GRANTS LIST

YOUTH GRANTS 2017-18

DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS OUTSIDE SCHOOL HOURS

Active Boys in Christ
$22,000 awarded June 2018, 8 mos. term
ABC Youth Project
To provide support for four weeks of age-appropriate introductory vocational job skills classes to north Flint boys and girls, ages 7-17.

African Drum and Dance Parents Association
$60,000 awarded June 2017, 36 mos. term
General Operating Support 2017-2019
To provide culturally relevant, arts-based afterschool and summer programming focused on traditional West African drum and dance to north Flint youth.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Flint and Genesee County
$70,000 awarded October 2017, 12 mos. term
Out of School Time Mentoring Program
To match north Flint youth with adult mentors.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Flint and Genesee County
$75,000 awarded November 2018, 12 mos. term
Out of School Time Mentoring Program 2018
To provide support for the Out of School Time Mentoring Program, which matches north Flint youth who are currently on a waiting list with an adult mentor.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Flint and Genesee County
$27,000 awarded March 2017, 12 mos. term
Unified Sisters: Artistic Expressions Experience 2017
For a weekly afterschool program for girls that supports positive youth development through dance lessons, academic supports, educational workshops, cultural activities, and community service.

Boys and Girls Club of Greater Flint
$27,950 awarded March 2017, 12 mos. term
Bangtown Productions – Studio on the Go Expansion Project 2017
For hands-on lessons with professional-grade technology that connect and expose youth to careers in the industries of music production, technology, and videography.

Boys and Girls Club of Greater Flint
$27,515 awarded November 2018, 12 mos. term
Bangtown Productions – Studio on the Go Expansion Project 2018
For hands-on lessons with professional-grade technology to connect and expose youth, ages 7-18, to careers in the industries of music production, technology, and videography.

Boys and Girls Club of Greater Flint
$70,000 awarded March 2017, 12 mos. term
General Operating Support 2017
To provide structured, supervised, skill-building afterschool and summer programming for youth in north Flint.

Boys and Girls Club of Greater Flint
$140,000 awarded March 2018, 24 mos. term
General Operating Support 2018
To provide structured, supervised, skill-building afterschool and summer programming for youth at the club’s Averill Unit located in north Flint.

Catholic Charities of Shiawassee & Genesee Counties
$25,000 awarded June 2017, 12 mos. term
Mr. Gaines Gardening Program – Leadership Award
For a summer program that provides job training; employment; and culinary, life skills, personal finance, and nutrition lessons to north Flint youth.

Clingman Foundation
$32,800 awarded March 2018, 12 mos. term
Academic Improvement College Readiness Program
To provide afterschool tutoring, mentoring, and SAT Test preparation programming to north Flint youth, ages 14-18.

Dedicated Believers Ministries
$9,760 awarded December 2017, 12 mos. term
General Operating Support
For a youth development and art enrichment afterschool program at four north Flint schools.

Delta Research and Educational Foundation
$24,000 awarded November 2018, 10 mos. term
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. – Academy, EMBODI & GEMS: EMPOWERED
To provide afterschool and summer youth development and mentoring programming to north Flint youth, ages 11-18.

Delta Research and Educational Foundation
$24,000 awarded October 2017, 10 mos. term
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. – Youth Expansion Project
To provide afterschool and summer youth development and mentoring programming to north Flint youth.

El Ballet Folklorico Estudiantil
$12,730 awarded November 2018, 12 mos. term
Mexican Folklorico Dance and Music Programs for Richfield Public Schools
To provide afterschool Mexican Folkloric music and dance programming to youth who attend Richfield Public School Academy in north Flint.

El Ballet Folklorico Estudiantil
$14,500 awarded October 2017, 12 mos. term
Music and Dance Project for Richfield Public School Academy
To provide afterschool Mexican music and dance programming to youth who attend Richfield Public School Academy in north Flint.

Eye of Soul A.K.A New Evolution Educational Center
$25,000 awarded June 2018, 13 mos. term

NEEC After School and Summer Program 2018
For a six-week summer day camp in partnership with the Children’s Defense Fund and twice-weekly, afterschool academic and enrichment programming for north Flint youth.

Flint Children’s Museum
$8,253 awarded December 2017, 3 mos. term
Playing and Learning Together
For a series of evening workshops that include dinner, parent programming, youth programming, and child/family together programming featuring themes of literacy, positive discipline, and the purpose of play.

Greater Flint Arts Council
$53,190 awarded October 2017, 12 mos. term
Shop Floor Theatre Company 2017-2018 Creative Learning Program
To provide theatre-based afterschool programming to youth ages 6-18 at three sites in north Flint.

