The people—and purpose—
Behind The Work
Since our founding in 2015, the Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation has supported countless organizations throughout Western New York and Southeast Michigan. This support has been provided through both direct grants to nonprofits and by way of several nonprofit intermediary organizations and key initiatives that provide depth and reach into the many communities we serve throughout both regions.
Embracing innovation and collaboration, the Foundation has remained responsive to the evolving needs of the two regions Ralph Wilson loved most.
Our Grantees
43North Bpc, Inc.
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $90,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support the Buffalo Homecoming initiative that brings together a network of successful Buffalo expatriates to re-engage with the community and encourage them to consider investments in the Buffalo Niagara region.
716 Squash
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Youth Sports and Recreation
Amount: $150,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2021
Details: To support year-round athletic, academic, and enrichment programming for 6th-9th graders.
AARP Foundation
Program Area: Caregivers
Amount: $175,000
Region: Western New York/Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support the creation of a new series of videos to educate family caregivers nationwide about pain management.
Program Area: Caregivers
Amount: $50,000
Region: Western New York/Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support AARP's work on behalf of caregivers, including educational materials, publications, and learning collaboratives, among other activities.
Program Area: Caregivers
Amount: $82,000
Region: Western New York/Southeast Michigan
Year: 2022
Details: To support promotion of the family caregiving educational videos and other AARP caregiver resources in Southeast Michigan and Western New York.
Albright-Knox Art Gallery
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $5,000,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2021
Details: To support the construction of the Town Square as part of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery’s AK360 campus expansion.
Alfred State College Development Fund, Inc.
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Young Adults & Working Families
Amount: $90,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2021
Details: To support a regional collaboration between Alfred State College, Jamestown Community College, and Genesee Community College to increase awareness of education and training pathways to middle-skill, middle-wage jobs in Western New York.
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Young Adults & Working Families
Amount: $90,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2022
Details: To develop and pilot test the “WNY Works” online platform to raise awareness and increase enrollments of manufacturing training pathways offered at Alfred State, Genesee Community College, and Jamestown Community College.
Ann Arbor SPARK
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $250,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support increased access to capital for underserved entrepreneurs through the continued growth of the Michigan angel investor network.
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $50,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support the Washtenaw Small Business Resiliency Fund, a COVID-19 rapid response fund administered by Ann Arbor Spark, that provides working capital grants of up to $2,500 to qualifying businesses.
Ardent Solutions, Inc.
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Early Childhood
Amount: $50,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2021
Details: To support the launch and operations of the Allegany County Imagination Library for children from birth to age 5.
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Early Childhood
Amount: $215,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support the new Allegany County Early Childhood Learning and Development Coalition’s development, implementation, and monitoring of school readiness for young children ages 0-5.
Assembly House 150
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Young Adults & Working Families
Amount: $700,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2022
Details: To support the SACRA workforce development training program in the construction skilled trades and the launch of AH CRAFT, an advanced skills apprenticeship program.
Association on Aging in New York
Program Area: Caregivers
Amount: $110,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2022
Details: To provide the Association on Aging in New York with funding to support the launch of the ARCHANGELS Any Care Counts campaign in New York.
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Program Area: Caregivers
Amount: $2,554,000
Region: Western New York/Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support the capacity expansion of the OurNotes component of OpenNotes by identifying family caregiver needs and connecting them to resources as part of standard clinical visits.
Bing Youth Institute, Inc.
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Afterschool
Amount: $250,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support program improvements and succession planning at the Bing Youth Institute.
Bisons’ Charitable Foundation
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Youth Sports and Recreation
Amount: $150,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2021
Details: To provide free and dedicated access to the Roller Rink at Canalside to children in Western New York in partnership with Project Play Western New York.
Boys & Girls Clubs of Buffalo
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Youth Sports and Recreation
Amount: $45,242
Region: Western New York
Year: 2022
Details: To support a learning trip and foster ongoing collaboration for the Boys & Girls Club Collaborative of Western New York.
Boys & Girls Clubs of Southeastern Michigan
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Youth Sports and Recreation
Amount: $3,000.,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2022
Details: To support the scale of youth sports and recreation programs across southeast Michigan.
Buffalo & Erie County Public Library
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Youth Sports and Recreation
Amount: $331,900
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support the expansion of an equipment sharing program.
Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens Society, Inc.
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Parks, Trails & Green Design
Amount: $1,000,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support the capital campaign for the expansion of the Buffalo Botanical Gardens.
Buffalo Heritage Carousel, Inc.
Program Area: Caregivers
Amount: $250,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support the capital construction of the Buffalo Heritage Carousel attraction at Canalside in Buffalo, New York.
Buffalo Niagara Waterkeeper, Inc.
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Parks, Trails & Green Design
Amount: $250,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support and strengthen Buffalo Niagara Waterkeeper’s organizational capacity.
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Parks, Trails & Green Design
Amount: $5,350,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2022
Details: To support the Shoreline Restoration of Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Centennial Park.
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Parks, Trails & Green Design
Amount: $100,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2022
Details: To support a feasibility study on ecosystem restoration within the Scajaquada Creek watershed, in collaboration with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Parks, Trails & Green Design
Amount: $750,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2022
Details: To support the Coastal Resiliency Study for the City of Buffalo.
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Parks, Trails & Green Design
Amount: $245,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2022
Details: To support the restoration of the Cayuga Creek in Niagara Falls to reduce flooding and construct a pedestrian path.
Buffalo Sabers Foundation
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Youth Sports and Recreation
Amount: $486,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support staffing and capital improvements at a community center on the East Side of Buffalo.
Buffalo State College Foundation
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Parks, Trails & Green Design
Amount: $1,450,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2021
Details: To support the Dart Street Study to evaluate the opportunity to create recreational opportunities, connections to trails, creek access, and expand educational experiences of students and to support the renovation of the Great Lakes Center storage building on the Black Rock Canal.
Buffalo Urban Development Corp.
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Parks, Trails & Green Design
Amount: $1,000,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support the construction of the Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Centennial Park entry garden and dog park in memory of Ralph Wilson’s late daughters Edith Wilson and Linda Bogdan from gifts made by their trusts.
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Parks, Trails & Green Design
Amount: $5,975,150
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support the design and construction of a signature pedestrian bridge that will connect Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Centennial Park to the Lakeview Neighborhood and other adjacent neighborhoods on the east side of the NYS Thruway (I-190).
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Parks, Trails & Green Design
Amount: $4,662,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support the final design and development of construction drawings for Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Centennial Park in Buffalo, NY.
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Parks, Trails & Green Design
Amount: $24,500,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2022
Details: To support the execution of an expanded first phase of construction for Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Centennial Park in Buffalo.
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Parks, Trails & Green Design
Amount: $6,906,050
Region: Western New York
Year: 2022
Details: To support implementation of Phase 1 of Ralph Wilson Park in Buffalo, New York.
Buffalo Urban Development Corporation
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Parks, Trails & Green Design
Amount: $3,060,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2021
Details: To continue to support the City of Buffalo’s plan to coordinate development and improve long-term sustainability of the city’s downtown waterfront, including Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Centennial Park in Buffalo, NY.
Build Institute
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $600000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2022
Details: To support the Build Institute’s Capital Ladder Loan Fund, Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EIR) program, and general operational support.
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $100,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2022
Details: To support the proof-of-concept phase for an entrepreneurship incubator for immigrant women in Southeast Michigan.
Canisius College
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $47,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support the administration of specialized technical assistance to small businesses in Western New York affected by COVID-19.
Capital Impact Partners
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $1,500,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2022
Details: Support for Capital Impact Partners’ Equitable Development Initiative and predevelopment subgrant program to train and support new and emerging developers in Detroit.
Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Afterschool
Amount: $22,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2021
Details: To support the Dream It, Do It Center in Olean, NY.
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Early Childhood
Amount: $50,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To provide emergency financial support to home-based childcare providers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Causewave Community Partners
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $175,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2021
Details: To conduct research and program design for the attraction and retention of nonprofit leaders in Western New York.
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $450,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2021
Details: To support capacity-building programming for nonprofits in Orleans, Genesee, and Monroe counties with programs that align with RCWJRF’s areas of focus.
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $75,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support increased staffing and capacity for free, COVID-19 related one-on-one consultation and resources to nonprofits in Greater Rochester and Western New York.
Center for Elder Law & Justice
Program Area: Caregivers
Amount: $218,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support the launch of a new initiative to boost quality and frequency of support to legally appointed caregivers in Western New York.
Chaldean Community Foundation
Program Area: Caregivers
Amount: $50,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2022
Details: To support the Direct Care Worker Apprenticeship Pilot.
Chalkbeat
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Early Childhood
Amount: $200,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support the Chalkbeat Detroit bureau operations, including news gathering, story production and distribution, and community engagement to ensure access to critical information affecting children, including the youngest learners.
Chandler Park Conservancy
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Youth Sports and Recreation
Amount: $200,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2022
Details: To support a third summer of collaborative Detroit park activation in partnership with the Detroit Pistons Neighbors Program.
Chautauqua Region Community Foundation
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $108,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2021
Details: To continue support of a collaborative approach to nonprofit capacity building in Chautauqua County.
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $750,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2022
Details: To support the staff and programming of the Capacity Lab, a new shared nonprofit capacity building initiative in Chautauqua County.
Chautauqua Region Economic Development Corporation
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $1,050,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2021
Details: To support the Chautauqua County Partnership for Economic Growth to establish a project leveraging fund to aid in the implementation of priority economic development projects.
Citizens Research Council of Michigan
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $50,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support Citizen Research Council's ongoing research and policy work.
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $50,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support Citizen Research Councils ongoing research and policy work.
