Nonprofits/Philanthropy News
05/20/12 Detroit's Workforce Development Board unanimously voted Friday to implement a project that will move workforce development functions to a nonprofit.
05/20/12 The Detroit Institute of Arts has selected Washington, D.C.-based political consulting firm Dewey Square Group to work with it on its campaign to secure support from voters in Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties for an operating millage on the Aug. 7 ballot.
05/17/12 Sandra Rupp, president and CEO of United Way of Washtenaw County, plans to retire late this summer after more than six years at the agency to move closer to family members dealing with medical issues.
05/17/12 The Detroit Institute of Arts got the green light from the Oakland County Board of Commissioners today to put a millage request before the county's voters on the August ballot.
05/17/12 The nonprofit Detroit Sports Commission has launched its first membership benefits program, offering ticket discounts and other benefits.
05/17/12 (AP) — An attorney claims a judge and two lawyers involved in a long-running dispute over civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks' estate conspired to drain the estate's cash.
05/15/12 Harold "Red" Poling, the CEO who helped revive Ford Motor Co. after steering the automaker through the recession of the early 1990s, died Saturday in Pacific Grove, Calif., at the age of 86.
05/15/12 The Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Kid Rock and Rock Ventures LLC met their goal to raise $1 million at a concert last weekend.
05/14/12 Barbara Gattorn, political, nonprofit and civic leader for most of her 75 years, died Saturday at her home from complications tied to cancer treatment.
05/13/12 For the first time, a nonprofit reinsurance association will exceed $1 billion in yearly assessments on Michigan's insured drivers, since an effort in Lansing to change its cost structure has lost momentum.
05/11/12 DETROIT (AP) — The DTE Energy Foundation will use $750,000 to fund up to 500 summer jobs for youth in Detroit and other communities.
05/10/12 (AP) — The nonprofit Forgotten Harvest has grown into one of the nation's largest organizations dedicated to finding surplus food and helping get it to people in need.
05/06/12 Last week's murder of Faraj "Fred" Dally brought to the forefront once again the danger owners of small stores sometimes face doing business in and near Detroit.
05/02/12 The Presbyterian Villages of Michigan Foundation has named Paul Miller its new president.
04/30/12 Detroit's historic Pewabic Pottery has named Barbara Sido its new executive director.
04/29/12 Hewlett-Packard Co. could add more than 200 jobs in Pontiac over the next four years after enrolling in part of a $5 million grant program awarded to Troy-based Automation Alley to train new workers.
04/29/12 Phil Incarnati hasn't needed a PowerPoint presentation or slew of executive assistants to sell his affiliation proposals to any of the 10 hospitals or medical groups that have joined nonprofit McLaren Health Care Corp. over the past 22 years. Data and personal salesmanship have closed the deals.
04/25/12 A newly released study estimates savings of $100,000 per Detroit child each year if that child starts kindergarten ready to learn.
04/25/12 Interlochen Arts Academy saw a future in film studies before the state's film incentives made their grand entrance — and exit. But the Aaron and Helen L. DeRoy Center for Film Studies remains a marquee player as the northern Michigan academy enters its 50th year.
04/25/12 The Macomb County Board of Commissioners voted Tuesday night to start the process that will put the millage that the Detroit Institute of Arts seeks on the August ballot.
04/22/12 The Detroit Institute of Arts plans to borrow a page from the Detroit Zoo's playbook when it comes to long-term funding: It's seeking a regional millage that would require approval from voters in Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties.
04/22/12 The Motor City as Sprocket City?
04/22/12 The push to get a regional tax to support the Detroit Institute of Arts on the Aug. 7 ballot encountered early opposition from anti-tax forces in Macomb County.
04/20/12 The SHAR Foundation's job-creating urban farming project planned for Detroit has received a $1 million grant from the Fred A. & Barbara Erb Family Foundation.
04/20/12 ROYAL OAK (AP) — The Detroit Zoo has a part to play in a movie screening Monday at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York City.
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Detroit job training program goes nonprofit