Grant Partners News
Detroit Company Rebel Nell Is Still Turning Detroit Graffiti Into Jewelry And Empowering Women Along the Way
Five years after launching a company with the mission of transforming the lives of its employees, Rebel Nell just surpassed $1 Million in sales with customers from all over the world. Rebel Nell co-founder, Amy Peterson, talks with Ann Delisi about the humble beginnings of Rebel Nell, how Eleanor Roosevelt inspires her and walking away from her work with the Detroit Tigers to dedicate herself to the…
Fisher Partners Among First to Receive Metro Detroit Grants From Ballmer Group
The Bellevue, Wash.-based Ballmer Group has made more than $16 million in grants in Southeast Michigan in its inaugural round of funding aimed at helping impoverished children and families in the region rise out of poverty. The grants come after 9-10 months of meeting with other stakeholders to leverage and forge collaborations, fact-finding conversations and data review to inform its grants. The group is focusing…
Starfish Family Services Joins Landmark Cradle-to-Career Educational Campus
This landmark cradle-to-career educational campus – which will offer pre-K through graduate school studies with wrap-around services and community programs – is being jointly developed through a partnership including Kresge, the University of Michigan School of Education (U-M SOE), Detroit Public Schools Community District (DPSCD), the Marygrove Conservancy, Marygrove College, Starfish Family Services, IFF and the Detroit Collaborative Design Center of the University of Detroit…
Motor City Blight Busters Celebrates 30 Year Anniversary
As far as anniversaries go, Motor City Blight Busters is enjoying a trifecta: The nonprofit's founder, John George, was born and raised in the Brightmoor neighborhood not far from his organization's Old Redford headquarters on June, 24, 1958. He founded Blight Busters 30 years ago in June, and bought the building that houses Artist Village — the sprawling campus that serves as a hub for…
Family Donates $17 million to Max M. Fisher College of Business for Entrepreneurship Center
The Keenan Family Foundation has made a $17 million commitment to The Ohio State University Max M. Fisher College of Business, strengthening the university’s expertise in the field of entrepreneurship. The Keenan Center for Entrepreneurship will focus on cultivating students’ entrepreneurial skill sets and create an enriched extracurricular experience around entrepreneurship. The students will be connected to the startup ecosystem in central Ohio and…
Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan
A $2 million Program-Related Investment from the Foundation has contributed to the launch of the “BizLoan Fund,” through the New Economy Initiative (NEI) of the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan (CFSEM). This fund is dedicated to awarding resources to traditionally “hard to lend to” entrepreneurs in Detroit’s neighborhoods. Twelve local and national foundations have joined NEI since it was formed in 2007, making it…
National Center for Families Learning
Our program team tagged along with the “Say & Play With Words” staff from the National Center for Families Learning (NCFL) for a fun-filled day at the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA). The “Say & Play With Words” program is committed to closing the word gap in the Brightmoor and Southwest neighborhoods of Detroit. NCFL has structured this program to be highly interactive and…
Yad Ezra
The Foundation is proud to support Yad Ezra, Michigan’s only kosher food pantry, through the Max M. and Marjorie S. Fisher Giving Gardens featuring the Geri Lester Greenhouse. This special program will allow families to obtain fresh produce, herbs and flowers during their visits to the pantry. The indoor/outdoor space will also be used as a community learning lab that will host extensive educational…