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $50,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2022
Details: Support Citizen's Research Council ongoing research and policy work.
City School District of the City of Niagara Falls
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Youth Sports and Recreation
Amount: $40,212
Region: Western New York
Year: 2021
Details: To support the expansion of the Unified Future Stars sports program.
City Swim Project
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Youth Sports and Recreation
Amount: $290,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2022
Details: To support the continued expansion of its swimming programs and capacity to help serve youth from low-income communities in Buffalo.
Coalition to Transform Advanced Care
Program Area: Caregivers
Amount: $50,000
Region: Western New York/Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To develop and operate a national hub of resources and practices for faith leaders to support family caregivers with opportunities to pilot practices in SEMI and WNY.
Program Area: Caregivers
Amount: $25,000
Region: Western New York/Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To provide sponsorship support for the 2021 Coalition to Transform Advanced Care (C-TAC) National Summit on Advanced Illness Care, to be held on November 9-10, 2021.
Program Area: Caregivers
Amount: $75,000
Region: Western New York/Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To be a sponsor of C-TAC's 2020 Virtual Summit.
Program Area: Caregivers
Amount: $25000
Region: Western New York/Southeast Michigan
Year: 2022
Details: To support the 2022 Coalition to Transform Advanced Care (C-TAC) National Summit on Advanced Illness Care, to be held in October 2022.
Community Connections of NY, Inc.
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $25,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support the first-ever cohort of the GetREADY capacity building program.
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Early Childhood
Amount: $400,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To provide continued support for the PEDALS early childhood Social Emotional Learning (SEL) program.
Community Development Advocates of Detroit
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $100,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support the pilot of a leadership pipeline program for community development in Detroit.
Community Development Properties, Buffalo, Inc.
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $50,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support the administration of specialized technical assistance to small businesses in Western New York affected by COVID-19.
Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Parks, Trails & Green Design
Amount: $10,000,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2021
Details: To establish the Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Trails Endowment for Western New York to support the long-term maintenance of trails and greenways in the region.
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Parks, Trails & Green Design
Amount: $322,373
Region: Western New York
Year: 2021
Details: To provide capacity for the Ralph Wilson Park Conservancy as it beings to operate independently.
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $58,750,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2021
Details: To establish and maintain the Arts & Culture Endowment at the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo.
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $33,750,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2021
Details: Additional funding to begin grantmaking efforts in 2022 while the endowment is being built. This funding will provide $3.75 million over nine years.
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $70,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2021
Details: To support the Buffalo Purchasing Initiative (BPI) in 2021.
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $75,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2021
Details: To support the development of strategic opportunities.
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $750,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2021
Details: To support the Western New York Moving Forward Together Initiative’s grantmaking in 2022 and 2023.
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $1,208,212
Region: Western New York
Year: 2021
Details: To provide additional support for the 2021 Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Legacy Funds.
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Parks, Trails & Green Design
Amount: $10,000,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To establish the Ralph Wilson Park Endowment Fund to support the long-term sustainability of Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Centennial Park in Buffalo, NY.
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Parks, Trails & Green Design
Amount: $1,087,100
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support improvements to the Shoreline Trail and Isle View Park in Erie County.
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Parks, Trails & Green Design
Amount: $95,750
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support the planning and implementation of the Collaboration of Regional Trails Initiatives (CRTI) III convening in Buffalo and Niagara Falls.
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Youth Sports and Recreation
Amount: $2,320,418
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support the next phase of Project Play Western New York.
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Youth Sports and Recreation
Amount: $50,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To provide 12,100 PlayPacks for 4th-8th graders in the Buffalo Public Schools to support access to physical education during online schooling amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Youth Sports and Recreation
Amount: $225,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support alternative and safe youth sports and free play programming during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $50,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support the administration of specialized technical assistance to small businesses in Western New York affected by COVID-19.
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $144,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support consulting services in the second year of the pilot phase of the Buffalo Purchasing Initiative (BPI).
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $3,500,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support the Open4 Fund – a multi-funder collaborative to support inclusive small business recovery and growth in Western New York.
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $700,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support a collaborative response for flexible resources to nonprofit organizations in the Western New York region impacted by the COVID-19 crisis.
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $1,310,031
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To provide additional grantmaking capacity through the 2020 Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Legacy Funds.
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $150,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To provide support to intermediary organizations in Western New York that will establish micro-grant programs in their local areas.
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $75,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support the development of strategic activities that help build connections within and across the Western New York region.
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $500,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support emergency response needs and microgrants in Western New York.
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $50,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To increase the census response rate in Western New York through a targeted communications campaign to generate awareness and drive engagement.
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Early Childhood
Amount: $516,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support home-based childcare providers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $135,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2022
Details: To support program management and consulting services for the Buffalo Purchasing Initiative (BPI) 2023-2025.
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $70,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2022
Details: To support program management and consulting services for the Buffalo Purchasing Initiative (BPI) as it enters its fourth year.
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Young Adults & Working Families
Amount: $300,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2022
Details: To support the implementation of the Buffalo Youth Employment Coalition’s (YEC) strategic action plan to connect youth ages 16-24 to pathways leading to family-sustaining careers.
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $75,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2022
Details: To provide programmatic support for strategic activities in 2023.
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $250,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2022
Details: To support the Clotilde Perez-Bode Dedecker Changemaking Endowment Fund to honor Clotilde for her years of service to the Western New York community.
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $500,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2022
Details: Continue support of Moving Forward Together, a regional funder initiative advancing COVID-19 recovery work and strengthening the nonprofit ecosystem in Western New York.
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $100,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2022
Details: To support the Buffalo Together Community Response Fund, a collaborative fundraising effort in response to the tragic violence that took 10 lives on May 14, 2022.
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $1,020,035
Region: Western New York
Year: 2022
Details: To support sidecar funding for the 2022 Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Legacy Funds.
Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Parks, Trails & Green Design
Amount: $1,500,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support the connection, Vernor Viaduct, between the Corktown and Mexicantown neighborhoods.
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Parks, Trails & Green Design
Amount: $250,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support the Mariam C. Noland Public Spaces Fund.
Program Area: Caregivers
Amount: $3,000,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To endow a full-time position at the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan dedicated to caregivers for older adults.
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $58,750,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To establish and maintain the Arts & Culture Endowment at the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo.
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $33,750,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: Additional funding to begin grantmaking efforts in 2022 while the endowment is being built. This funding will provide $3.75 million over nine years.
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $75,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support the development of strategic opportunities.
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $1,114,315
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To provide additional support for the 2021 Ralph Wilson Legacy Funds.
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Parks, Trails & Green Design
Amount: $40,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support the HR&A Study for regional park sustainability in the City of Detroit.
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Youth Sports and Recreation
Amount: $627,066
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support capacity building and programmatic activities at Project Play Southeast Michigan.
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Youth Sports and Recreation
Amount: $96,051
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support the pilot and distribution of SportPort play kits amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $5,000,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support the new five-year strategy of the New Economy Initiative (NEI) to strengthen the inclusive network of capital, technical assistance, and other resources for underserved small businesses in Wayne County.
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $500,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support the New Economy Initiative (NEI) to offer a loan relief and technical fund for small businesses in SEMI affected by business disruption related to COVID-19.
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $48,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support CFSEM’s continued engagement of a national expert to assist in the growth of real estate development nonprofit organizations in Detroit and Southeast Michigan from March-June 2020.
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $48,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support CFSEM’s continued engagement of a national expert to assist in the growth of real estate development nonprofit organizations in Southeast Michigan from July-December 2020.
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $50,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support the City of Detroit’s efforts in increasing Census self-response rates through extensive communication and community outreach.
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $965,200
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To provide "sidecar" funding in support of the large volume of 2020 Legacy Fund applications received by the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan.
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $75,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support the development of strategic opportunities that will help build connections within and across Southeast Michigan.
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $50,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support the COVID-19 Relief Fund for Southeast Michigan in memory of philanthropic leader, Joseph Hudson.
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $250,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan's COVID-19 Flexible Fund, which provides grants to organizations addressing unique needs that are not funded through traditional crisis funding.
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $30,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support the City of Detroit's Everybody VS. COVID-19 awareness campaign and digital unity festival, which will inform and unite a broad audience around how to stay safe and healthy during the COVID-19 crisis, the importance of filling out the Census, and how to access city resources.
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Early Childhood
Amount: $900,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To provide continued support for the PEDALS early childhood Social Emotional Learning (SEL) program.
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Youth Sports and Recreation
Amount: $2,651,250
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2022
Details: To support the Detroit Parks Coalition to: 1) operate the Pistons Neighbors Program; 2) provide matching funding for capital improvements, recreational programming, and capacity building in Detroit’s park stewardship organizations; and 3) support a community-facing parks fellow at the City of Detroit.
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Youth Sports and Recreation
Amount: $3,074,260
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2022
Details: To support the next phase of Project Play Southeast Michigan.
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $75,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2022
Details: To support ongoing strategic opportunities.
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $1,188,918
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2022
Details: To support sidecar funding for the 2022 Legacy Fund applications
Community Foundation of Monroe County
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Parks, Trails & Green Design
Amount: $1,530,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2022
Details: To support the construction of the Monroe Loop Trail, a 6.5-mile, 10-foot wide shared-use path that connects the City of Monroe to the River Raisin Heritage Trail system.
Community Foundation of St. Clair County
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Youth Sports and Recreation
Amount: $200,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To provide matching dollars for the renovation of four neighborhood parks.
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $175,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support redevelopment efforts in the downtown commercial corridor of Port Huron, Michigan.
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Parks, Trails & Green Design
Amount: $1,558,600
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support the elimination of 22 gaps in the Bridge to Bay Trail system totaling approximately 18 miles of trail route in St. Clair County.
