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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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Flint Area
Mott assists effort to provide water filters to Flint residents
The Mott Foundation is awarding a $100,000 grant to the United Way of Genesee County to help provide free water filters to Flint residents.
Flint Area, Youth Engagement
As kids head back to school, Flint moves forward with community education
A new model of community school, piloted at Flint, Michigan’s, Brownell-Holmes STEM Academy, is being expanded to three more public elementary schools with the support of $1.3 million from Mott.
Flint Area
Hurley Children’s Center takes a fresh approach to children’s health
Located at the Flint Farmers’ Market, the Hurley Children’s Center has introduced an exciting new approach to children’s health care. The $2 million project is part of a growing health and wellness district in Mott’s home community.
Flint Area
Mott awards $4.9 million to Flint Cultural Center institutions
Flint Cultural Center institutions, which welcome more than 610,000 visitors each year, received grants totaling $4.9 million from the Mott Foundation.
Civil Society
Statement on Foundation’s grantmaking in Russia
Mott Foundation Chairman and CEO William S. White responds to a recommendation by the upper house of the Russian parliament to put the Foundation on a list of “undesirable” organizations. The matter is now under review by the country’s prosecutor general and other officials.
Youth Engagement
At the Mott Foundation, A Persistent Evangelist for Children’s Savings Accounts
This article originally appeared on the Inside Philanthropy website.
Flint Area, Youth Engagement
Mott-funded summer programming helps keep Flint and Genesee County kids safe, busy and productive
The Mott Foundation’s commitment to children and young people in its home community is carried out through the school year and the summer months, supporting a wide variety of enrichment and learning activities designed to entertain and educate.
Environment
Protecting freshwater while promoting prosperity
From June 12 to 14, the governors of the eight Great Lakes states and the premiers of two Canadian provinces will gather in the spirit of cooperation to forge an environmentally responsible plan to promote economic prosperity in the region. Learn more about the key issues, including our freshwater resources, to be addressed at this year’s leadership summit.
Youth Engagement
Afterschool in Indiana: How Michigan City is using STEM to train the next generation workforce
Indiana’s Safe Harbor afterschool and summer programs — jumpstarted with 21st Century Community Learning Center funding — focus on STEM-related activities to build Michigan City’s next-generation workforce.
Flint Area
Mott Foundation hails news of national service award that will help drive community education in Flint
A statement from Ridgway White, president of the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, announces that Flint was awarded federal funding to engage national service members in supporting a new model of community education.