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Keep Growing Detroit is an organization dedicated to food sovereignty and community engagement in the cities of Detroit, Hamtramck, and Highland Park. [1] Founded in 2013, the program designs and implements initiatives that promote the practice of urban agriculture as a mode of food justice for underrepresented communities, particularly those who do not have access to healthy food options. [2]
The Detroit Black Community Food Security Network (DBCFSN) is an urban, community-oriented, predominantly black, grassroots food justice group. The organization was initiated by a communal desire to start an organic garden collective, and has grown from its founding in 2006 with over 50 Detroit residents as members. [ 1 ]
In February 2016, The Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan approved a $50,000 grant to the CSK to support a partnership providing free legal services to the homeless. [ 37 ] In October 2016, Mahindra North American Technical Center awarded a $12,500 grant to the CSK Earthworks Urban Farm Agriculture Training Program to support a nine ...
Detroit landlords who own duplexes can get as much as $15,000 per unit for repairs or $750 rebates after bringing properties up to code. New program offers grants to Detroit landlords to repair ...
The Kresge Foundation made a number of financial contributions to help with the response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2020, the foundation committed $19 million to help nonprofit organizations weather the pandemic. [40] In Detroit, the foundation committed $2 million to back loans from the Paycheck Protection Program to nonprofits organizations ...
The Community Foundation of Southeast Michigan administers $100 M of private foundation grants for the regions New Economy Initiative to spur investment in a variety of metro area projects. [80] A BioEnterprise Midwest Healthcare Venture report found that the Detroit - Ann Arbor region attracted $312 M in new biotechnology venture capital ...
The Hudson Community Foundation recently announced it awarded $25,000 in grants to 11 local nonprofits in Hudson. These funds distributed are part of HCF's first of two biannual grant cycles.
The first community foundation was set up in Cleveland in 1914 by Frederick Goff and operates now as The Cleveland Foundation. [3] Others soon followed including the California Community Foundation and the Chicago Community Trust. The first Community Foundation in Canada, The Winnipeg Foundation, was established in Winnipeg in 1921. [4]