWSEM)
To support the DPSCD’s Summer on the Block program that will boost COVID-19 vaccine education, outreach, and distribution for public school students and families.
Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan (NEI)
In support of the New Economy Initiative’s (NEI) Small Business COVID-19 Relief Fund. To support the NEI Small Business COVID-19 Relief Fund that has been established to provide immediate funding, offset loan payments, and leverage the coordinated system of small business support that exists in Detroit.
Vera Institute
To support a study of local incarceration practices in Wayne County
Wayne State University
For the Center for Behavioral Heath and Justice to develop, implement, and evaluate the use of the added tool of a disposition matrix to further improve the Court’s practices, increase diversion opportunities for youth, and assess and correct any racial disparities in practices and outcomes.
Wayne State University Center for Behavioral Health and Justice
To support a three-year evaluation of early-intervention risk assessment and diversion practices for the Wayne County juvenile justice process.