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Flint Area Foundation Centennial
Noting that public schools are the heart of a well-functioning community, the Mott Foundation commits $100 million for a new high school in Flint.
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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
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
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
This article originally appeared on the Inside Philanthropy website.
Flint Area, Youth Engagement
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
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
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
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.
Environment
In a Q&A, Mott Environment Program Director Sam Passmore discusses the evolution of the Foundation’s environmental grantmaking and spotlights an exciting new focus area aimed at advancing climate change solutions.
Environment
A 1928 copy of the University of Michigan’s alumni magazine unlocks the tale of the Mott Foundation’s first environmental grant to establish a polar weather station. Today, Mott is still making grants to protect the diversity and integrity of selected ecosystems in North America and around the world.