Greater Flint Arts Council
$53,190 awarded November 2018, 11 mos. term
Shop Floor Theatre Company 2018-2019 Creative Learning Program
To provide theatre-based afterschool programming to youth ages 6-18 at three sites in north Flint.

Institute of R.H.Y.M.E.S.
$25,000 awarded March 2017, 12 mos. term
Building Men of Excellence
For an afterschool program that provides academic support, cultural activities, enrichment programs, and mentoring to middle and high-school aged boys of color at schools in north Flint.

Institute of R.H.Y.M.E.S.
$30,000 awarded June 2018, 12 mos. term
Building Men of Excellence 2018
To provide academic support, cultural activities, enrichment programs, and mentoring to middle and high-school aged boys of color in north Flint.

Kentakee Athletic and Social Clubs
$44,656 awarded June 2017, 12 mos. term
Berston Bicycle Club Project 2017
The program teaches north Flint youth problem solving, teamwork, preparedness, and timeliness through bicycle safety and group rides.

Motherly Intercession
$53,300 awarded March 2018, 12 mos. term
RACS and Capacity Building
To provide afterschool tutoring to north Flint youth whose parents are incarcerated.

New Community Baptist Church
$105,100 awarded March 2018, 12 mos. term
Working Actively Intentionally Together – The Phoenix Program
To provide parenting education and after-school academic enrichment and mentoring for north Flint youth and families who reside in the Greater Ballenger Highway Neighborhood.

Project SYNcERE, Inc.
$44,400 awarded June 2017, 11 mos. term
STEMNETICS 2017
To provide students in north Flint with the resources and experiences necessary to engage in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM) learning opportunities and increase academic proficiencies in math and science.

Project SYNcERE, Inc.
$39,400 awarded June 2018, 12 mos. term
STEMNETICS 2018
To provide students and families in north Flint with the resources and experiences necessary to engage in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics (STEAM) learning opportunities and increase academic proficiencies in math and science.

Sphinx Organization
$95,000 awarded June 2017, 12 mos. term
Sphinx Overture: Music Education and Youth Development Program 2017
To provide north Flint youth with out-of-school classical music lessons and scholarships to attend and participate in Flint Institute of Music private lessons, summer camps, and programming.

Sphinx Organization
$108,500 awarded June 2018, 12 mos. term
Sphinx Overture: Music Education and Youth Development Program 2018
To support community engagement through community recitals and other activities, and to provide north Flint youth with out-of-school classical music lessons and scholarships to attend and participate in private lessons, summer camps, and programming.

Sylvester Broome Empowerment Village
$75,000 awarded June 2018, 12 mos. term
News Movement
To provide afterschool and summer journalism-based programs for north Flint youth.

The Flint Institute of Music, Inc.
$95,156 awarded June 2017, 12 mos. term
Community Outreach 2017-2018
To provide afterschool and summer music and dance instruction and live performance opportunities for north Flint children and families.

The Flint Institute of Music, Inc.
$60,700 awarded June 2018, 12 mos. term
Community Outreach 2018-2019
To provide high-quality, age-appropriate afterschool and summer music and dance instruction and live performance opportunities for north Flint children and families.

The Flint Institute of Music, Inc.
$125,000 awarded June 2017, 12 mos. term
Tapology General Project Support 2017
To provide youth development and employment through tap dance programs to north Flint youth.

The Flint Institute of Music, Inc.
$135,000 awarded June 2018, 12 mos. term
Tapology General Project Support 2018
To provide out-of-school-time youth development programs and employment through tap dance to north Flint youth.

United Way of Genesee County
$57,530 awarded March 2017, 12 mos. term
FWC Berston Boxing Program 2017
To provide youth development through an afterschool boxing program for children ages 8 to 19 at Berston Field House in north Flint.

United Way of Genesee County
$53,330 awarded March 2018, 12 mos. term
FWC Berston Boxing Program 2018
For a free, afterschool youth development and boxing program that engages children, ages 8-19, at Berston Field House in north Flint.

United Way of Genesee County
$26,300 awarded March 2018, 12 mos. term
Jackson Park Youth League
To engage north Flint youth, ages 4-12, in afterschool and summer mentoring, leadership, and baseball training in north Flint.

United Way of Genesee County
$7,500 awarded May 2017, 7 mos. term
Jackson Park Youth RBI League
To support activities that engage youth in maintaining and utilizing the newly active public space at Jackson/Hardenbrook Park in north Flint.

United Way of Genesee County
$35,475 awarded June 2018, 12 mos. term
STEMletics
To provide hands-on, afterschool STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) learning experiences using sports for north Flint youth.

