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The Foundation Center's Grantsfire RSS FeedThis feed displays real-time, raw data reported by foundations that use the Grantsfire "hGrant" format. Grantsfire facilitates grant reporting for grantmakers and increases the timeliness and accessibility of this information for everyone. Are you a grantmaker that would like to use Grantsfire to share your grant data? Learn more at the Foundation Center's eGrant Reporting Program page. Mott Foundation Awards a $155,000 Grant to Foundation Center Recipient: Foundation Center Location: 79 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10003-3034 Recipient URL: www.foundationcenter.org Grantmaker: Mott Foundation Grant Amount: $155,000 Grant Period: 07/01/09 - 06/30/10 Duration: 12 months Description: This grant will support the Foundation Center in its efforts to provide education funders the most up-to-date and relevant information about funding within the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Specifically, this grant will provide support to the Foundation Center to develop and maintain a web-based platform that would serve as a central hub of rich information and knowledge for education funders seeking information, news, and knowledge focusing on education reform, with special emphasis on the four priority areas outlined in the education portion of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. This project will promote shared understanding among stakeholders focused on education reform and help maximize the use of public and private dollars. Tags: Pathways Out of Poverty; Improving Community Education Mott Foundation Awards a $150,000 Grant to Intercultural Development Research Association Recipient: Intercultural Development Research Association Location: 5815 Callaghan Road, Suite 101, San Antonio, TX 78228-1102 Recipient URL: www.idra.org Grantmaker: Mott Foundation Grant Amount: $150,000 Grant Period: 04/01/09 - 09/30/10 Duration: 18 months Description: This grant will enable the Intercultural Development Research Association to continue its work in building the capacity of African-American and Latino communities in the South and Southwest on key education issues. During the most recent phase of this project, the Intercultural Development Research Association facilitated a series of cross-race dialogues in Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi to create a common discourse between black and Latino stakeholders on increasing access and opportunities to graduation pathways for minority students. In the next phase of this effort, the Intercultural Development Research Association will leverage and scale-up its work nationally via hosting regional convenings and developing web-based resources that provide a model for cross-race dialogue and action on improving the educational achievement of minority and low-income students. Tags: Pathways Out of Poverty; Improving Community Education Mott Foundation Awards a $100,000 Grant to Council of Michigan Foundations Recipient: Council of Michigan Foundations Location: One S. Harbor Avenue, Suite 3, Grand Haven, MI 49417-1385 Recipient URL: www.cmif.org Grantmaker: Mott Foundation Grant Amount: $100,000 Grant Period: 02/01/09 - 07/31/09 Duration: 6 months Description: The federal economic stimulus package offers Michigan a unique, short-term opportunity to advance the state's economic development initiatives focused on alternative energy and job creation. Due to a variety of factors, however, the state government lacks the capacity to take full advantage of this opportunity. With support from Mott and other Michigan foundations, the Council of Michigan Foundations, a nonprofit membership association, will assist the state of Michigan by providing the short-term assistance of a consulting firm. The firm will help position the state to secure, and spend wisely, federal stimulus funds in two priority areas: energy efficiency and renewable energy generation. Tags: Environment; Special Initiatives Mott Foundation Awards a $100,000 Grant to Association for Enterprise Opportunity Recipient: Association for Enterprise Opportunity Location: 1601 N. Kent Street, Suite 1101, Arlington, VA 22209-2114 Recipient URL: www.microenterpriseworks.org Grantmaker: Mott Foundation Grant Amount: $100,000 Grant Period: 01/01/09 - 12/31/09 Duration: 12 months Description: Founded in 1991, the Association for Enterprise Opportunity is the national trade association of organizations committed to microenterprise development. It provides over 450 members with a forum, information, and a voice to promote enterprise opportunity for people and communities with limited access to economic resources. Since its inception, the grantee has made an impact on federal microenterprise policy, as well as on training the microenterprise industry. This renewal will allow the association to continue to provide critical services to develop strong and effective microenterprise programs in the United States that assist underserved entrepreneurs in starting, stabilizing, and expanding businesses. Tags: Pathways Out of Poverty; Special Initiatives Mott Foundation Awards a $300,000 Grant to Association for Community Relations Recipient: Association for Community Relations Location: Asociatia pentru Relatii ComunitareStr Closca nr. 6/2400039 Cluj Napoca, Cluj-Napoca Recipient URL: www.arcromania.ro Grantmaker: Mott Foundation Grant Amount: $300,000 Grant Period: 06/01/09 - 05/31/11 Duration: 24 months Description: The program goal is to support the community foundation movement in Romania. To this end, the Association for Community Relations in partnership with the Romanian Environmental Partnership Foundation and PACT - Partnership for Community Action and Transformation (both Mott grantees) will provide funding and technical assistance to strengthen the two newly established community foundations in Cluj-Napoca and Odorheiu Secuiesc. In addition, the grantee will initiate and support the