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Mott Foundation celebrates
100 years with Family
Fun Days for Flint
Seven kids smiling at the camera as they play on the grass.

Flint Area, Foundation News

Mott Foundation celebrates
100 years with Family
Fun Days for Flint

As part of its yearlong centennial celebration, the Mott Foundation will host Family Fun Days, a free, three-day community event on the Flint Cultural Center campus, from June 5-7.

Inside Mott’s new Civil Society program plan:
A Q&A with Shannon Lawder
A woman with glasses sits facing the camera against a light blue backdrop, photographed indoors with a softly blurred library environment in the background.

Civil Society

Inside Mott’s new Civil Society program plan:
A Q&A with Shannon Lawder

The Mott Foundation’s Civil Society Program Director, Shannon Lawder, shares in a Q&A how her team’s new grantmaking strategy seeks to build common ground, expand access to justice and protect the nonprofit sector at a time of rising polarization and increasing threats to the sector.

Mott transitions
Kimberly Roberson (left) and Jennifer Acree (right) headshots.

Flint Area

Mott transitions

Jennifer Acree will succeed Kimberly Roberson as Flint Area program director at the Mott Foundation.

Restoring Muskegon Lake: A model for recovery
Three people in single kayaks and two people in a small inflatable boat have their backs to the camera as they float to the side and behind a swimmer wearing an orange bathing cap in Muskegon Lake. There are ripples on the water and a few clouds in a blue sky. There are sailboats moored in the top right of the photo.

Environment

Restoring Muskegon Lake: A model for recovery

Once a toxic hotspot, Muskegon Lake is now restored — proving that long-term investment and local leadership can revive degraded waters.

Mott Foundation commits $20 million to improve playgrounds and parks in Flint
A group of middle school kids, all wearing dark blue t-shirts with the words Class of 2032, all sit on a newly built playground climbing dome made of crossbars and climbing rope nets as well as a yellow tube slide that is located behind them.

Flint Area, Foundation Centennial

Mott Foundation commits $20 million to improve playgrounds and parks in Flint

The Mott Foundation will grant up to $20 million to improve playgrounds and parks in Flint, and the community will have input into how those dollars will be spent across multiple projects.