YMCA of Greater Flint
$25,000 awarded November 2018, 12 mos. term
Heart of Worship Dance Studio
For afterschool performing arts classes in liturgical dance, mime expressive dance, hip-hop, ballet, and dance fitness for north Flint youth ages 4-18.

YMCA of Greater Flint
$100,000 awarded March 2017, 12 mos. term
Safe Places 2017
For a year-round youth development program that serves students after school hours at neighborhood centers in north Flint.

YMCA of Greater Flint
$250,000 awarded March 2018, 24 mos. term
Safe Places 2018
For a year-round youth development program that serves students after school hours at four neighborhood centers in north Flint.

YMCA of Greater Flint
$9,500 awarded March 2018, 6 mos. term
Shooting for the Stars – Summer Engagement Academy
For an out-of-school-time summer program for youth at the Flint Development Center in north Flint.

Subtotal $2,402,735

JOB TRAINING/EMPLOYMENT

Catholic Charities of Shiawassee & Genesee Counties
$106,000 awarded June 2018, 4 mos. term
Mr. Gaines Gardening Program PLUS 2018
To provide north Flint youth, ages 14-18, with 16 weeks of job training, employment, and culinary and nutrition lessons.

Eastside Compassionate Mission Center, Inc.
$25,805 awarded June 2017, 12 mos. term
Empowering through Employment 2017
For a job training and summer employment opportunity for north Flint youth ages 13-18.

Eastside Compassionate Mission Center, Inc.
$27,348 awarded June 2018, 12 mos. term
Empowering through Employment 2018
For a job training and summer employment opportunity for north Flint youth ages 13-18.

Faith Foundation Resources
$1,000 awarded Sep-2018, 1 mos. term
Annual Fundraiser 2018
To support a program that provides youth with various job readiness skills and helps youth enter the workforce.

Faith Foundation Resources
$500 awarded Sep-2017, 1 mos. term
Annual Fundraiser Gala 2017
To support a program that provides youth with various job readiness skills and helps youth enter the workforce.

Faith Foundation Resources
$22,048 awarded March 2017, 9 mos. term
Helping Young People with Employment (HYPE) Program
For an eight-week workforce readiness and job placement program for north Flint youth and young adults that focuses on professional communication skills, financial literacy, and personal credit development.

Faith Foundation Resources
$65,000 awarded March 2018, 11 mos. term
Helping Young People with Employment (HYPE) Program 2018
For an eight-week workforce readiness and job placement program for north Flint youth and young adults that focuses on professional communication skills, financial literacy, and personal credit development.

Flint and Genesee Chamber of Commerce
$75,000 awarded March 2017, 12 mos. term
Summer Youth Initiative 2017
To provide summer job placements for north Flint teens who have completed the TeenQuest program.

Flint Cultural Center Corporation
$33,162 awarded June 2017, 12 mos. term
Educational and Cultural Youth Activities 2017-2018
To support the Youth Usher Corps job training and employment program for north Flint youth as well as science and literacy activities for Head Start students and families who reside in north Flint.

Flint Cultural Center Corporation
$39,722 awarded June 2018, 12 mos. term
Educational and Cultural Youth Activities 2018-2019
To support the Youth Usher Corps job training and employment program for north Flint youth as well as science and literacy activities for Head Start students and families who reside in north Flint.

GST Michigan Works, Inc.
$54,000 awarded June 2017, 12 mos. term
Jobs for Michigan’s Graduates – Out of School 2017
To provide north Flint residents who have multiple barriers to education and employment with learning supports, job training, and job shadowing experiences.

GST Michigan Works, Inc.
$54,000 awarded June 2018, 12 mos. term
Jobs for Michigan’s Graduates – Out of School 2018
To provide north Flint residents who have multiple barriers to education and employment with learning supports, job training, and job shadowing experiences.

Subtotal $503,585

PARENTING EDUCATION/DAYCARE

Child Care Network Washtenaw Regional 4C
$60,000 awarded October 2017, 14 mos. term
Family Support Program
To provide child care scholarships to north Flint families who are low-income and working, attending school, or job training, or facing crisis circumstances.

Child Care Network Washtenaw Regional 4C
$60,000 awarded November 2018, 12 mos. term
Family Support Program 2018
To provide child care scholarships to north Flint families who are low-income and working, attending school, or job training, or facing crisis circumstances.

InvolvedDad
$75,000 awarded October 2017, 12 mos. term
IMPACT – Father Engagement
To provide parenting education and life skills training opportunities for noncustodial fathers and their children who reside in north Flint.