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Parks, Trails & Green Design
Amount: $275,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support the restoration and renovation of Lighthouse Park on the shores of Lake Huron in St. Clair County.
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $32,750
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support the distribution of small grants, technical advice, and business supports to assist minority and women-owned businesses in St. Clair County with COVID-19 recovery.
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Parks, Trails & Green Design
Amount: $20,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2022
Details: To support outdoor recreation projects in St. Clair County.
Community Music School of Buffalo
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Afterschool
Amount: $50,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support the relocation of an afterschool music program.
Connect Detroit
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Afterschool
Amount: $100,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2022
Details: To support Detroit Excellence in Youth Arts in a planning process to assess the feasibility of creating a Detroit-based youth arts intermediary.
Corporation for a Skilled Workforce
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Young Adults & Working Families
Amount: $48,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2022
Details: To support Corporation for a Skilled Workforce in providing consulting and advisory services to the Southeast Michigan Regional CEO Group to develop a structure and strategy to increase intermediary capacity in the workforce development sector.
Council of Great Lakes Governors
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Parks, Trails & Green Design
Amount: $25,000
Region: Western New York/Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support for the Council of Great Lakes Governor’s 2021 Leadership Summit.
Council of Michigan Foundations
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $100,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support the work of the Office of Foundation Liaison.
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $250,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support the Council of Michigan Foundations’ statewide efforts to aid in establishing equitable approaches to disseminating federal resources throughout communities most impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $25,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support the 2021 Council of Michigan Foundations Annual Conference held October 17-19, 2021.
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $1,114,055
Region: Western New York/Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support three Philanthropy Fellows working with the Council of Michigan Foundations to advance the Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation’s work in both Southeast Michigan and Western New York and to build a talent pipeline for the nonprofit and philanthropic sectors.
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $40,000
Region: Western New York/Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support the CMF philanthropy fellowship cohort.
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $1,100,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support CMF in their organizational transformation, which includes strategic planning, visioning, and capacity building for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $75,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support the Office of Foundation Liaison.
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $25,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support the Council of Michigan Foundation's 48th Annual Conference.
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $50,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support the permanent endowment for the William S. White Fund for Innovation in Community Philanthropy.
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Early Childhood
Amount: $70,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support a full-time manager for the Southeast Michigan Early Childhood Funders Collaborative.
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Parks, Trails & Green Design
Amount: $500,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2022
Details: To support the Council of Michigan Foundations in allocating Michigan Spark grant funds to under-resourced communities through regional and local community foundations.
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Early Childhood
Amount: $300,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2022
Details: To support Launch Michigan in executing its newly approved K-12 Mackinac Framework Agreement to develop new strategies for engaging and integrating afterschool and early childhood education.
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $100,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2022
Details: Support for the Office of Foundation Liaison.
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $50,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2022
Details: To support the Governor’s Office of Foundation Liaison to conduct and analyze a 2045 population research study.
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $50,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2022
Details: To provide sponsorship support for the 2022 Council of Michigan Foundations (CMF) Annual Conference occurring in-person this year at the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel in Grand Rapids, Michigan on Nov. 14—16.
Daemen College
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Youth Sports and Recreation
Amount: $102,300
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support the expansion of a youth sports capacity building program.
Daemen University
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Youth Sports and Recreation
Amount: $316,694
Region: Western New York
Year: 2022
Details: To support The Center for Allied & Unified Sport & Exercise to provide opportunities for people with disabilities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage and experience athletics participation, and to evaluate and expand their current programming.
Data Driven Detroit
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $350,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2022
Details: To support regional data capacity, programming, and infrastructure for SE Michigan’s nonprofit sector.
Data Driven Detroit
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $150,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support Data Driven Detroit to meet regional, COVID-related data needs.
Detroit Area Agency on Aging
Program Area: Caregivers
Amount: $226,039
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2022
Details: Develop and pilot the Living Well program for faith and lay leaders to support family caregivers of older adults in Detroit-based faith communities.
Detroit Economic Growth Association
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Parks, Trails & Green Design
Amount: $3,000,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support the construction of the Joe Louis Greenway Phase 1 and Warren Trailhead.
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Youth Sports and Recreation
Amount: $1,000,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support the expansion of lighting at City of Detroit parks to improve safety and increase usage.
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $2,000,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support the Detroit Means Business Coalition.
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $100,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support staff capacity of Detroit Means Business (DMB).
Detroit Employment Solutions Corporation
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Young Adults & Working Families
Amount: $100,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support the effort to inform, prepare, and hire Detroit residents for middle-skill, middle wage jobs at the new Fiat Chrysler Automobiles automotive assembly plant in Detroit.
Detroit Food & Entrepreneurship Academy
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Afterschool
Amount: $450,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2022
Details: To provide general operating support to Detroit Food and Entrepreneurship Academy (DFA) to support their afterschool programming.
Detroit Future City
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $150,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support funding for the Center for Equity, Engagement, and Research, which is working to increase economic equity in Detroit.
Detroit Horse Power
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Youth Sports and Recreation
Amount: $210,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support community engagement and capacity building for a youth development equine program in Detroit.
Detroit Pistons Foundation
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Youth Sports and Recreation
Amount: $200,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support a summer of collaborative Detroit park activations.
Detroit Public Schools Foundation
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Afterschool
Amount: $2,000,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support the Connected Futures program, which will ensure that all 51,000 students in Detroit Public Community Schools have access to devices, internet connection, and technical support to enable online learning outside of school hours.
Detroit Regional Chamber Foundation
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Young Adults & Working Families
Amount: $1,700,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support the Detroit Drives Degrees Community College Collaborative (D3C3).
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Young Adults & Working Families
Amount: $1,600,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2022
Details: To support the intermediary functions of the Detroit Drives Degrees Community College Collaborative (D3C3) and MichAuto Phase I mobility cluster activities.
Detroit Regional Partnership Foundation
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $3,000,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2022
Details: To support the work of the Detroit Regional Partnership Foundation (DRPF) in order to help create jobs, improve the lives of individuals and families, and drive market improvements in regional rates of workforce participation, poverty and lower quintile of income.
Detroit Riverfront Conservancy
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Parks, Trails & Green Design
Amount: $10,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To provide sponsorship support for the Detroit Riverfront Conservancy’s virtual fundraiser #BeingApartTogether.
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Parks, Trails & Green Design
Amount: $500,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support the Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Centennial Park entry garden in memory of Ralph Wilson’s late daughter’s Edith Wilson and Linda Bogdan from gifts made from their trusts.
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $10,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support Detroit Riverfront Conservancy's virtual fundraiser #BeingApartTogether to support the Conservancy's stewardship of its public spaces.
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Parks, Trails & Green Design
Amount: $10,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2022
Details: To support Soirée on the Greenway, Detroit Riverfront Conservancy's annual fundraiser.
Develop Detroit
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Parks, Trails & Green Design
Amount: $1,000,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2022
Details: Support for the Incubator Kitchen within the Detroit Food Commons.
Downtown Boxing Gym Youth Program
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Youth Sports and Recreation
Amount: $600,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support the strengthening and growth of an afterschool sports program that provides students with mentoring, academic supports, and sports sampling.
Downtown Detroit Partnership
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $10,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support the 2021 Detroit Homecoming.
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $25,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support the 2020 Detroit Homecoming initiative that brings together a network of successful Detroit expatriates for a hybrid event of virtual and in-person programming to re-engage with the community and encourage them to consider investments in Detroit and the region.
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Young Adults & Working Families
Amount: $200,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support the development of industry-led workforce collaboratives.
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $25,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2022
Details: To provide support for the 2022 Detroit Homecoming initiative that brings together a network of successful Detroit expatriates for a hybrid event of virtual and in-person programming to re-engage with the community and encourage them to consider investments in Detroit and the region.
DRIVE One
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Young Adults & Working Families
Amount: $60,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support the automotive technology program at Drive One in Roseville, MI.
E Warren Development Corp
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $250,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2022
Details: Support to build the E. Warren Community Kitchen, which will support and provide affordable rental space to food-based businesses.
Early Childhood Investment Corporation
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Early Childhood
Amount: $150,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To provide emergency financial support to home-based childcare providers in Livingston, Monroe, and St. Clair Counties during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Early Childhood
Amount: $50,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To provide general support for ECIC to continue to strengthen the early childhood system in Southeast Michigan.
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Early Childhood
Amount: $300,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2022
Details: To support the Early Childhood Investment Corporation to add Washtenaw County’s Child Care Network as a sixth grantee to its first-ever Child Care Innovation Fund cohort designed to scale promising early childhood strategies in Michigan.
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Early Childhood
Amount: $270,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2022
Details: To strengthen the early childhood system in Southeast Michigan by 1.) providing continued general support for a three-year period, 2.) providing RCWJRF staff and grantees with social-emotional learning policy strategy and programmatic guidance, and 3.) supporting technical assistance for three SEMI communities for the Promising Ideas Incubator.
Eastern Market Corporation
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $900,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support Eastern Market Corporation to retool market operations to respond to COVID-19 and to continue its work over the next two years to support equitable economic development in the Food Innovation Zone.
Easterseals Michigan
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Youth Sports and Recreation
Amount: $260,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2022
Details: To renovate the Miracle League Michigan baseball field in Southfield, the state’s first baseball field for children with physical or cognitive disabilities.
Economic Development Group/DBA Northland Workforce Training Center
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Young Adults & Working Families
Amount: $3,000,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2021
Details: To support education and training in middle-skill, middle-wage advanced manufacturing and clean energy careers.