development of new community foundations in at least four locations in the next two years. The grantee's activities will include promoting the community foundation concept, assisting local groups during the registration process, and providing funding and technical assistance to the newly established community foundations. Since its establishment in 2001, the grantee has been working in the field of local philanthropy and resource mobilization and has been instrumental in the establishment of the two existing Romanian community foundations. Tags: Civil Society; Central/Eastern Europe and Asia Mott Foundation Awards a $120,000 Grant to Greater Flint Arts Council Recipient: Greater Flint Arts Council Location: 816 S. Saginaw Street, Flint, MI 48502-1510 Recipient URL: www.greaterflintartscouncil.org Grantmaker: Mott Foundation Grant Amount: $120,000 Grant Period: 03/01/09 - 02/28/10 Duration: 12 months Description: Parade of Festivals Tags: Flint Area; Arts, Culture and Education Mott Foundation Awards a $100,000 Grant to Seventh Generation Fund Recipient: Seventh Generation Fund Location: 425 I Street, Arcata, CA 95521-6118 Recipient URL: www.7genfund.org Grantmaker: Mott Foundation Grant Amount: $100,000 Grant Period: 07/01/09 - 06/30/10 Duration: 12 months Description: The Seventh Generation Fund is an indigenous nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting and maintaining the uniqueness of Native peoples throughout the Americas by offering programs that integrate advocacy, small grants, training and technical assistance, media experience and fiscal management, and lending its support and extensive expertise to indigenous grassroots communities. Tags: Pathways Out of Poverty; Building Organized Communities Mott Foundation Awards a $100,000 Grant to Metro Housing Partnership Recipient: Metro Housing Partnership Location: Mott Foundation Building503 S. Saginaw Street, Suite 804, Flint, MI 48502-1807 Recipient URL: www.metrohousing.org Grantmaker: Mott Foundation Grant Amount: $100,000 Grant Period: 07/01/09 - 06/30/10 Duration: 12 months Description: This grant will provide Metro Housing Partnership with general purposes support to carry out its mission to serve as a leader and catalyst to expand and enhance quality housing initiatives in Flint and Genesee County. Metro Housing Partnership provides an array of counseling and financial assistance services to low-income homebuyers, currently serves as the primary link between city and county governments and local housing organizations, and has performed the critical task of facilitating the creation of a five-year consolidated plan for housing, which is essential to acquiring state and federal grant dollars. General purposes funding will enable Metro Housing Partnership to continue to act as a resource and technical assistance provider, at no cost, to a steadily increasing number of organizations and individuals. Tags: Flint Area; Community Revitalization and Economic Development Mott Foundation Awards a $75,000 Grant to Foundation-Administered Project Recipient: Foundation-Administered Project Location: 503 S. Saginaw Street, Suite 1200, Flint, MI 48502-1851 Recipient URL: www.mott.org Grantmaker: Mott Foundation Grant Amount: $75,000 Grant Period: 07/01/09 - 12/31/09 Duration: 6 months Description: Flint Stimulus Coordination Project Tags: Flint Area; Community Revitalization and Economic Development Mott Foundation Awards a $400,000 Grant to New America Foundation Recipient: New America Foundation Location: 1899 L Street NW, Suite 400, Washington, DC 20036-3804 Recipient URL: www.newamerica.net Grantmaker: Mott Foundation Grant Amount: $400,000 Grant Period: 01/01/10 - 12/31/11 Duration: 24 months Description: The New America Foundation's Asset Building Program seeks to broaden the ownership of assets in America, especially among low- and moderate-income households, thereby providing all Americans with increased financial security as well as a direct stake in the success of our economy. To achieve this goal, the program works in three areas: policy research and development, communications and information dissemination, and policymaker education. With support from the Mott Foundation, the New America Foundation will continue to: 1) generate new knowledge about the benefits of broadly shared wealth; 2) attract new audiences to asset-building concepts through media and communications efforts; 3) create new constituents for asset building among policymakers and other high-profile public figures and opinion makers; and 4) create and advance new policies to help low-income Americans build assets. Tags: Pathways Out of Poverty; Expanding Economic Opportunity Mott Foundation Awards a $360,000 Grant to Genesee Area Focus Fund Recipient: Genesee Area Focus Fund Location: 519 S. Saginaw Street, Suite 200, Flint, MI 48502-1802 Grantmaker: Mott Foundation Grant Amount: $360,000 Grant Period: 05/01/09 - 04/30/10 Duration: 12 months Description: This grant increase will enable the Genesee Area Focus Fund to augment the number of youth served by summer and year-round programs that provide education and employment opportunities for Flint area youth. The Summer Youth Initiative will provide funding to area nonprofits and for-profits to hire 586 Genesee County teens, ages 14-18 and in grades 9-12, to work in their respective summer programs. Tags: Flint Area; Special Initiatives Mott Foundation Awards a $276,585 Grant to University of Massachusetts - Boston Recipient: University of Massachusetts - Boston Location: 100 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, MA 02125-3393 Recipient URL: www.umb.edu Grantmaker: Mott Foundation Grant Amount: $276,585 Grant Period: 07/01/09 - 06/30/10 Duration: 12 months Description: Alternative staffing organizations put the staffing services model to work for job candidates who face labor market barriers. They have a dual goal of providing job brokering for workers who face barriers to employment as well as delivering staffing