Faced with the water crisis in Flint, Mott President Ridgway White discusses the role of philanthropy in responding to a community in distress.

More Flint children and families will soon have access to the fresh, nutritious food they need to lessen the impacts of lead exposure stemming from the city’s water crisis, the Fair Food Network …

Efforts to help Flint respond to its water crisis have received an important boost. The FlintNOW Foundation and Huntington Bank have committed $25 million to support economic development in the community.

The Mott Foundation is supporting multiple efforts to help our home community of Flint respond to its water crisis and the effects of lead exposure among the city’s children.

Its growing role as a center of community life in Mott’s hometown has helped earn the Flint Farmers’ Market a slot on the American Planning Association’s list of 15 Great Places in America.

A new model of community school, piloted at Flint, Michigan’s, Brownell-Holmes STEM Academy, is being expanded to three more public elementary schools with the support of $1.3 million from Mott.

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.

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.

The Food Bank of Eastern Michigan has doubled its capacity to serve children and families in 22 Michigan counties through its new 62,000 square-foot Hunger Solution Center. The $5.25 million project also added 10 new truck bays for deliveries from grocers and farmers, increasing the collection and distribution of fresh produce from four to 12 million pounds annually and tripling space for its 7,700 volunteers.