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Young Adults & Working Families
Amount: $100,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support a new Summer Program at the Northland Workforce Training Center focusing on exposure to careers in the advanced manufacturing and energy sectors for youth ages 16-21.
Edison Welding Institute, Inc./ DBA Buffalo Manufacturing Works
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $340,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support Buffalo Manufacturing Works’ Shift Program with a planning grant to identify and develop new technical assistance services to improve the competitiveness of small and medium-sized manufacturers in Western New York.
Eight Days of Hope
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Parks, Trails & Green Design
Amount: $50,500
Region: Western New York
Year: 2021
Details: To support the revitalization efforts for Manhattan Park, located in the Masten District of Buffalo’s East Side.
Enterprise Community Partners
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $2,000,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support a multi-funders collaborative grant program for community development organizations in Detroit.
Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES Educational Foundation
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Young Adults & Working Families
Amount: $20,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2021
Details: To support a needs assessment of career and technical education (CTE) programming for young adults in the Southern Tier.
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Young Adults & Working Families
Amount: $240,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2022
Details: To complete a comprehensive needs assessment to improve career and technical education (CTE) programs for young adults in the Southern Tier.
Every Person Influences Children
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Early Childhood
Amount: $122,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support relocation to a new facility in the City of Buffalo.
Fair Food Network
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $500,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support the Fair Food Network to provide specialized technical assistance for food businesses and to launch the Fair Food Fund in Southeast Michigan.
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $300,000
Region: Western New York/Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support the development of a mobile phone application to enable online enrollment in the Double Up Food Bucks (DUFB) program and to significantly increase DUFB marketing and advertising in Southeast Michigan and Western New York in response to COVID-19.
FeedMore WNY
Program Area: Caregivers
Amount: $15,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support the general operating expenses associated with the ongoing COVID-19 response to the public health crisis in Western New York.
Field & Fork Network Inc.
Program Area: Caregivers
Amount: $270,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support the expansion of the Double Up Food Bucks program in Western New York.
Figure Skating in Harlem, Inc.
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Youth Sports and Recreation
Amount: $180,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2022
Details: To support Figure Skating Detroit’s efforts towards improving access to figure skating and advancing non-competitive recreational opportunities for low-income youth in Detroit.
Focus: HOPE
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Young Adults & Working Families
Amount: $750,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support workforce training programs in IT and advanced manufacturing.
Food Finders
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $7,500
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support an emergency food distribution pilot connecting farmers to end-users during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Foodlink WNY
Program Area: Caregivers
Amount: $15,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support emergency food distribution to seniors during the COVID-19 pandemic.
FrameWorks Institute
Program Area: Caregivers
Amount: $75,000
Region: Western New York/Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support qualitative and quantitative research to understand the ways in which public thinking about caregivers and direct care is changing as a result of COVID-19.
Program Area: Caregivers
Amount: $185,500
Region: Western New York/Southeast Michigan
Year: 2022
Details: To support FrameWorks to continue research on changing public perceptions of direct care work.
Friends of the Detroit River
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Parks, Trails & Green Design
Amount: $2,031,300
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2022
Details: To support critical improvements to the Downriver Linked Greenway (part of the Iron Belle Trail).
Friends of the Rouge
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Parks, Trails & Green Design
Amount: $330,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support the design and engineering of the Dearborn Connector (Rouge River Gateway) and three trailheads along the Rouge River Trail in Wayne County.
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Parks, Trails & Green Design
Amount: $2,704,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2022
Details: To support the construction of the Rouge Gateway Trail.
Funders Together to End Homelessness
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Young Adults & Working Families
Amount: $120,000
Region: Western New York/Southeast Michigan
Year: 2022
Details: To support the Workforce Matters Fund for Workforce Equity.
Generations United
Program Area: Caregivers
Amount: $33,265
Region: Western New York/Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support an addition to Limelight’s successful theater performance program through a monograph titled “Solo Acts,” to be focused on ‘elder orphans’ – people who are often socially isolated and without a caregiver, living in Western New York and Southeast Michigan.
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Early Childhood
Amount: $5,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support a comprehensive update of resources for grandparents and other relatives raising children.
Girls on the Run of Southeastern Michigan
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Youth Sports and Recreation
Amount: $344,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2022
Details: To expand its Star Power Sites Initiative, which serves girls in schools in high-poverty-areas in Southeast Michigan – with a focus in Monroe and Washtenaw Counties.
Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan
Program Area: Caregivers
Amount: $300,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support the distribution of quarantine boxes to seniors in Southeast Michigan.
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $1,250,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support the launch of a new food distribution site and model designed to serve the community’s increased need for fresh produce and dairy.
Global Detroit
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $200,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2022
Details: To expand Global Detroit's Entrepreneurship in Residence (EIR) program, to support the growth of tech startup companies in Southeast Michigan.
Good Sports
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Youth Sports and Recreation
Amount: $750,000
Region: Western New York/Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To continue support for the Good Sports equipment fund to provide new sports equipment, apparel, and footwear to youth sports nonprofits in Southeast Michigan and Western New York.
Grantmakers in Aging
Program Area: Caregivers
Amount: $50,000
Region: Western New York/Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To provide sponsorship support for the 2021 Grantmakers in Aging (GIA) annual conference to be held virtually from Oct. 13-15, 2021.
Program Area: Caregivers
Amount: $150,000
Region: Western New York/Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support the launch of a 10-state National Caregiving Coalitions Initiative, which will support state-wide family caregiver advocacy, including in New York and Michigan.
Program Area: Caregivers
Amount: $30,000
Region: Western New York/Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support the Grantmakers in Aging (GIA) Fund the Future Campaign.
Program Area: Caregivers
Amount: $50,000
Region: Western New York/Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To be a sponsor of the 2020 Grantmakers in Aging (GIA) annual conference.
Program Area: Caregivers
Amount: $317,000
Region: Western New York/Southeast Michigan
Year: 2022
Details: To support the Grantmakers in Aging Family Caregiving Funders Collaborative which will coordinate funding activities related to caregiving and align philanthropic funding with federal and state caregiving investments nationally as well as in Michigan and New York.
Greater Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Youth Sports and Recreation
Amount: $50,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support the Amateur Sports Development Fund.
Growing Hope, Inc.
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $78,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support the expansion of the Incubator Kitchen at the Ypsilanti Farmers Market Place.
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $30,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2022
Details: Support for predevelopment planning to expand the current Growing Hope Incubator Kitchen and programming for food entrepreneurs in Ypsilanti, Michigan.
Health Federation of Philadelphia
Program Area: Early Childhood
Amount: $50,000
Region: Western New York/Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support the Home Grown Funder’s Collaborative to inform investment strategies for home-based childcare in Western New York and Southeast Michigan.
Healthcare Industry Grant Corporation
Program Area: Caregivers
Amount: $100,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support Healthcare Workers Rising to provide training, education, and peer to peer support to homecare workers in the Western New York region.
Program Area: Caregivers
Amount: $425,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2022
Details: To support Healthcare Workers Rising (HWR) to provide career training and peer support programs for home care workers in Western New York.
Henry Ford Community College Foundation
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Young Adults & Working Families
Amount: $1,989,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2022
Details: To support the implementation of student success, K-12 alignment, and mobility sector talent pipeline development strategies as part of the Detroit Drives Degrees Community College Collaborative (D3C3).
Heroes’ Alliance
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Afterschool
Amount: $300,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2022
Details: To support the expansion and scale-up of a project-based STEM focused afterschool program for young adults and to pilot a new STEM program for middle-school students.
Huron Waterloo Pathways Initiative
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Parks, Trails & Green Design
Amount: $3,500,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2022
Details: To support the construction of multiple sections of the Iron Belle Trail in Washtenaw and Wayne Counties.
Huron-Clinton Metroparks Foundation
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Parks, Trails & Green Design
Amount: $1,782,750
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support the completion of two multi-use trail connections near Island Lake State Park and Lower Huron Metro Park.
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Parks, Trails & Green Design
Amount: $900,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support the Huron-Clinton Metroparks in providing sustainable public recreation opportunities in the City of Detroit and Wayne County.
IFF
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Youth Sports and Recreation
Amount: $379,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support a planning phase for investment into community facilities.
InsideOut Literary Arts Project
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Afterschool
Amount: $425,000
Region: Western New York/Southeast Michigan
Year: 2022
Details: InsideOut (Detroit) and the Just Buffalo Literary Center (Buffalo) will collaborate across regions and expand their joint capacity-building effort, Writing Across the Rustbelt: Phase II.
Invest Detroit Foundation
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $3,500,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2022
Details: To support promising Michigan-based high-tech and high-growth startups through access to investment capital, focused mentorship for under-networked entrepreneurs, and participation in events and programs to strengthen the broader startup ecosystem.
Jamestown Community College Foundation
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $50,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2021
Details: To support the development of an online Entrepreneurship Certification program.
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $27,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support the administration of specialized technical assistance to small businesses in Western New York affected by COVID-19.
Jefferson East, Inc.
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $750,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support Jefferson East Inc.’s operations and the implementation of the Jefferson-Chalmers Master Plan.
KABOOM!
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Youth Sports and Recreation
Amount: $375,00
Region: Western New York
Year: 2021
Details: To support KABOOM! to lead a community design and build process for a playground at Fourth Street Park in Buffalo.
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Youth Sports and Recreation
Amount: $354,020
Region: Western New York/Southeast Michigan
Year: 2022
Details: To develop a multi-year plan to promote kids’ active play across Southeast Michigan and Western New York by giving youth equitable access to quality courts and fields.
Kadima
Program Area: Caregivers
Amount: $50,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support the merger of JVS and Kadima including career opportunities for direct care workers.
Lakeshore Connections, Inc.
