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Nonprofit sector is asset to Michigan’s economic recovery
The nonprofit sector has long been the “invisible subcontinent” on the economic landscape of the U.S., says Lester M. Salamon, author of a new report entitled Michigan Nonprofit Employment.
Education
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.
Education
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.”
Education
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.
Education
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.
Education
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.
Education
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.