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Jennifer Acree will succeed Kimberly Roberson as Flint Area program director at the Mott Foundation.
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Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund to host board meeting, community events in Flint
More than half a million dollars in grants will support 37 resident-led projects in neighborhoods across Flint
Entering a new century: Kimberly Roberson reflects on our Flint Area program’s next chapter
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Mott Foundation president awarded first-ever European Foundation Centre Philanthropy Compass Prize
Mott Foundation President William S. White received the first-ever Philanthropy Compass Prize awarded by the European Foundation Centre (EFC) on Nov. 9, 2009, for “outstanding contributions to the development of the EFC and the European philanthropic sector."
Flint Area
Mott’s legacy shapes hometown grantmaking
Neal Hegarty, director of the Mott Foundation’s Flint Area grantmaking program, talks about the factors that drive hometown philanthropy and the lessons learned over the past 80 years.
Environment
Global economic woes, climate change increase importance of NGO oversight
The current global economic crisis is pushing international financial institutions (IFIs) — such as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund — back into the public spotlight and increasing their importance in developing countries.
Environment
Revolving Loan Fund strengthens Great Lakes land conservation
In this Q&A, Michael Kelly, director of the Great Lakes Revolving Loan Fund, talks about how short-term bridge financing fulfills a critical role in protecting ecologically valuable properties.
Environment
Climate change and water use patterns demand better management of Great Lakes
Increasingly lower water levels in the Great Lakes demand better management by surrounding states, according to a new report from the National Wildlife Federation.
Civil Society
Remembering, commemorating anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko
One of South Africa's most important activists of the apartheid era is memorialized 30 years after his death.
Flint Area
A brief history of Mott Foundation support for Bishop International Airport
Since 1971, when Mott Foundation President Harding Mott was part of a delegation of civic leaders who met with federal officials in Washington, D.C., to propose that Flint become home to a regional airport, the Foundation has supported the expansion of Bishop International Airport.
Flint Area
Loft apartments lure residents back into the central city
To counter a decline in downtown Flint, a downtown master plan, created by Sasaki Associates, Inc. in 2002, was developed by the Uptown Reinvestment Corporation with Mott funding. The master plan is being used as the basis for a number of redevelopment strategies, including new housing initiatives that will feed demand for complementary shops and services.
Mott Program Officer Neal Hegarty talks about reducing barriers to employment
Neal Hegarty, a program officer with Mott’s Pathways Out of Poverty Program, shares in a Q&A his thoughts about understanding and addressing barriers to finding and maintaining living-wage employment.
Youth Engagement
Mott program staff Benita Melton and Sue Peters discuss issues of income security
Promoting living wages, building household assets and encouraging supportive public policies as strategies for reducing poverty are key focuses of the field of income security. Program staff with Mott’s Pathways Out of Poverty Program discuss issues and strategies behind the Foundation’s grantmaking in this area.