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Afterschool
Amount: $4,268,181
Region: Western New York/Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support 93 Generator Z grants to nonprofit organizations for afterschool programming, recommended by 1,000 teen Generators, and associated administrative costs.
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Early Childhood
Amount: $2,956,893
Region: Western New York
Year: 2021
Details: To support the operations and expansion of the PEDALS program in Western New York for social-emotional learning supports in early childhood classrooms.
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Early Childhood
Amount: $2,513,894
Region: Western New York
Year: 2021
Details: To support Help Me Grow Western New York as a systems builder and leader in early childhood in Western New York to move the region toward (1) a shared early childhood agenda, (2) a data-informed action plan, (3) improved use of community resources and (4) policy updates for a system that can do more to collectively meet the needs of young children in Western New York.
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Afterschool
Amount: $1,175,000
Region: Western New York/Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support the launch of the Generator Z grant initiative, which distributes $1,000,000 to 1,000 teens for participation in reimagining afterschool.
Launch NY
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $3,000,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2022
Details: Recapitalize the nonprofit seed fund and provide continued operational support for business advisory services to high-growth entrepreneurs in Western New York.
Lawrence Technological University
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $1,000,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support the C³ Evergreen Investment Fund at the Centrepolis Accelerator.
Life Remodeled
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $500,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support capital improvements at the Durfee Innovation Society (DIS) neighborhood and community hub on Detroit’s West Side.
Lifespan of Greater Rochester Inc.
Program Area: Caregivers
Amount: $27,625
Region: Western New York
Year: 2021
Details: To support a planning process between Lifespan and Caring Wire to assess the feasibility of a partnership for providing family caregivers of older adults legal, financial, and other support.
Local Initiatives Support Corporation
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $1,500,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support the NY State Forward fund to make COVID-19 related relief and recovery loans to eligible small businesses and non-profits in a nine-county region of Western New York (Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Monroe, Niagara, Orleans and Wyoming).
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $326,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support increased staff capacity at the LISC’s Western New York local office, focused on inclusive economic development programs.
Macomb Community College Foundation
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Young Adults & Working Families
Amount: $1,736,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2022
Details: To support the implementation of student success, K-12 alignment, and mobility sector talent pipeline development strategies as part of the Detroit Drives Degrees Community College Collaborative (D3C3).
Macomb Intermediate School District
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Early Childhood
Amount: $51,780
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2022
Details: To expand access to Help Me Grow early childhood supports and resources for bilingual families in Macomb County.
MENTOR: The National Mentoring Partnership
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Afterschool
Amount: $5,000
Region: Western New York/Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To provide general operating support to advance its mission to increase the quality and quantity of mentoring in America.
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Afterschool
Amount: $10,000
Region: Western New York/Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support MENTOR: The National Partnership as they advance mentoring for young people nationally and locally in Southeast Michigan and Western New York.
Mentoring Partnership of New York/DBA Mentor New York
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Afterschool
Amount: $10,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To provide operating support to advance Mentor New York's work and mission.
Michigan Association of United Ways
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Afterschool
Amount: $375,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To provide capacity building support for the Michigan Afterschool Partnership.
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Afterschool
Amount: $100,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To provide capacity for the Michigan Afterschool Partnership.
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Afterschool
Amount: $400,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2023
Details: To support the Michigan Afterschool Partnership and the Michigan Department of Education with effective distribution, administration, and evaluation of $25 million in American Rescue Plan funding designated for afterschool by the State of Michigan.
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Afterschool
Amount: $399,500
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2022
Details: To support the expansion of the Michigan Afterschool Partnership’s statewide quality and youth engagement efforts with an emphasis to grow its impact in Southeast Michigan and explore a collaboration with Project Play Southeast Michigan.
Michigan College Access Network
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Young Adults & Working Families
Amount: $40,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2022
Details: To support a strategic and organizational planning process within the LEO 60x30 office.
Michigan Community Resources
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $300,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support the operations and organizational capacity of Michigan Community Resources.
Michigan Community Resources
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $350,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support the development of a new, shared, searchable directory of capacity-building service providers.
Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Young Adults & Working Families
Amount: $200,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support the development of a data and reporting infrastructure that provides education and workforce training providers with data to better assess labor market outcomes for program participants.
Michigan Future, Inc.
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Young Adults & Working Families
Amount: $50,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support research and analysis on the economy and the economic well-being of Michigan households.
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Young Adults & Working Families
Amount: $300,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support Michigan Future's research on the state's economy and the economic well-being of Michigan households.
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Young Adults & Working Families
Amount: $50,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support Michigan Future's research on the state's economy and the economic well-being of Michigan households.
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Young Adults & Working Families
Amount: $50,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2022
Details: To support Michigan Future's research on the state's economy and the economic well-being of Michigan households.
Michigan Israel Business Accelerator Foundation
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $500,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support commerce between Michigan and the State of Israel, with a focus on advancing innovation in the mobility, cybersecurity, and defense sectors through the exchange of knowledge, technology, and other business resources.
Michigan League for Public Policy
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $50,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support the Michigan League for Public Policy in their work to enact public policies benefiting Southeast Michigan and the state’s most vulnerable residents.
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $50,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2022
Details: To support the Michigan League for Public Policy in their policy, research and analysis work.
Michigan Municipal League Foundation
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Youth Sports and Recreation
Amount: $2,000,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support the development of the Hamtramck Recreation District.
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Youth Sports and Recreation
Amount: $96,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support the capacity and development of the Hamtramck Recreation District.
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $50,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support the development of inclusive economic growth strategies across SEMI through entrepreneurship and small business growth.
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $100,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2022
Details: To support Michigan Municipal League’s continued development of strategies and projects that catalyze local entrepreneurship and small business growth opportunities in small to mid-size communities across SE Michigan.
Michigan Nonprofit Association
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $63,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support the Nonprofit Journal Project, a collaborative editorial series focused on the impact of COVID-19 on the nonprofit community and the transition of the sector beyond the crisis.
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $1,244,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support capacity building intermediaries in their work helping address the existing and COVID-19 related challenges facing the nonprofit community in southeast Michigan now and into recovery.
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $63,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2022
Details: To support the continuation of the Nonprofit Journal Project, a collaborative editorial series focused on the transition of the sector beyond the COVID-19 crisis.
Michigan Physical Fitness, Health and Sports Foundation, Inc.
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Parks, Trails & Green Design
Amount: $206,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To resurface the Eugene and Elaine C. Driker Trail and conduct shoreline erosion maintenance at pedestrian bridge crossing on the east end of Belle Isle Park.
Michigan Trails and Greenways Alliance
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Parks, Trails & Green Design
Amount: $250,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support the development of a Southeast Michigan regional trails brand, marketing campaign and website.
Michigan’s Children
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Early Childhood
Amount: $50,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support the general operations of Michigan's Children in moving an integrated policy agenda for children, youth and families by strengthening research and outreach efforts.
Michigan’s Children
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Early Childhood
Amount: $50000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2022
Details: To support policy and investment opportunity insights and guidance regarding social-emotional learning in Southeast Michigan and across the state.
Midtown Detroit, Inc.
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $400,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support the Cultural Center Planning Initiative and shared services platform.
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $1,200,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support core operations, specifically the public space maintenance program.
Monroe Community College Foundation
Program Area: Young Adults & Working Families
Amount: $665,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2021
Details: To support the planning for programs and administration at the Finger Lakes Workforce Development Center (FWD Center).
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Young Adults & Working Families
Amount: $3,200,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2022
Details: To support start-up operational and capital equipment costs for the Finger Lakes Workforce Development Center.
Monroe County Business Development Corp.
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $100,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support the creation and growth of small businesses through the Monroe County “Launch 734” program.
Monroe County Community College
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Young Adults & Working Families
Amount: $2,921,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2022
Details: To support the implementation of student success, K-12 alignment, and mobility sector talent pipeline development strategies as part of the Detroit Drives Degrees Community College Collaborative (D3C3).
Monroe County Intermediate School District
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Early Childhood
Amount: $310,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support a pilot program that engages and supports families with young children before they enter kindergarten.
Motown Museum
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $5,000,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support the capital costs to expand the Motown Museum.
mParks
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Youth Sports and Recreation
Amount: $10,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 202
Details: To support the mParks 2022 Conference.
Multi-Craft Apprenticeship Preparation Program, Inc.
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Young Adults & Working Families
Amount: $700,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2022
Details: To support a community-based union pre-apprenticeship in Rochester, NY designed to increase equitable access to careers in construction and the skilled trades.
National Academy for State Health Policy
Program Area: Caregivers
Amount: $50,000
Region: Western New York/Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support the RAISE Family Caregiver Resource and Dissemination Center, including further engagement and outreach to stakeholders in Michigan and New York.
National Association of Black Women Entrepreneurs
Program Area: Caregivers
Amount: $234,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support the development of culturally competent faith community advocates that proactively assist caregivers with strategies to be mentally and physically well while executing caregiving responsibilities.
National Comedy Center, Inc.
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $100,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To provide short-term operating funds to support the National Comedy Center’s marketing and fundraising capacity through the COVID-19 pandemic.
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $100,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2022
Details: To support the National Comedy Center as it expands its developmental and institutional capacity.
National Domestic Workers Alliance
Program Area: Caregivers
Amount: $80,000
Region: Western New York/Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support the production of a video series featuring first-person caregiver perspectives, to accompany the American Society on Aging’s Fall 2021 issue of Generations Journal.
Program Area: Caregivers
Amount: $50,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support the efforts of Caring Across Generations to assist family caregivers and improve job quality for direct care workers.
Program Area: Caregivers
Amount: $87,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2022
Details: To support Caring Across Generations (CAG) to engage a coalition of partners to develop a statewide strategic plan to expand long-term services and supports and to improve jobs for care workers in Michigan.
