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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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Afterschool is not an afterthought: Terry Peterson strives to keep momentum growing for the field
As a teacher, school administrator, community organizer and policymaker, Terry Peterson has spent his career working to increase children’s access to high-quality public education. As chair of the Afterschool Alliance, Peterson’s efforts promote expanded learning as a strategy for school reform — particularly for students from low-income schools and neighborhoods.
Flint Area
A Tribute to Claire Mott White
The C.S. Mott Foundation marks the passing and celebrates the life of Claire Mott White. A Foundation trustee and granddaughter of our founder, Claire also was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother; an accomplished artist; and quiet leader in our home community of Flint.
Mott Foundation among philanthropies contributing to resolution of Detroit’s bankruptcy
A statement to the people of Detroit and Michigan was issued by a foundation working group whose members have contributed to a plan that helps put the city of Detroit back in the starting blocks.
Environment
Group’s clear focus: tackle water quality issues
More than one million people live or work within Wisconsin’s Root-Pike watershed, where 80% of their drinking water either comes from Lake Michigan or groundwater. Hence, protecting both water sources from contamination is critical – and the major focus of Root-Pike WIN, a Racine-based nonprofit organization.
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From the Mott Archives: Nelson Mandela interview with Mott staff
On the eve of the memorial service for Nelson Mandela, Christa Kuljian reminisced about the interview she conducted with him 13 years earlier, when she was the South Africa office director for the Mott Foundation. “He was quite warm and welcoming and open. He was very gracious,” she recalled.
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Remembering Nelson Mandela
As we mourn the death of Nelson Mandela, the Mott Foundation is remembering his life and legacy by recounting a recent visit to Flint by Albie Sachs, a fellow attorney and anti-apartheid activist whom Mandela appointed as a founding justice on the South African Constitutional Court.
Environment
Grantmaking pumped new life into rivers, paved the way for restoration efforts nationwide
While hydropower dams create energy for communities, they can also put aquatic ecosystems at risk. For two decades, Mott grantees helped nurture a collaborative approach to preventing and repairing the negative effects of these dams, and the impacts of that work offer insights for addressing the challenges facing the world’s freshwater resources.
Environment
Sam Passmore: The impacts of Mott’s dam relicensing grantmaking
For two decades, Mott funded efforts in the Great Lakes and Southeast regions of the U.S. to prevent and repair the negative effects of hydropower dams. Sam B. Passmore, director of Mott’s Environment Program, discusses the impacts of that grantmaking and its implications for the world’s “freshwater challenge.”
Youth Engagement
Mott Intern program designed to spread the “gospel” of community education
From 1964 through 1974, the “Mott Intern” program trained 1,000 masters- and doctoral- level educators in the principals and processes of community education and helped change how communities used their local schools.
Youth Engagement
White-Riley-Peterson Fellowship: demystifying the policy process for afterschool educators
The White-Riley-Peterson Policy Fellowship at Furman University is helping replenish the pool of talented educators dedicated to improving the quality and quantity of afterschool programs throughout the United States.