InvolvedDad
$75,000 awarded November 2018, 12 mos. term
IMPACT – Father Engagement 2019
To provide parenting education and life skills training opportunities for noncustodial fathers and their children who reside in north Flint.

Metro Community Development, Inc.
$10,000 awarded October 2017, 8 mos. term
The Mothers of Joy University Project
To provide parenting education workshops to north Flint parents with young children.

Metro Community Development, Inc.
$24,000 awarded June 2018, 12 mos. term
The Mothers of Joy University Project 2018
To provide parenting education workshops to north Flint parents with young children.

Metro Community Development, Inc.
$50,600 awarded October 2017, 8 mos. term
The NYANSAPO Project
To provide computer-based literacy programming to north Flint fathers and father figures and their sons.

Mott Community College
$145,000 awarded March 2017, 24 mos. term
Flint & Genesee Literacy General Operating Support 2017-2018
To support ongoing coordination and facilitation of literacy service delivery to north Flint youth and families, organizational capacity building, and data collection and impact measurement.

Student Advocacy Center of Michigan
$20,000 awarded November 2018, 12 mos. term
Flint Education Advocacy
To provide advocacy trainings and support to north Flint families with children who have experienced chronic suspensions, expulsions, and other behavioral or academic challenges in school.

Subtotal $519,600

TOTAL $3,425,920

PUBLIC SAFETY GRANTS 2017-18

BLIGHT

Asbury Community Development Corporation
$24,715  awarded March 2018, 9 mos. term
Eastside Franklin Park – Mini Orchard and Vegetable Garden
To provide employment opportunities to north Flint youth through neighborhood cleanups and the installation of a new pocket park that will be open and accessible to residents of all abilities.

City of Flint
$156,604  awarded June 2017, 12 mos. term
Enhanced Blight Elimination Efforts
To support activities that strengthen the city’s code enforcement systems which include blight elimination, zoning compliance, and rental inspections.

Genesee County Land Bank Authority
$267,400  awarded October 2017, 12 mos. term
Clean and Green 2018
To support community groups and organizations in the cleaning, maintaining, and beautifying of otherwise vacant properties in north Flint.

Genesee County Land Bank Authority
$267,400  awarded November 2018, 11 mos. term
Clean and Green 2019
To support community groups and organizations in the cleaning, maintaining, and beautifying of otherwise vacant properties in north Flint.

Genesee County Parks and Recreation Commission
$336,127  awarded March 2017, 12 mos. term
North Flint Safety and Neighborhoods Initiative
To support maintenance and improvements at parks located in north Flint parks as well as blight elimination efforts in north Flint neighborhoods through Keep Genesee County Beautiful’s Adopt-A- Park program and neighborhood clean-ups.

Genesee County Parks and Recreation Commission
$403,327  awarded March 2018, 12 mos. term
North Flint Safety and Neighborhoods Initiative 2018
To support maintenance and improvements at parks located in north Flint parks as well as blight elimination efforts in north Flint neighborhoods through Keep Genesee County Beautiful’s Adopt-A- Park program and neighborhood clean-ups.

Local Initiatives Support Corporation
$75,000  awarded March 2017, 12 mos. term
Flint LISC – General Operating Support 2017
To support community development and technical assistance for initiatives benefiting north Flint residents and neighborhoods, including the development of commercial corridors and grocery stores.

Metro Community Development, Inc.
$7,500  awarded March 2018, 9 mos. term
Ballenger Highway – CPTED Demonstration Project
To conduct a Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) assessment and implement improvements in the Ballenger Highway neighborhood.

Metro Community Development, Inc.
$5,000  awarded June 2017, 12 mos. term
Neighborhood Action Council – Art Place America National Creative Placemaking Fund Grantwriter
To support the ArtPlace America National Creative Placemaking Fund application process.

Metro Community Development, Inc.
$7,500  awarded March 2018, 9 mos. term
North Flint Neighborhood Action Council – CPTED Demonstration Project
To conduct a Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) assessment and implement improvements in the Brownell-Homes neighborhood.

Subtotal $1,550,573

COMMUNITY POLICING

Crime Stoppers of Flint and Genesee County
$80,040  awarded June 2017, 12 mos. term
Northeast Flint Project
To educate, engage, and empower north Flint residents to share crime related information with law enforcement anonymously through a secure tips line or secure web connection.

Crime Stoppers of Flint and Genesee County
$150,660  awarded June 2018, 24 mos. term
North Flint Project 2018
To educate, engage, and empower north Flint residents to share crime related information with law enforcement anonymously through a secure tips line or secure web connection.

