What We’re Learning
The latest news, insight and grant partner stories from across the Foundation.
The latest news, insight and grant partner stories from across the Foundation.
Turning the tables on Devil’s Night in Detroit
When a house across the street from John George’s family home in northwest Detroit fell into disrepair, drug dealers moved in. Not wanting his then…
PNC Foundation, Skillman Foundation and Max M. & Marjorie S. Fisher Foundation Invest $1.5 Million to Close Word Gap in Detroit Neighborhoods
The PNC Foundation, Skillman Foundation and Max M. & Marjorie S. Fisher Foundation today announced a $1.5 million, two-year collaboration to build preschool children’s vocabularies…
Program aims to improve kids’ vocabulary in Detroit
What’s in a word? Or more specifically, 30 million words? A child’s future. Leaders from the PNC Foundation, Skillman Foundation and Max M. & Marjorie…
VIDEO: Educating Young Detroiters in Need
With Gov. Rick Snyder talking about ways to improve Detroit Public Schools, four leaders from business and education gathered with host Carol Cain to talk…
National Center for Family Philanthropy Names Katherine Lorenz and Doug Bitonti Stewart Fellows in Family Philanthropy
Two of family philanthropy’s brightest young leaders — Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation President Katherine Lorenz and Max M. & Marjorie S. Fisher Foundation Executive…
Going Further Together: Collective Learning for Impact
As the conference wound down, the facilitator congratulated the group for the learning we had done together. For two days, we had listened to experts…
Mrs. Marjorie S. Fisher Recognized at Detroit Symphony Orchestra
NOVEMBER 7, 1923 – JUNE 12, 2016 Marjorie Switow Fisher, who combined the salty wit of an irreverent comedienne with the panache and…
Cost Savings of School Readiness Per Additional At-Risk Child in Detroit and Michigan (2011)
This study demonstrates the economic value to state government and the public of investing in school readiness for just one more child at risk…
Turning the tables on Devil’s Night in Detroit
When a house across the street from John George’s family home in northwest Detroit fell into disrepair, drug dealers moved in. Not wanting his then…
PNC Foundation, Skillman Foundation and Max M. & Marjorie S. Fisher Foundation Invest $1.5 Million to Close Word Gap in Detroit Neighborhoods
The PNC Foundation, Skillman Foundation and Max M. & Marjorie S. Fisher Foundation today announced a $1.5 million, two-year collaboration to build preschool children’s vocabularies…
Program aims to improve kids’ vocabulary in Detroit
What’s in a word? Or more specifically, 30 million words? A child’s future. Leaders from the PNC Foundation, Skillman Foundation and Max M. & Marjorie…
VIDEO: Educating Young Detroiters in Need
With Gov. Rick Snyder talking about ways to improve Detroit Public Schools, four leaders from business and education gathered with host Carol Cain to talk…
National Center for Family Philanthropy Names Katherine Lorenz and Doug Bitonti Stewart Fellows in Family Philanthropy
Two of family philanthropy’s brightest young leaders — Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation President Katherine Lorenz and Max M. & Marjorie S. Fisher Foundation Executive…
Going Further Together: Collective Learning for Impact
As the conference wound down, the facilitator congratulated the group for the learning we had done together. For two days, we had listened to experts…
Mrs. Marjorie S. Fisher Recognized at Detroit Symphony Orchestra
NOVEMBER 7, 1923 – JUNE 12, 2016 Marjorie Switow Fisher, who combined the salty wit of an irreverent comedienne with the panache and…
Cost Savings of School Readiness Per Additional At-Risk Child in Detroit and Michigan (2011)
This study demonstrates the economic value to state government and the public of investing in school readiness for just one more child at risk…
