2016 Grants List

Organization Purpose Amount Alzheimer’s Research Alzheimer’s Disease and to support the Zenith and $300,000 year 2 of Related Disorders International Research Grant 2 year, $600,000 Association Programs, which fund leading grant; plus additional research and connections $300,000 for one year between researchers around the world Great Lakes Ausable to implement actions to $33,000 - year 3 of 3 year, Bayfield continue to improve water $100,000 grant Conservation quality for the Bayfield River, Authority Lake Huron in Ontario

Alliance for The Great Lakes to move water-related local $60,000 and regional planning forward to achieve on-the-ground results and policy improvements in while inspiring citizen engagement

Belle Isle Conservancy for renewed support for the $25,000 - year 1 of 2 year, volunteer-membership initiative $50,000 grant

Chandler Park Conservancy for stormwater management $200,000 – year 1 of 3 year, installation and operating support $600,000 grant for The Chandler Park Conservancy

Clinton River Watershed to continue to support $75,000 – year 1 of Council WaterTowns!, a of 3 year, $225,000 grant community-based initiative designed to help towns and cities in the watershed leverage the assets of the Clinton River and Lake St. Clair for water-oriented community development

Clinton River for continued general operating $50,000 – year 1 of Watershed support: $50,000 per year over 3 year, $200,000 grant Council three years, plus $50,000 in 2016 for construction of biocells and other stormwater features at the Center Street Parklet in Royal Oak

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Community to provide mini grants of up to $60,000 Legal Resources $5,000 for small projects in Detroit that support blue-green Infrastructure

Detroit Economic to implement the Field $140,000 Growth Association Guide to Working With Lots (Detroit Future City) Detroit, MI

Detroit Educational to work with partners to create, $250,000 - year 2 of 3 Television Foundation curate and distribute multi-platform year, $850,000 grant content embracing Basin matters (policy, research, restoration, economy, land use, recreation) to inspire informed, responsible action

Eastside Community to continue the Lower East $250,000 Network Side Action Plan (LEAP) on the lower east side of Detroit

Freshwater Future to create the Great $500,000 over 2 years Lakes Network to support binational collaboration amongst nonprofits to improve water-related outcomes, with an initial emphasis on the Western

Friends Of The for continued general $26,000 - yr 1 of operating support 3 year, $66,000 grant

Friends Of The for continued general $40,000 - year 1 of 3 Rouge operating support year, $120,000 grant

Great Lakes to build a collaborative $125,000 – year 1 of Commission information sharing platform 2 year $250,000 grant for the Great Lakes region called "Blue Accounting" focused on Source Water Initiative that will develop a Phosphorus Reduction Tracking System to track progress toward

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the 40 percent phosphorus reduction target for Western Lake Erie by 2025

Greening of Detroit to support the civic engagement $68,000 Detroit, MI activities related to the City of Detroit’s green infrastructure pilot Project in Fitzgerald

Greening Of to partner with DTE and the City of Detroit $110,000 Detroit to reactivate Detroit's former O'Shea Park into a unique amenity that combines recreation, education and public space with innovative energy and blue-green infrastructure functions that extend into the neighborhood

Huron River Watershed for a challenge grant to $100,000 - year 1 Council continue to support the of 3 year, $300,000 grant RiverUp! initiative to restore (contingent on match) and revitalize the corridor for the benefit of local economies and residents, and conservation of a shared natural heritage

Huron River for continued general operating $100,000 – year 1 of Watershed Council support 3 year, $300,000 grant

Keep Growing Detroit for the “Growing Sustainable $131,000 - year 2 Water Solutions” project, of 3 year, a collaboration with the Sierra $383,000 grant Club and Friends of the Rouge to educate and enable residents to build rain gardens, water catchment systems and healthy soils to manage stormwater and conserve water

Lawrence Technological to develop a binational stormwater $120,000 University technology transfer collaborative for the Great Lakes Basin in partnership with the Great Lakes Commission

Michigan League of for a six-month planning $35,000 Conservation Voters grant to develop a public 3 2016 Grants List

Education Fund education and action plan to encourage policies that will help reduce toxic algae in the Western Lake Erie Basin.