Subtotal $230,700

TOTAL $1,781,273

ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY GRANTS 2017-18

SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT/SUPPORT

Fresh Start Community Development Center, Inc.
$250,000 awarded Nov-2018, 12 mos. term
North Flint Grocery Store Development
To support the development of a new grocery store in north Flint.

Metro Community Development, Inc.
$416,000 awarded Mar-2018, 40 mos. term
North Flint Sustainable Housing and Economic Program
To provide small business development assistance, affordable first mortgages, and home improvement loans and grants to north Flint residents and entrepreneurs.

United Way of Genesee County
$50,000 awarded Jun-2017, 12 mos. term
Flint SOUP
For a community-based micro grant platform that supports creative concepts for startup companies through crowdfunding and collaboration.

United Way of Genesee County
$50,000 awarded Jun-2018, 12 mos. term
Flint SOUP 2018
For a community-based micro grant platform that supports creative concepts for startup companies through crowdfunding and collaboration.

Subtotal $766,000

JOB TRAINING

Center for Higher Educational Achievement
$34,770 awarded Jun-2018, 12 mos. term
Adult Skill Center Academic Training Program
To provide intensive reading and math supports to academically challenged adults from north Flint who are: over the age of 25; do not have a GED or High School Diploma; and are interested in pursuing postsecondary education or job training.

Legal Services of Eastern Michigan
$58,464 awarded Nov-2018, 12 mos. term
North Flint Legal Outreach & Immersion Project
To provide free, civil legal support services to low-income, north Flint residents who are enrolled in parenting education and job training programs or recently employed.

Local Initiatives Support Corporation
$75,000 awarded Mar-2018, 12 mos. term
Flint LISC – General Operating Support – Building Sustainable Neighborhoods 2018
To support community development and technical assistance for initiatives benefiting north Flint residents and neighborhoods, including the implementation of the north Flint Community-Based Crime Prevention federal grant, the Flint Financial Opportunity Center, and development of commercial corridors and affordable housing.

Specialized Employment Services, Inc. (DBA Flint STRIVE)
$140,000 awarded Mar-2018, 12 mos. term
Northside Impact Strategic Plan 2018
For a 15-day job training program and employment supports for adults in north Flint and a year-round, job readiness and paid job shadowing program for youth who have a parent in the adult program.

St. Luke N.E.W. Life Center, Inc.
$165,000 awarded Mar-2017, 12 mos. term
Social Enterprise Development
For a social enterprise job training and employment program that provides opportunities to long-term unemployed north Flint residents through commercial sewing and lawn care businesses.

The Regents of the University of Michigan
$40,000 awarded Jun-2017, 12 mos. term
North Flint Unemployment Insurance Project 2017
For a project in which trained first year law students advocate for north Flint residents who have been denied unemployment benefits and are actively participating in job training programs.

The Regents of the University of Michigan
$40,000 awarded Jun-2018, 12 mos. term
North Flint Unemployment Insurance Project 2018
For a project in which trained first year law students advocate for north Flint residents who have been denied unemployment benefits and are actively participating in job training programs.

Subtotal $553,234

EX-OFFENDER PROGRAMS

MADE Institute
$55,000 awarded Jun-2017, 12 mos. term
EPIK (Empowering People through Innovation and Knowledge)
To provide safe, stable housing and referral services for up to six returning citizens at a time in a renovated home in north Flint.

MADE Institute
$77,500 awarded Jun-2018, 12 mos. term
General Operating Support 2018
To provide job training, mentorship, and transitional housing services to north Flint men returning from incarceration.

Re-Connections, Inc.
$20,000 awarded Jun-2017, 12 mos. term
General Operating Support 2017
To provide job training and life coaching to individuals who have been convicted of a felony.

Re-Connections, Inc.
$27,500 awarded Jun-2018, 12 mos. term
General Operating Support 2018
To provide job training and life coaching to individuals who have been convicted of a felony.

Specialized Employment Services, Inc. (DBA Flint STRIVE)
$120,065 awarded Mar-2017, 13 mos. term
Northside Impact Strategic Plan
For a 15-day job training program with employment supports for at-risk adult residents of north Flint and a year-round, job readiness and paid job shadowing program for at-risk youth from north Flint who have a parent in the adult program.

Urban Renaissance Center
$395,702 awarded Mar-2018, 24 mos. term
General Operating Support 2018
To support a neighborhood hub that provides a variety of job readiness programs and social services to residents of Civic Park and surrounding neighborhoods in north Flint.

Subtotal $695,767

OTHER

St. Luke N.E.W. Life Center, Inc.
$10,000 awarded Aug-2018, 12 mos. term
NorthGate Employee Enrichment Model
To assist in eliminating employment barriers for north Flint residents who work at NorthGate Supply Services.

