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Mott Perspectives
Government should help foundations do good work — not hinder them
Mott Foundation President and CEO Ridgway White shares his view on why Congress should not increase excise taxes on private foundations.
Mott Perspectives | Flint Area
It’s beyond time: Flint residents deserve payment from water crisis settlement
It’s time to start benefitting kids and families who were impacted by one of the worst man-made public health disasters in history.
Mott Perspectives | Civil Society
A sector under threat: Safeguarding civil society starts with data
Mott President and CEO Ridgway White makes a case for the importance of nonprofit employment data at a time of threats to the nonprofit sector.
Mott Perspectives | Flint Area
Hope after heartache: The Flint water crisis 10 years on
Mott Foundation President and CEO Ridgway White reflects on the Flint water crisis 10 years after it began.
Mott Perspectives | Civil Society
Global goals, local solutions
How can we solve global issues like poverty and inequality? Mott President and CEO Ridgway White explains why solutions start with communities.
Mott Perspectives | Education
The Future of Learning
The struggle to emerge from the pandemic has created a watershed moment in education. Ridgway White explains why we need to find reinvention in recovery.
Mott Perspectives | Flint Area
The door is still open
Mott Foundation President and CEO Ridgway White addresses funding relationship with Flint Community Schools.
Mott Perspectives | Foundation News
Black Lives Matter
Ridgway White, Mott Foundation president and CEO, writes about systemic racism and describes how Flint provides a hopeful example of change.
Mott Perspectives | Foundation News
Looking back and moving forward
Ridgway White reflects on his first five years as president of the Mott Foundation and talks about how Mott’s grantmaking is evolving.
Mott Perspectives | Civil Society
Are we still the Land of the Free?
In a new Mott Perspectives piece, Ridgway White shares his thoughts on the growing humanitarian crisis at our nation’s doorstep.