Motorcities to transform a neglected urban $170,000 National space into an experiential gateway Heritage Area that interprets the history of labor, Partnership industry and environment (incl. $20,000 as a challenge grant)

National Wildlife Federation for continued support for the $150,000 - year 1 of 3 Healing Our Waters -Great year, $450,000 grant Lakes Coalition (HOW), with an emphasis on broadening and deepening its membership

Nature to advance blue-green infrastructure $240,000 - Conservancy (BGI) in Detroit by helping modify year 2 of 5 year, policies to incentivize BGI, securing $1,200,000 grant investments under the DWSD stormwater permit, and helping establish the conditions for implementation

Nature Conservancy to develop a prototype green $63,000 infrastructure project tracking and communications knowledgebase and web interface for the City of Detroit

Sierra Club to continue support for the Great $75,000 Foundation Lakes Great Communities San Francisco/Detroit Campaign efforts to promote the use of green infrastructure in Detroit

Student Conservation to give underserved Detroit $60,000 Association youth the training, tools, and experience to have a stake in the environmental health and green infrastructure of their communities

Trout Unlimited to engage Trout Unlimited members and $100,000 other anglers as advocates for Great Lakes restoration 4 2016 Grants List

University of to link stakeholders, science and $1 million - year 1 of (Water Center) modeling across the Detroit River 2 year, $2,994,000 Ann Arbor, MI and Lake Erie watersheds to inform grant

Wayne State University to improve Great Lakes water $438,000 – year 2 of quality by connecting regional 3 year, $650,000 and bi-national science for grant monitoring, preventing and mitigating urban stresses in the Huron to Erie corridor

Environmental Health, Justice & Equitable Development

Community Development for a pre-development process $ 25,000 Advocates of Detroit among four institutional partners to build the framework for a community development system in Detroit.

Detroit Economic Growth to help increase small business $ 300,000 towards Association investment on neighborhood 3 year, $500,000 grant grant commercial corridors by matching buildings and businesses with competitive grants, loans and counseling

Detroit Food & to support development of $ 30,000 Entrepreneurship Academy a just and equitable food system by investing in Detroit's high school students as the leaders, entrepreneurs, employees, and employers of tomorrow

Detroit Food Policy Council to facilitate action on $45,000 recommendations from the Economic Analysis of Detroit's Food System

Detroit Hispanic for the Informed Action to $133,834 year 1 Development Corporation Promote Environmental of 3 year, Engagement, Advocacy, and $395,000 grant Leadership (I-APEEAL), a 5 2016 Grants List

collaborative including the University of Michigan and others, to develop a public health action plan and foster leadership and advocacy to implement the plan within the framework of the Detroit Environmental Agenda

Detroiters Working For for renewed general operating $75,000 Environmental Justice support

Detroiters Working For to support continued work on $414,000 - yr 2 of 3 Environmental Justice the Detroit Environmental Agenda yr, $621,000 grant

Ecology Center for renewed general operating support $100,000

EcoWorks to continue support for the $10,000 Great Lakes Bioneers

Fair Food Network to build organizational capacity $30,000 - yr 1 of 3 year, $90,000 grant Fair Food to expand Double Up Food Bucks $25,000 - year 2 of Network in grocery stores, leveraging 4 year, $100,000 grant federal funds and building evidence regarding effective food and nutrition assistance policy

Keep Growing Detroit to continue to support Keep Growing $25,000 - year 2 of 2 year, Detroit's efforts to promote food $50,000 grant sovereignty in Detroit by distributing resources, hosting education and community events, and building capacity to decentralize and broaden leadership

Michigan to continue to advocate at a state-wide level $50,000 Environmental on environmental health, justice, and water Council issues facing

Wayne State to support Detroit's environmental $400,000 University sustainability through a partnership between the Detroit Revitalization Fellows Program and community-based organizations focused on environmental health, justice 6 2016 Grants List

and equitable development and to support a collaborative project to address an environmental issue (to be selected by the fellows) that will impact Detroit's future

Wayne State University to address sources of air pollution, $300,000 towards 3 year, providing organizational support $375,000 grant and coordination for the Michigan Environmental Justice Coalition, coordinating an Air Quality Advisory Committee

Arts & Community Life

College for Creative to partner with Detroit $75,000 - year 2 of 2 Studies Future City and Greening of year, $150,000 grant (Community+Public Detroit, through CPAD, Arts Detroit - CPAD) to create 4 large community- Detroit, MI generated public art projects for Detroit’s neighborhoods incorporating green infrastructure