TOTAL $2,025,001

NEIGHBORHOOD GRANTS 2017-18

NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS/COMMUNITY SCHOOLS

Asbury Community Development Corporation
$75,000 awarded October 2017, 8 mos. term

General Operating Support 2017
To provide literacy programs, nutrition lessons, job training, water resource services, and community meeting space to north Flint residents.

Asbury Community Development Corporation
$112,500 awarded June 2018, 11 mos. term

General Operating Support 2018
To provide literacy programs, nutrition lessons, job training, water resource services, and community meeting space to north Flint residents.

Evergreen Community Development Initiative
$150,000 awarded June 2017, 12 mos. term/
Flint Development Center 2017
To support a community center serving north Flint residents through youth, literacy, and recreation programs at the former Bunche elementary school.

Evergreen Community Development Initiative
$150,000 awarded June 2018, 12 mos. term
Flint Development Center 2018
To support a community center serving north Flint residents through youth, literacy, and recreation programs at the former Bunche elementary school.

Hasselbring Senior Center
$9,500 awarded December 2017, 12 mos. term
General Operating Support 2018
To provide programs, activities, and services that promote health, safety, and dignity enabling seniors to remain independent in the community.

Hispanic Technology and Community Center
$75,000 awarded November 2018, 12 mos. term
General Operating Support
To provide access to computer technology, bilingual instruction in Spanish as a Second Language and English as a Second Language, Spanish translation services, and youth programming.

SIPI, Inc.
$120,000 awarded October 2017, 12 mos. term
North Flint Capacity Building
To provide capacity building services focused on strengthening internal capacity to three north Flint grassroots organizations located in north Flint: Urban Renaissance Center, MADE Institute, and the Hispanic Technology and Community Center.

SIPI, Inc.
$169,440 awarded November 2018, 11 mos. term
North Flint Capacity Building
To provide capacity building services focused on strengthening internal capacity to four north Flint grassroots organizations located in north Flint: Eastside Compassionate Mission, R.L. Jones Community Outreach Center, InvolvedDad, and the Hispanic Technology and Community Center.

SIPI, Inc.
$130,075 awarded March 2017, 9 mos. term
Organizational Capacity Building – Phases 2 and 3
To provide ongoing capacity building support to three grassroots organizations located in north Flint: Urban Renaissance Center, Neighborhood Engagement Hub, and Evergreen Community Development Initiative.

United Way of Genesee County
$5,800 awarded May 2017, 12 mos. term
Brownell-Holmes Neighborhood and Leadership Now
To support the development costs for a shared community space in north Flint.

United Way of Genesee County
$75,000 awarded November 2018, 23 mos. term
R.L. Jones Community Outreach Center – General Operating Support 2019
To provide an array of support and referral services to vulnerable and homebound Flint residents whose health was negatively impacted by the Flint water crisis.

Subtotal $1,072,315

NEIGHBORHOOD ENGAGEMENT SUPPORTS

City of Flint
$404,000 awarded June 2018, 24 mos. term
Imagine Flint – Neighborhood Planning Initiative 2018
To engage at least four different north Flint neighborhood based groups and over 100 community members in the development and implementation of comprehensive and collaborative neighborhood plans designed to stabilize and improve neighborhoods.

Community Foundation of Greater Flint
$75,000 awarded October 2017, 12 mos. term
Neighborhood Small Grants Program 2017
To provide financial support for established and emerging citizen-based organizations to develop projects that address pressing issues within their neighborhoods, build alliances with other community institutions, and develop community-based leadership.

CPSA Courier, Inc.
$51,690 awarded June 2017, 12 mos. term
General Operating Support 2017
To support a free weekly community newspaper that provides community news, current events, and relevant information to Flint residents.

Crim Fitness Foundation, Inc.
$49,120 awarded June 2018, 12 mos. term
Advocacy & Engagement for Safe Neighborhoods in Flint
To provide collaborative advocacy training, support new and existing Safe Routes to School work, and partner with north Flint neighborhood associations to implement specific Imagine Flint Neighborhood Plan strategies.

Genesee County Habitat for Humanity
$10,000 awarded September 2017, 14 mos. term
Brownell Boulevard Coalition Garden Project
For the construction of a tank house with sufficient classroom space to support educational garden programs.

Metro Community Development, Inc.
$5,000 awarded July 2018, 12 mos. term
2018 Tendaji Talks: Racism, Low-Voter Turnout & the Midterm Elections
To support a lecture series designed to inform and motivate community members to vote in upcoming elections.

