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Young entrepreneurs set sights on Flint as Mott Million Dollar Challenge enters final phase
Mott Foundation commits up to $100 million for new Flint Community Schools high school
K‑12 youth from across the country to pitch bold ideas in Flint at the Mott Million Dollar Challenge finals
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New digital newspaper aims to tell stories ‘by Africans, for Africans’
The Continent focuses on uplifting Pan-African news told through the eyes of people living in each country.
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Post-9/11 counterterrorism measures wreak havoc on civic space
Mott Foundation grantees are pushing back on threats to global civic space and promoting security norms that protect civic freedoms.
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Community foundations aim to spark homegrown development in Ghana
The Mott Foundation is helping to jumpstart local efforts to expand community foundations in Ghana.
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Q&A: Expanding Community Philanthropy in Africa
Program Officer Mamo Mohapi discusses how the Mott Foundation is helping to expand the community foundation field in Africa.
Civil Society
The revolution will be digitized
Digital technology is changing civil society and it’s time to equip the sector with info and tools to face the challenges head on.
Civil Society
Rebound specialists: How community foundations can pave the road toward local post-pandemic recovery
As community foundations explore how to help their communities bounce back from the turmoil of COVID-19, some experts say the SDGs offer a path forward.
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Preserving and Protecting Civic Space amid COVID-19
A virtual conversation with Mott Civil Society program officers on the pandemic’s threats, challenges and opportunities for global civil society.
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Community foundations step up to lead rapid coronavirus response efforts in UK
The National Emergencies Trust is partnering with community foundations to quickly get emergency aid to people most in need throughout the U.K.
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People in the United States urged to complete 2020 census online amid coronavirus pandemic
With outreach efforts for the 2020 census stifled amid the escalating coronavirus public health emergency, the U.S. Census Bureau is strongly encouraging the American public to respond online.
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AdvocAid offers help and hope to thousands of vulnerable women in Sierra Leone
Mott Foundation grantee AdvocAid is leading efforts to increase access to justice for women and girls in Sierra Leone through holistic legal aid services.