Mott transitions
Jennifer Acree will succeed Kimberly Roberson as Flint Area program director at the Mott Foundation.
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A Q&A with Shannon Lawder
Inside Mott’s new Civil Society program plan:
A Q&A with Shannon Lawder
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
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Video features solar power project that is lighting villages in the Amazon forest
The Socio-Environmental Institute has produced a short video of a project that is giving dozens of remote communities in the Amazon rainforest clean energy.
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Harnessing the sun
Solar power is giving remote villages in the Amazon rainforest access to clean, reliable energy. The Mott Foundation supported the initiative.
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Statement on the history of Mott’s community education program
The following is a statement by the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation in response to Dr. Andrew Highsmith’s allegations about the history of our community education program.
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Flint water crisis spurs Mott’s effort to transform water management programs
The Mott Foundation will provide over $4 million to advance new approaches to managing drinking water, storm water and waste water in Great Lakes cities.
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Republican group proposes carbon tax as ‘conservative solution’ to climate change
A conservative group supported by the Mott Foundation wants to fight climate change by placing a tax on carbon dioxide emissions.
Flint Area
Construction begins on new early childhood education center in Flint
The Mott Foundation granted $9 million to build a state-of-the-art early childhood education center at Flint’s Durant-Tuuri-Mott Community School.
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CMU President George E. Ross elected to Mott Foundation Board
Central Michigan president and Flint native George E. Ross elected to the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation Board of Trustees, effective January 1, 2017.
Flint Area
Improved water quality doesn’t mean Flint’s problems have ended
Ridgway White, president of the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, comments on recent announcements regarding the quality of Flint’s drinking water.
Civil Society
A dream realized: Nelson Mandela Children’s Hospital completed in Johannesburg
South Africa celebrated a milestone in health care last month with the completion of the long-awaited Nelson Mandela Children’s Hospital in Johannesburg.
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Mott program officer says China energy report is fostering important dialogue
New research that tracks China’s global energy footprint could accelerate efforts to build more renewable energy projects in developing countries.