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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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Community school model to expand district-wide in Flint
A $2.9 million Mott Foundation grant to the Crim Fitness Foundation will expand the community school model to all Flint schools by the 2016-17 school year.
Flint Area
Mott Foundation marks $3 billion in giving over 90 years
Foundation surpasses milestone with a $5 million matching grant to support Flint kids.
Flint Area
Ten Philanthropies Will Help Flint Recover and Rise from Water Crisis
The Charles Stewart Mott Foundation is one of 10 funders that plan to commit a total of nearly $125 million to support health, education and economic development in Flint.
Flint Area
Flint’s crisis raises questions — and cautions — about the role of philanthropy
Faced with the water crisis in Flint, Mott President Ridgway White discusses the role of philanthropy in responding to a community in distress.
Youth Engagement
Flint national service accelerator unleashes the energy of young people to heal a city in distress
Flint’s National Service Accelerator is drawing increasing interest as a potential model for other communities. Successfully leveraging more than $3 million in local and federal dollars, Flint’s Accelerator has helped local nonprofits increase the number of service members three-fold to about 100 now working throughout the city.
Flint Area
Expanded Double Up Food Bucks program will help more Flint residents use the power of healthy food to combat effects of lead
Mott is helping to expand the Double Up Food Bucks program in Flint to help limit the effects of lead exposure.
Flint Area
Partnership brings $25 million in economic development to help Flint recover from water crisis
Efforts to help Flint respond to its water crisis have received an important boost. The FlintNOW Foundation and Huntington Bank have committed $25 million to support economic development in the community.
Environment
Unique program helps Great Lakes leaders make big decisions, chart progress
Blue Accounting is a new program designed to help leaders across the Great Lakes basin manage the world’s largest freshwater ecosystem in a more collaborative and holistic manner.
Youth Engagement
Partnerships between police and afterschool programs build relationships, break down barriers
An “unusual pick” for a national policy fellowship, Officer Darren Grimshaw encourages police and fire departments to engage with their community’s kids and families by partnering with local afterschool programs.
Flint Area
Helping Mott’s hometown address its water crisis
The Mott Foundation is supporting multiple efforts to help our home community of Flint respond to its water crisis and the effects of lead exposure among the city’s children.