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Parks, Trails & Green Design
Amount: $2,550,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2021
Details: To support the extension of the Southeast Michigan Resiliency Fund and the establishment of the Save Our Great Lakes Western New York Priority Fund – both multi-funder collaboratives that will take a strategic, coordinated approach to addressing environmental and ecological challenges facing communities and habitats.
National Skills Coalition
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Young Adults & Working Families
Amount: $25,000
Region: Western New York/Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support the National Skills Coalition's work in 2022 to advance skills equity, industry engagement, public accountability and high-quality job driven investments in the workforce development sector.
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Young Adults & Working Families
Amount: $50,000
Region: Western New York/Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support the National Skills Coalition's work to advance skills, equity, industry engagement, public accountability and high-quality job driven investments in the workforce development sector.
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Young Adults & Working Families
Amount: $25,000
Region: Western New York/Southeast Michigan
Year: 2022
Details: To support the National Skills Coalition's work in 2023 to advance skills equity, industry engagement, public accountability and high-quality job driven investments in the workforce development sector.
National Summer Learning Association
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Youth Sports and Recreation
Amount: $65,000
Region: Western New York/Southeast Michigan
Year: 2022
Details: To support the participation in a learning community around youth sports and recreation, afterschool and summer learning.
Native American Community Services of Erie and Niagara Counties, Inc.
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Early Childhood
Amount: $50,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2022
Details: To provide general operating support for the Native American Community Services of Erie and Niagara Counties, Inc.
Natural Heritage Trust
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Parks, Trails & Green Design
Amount: $8,000,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2021
Details: To support the development of a state-of-the-art Welcome Center to highlight the historic and natural assets within Niagara Falls State Park.
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Youth Sports and Recreation
Amount: $862,100
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support the expansion of a program the provides accessible recreation opportunities in state parks.
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Parks, Trails & Green Design
Amount: $5,470,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2022
Details: To support three major trail projects in Western New York: the Bridges of Allegany/Genesee Valley Greenway Project; the Artpark Recreation and Trail Connectivity Project; and the Quaker Area Multi-Use Trail in Allegany State Park.
NCCC Foundation
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $36,300
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support the Small Business Development Center at NCCC to provide specialized technical assistance in sales, marketing, e-commerce and other relevant topics to small businesses affected by COVID-19.
Neutral Zone
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Afterschool
Amount: $554,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support and expand the Youth Driven Spaces (YDS) program in Southeast Michigan.
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Young Adults & Working Families
Amount: $240,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support the Future Corps workforce development program, serving youth ages 18-24 with postsecondary support including mentoring, education, and on-the-job training and experience.
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Afterschool
Amount: $28,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support professional development focused on youth leadership for youth-serving organizations.
New America Foundation
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Young Adults & Working Families
Amount: $500,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2021
Details: To support the launch and implementation of the pilot phase of the Careerwise Greater Buffalo youth apprenticeship initiative.
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Young Adults & Working Families
Amount: $375,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support the continued development and design of a youth apprenticeship program in Western New York.
New Detroit Inc.
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $50,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support New Detroit in a capacity-building board development process to create a governance structure capable of supporting and scaling the organization’s anti-racism mission.
New York State Network for Youth Success, Inc.
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Afterschool
Amount: $774,500
Region: Western New York
Year: 2021
Details: To support capacity building efforts for New York State Network for Youth Success, Inc.
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Afterschool
Amount: $10,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support the New York State Network For Youth Success' mission to advance access to quality youth development programs for young people in NY, including Western New York.
New York Sustainable Agriculture Working Group
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $170,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2022
Details: To complete a new slaughter and processing facility that will expand opportunities for rural livestock farmers and local food system buyers in Western New York through access to high-quality, timely and affordable processing and packaging.
Niagara University
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Youth Sports and Recreation
Amount: $569,100
Region: Western New York
Year: 2021
Details: To support the Cornerstone Coaches Program, an in-person, online and mobile training platform that will train 5,000+ youth sports coaches, with particular focus on supporting social-emotional learning.
Nonprofit Enterprise at Work (NEW)
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $600,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support Nonprofit Enterprise at Work (NEW) for their (1) shared nonprofit workspace and (2) support programs and services – all designed to equip regional nonprofits with innovative tools and the space to collaborate.
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $120,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support an evaluation and space planning for the NEW Center in Ann Arbor, rent relief to tenants, and general operating support.
NY Association of Training & Employment Professionals
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Young Adults & Working Families
Amount: $50,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2021
Details: To support workforce development sector activities and issues in Western New York in 2022.
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Young Adults & Working Families
Amount: $50,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support workforce development sector activities and issues in Western New York.
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Young Adults & Working Families
Amount: $50,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2022
Details: To support NYATEP's workforce development sector activities and issues in WNY in 2023.
NY Funders Alliance
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $94,500
Region: Western New York
Year: 2021
Details: To provide continued access for Western New York nonprofits to capacity-building resources through the Catchafire online platform.
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $10,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2021
Details: To support the NY Funders Alliance Signature Series.
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $25,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2022
Details: Sponsorship to support the New York Funders Alliance for their 2022 New York State Funders Conference in September 2022 in Rochester, NY.
NY Funders Alliance Initiatives Fund
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $97,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To provide nonprofits in Western New York with access to national capacity-building volunteers through an online platform.
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Early Childhood
Amount: $682,500
Region: Western New York
Year: 2022
Details: To support Liftoff, a project of the New York Funders Alliance, to launch an Early Childhood Partnership Pilot program with the Schuyler Center for Analysis and Advocacy, The Children’s Agenda, and the WNY Women’s Foundation.
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Early Childhood
Amount: $700,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2022
Details: To support general operations for Liftoff WNY to improve health and education outcomes for young children in the nine-county WNY region.
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $138,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2022
Details: Support for the Nonprofit Support Group to improve the functionality of the Impact HQ online communication and resource hub.
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $750,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2022
Details: To support the operations and staffing of the Western Nonprofit Support Group (WNYNSG) for regional capacity-building.
NYBDC Local Development Corporation/DBA Pursuit Community Finance
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $150,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support a loan relief and technical assistance fund to support small business borrowers in Western NY impacted by the COVID-19 crisis.
Oakland Community College
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Young Adults & Working Families
Amount: $3,445,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2022
Details: To support the implementation of student success, K-12 alignment, and mobility sector talent pipeline development strategies as part of the Detroit Drives Degrees Community College Collaborative (D3C3).
Oakland Schools
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Early Childhood
Amount: $265,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support a new Statewide Coordinator for Help Me Grow in Michigan.
Open Space Institute Land Trust
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Parks, Trails & Green Design
Amount: $1,405,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2022
Details: To support the renovation and install green infrastructure in three parks identified in the Buffalo Parks Master Plan: Sears Paderewski Park, Lang Weber Park and Roosevelt Park.
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Parks, Trails & Green Design
Amount: $95,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2022
Details: To support the creation construction documents for the green infrastructure and revitalization of three pilot parks on Buffalo's East Side.
Options Buffalo
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Parks, Trails & Green Design
Amount: $1,500,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2021
Details: To support a community engagement, planning, design and match funding for implementation of the Northeast Greenway and Scajaquanda Creek Trail Extension in the City of Buffalo.
Parks & Trails New York
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Parks, Trails & Green Design
Amount: $300,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2021
Details: To support the development of the Genesee Valley Greenway Trail Town Initiative.
Partnership for the Public Good
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $250,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2022
Details: To support collaboration efforts and capacity building for nonprofit organizations in Western New York.
PathStone Enterprise Center
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $170,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support a loan relief and technical assistance fund to support PathStone’s small business borrowers in Buffalo and Rochester impacted by the COVID-19 crisis.
Pay It Forward NY, LLC
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Young Adults & Working Families
Amount: $1,500,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2022
Details: To launch a Pay It Forward Fund that will support income share agreements with eligible training providers in 9 counties in Western New York (Erie, Wyoming, Allegany, Monroe, Genesee, Orleans, Niagara, Cattaraugus, and Allegany).
PeacePlayers International
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Youth Sports and Recreation
Amount: $225,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2022
Details: To increase the quality and frequency of existing basketball-focused afterschool programs in three key Detroit neighborhoods, and to further position the organization for long-term sustainability.
PEDALS Michigan
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Early Childhood
Amount: $4,611,470
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support the operations and expansion of the PEDALS program in Southeast Michigan for social-emotional learning supports in early childhood classrooms.
Per Scholas, Inc.
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Young Adults & Working Families
Amount: $800,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2022
Details: To support the expansion of Per Scholas in Southeast Michigan.
PHI (Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute, Inc.)
Program Area: Caregivers
Amount: $100,000
Region: Western New York/Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support a national study to assess how a variety of new COVID-specific policy responses have impacted the economic stability and well-being of direct care workers, including in-depth analysis of policies in New York and Michigan.
Program Area: Caregivers
Amount: $50,000
Region: Western New York/Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support PHI's work to create quality jobs for direct care workers.
Playworks Education Energized
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Youth Sports and Recreation
Amount: $300,000
Region: Western New York/Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support continued service delivery to partners in Western New York and Southeast Michigan as schools and children emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Police Athletic League of Buffalo, Inc.
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Youth Sports and Recreation
Amount: $330,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2021
Details: To support the PlayStreets program which brings free and accessible sports programs to youth in Buffalo.
Pro Se Bankruptcy Assistance/DBA Access Bankruptcy Court
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $100,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support Access Bankruptcy Court in providing pro bono bankruptcy representation to low-income individuals in the Eastern Michigan District court.