Metro Community Development, Inc.
$122,259 awarded June 2017, 18 mos. term
Neighborhood Engagement Hub – Neighborhood Development General Operating Support
To support the Neighborhood Engagement Hub in providing information, education, facilitation, project development, advocacy, and a free or low-cost community tool shed to north Flint residents.

Metro Community Development, Inc.
$80,000 awarded March 2017, 12 mos. term
North Flint Neighborhood Action Council
To support leadership development of north Flint residents, completion of resident identified projects, resident trainings in Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design, and a community impact survey to assess neighborhood needs of north Flint residents.

Metro Community Development, Inc.
$91,600 awarded March 2018, 12 mos. term
North Flint Neighborhood Action Council 2018
To support leadership development of north Flint residents, completion of resident identified projects, resident trainings in Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design, and a community impact survey to assess neighborhood needs of north Flint residents.

Michigan Organizing Project
$31,882 awarded October 2017, 14 mos. term
North Flint Community Organizing Project
For leadership development trainings for north Flint residents as well as voter forums and canvassing efforts focused on improving voter participation rates in north Flint.

Neighborhood Engagement Hub
$105,000 awarded November 2018, 11 mos. term
Operating Support: Neighborhood Development
To support the Neighborhood Engagement Hub in providing information, education, facilitation, project development, advocacy, and a free or low-cost community tool shed to north Flint residents.

New Life Tabernacle Ministries
$1,000 awarded May 2017, 1 mos. term
Gospel-fest/Health Fair 2017
To support an annual gospel music festival that also includes a health services resource fair.

New Life Tabernacle Ministries
$1,000 awarded May 2018, 1 mos. term
Gospel-fest/Health Fair 2018
To support an annual gospel music festival that also includes a health services resource fair.

Sylvester Broome Empowerment Village
$150,000 awarded March 2018, 12 mos. term
General Operating Support 2018
To support a neighborhood hub offering academic programs, sports and recreation activities, and arts and cultural opportunities for north Flint youth and their families.

Subtotal $1,177,551

HOUSING

Genesee County Habitat for Humanity
$284,000 awarded March 2018, 24 mos. term
Creating Construction Jobs by Repairing Flint Homes
To create pathways to sustainable employment for north Flint residents, support income-generating construction programs for partnering social enterprise agencies, and help low-income homeowners in north Flint neighborhoods through completion of critical home repairs.

Genesee County Habitat for Humanity
$75,000 awarded June 2017, 12 mos. term
Target Neighborhood Repair 2017
For a project that helps low-income homeowners in north Flint neighborhoods complete critical repair projects to avoid foreclosure and the subsequent family distress created as a result of housing instability.

Subtotal $359,000

OTHER

Genesee County Habitat for Humanity
$10,000 awarded April 2018, 12 mos. term
Historic Civic Park Preservation Association – Heritage & Harmony Festival
To support the development of an annual event in the historic Civic Park neighborhood in north Flint to help foster civic pride and connectedness among residents.

Home by Hand, Inc
$10,000 awarded June 2018, 12 mos. term
NHIA – Michigan Outreach and Education
To support advocacy for improved conditions for neighborhood investment in north Flint.

Subtotal $20,000

TOTAL $2,628,866

FLINT WATER GRANTS 2017-18

Fair Food Network
$160,000  awarded March 2017, 12 mos. term
Innovating Technology and Expanding Geographies for Double Up Healthy Food Incentives
To provide low-income, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients with incentives to purchase fresh fruits and vegetables at participating grocery stores, farmers’ markets, and vegetable stands in Michigan.

Flint and Genesee Chamber of Commerce
$110,000  awarded March 2017, 12 mos. term
North Flint Grocery Initiative
For pre-development work related to the North Flint Grocery Initiative designed to improve access to affordable, fresh, healthy food for north Flint residents through the construction of two grocery stores in north Flint.

Genesee Health System
$150,000  awarded June 2017, 24 mos. term
Community Support and Resiliency Program 2017-2019
For a mobile mental health services unit to provide Flint residents with education, community referrals, and mental health services designed to increase the community’s resilience and identify and ameliorate the anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress brought on by the Flint water disaster.

North Flint Reinvestment Corporation, Inc.
$230,000  awarded March 2018, 26 mos. term
North Flint Food Market – Grocery Store Initiative – Pierson Road Corridor
To support pre-construction activities associated with building a new grocery store in north Flint that would improve residents’ access to fresh and healthy foods that help mitigate the effects of lead exposure.

United Way of Genesee County
$10,000  awarded April 2017, 12 mos. term
FACT Outreach Coordinator
To support hiring an outreach coordinator to assist in the City of Flint’s recovery from the Flint water crisis.

