Grant Highlights
Detroit
The civil rights organization was founded in 1913 to fight anti-Semitism and all forms of bigotry through information, education, legislation, and advocacy. In conjunction with Detroit community performances of the play “Palmer Park” by Joanna McClelland Glass, the league’s Michigan chapter is using this grant to create and videotape an educational symposium on issues of diversity and inclusion in Detroit.
The civil rights organization was founded in 1913 to fight anti-Semitism and all forms of bigotry through information, education, legislation, and advocacy. In conjunction with Detroit community performances of the play “Palmer Park” by Joanna McClelland Glass, the league’s Michigan chapter is using this grant to create and videotape an educational symposium on issues of diversity and inclusion in Detroit.
To divert building materials from landfills, the nonprofit salvage and resale organization trains low-skilled Detroit residents to deconstruct vacant houses by hand and offers the salvaged materials for reuse or recycling locally through its retail store. This grant enables the warehouse to scale up its operations to deconstruct 100 to 500 houses in coming years.
Working with 300 community partners, the organization has engaged more than 3,000 volunteers in hundreds of community-service programs benefiting youth, families, and neighborhoods. This two-year grant funds the recruitment of additional volunteers, the launch of a weekly ARISE Detroit! Network radio show, and service to the community on its annual citywide Neighborhoods Day.
The statewide organization uses advocacy, capacity building, and strategic communications, in partnership with constituents, stakeholders, and the broader community, to cultivate the creative potential of Michigan’s arts and cultural sector in ways that enhance the health, well-being, and quality of life for residents and communities. This two-year, $150,000 grant supports general operations.
The statewide organization uses advocacy, capacity building, and strategic communications, in partnership with constituents, stakeholders, and the broader community, to cultivate the creative potential of Michigan’s arts and cultural sector in ways that enhance the health, well-being, and quality of life for residents and communities. ArtServe is using this funding to design a professional-development program for the 2011 and 2012 Kresge Artist Fellows.
Since 2008, ArtServe has served as the professional-development partner for our Artist Fellowship program, which awards fellowships to individual artists in literary, visual, and performing arts in metropolitan Detroit. This grant supports a yearlong program to deliver technical assistance, business advice, and creative seminars to artists who have received fellowships in the past year.
The organization was established to enhance Detroit’s 982-acre Belle Isle Park, the only island park designed by landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted. The group is using this grant to support the formation and launch of the Belle Isle Conservancy, a coalition of support organizations that spearheads comprehensive improvements to the park.
Since the 1930s, the organization has been a leader in one-to-one youth service, developing positive relationships that have a direct, lasting impact on young people age 6 through 18. This grant enables the agency to expand its capacity to serve youth and families by strengthening its infrastructure and supporting its long-term sustainability.
The organization has been a leader in one-to-one youth mentoring and fostering positive relationships that have a direct, lasting impact on young people ages 6 through 18. This grant helps the agency expand its capacity to serve youth and families by strengthening its long-term sustainability.