Project Healthy Community
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $25,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support Project Healthy Community in their COVID-19 response efforts and meet the needs of Detroit families in crisis.
ProsperUS Detroit Micro Lending
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $850,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2022
Details: To help ProsperUS continue to generate small business growth and neighborhood revitalization in Detroit, Hamtramck and Highland Park.
Racquet Up Detroit
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Youth Sports and Recreation
Amount: $350,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support capacity building and program development at a sports-based afterschool program.
Ralph Wilson Park Conservancy
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Parks, Trails & Green Design
Amount: $3,000,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2022
Details: To support capacity and sustainable funding for the organizational structure of the Ralph Wilson Park Conservancy.
RAND Corporation
Program Area: Caregivers
Amount: $275,000
Region: Western New York/Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support a study to document the lived experiences of paid caregivers in Southeast Michigan and Western New York during the COVID-19 crisis, with a focus on understanding barriers and challenges faced by home health aides.
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Early Childhood
Amount: $749,701
Region: Western New York/Southeast Michigan
Year: 2022
Details: To support the evaluation of the Positive Emotional Development and Learning Skills (PEDALS) program in SE Michigan and Western NY.
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Early Childhood
Amount: $500,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2022
Details: To support an evaluation of Help Me Grow Western New York that will measure success, as well as foster transparency, collaboration, and shared purpose among early childhood system stakeholders.
Regents of the University of Michigan
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $60,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support the 2021 Summer session of the Detroit Neighborhood Entrepreneurs Project (DNEP) to support underserved entrepreneurs and small business with COVID-19 recovery.
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Young Adults & Working Families
Amount: $750,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support the expansion and evaluation of the SummerWorks youth employment and mentorship program serving youth ages 16-24 in Washtenaw County.
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $80,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support the Detroit Neighborhood Entrepreneurs Project to run a special summer session to support underserved entrepreneurs and small business with COVID-19 recovery.
Rochester Area Community Foundation
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $200,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support a community fund that rapidly deploys resources to nonprofits that are providing emergency needs as result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Afterschool
Amount: $15,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support a scan of the current afterschool and summer landscape in Monroe County, NY and develop actionable recommendations for improvements in local system models, data systems, coordination, staffing structures, current governance structure, and communication vehicles.
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Early Childhood
Amount: $384,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To provide emergency financial support to home-based childcare providers in Monroe, Genesee, and Orleans counties during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $25,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2022
Details: To contribute to the Jennifer Leonard Fund for a Vibrant Future to provide ongoing support for the staff of the Rochester Area Community Foundation.
Rochester Careers in Construction, Inc.
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Young Adults & Working Families
Amount: $250,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support Project Phoenix and the Multi-Craft Apprenticeship Preparation Program.
Rochester Industries Educational Fund (ROC2025 Fund)
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $305,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2022
Details: To support operations at TechTown and its entrepreneurship and small business programs.
Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregivers
Program Area: Caregivers
Amount: $160,000
Region: Western New York/Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support virtual caregiver coaching and technical assistance in Western New York and Southeast Michigan.
Program Area: Caregivers
Amount: $750,000
Region: Western New York/Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support engagement with employers to catalyze the private sector in developing and advancing effective supports for employee caregivers, including, among other activities, surveys of employee caregivers in Western New York and Southeast Michigan and the formation of a national employer coalition with representatives from Western New York and Southeast Michigan.
Program Area: Caregivers
Amount: $379,500
Region: Western New York/Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support the development of a national family caregiver policy agenda, statewide policy planning in Michigan, New York and Georgia, and corresponding awareness campaign.
Program Area: Caregivers
Amount: $5,140,520
Region: Western New York/Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support the "Amplifying the Voice of the American Caregivers" initiative to focus on policy, research, and awareness raising to impact caregivers both nationally and in Michigan and New York.
Program Area: Caregivers
Amount: $59,000
Region: Western New York/Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support the Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregiving to provide virtual training and support to organizations in Southeast Michigan and Western New York serving family caregivers.
Say Yes Buffalo Scholarship, Inc.
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Youth Sports and Recreation
Amount: $96,372
Region: Western New York
Year: 2021
Details: To support the planning and pilot phase to expand the “Breaking Barriers” sports and mentoring program for boys and young men of color.
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Young Adults & Working Families
Amount: $2,468,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2021
Details: To support the launch and implementation of the Careerwise Greater Buffalo youth apprenticeship initiative.
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Early Childhood
Amount: $23,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support the integration of the Help Me Grow model in the Buffalo Public Schools Early Childhood Initiative.
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Young Adults & Working Families
Amount: $2,213,500
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support operations and programs at Say Yes Buffalo.
Schoolcraft College
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Young Adults & Working Families
Amount: $1,607,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2022
Details: To support the implementation of student success, K-12 alignment, and mobility sector talent pipeline development strategies as part of the Detroit Drives Degrees Community College Collaborative (D3C3).
Schuyler Center for Analysis and Advocacy
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Early Childhood
Amount: $100,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2021
Details: To provide partial matching funds for Alliance for Early Success: Child Care Next award for early childhood advocacy and systems building in New York.
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Early Childhood
Amount: $50,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support the Schuyler Center for Analysis and Advocacy to analyze and advance policies to improve health (including mental and dental), development, and overall well-being of young children and families, with a special focus on those most in-need.
SER Metro-Detroit, Jobs for Progress, Inc.
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Young Adults & Working Families
Amount: $500,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2022
Details: To support capital costs for a new construction lab and training classroom.
Solutions Journalism Network
Program Area: Caregivers
Amount: $127,000
Region: Western New York/Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support the Connecting with Caregivers pilot program to further amplify the New York & Michigan Solutions Journalism Collaborative with an innovative community engagement effort to reach elusive caregivers and develop a Caregiving Coverage Data Center.
Program Area: Caregivers
Amount: $582,585
Region: Western New York/Southeast Michigan
Year: 2022
Details: To support the continuation of the New York & Michigan Solutions Journalism Collaborative.
Program Area: Caregivers
Amount: $166,250
Region: Western New York/Southeast Michigan
Year: 2022
Details: To support the second year of the Connecting with Elusive Caregivers program to further amplify the New York & Michigan Solutions Journalism Collaborative with an innovative community engagement effort to reach elusive caregivers and further develop and operate the Caregiving Coverage Data Center across both regions.
Southern Tier Health Care System, Inc.
Program Area: Caregivers
Amount: $132,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support the expansion of the Caregiver Navigation Project to improve quality of life for caregivers of older adults and people with disabilities three Western New York counties - Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua.
Southern Tier West Development Foundation
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $250,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support a new multi-funder collaborative project in WNY to map and analyze the regional food economy with the goal of emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic with a regional food system that is more equitable, effective, efficient, and resilient.
St. Ann’s Community
Program Area: Caregivers
Amount: $195,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support professional development and advanced training in the Eden Alternative model for caregivers at St. Ann’s Irondequoit in Rochester, NY.
St. Clair County Regional Educational Service Agency
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Early Childhood
Amount: $152,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support expansion of the Help Me Grow (HMG) childhood development model in St. Clair County, MI.
St. Joseph’s Neighborhood Center, Inc.
Program Area: Caregivers
Amount: $100,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support COVID-19 response efforts at a critical health care safety-net organization.
STEM Next Opportunity Fund
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Afterschool
Amount: $511,750
Region: Western New York
Year: 2022
Details: To increase access to Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) learning in afterschool programs in Southeast Michigan and Western New York in partnership with Michigan Afterschool Partnership and the New York State Network for Youth Success.
Talent 2025, Inc.
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Young Adults & Working Families
Amount: $50,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2022
Details: To support a landscape scan of adult basic education practices in Michigan.
Tapestry Charter School
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Youth Sports and Recreation
Amount: $900,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2022
Details: To support the construction of a track to be used by youth throughout the city of Buffalo.
TechBuffalo
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Young Adults & Working Families
Amount: $2,000,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support a a comprehensive IT talent development sector strategy in Western New York and community-based IT training programs at the Tech Academy.
TechTown Detroit
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $800,000
Region: Western New York/Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support Brookings Metro to conduct policy analysis and identify resources for Southeast Michigan and Western New York leaders to deliver an inclusive economic recovery and connect local and regional priorities to emerging federal policies.
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $4,768,890
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support Co.act Detroit's ongoing operational and programmatic costs to support nonprofit capacity-building and collaboration in Southeast Michigan.
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $75,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support the TechTown Detroit Small Business Stabilization Fund, a COVID-19 rapid response fund, to provide working capital grants of up to $5,000 to qualifying businesses.
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $55,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support Co.act Detroit in providing quality fundraising training for Southeast Michigan nonprofits.
The Africa-America Institute
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Afterschool
Amount: $100,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2022
Details: To support the Africa America Institute in planning to expand its School Services Program, which provides capacity building, content, and pedagogy trainings, into the afterschool space in Southeast Michigan.
The Aspen Institute Economic Opportunities Program
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Young Adults & Working Families
Amount: $250,000
Region: Western New York/Southeast Michigan
Year: 2022
Details: To support and build the capacity of organizations in Western New York (WNY) and Southeast Michigan (SEMI), as part of a national cohort, to develop and implement the Workforce Leadership Academy model.
The Aspen Institute Sports & Society Program
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Youth Sports and Recreation
Amount: $401,200
Region: Western New York/Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support the Project Play 2020 partnership and connection between national and regional partners.
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Young Adults & Working Families
Amount: $53,000
Region: Western New York/Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To engage The Aspen Institute Economic Opportunities Program to identify key features of effective workforce intermediaries.
The BasBlue Foundation
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $250,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2022
Details: To support BasBlue’s Zero to One Fellowship program, Trailblazer-in-Residence Scholarship program, and general programmatic and operational capacity.