United Way of Genesee County
$10,000  awarded June 2018, 12 mos. term
Flint Water Fund
To support the purchase and distribution of bottled water for residents impacted by the Flint water crisis.

United Way of Genesee County
$75,000  awarded October 2017, 12 mos. term
R.L. Jones Community Outreach Center – General Operating Support
To provide an array of support and referral services to vulnerable and homebound Flint residents whose health was negatively impacted by the Flint water crisis.

United Way of Genesee County
$5,000  awarded May 2017, 12 mos. term
R.L. Jones Community Outreach Center of Greater Holy Temple – Flint Water Crisis Support
To provide an array of support and referral services to vulnerable and homebound Flint residents whose health was negatively impacted by the Flint water crisis.

TOTAL $750,000

OTHER GRANTS 2017-18

SPECIAL INITIATIVES

Council of Michigan Foundations
$13,800 awarded April 2017, 12 mos. term
Philanthropic Capacity 2017
Membership

Council of Michigan Foundations
$14,100 awarded January 2018, 12 mos. term
Philanthropic Capacity 2018
Membership

Council of Michigan Foundations
$10,000 awarded July 2018
Robert S. Collier Public Policy Endowment Fund
To support a fund that addresses critical policy issues facing the field of philanthropy as well as Michigan residents.

Flint and Genesee Chamber of Commerce
$10,000 awarded April 2017, 12 mos. term
Flint Homecoming
For an event that seeks to engage Flint expatriates in the city’s revitalization.

Funders’ Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities
$850 awarded February 2018, 12 mos. term
Philanthropic Capacity 2018
Membership

Grantmakers for Effective Organizations
$5,970 awarded February 2018, 12 mos. term
Philanthropic Capacity and GEO’s Leadership Circle 2018
Membership

Marin Community Foundation
$200,000 awarded December 2017, 12 mos. term
RMF Donor Advised Fund 2017
For the Ruth Mott Foundation Fund.

Marin Community Foundation
$400,000 awarded November 2018
RMF Donor Advised Fund 2018
For the Ruth Mott Foundation Fund.

National Center for Family Philanthropy
$4,900 awarded June 2017, 12 mos. term
Philanthropic Capacity 2018
Membership

National Center for Family Philanthropy
$4,900 awarded September 2018, 12 mos. term
Philanthropic Capacity 2019
Membership

National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy
$4,400 awarded August 2017, 12 mos. term
Philanthropic Capacity 2017
Membership

PEAK Grantmaking
$3,000 awarded April 2017, 12 mos. term
Philanthropic Capacity 2017
Membership

PEAK Grantmaking
$3,000 awarded April 2018, 12 mos. term
Philanthropic Capacity 2018
Membership

Puerto Rico Community Foundation, Inc.
$110,000 awarded December 2017, 12 mos. term
Community Recovery Fund
To aid in Puerto Rico’s recovery from the devastation caused by Hurricane Maria. This grant was awarded from the Charles B. Webb Jr. Fund, established for disaster response around the world in honor of a founding member of the Ruth Mott Foundation Board of Trustees.

Subtotal $784,920

FOUNDATION INITIATED GRANTS

CPSA Courier, Inc.
$51,400 awarded November 2018, 11 mos. term
General Operating Support 2019
To support a free weekly community newspaper that provides community news, current events, and relevant information to Flint residents.

Flint Cultural Center Corporation
$10,000 awarded August 2018, 12 mos. term
RACE: Are We So Different? Exhibit
To support the promotion and programming of an exhibit that addresses the topics of race and racism from three different perspectives: science, history, and everyday experience.

Flint District Library
$150,000 awarded March 2017, 12 mos. term
General Operating Support 2017
The Flint Public Library provides traditional library services and learning, digital access, and inclusive programs for Flint residents of all ages.

Flint District Library
$100,000 awarded March 2018, 12 mos. term
General Operating Support 2018
The Flint Public Library provides traditional library services and learning, digital access, and inclusive programs for Flint residents of all ages.

Michigan League for Public Policy
$40,000 awarded June 2017, 24 mos. term
Empowering North Flint Residents 2017
To support work with community organizations and resident groups to develop core data elements and information profiles for the City of Flint tailored to north Flint resident-identified priorities and train residents to use these data to support policy and systemic changes.

Michigan League for Public Policy
$80,000 awarded June 2018, 24 mos. term
Empowering North Flint Residents 2018
To support the advocacy of statewide policies that promote economic security and well-being for vulnerable Flint residents; produce an annual Kids Count Flint Profile; assist in local efforts to ensure a fair and accurate U.S. Census count in 2020; and train and engage Flint residents in using data to advance community and policy changes.

Subtotal $431,400

TOTAL $1,216,320