Detroit Chamber to pilot a program that uses the arts to $51,800 - year 1 of Winds & Strings enhance community life in Highland Park, 2 year, $152,800 grant including a robust community planning process, technical assistance and implementation grants

International Wildlife for a challenge grant to $20,000 Refuge Alliance create a 6' X 7' photo-mosaic mural, using children's artwork, for the new LEED certified Visitor Center

The Heidelberg Project To support the transition of the $75,000 – year 1 of 2 Hedielberg Project towards a new year, $150,000 grant form of community arts space

Jazz Education

Arts League of to continue and expand the $50,000 Michigan youth jazz education program

Detroit Jazz Festival to continue and expand the youth $50,000 Foundation jazz education program

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Detroit Symphony Orchestra to continue support for the youth $50,000 jazz education programs

Jazz at Lincoln Center for Jazz for Young People-Detroit $100,000 (JFYPD) and for scholarships for Detroit students participating in the summer jazz academy Michigan State University to continue support for the youth $50,000 jazz education programs in Detroit

Anchor Arts Organizations

The Foundation approved the 2nd year of 2 year grants for unrestricted operating support for 38 cultural and arts organizations, including larger organizations that have had historical significance to the family and other organizations that are essential elements of a strong core central City and vibrant neighborhoods.

Cranbrook Educational Community $100,000 yr 2 Detroit Institute of Arts $100,000 yr 2 Detroit Educational Television Foundation $100,000 yr 2 Detroit Symphony Orchestra $100,000 yr 2 Detroit Zoological Society $100,000 yr 2 The Henry Ford $100,000 yr 2 Stratford Shakespearean Festival of America $100,000 yr 2 CultureSource $35,000 yr 2 ArtServe Michigan $25,000 yr 2 College for Creative Studies (Community Arts programs) $25,000 yr 2 Detroit Historical Society $25,000 yr 2 InsideOut Literary Arts $25,000 yr 2 Living Arts $25,000 yr 2 Meadow Brook Theatre $25,000 yr 2 Michigan Opera Theatre $25,000 yr 2 Michigan Science Center $25,000 yr 2 Mosaic Youth Theatre $25,000 yr 2 Museum of African American History $25,000 yr 2 Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD) $25,000 yr 2 Music Hall $25,000 yr 2 Pewabic Society $25,000 yr 2 Sphinx Organization $25,000 yr 2 YMCA (Y-Arts) $25,000 yr 2 Detroit Repertory Theatre $15,000 yr 2 Friends of Detroit Public Library $15,000 yr 2 Motown Historical Museum $15,000 yr 2

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Wayne State University  Hilberry Theatre $15,000 yr 2  WDET-FM $15,000 yr 2  Community Arts & Press $10,000 yr 2 Matrix Theater Company $25,000 1 yr Arts & Scraps $10,000 yr 2 Detroit Artists Market $10,000 yr 2 Detroit Children’s Choir $10,000 yr 2 Heritage Works $10,000 yr 2 Marygrove College (IMD arts enrichment programs) $10,000 yr 2 Puppet Art $10,000 yr 2 Scarab Club $10,000 yr 2 Signal Return $10,000 yr 2 Southwest Detroit Business Association (for Compás) $10,000 yr 2

Music Hall to support a $5 million capital $50,000 Center for The campaign to remove threat of Performing Arts foreclosure and stabilize Music Hall operations for future generations

Arts League of for a transformational grant to $125,000 – year 1 of Michigan significantly expand infrastructure 2 year $500,000 grant and programs

Special Opportunities

Christ Church Cranbrook to use our projects in music, $90,000 arts and education to close the distance between cities and suburbs, as well as religious and educational communities, in metropolitan Detroit

Council of Michigan for continued support for the $15,000 Foundations Great Lakes Funders Collaboration ($10,000) and to support an Assessment of the Collaboration ($5,000)

EcoWorks to expand and solidify the Youth $150,000 - year 2 of 3 Energy Squad as a self-sustaining year, $300,000 grant National model for comprehensive green schools and youth leadership 9 2016 Grants List

Foundation for to support the organization as $750,000 towards a 20 Detroit’s Future part of a larger collaborative year $10 million grant of funders

Michigan Environmental to support a partnership of $117,000 - year 2 of 3 Council Zero Waste Detroit and year, $350,000 grant Green Living Science to conduct an intensive community engagement campaign to make Detroit's new curbside recycling program a major success

Total Grants Paid: $11,559,536

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