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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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From the Grassroots: Understanding the Challenges
Helping people and communities develop the tools to shape their own futures has long been a focus of the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation.
Organización Comunitaria: La Organización y la Democracia
Ayudar a las personas y las comunidades a desarrollar las herramientas para forjar su propio futuro ha sido siempre un objetivo de la Fundación Charles Stewart Mott.
Environment
Protecting indigenous rights is NGOs’ shared passion
Leaders of three organizations, speakers at the 2010 fall conference of the Environmental Grantmakers Association and supported by Mott International Finance for Sustainability focus area of its Environment program, were interviewed for this feature.
Environment
Partnership protects Michigan forests in perpetuity
The Michigan Nature Conservancy, Midland’s Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow Foundation and the Mott Foundation celebrate the permanent protection of more than 271,000 acres of forests, lakes, rivers and streams in the state’s Upper Peninsula, known as the “big U.P. deal.”
Youth Engagement
YouthBuild forges opportunities for young adults in Flint
YouthBuild programs, supported by Mott, allow low-income young people ages 16 through 24 to complete their high school education by earning a General Educational Development (GED) certificate or a high school diploma, while receiving hands-on experience and training in the construction trades.
Youth Engagement
Initiatives support entrepreneurship in Michigan
Prima Civitas launched in 2007 — with Mott Foundation support — the Moving Ideas to Market initiative. Its goals are to create a statewide environment that nurtures entrepreneurship and small-business development, and to brand the state as a place where entrepreneurs of all ages can thrive.
Youth Engagement
Mott grant helps keep kids learning after school
YouthQuest afterschool program, with the help of a one-year, $3.1 million grant from Mott, is gearing up to offer afterschool activities during the coming academic year at 15 elementary and middle schools throughout the greater Flint, Michigan, community.
Reflections from Jack Litzenberg: Job training does matter
Jack Litzenberg, senior program officer in Mott’s Pathways Out of Poverty program, shares findings from a new Mott-funded report about job training programs. Litzenberg has helped lead the Foundation’s funding of workforce development strategies – including sector or industry-focused models – since 1984.
Flint Area
Center for Community Progress helps cities put vacant, abandoned property back in use
The Center for Community Progress is designed to serve as a resource for federal, state and local officials and nonprofit agencies that are working to help cities eliminate the blight associated with vacant, abandoned and underutilized properties.
Flint Area
Involved citizens are key to success of neighborhood foot patrol programs
Neighborhood foot patrol officers can make a critical difference – especially in communities facing tough budget cuts – if residents are willing to “step up” and work with their officer and each other.