Programs
We have seven, narrowly defined programs that each in its own way works to improve the life circumstances of poor and low-income children and adults and those living in underserved urban and rural communities.
Our energies are focused on:
- Creating access and opportunity in underserved communities
- Improving the health of low-income people
- Supporting artistic expression
- Increasing college achievement
- Assisting in the revitalization of Detroit – and
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Advancing methods for dealing with climate change.
To learn more about our programs, their particular focus areas and initiatives, click on the links of interest below.
Arts & Culture
Facility investments and building reserves
Strengthening arts facilities effectively
Sector leader investments
Arts and community building
Artists’ skills and resources
Community Development
Detroit
Detroit arts and culture
Education: Cradle to career
Entrepreneurial development: Growing small business
Green economy: Sustainable city
Health care: Innovation and excellence
Mass transit: M-1 Rail
Neighborhoods of choice
Reshaping the city: Roadmap for land-use reform
Woodward creative corridor: Anchor institutions
Education
Pathways to and through college
Strengthening institutions
Higher education productivity
Higher education in South Africa
Environment
Building the field of climate-change adaptation
Fostering development of place-based strategies
Informing and promoting climate-wise policies and practices
Energy efficiency and renewable energy
Promoting policy reform
Bringing energy-efficiency retrofits to scale
Supporting next-generation approaches
Health
Human Services
Leveraging the effectiveness of networks
Generating new understanding of effective practices and policies for addressing poverty