The Boston Foundation, Inc. DBA The Philanthropic Initiative
Program Area: Caregivers
Amount: $4,000,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2021
Details: To support the expansion of the Exhale Family Caregiver Initiative, focused on respite for family caregivers of older adults, into Erie, Niagara, Genesee, Orleans, Wyoming, and Monroe counties.
Program Area: Caregivers
Amount: $720,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support the expansion of the Exhale Family Caregiver Initiative, focused on respite for family caregivers of older adults, into Washtenaw County, Michigan.
The Brookings Institution
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $320,000
Region: Western New York/Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support Brookings Metro to conduct policy analysis and identify resources for Southeast Michigan and Western New York leaders to deliver an inclusive economic recovery and connect local and regional priorities to emerging federal policies.
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $250,000
Region: Western New York/Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support data collection and analysis on the economic impact of the pandemic, including on the Western New York and Southeast Michigan regional economies.
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $150000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2022
Details: To support the City of Detroit’s participation in the Brookings Metro Transforming Cities Lab for building civic capacity and infrastructure to set and pursue pandemic recovery goals and strategies.
The Center for Michigan
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $200,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support statewide public engagement programs and public service journalism through Bridge Magazine, and to support the launch of BridgeDetroit, a new community news organization.
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $200,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2022
Details: To support the Center for Michigan’s continuation of Bridge Michigan’s nonpartisan statewide public service journalism and continuing growth of BridgeDetroit’s community-engaged, community-focused, journalist-led newsroom.
The Champion Project
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Youth Sports and Recreation
Amount: $227,586
Region: Western New York
Year: 2022
Details: To support the expansion of the Girl Power program, a six-week volleyball and leadership development clinic targeting underserved WNY youth ages 12 and under.
The Forum for Youth Investment
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Afterschool
Amount: $10,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support Youth Development Resource Center's mission to advance access to quality youth development programs for young people in Southeast Michigan.
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Afterschool
Amount: $50,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2022
Details: To support the Youth Development Resource Center’s general operations and continue its afterschool capacity building work during a period of transition to a new executive director for the organization.
The Michigan Women’s Foundation/ DBA Michigan Women Forward
Program Area: Active Lifestyles
Amount: $75,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support a state-wide task force focused on the advancement of women in youth, high school, collegiate, and professional sports.
The Nature Conservancy
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $875,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support the implementation of large-scale green stormwater infrastructure (GSI) along a network of planned greenways in the Eastern Market District, in alignment with The Eastern Market Neighborhood Framework and Stormwater Management Network Plan.
The Research Foundation for the State University of New York
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $1,000,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2022
Details: To support project management and planning for the WNY Regional Revitalization Partnership (RRP).
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $40,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2022
Details: To begin the process of building a Small Business Resource Center (SBRC) with a focus on Erie County.
The Rural Outreach Center
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Youth Sports and Recreation
Amount: $395,400
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support play-based programs serving rural communities.
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Youth Sports and Recreation
Amount: $1,000,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2022
Details: Capital support for the Rural Outreach Center for a centralized multi-use, multi-generational facility to increase access to safe play and wrap-around services for rural families in the Southern Tier region of Western New York.
The Skatepark Project
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Youth Sports and Recreation
Amount: $208,570
Region: Western New York/Southeast Michigan
Year: 2022
Details: To provide capacity to support the continued design and implementation of the Built to Play skateparks.
The Strong National Museum of Play
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $5,000,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2021
Details: To support the capital costs to expand the Strong National Museum of Play.
The Youth Life Skills Foundation, Inc./ DBA The First Tee of Western New York
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Youth Sports and Recreation
Amount: $319,500
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support the expansion of the First Tee WNY programming to underserved youth and increase its sustainability through investments in its fundraising capacity.
The Yunion
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Youth Sports and Recreation
Amount: $350,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support the expansion of The Yunion’s CATTA martial arts program and activate their community hub in Detroit’s Hope Village neighborhood.
TimeSlips Creative Storytelling, Inc.
Program Area: Caregivers
Amount: $772,000
Region: Western New York/Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support the expansion of TimeSlips programming for caregivers of people with dementia through the arts and storytelling.
Transit Matters
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $100,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2022
Details: To support Transit Matters’ public education in Macomb and Oakland counties.
United Way for Southeastern Michigan
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $500,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support United Way for Southeastern Michigan in the rapid deployment of resources to meet emergency needs through the COVID-19 Community Response Fund.
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $200,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support general operations of United Way for Southeastern Michigan and to provide emergency mini-grant resources for faith-based groups, block clubs, neighborhood associations, and other small organizations in support of grassroots efforts to distribute quality information and other basic needs resources to community members.
United Way of Genesee County
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Youth Sports and Recreation
Amount: $100,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2022
Details: To support the construction of a skatepark in Flint, Michigan.
United Way of Greater Rochester
Program Area: Caregivers
Amount: $50,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2021
Details: To support the Rochester COVID Vaccine Volunteer Force project office and the Finger Lakes COVID-19 Vaccine Task Force's Equity Plan.
United Way of Southern Chautauqua County
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $100,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support Chautauqua County nonprofit needs during the economic distress associated with COVID-19.
United Way Services Corporation
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $600,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2021
Details: To support the WNY Intermediary Collaboration and Nonprofit Support Project.
University of Pittsburgh
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Afterschool
Amount: $300,000
Region: Western New York/Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To implement evaluation of the Generator Z initiative.
VIA: Visually Impaired Advancement
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $100,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2022
Details: To purchase upgraded technology and software licenses required to support blind and visually impaired individuals at VIA’s social enterprises in WNY.
Victory Sports Global Outreach, Inc.
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Youth Sports and Recreation
Amount: $316,200
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support the expansion of a ball bin pilot and provide strategic planning and capacity building support.
W.E. Upjohn Unemployment Trustee Corporation
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Young Adults & Working Families
Amount: $25,000
Region: Western New York/Southeast Michigan
Year: 2022
Details: To support workforce development and employment-focused research.
Washtenaw Community College
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Young Adults & Working Families
Amount: $2,049,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2022
Details: To support the implementation of student success, K-12 alignment, and mobility sector talent pipeline development strategies as part of the Detroit Drives Degrees Community College Collaborative (D3C3).
Wayne State University
Program Area: Caregivers
Amount: $275,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support the expansion of Wayne State University’s mobile COVID-19 “drive to” testing capacity to reach older adults, formal and informal caregivers, and long-term care facility residents and staff in Southeast Michigan.
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Afterschool
Amount: $100,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2022
Details: To support the Levin Center in a planning process for the piloting, distribution, and adoption of their civic education curriculum.
West Side Rowing Club
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Youth Sports and Recreation
Amount: $370,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support a youth sports programs that provides access for kids to sample rowing.
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Youth Sports and Recreation
Amount: $60,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2022
Details: To provide operational support for West Side Rowing Club as it expands their program quality and offerings, community engagement, and provides a safe and first-rate year-round training facility for all ages and abilities.
Western New York Land Conservancy, Inc.
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Parks, Trails & Green Design
Amount: $690,690
Region: Western New York
Year: 2022
Details: To support the planting of native plant species and enhanced shoreline biodiversity at Ralph Wilson Park in Buffalo.
Western New York Law Center Inc.
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $200,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support its Small Business Law Clinic at the Western NY Law Center, which provides legal services to low-income entrepreneurs and small business owners.
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $100,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2022
Details: To support the Western New York Law Center's Small Business Legal Clinic, which provides legal services to low-income entrepreneurs and small business owners.
Western New York Library Resources Council
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $50,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2021
Details: To support the underwriting of the primetime television special "The Buffalo Story: History Happens Here," which will also be used as an educational resource across the region.
Westminster Economic Development Initiative, Inc.
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $100,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support a small business relief and technical assistance fund to assist WEDI’s microloan borrowers and business owners at its West Side Bazaar impacted by COVID-19.
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $100,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2022
Details: To support the continuation of a series of workshops and technical assistance programs for entrepreneurs and small businesses.
WETA-TV
Program Area: Caregivers
Amount: $250,000
Region: Western New York/Southeast Michigan
Year: 2022
Details: To support The Caregiving Project, a four-part PBS documentary focused on caregiving, which will also include a national engagement campaign and educational content.
WNED | WBFO
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $150,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2021
Details: To support the Donald K. Boswell Legacy Chair for Excellence.
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Afterschool
Amount: $12,500
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support at-home learning with a daily broadcast schedule of educational programming on WNED PBS KIDS.
WNY Women’s Foundation
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Young Adults & Working Families
Amount: $5,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support the WNY Women’s Foundation ‘What She’s Made Of’ 2020 virtual event.
Women’s Sports Foundation
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Youth Sports and Recreation
Amount: $450,000
Region: Western New York/Southeast Michigan
Year: 2022
Details: To conduct research and disseminate results focused on increasing 1) girls’ participation in youth sports in Western New York and Southeast Michigan and 2) recruitment and retention of female coaches.
YMCA of Metropolitan Detroit
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Youth Sports and Recreation
Amount: $2,000,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2022
Details: To support and expand the mobile component of the equipment sharing program.
YMCA of the Twin Tiers
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Youth Sports and Recreation
Amount: $1,000,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2022
Details: Capital support to the YMCA of the Twin Tiers to build an Outdoor Center that will create a new outdoor space with facilities that encourage people to be active, connected, and engaged.
Young Adults Manufacturing Training Employment Program (YAMTEP)
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Young Adults & Working Families
Amount: $400,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2022
Details: To support the expansion of middle-skill, middle wage training pathways in advanced manufacturing for both young adults and adults in Rochester, NY.
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