services for customers who need workers. This renewal grant will provide funds for the University of Massachusetts-Boston to continue to analyze and document the job placement outcomes for clients of four alternative staffing organizations, including a comparison with hard-to-employ clients of conventional staffing firms. Tags: Pathways Out of Poverty; Expanding Economic Opportunity Mott Foundation Awards a $200,600 Grant to Council of Michigan Foundations Recipient: Council of Michigan Foundations Location: One S. Harbor Avenue, Suite 3, Grand Haven, MI 49417-1385 Recipient URL: www.cmif.org Grantmaker: Mott Foundation Grant Amount: $200,600 Grant Period: 04/01/09 - 03/31/11 Duration: 24 months Description: The Council of Michigan Foundations is an organization that provides its members with educational programs, technical assistance, networking opportunities, advocacy with policymakers and regulators, and collaborative work with leading national and regional philanthropic associations. Highlights of activities in 2008 include hosting the council's 36th annual conference, completing and disseminating research on federal excise tax to policymakers, and collaborating to design the national community foundation standards recompliance process. Over the next two years, the council's significant activities will include working to develop strategies for grantmaking in growth management and urban revitalization, commissioning research on sustainable payout for foundations, and continuing its core operations and programs. Tags: Civil Society; United States Mott Foundation Awards a $25,000 Grant to Metro Housing Partnership Recipient: Metro Housing Partnership Location: Mott Foundation Building503 S. Saginaw Street, Suite 804, Flint, MI 48502-1807 Recipient URL: www.metrohousing.org Grantmaker: Mott Foundation Grant Amount: $25,000 Grant Period: 05/01/09 - 04/30/10 Duration: 12 months Description: This grant will enable Metro Housing Partnership to acquire the necessary certification to become a Community Development Financial Institution by supplementing the funds provided by a technical assistance grant from the U.S. Department of Treasury. By obtaining certification, Metro Housing Partnership will fill the void created by the dissolution of the Community Capital Development Corporation and leverage significant federal dollars available for distressed and underserved urban communities. Tags: Flint Area; Community Revitalization and Economic Development Mott Foundation Awards a $200,000 Grant to Aspen Institute Recipient: Aspen Institute Location: One Dupont Circle NW, Suite 700, Washington, DC 20036-1133 Recipient URL: www.aspeninstitute.org Grantmaker: Mott Foundation Grant Amount: $200,000 Grant Period: 06/01/09 - 05/31/10 Duration: 12 months Description: For the last three years, Mott Foundation grants to the Aspen Institute have focused on the issue of sustainability for the microenterprise development field in the United States. The Aspen Institute hopes to build on this work by further developing the Funders Group, addressing key concerns expressed by members, and expanding dissemination through greater use of web and video technologies. Tags: Pathways Out of Poverty; Special Initiatives Mott Foundation Awards a $200,000 Grant to Southern Environmental Law Center Recipient: Southern Environmental Law Center Location: 201 W. Main Street, Suite 14, Charlottesville, VA 22902-5065 Recipient URL: www.southernenvironment.org Grantmaker: Mott Foundation Grant Amount: $200,000 Grant Period: 07/01/09 - 06/30/11 Duration: 24 months Description: The recent cycle of droughts in the Southeast has lead states to acknowledge the need for better water management. The significant population growth predicted for the region also increases the need to create and implement sustainable water management plans. The Southern Environmental Law Center, a well-respected regional group, works to protect the biodiversity of the Southeast's freshwater resources as states and localities make water management decisions. In recent years, the center has worked with partner organizations to improve water management policies in Georgia, North Carolina, and neighboring states. With continued support from Mott, the center will help implement policies recently adopted in Georgia, while seeking new policy reforms in North Carolina, South Carolina, and other states. Tags: Environment; Conservation of Freshwater Ecosystems in North America Mott Foundation Awards a $14,700 Grant to Boys & Girls Club of Greater Flint Recipient: Boys & Girls Club of Greater Flint Location: 3701 N. Averill Avenue, Flint, MI 48506-2511 Recipient URL: www.bgclubflint.org Grantmaker: Mott Foundation Grant Amount: $14,700 Grant Period: 05/01/09 - 08/31/09 Duration: 4 months Description: As part of the national network, the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Flint opened in 1998 in the Sylvester Broome Center and relocated in 2004 to the site of the former Sobey Elementary School. The purpose of the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Flint is to provide a safe space to learn and grow for young people of all backgrounds, with special concern for those from disadvantaged circumstances. Another goal is to help these youth develop the qualities needed to become responsible citizens and community leaders. The aim of this grant is to support the growth of the club's Summer Fun Program through the provision of extra staffing in order to pilot morning programs and to increase the number of youth who can be served on a daily basis. Tags: Flint Area; Special Initiatives Mott Foundation Awards a $30,000 Grant to Center for Strategic & International Studies Recipient: Center for Strategic & International Studies Location: 1800 K Street NW, Washington, DC 20006-2202 Recipient URL: www.csis.org Grantmaker: Mott Foundation Grant Amount: $30,000 Grant Period: 06/01/09 - 09/30/09 Duration: 4 months Description: The program goal is to support new areas of cooperation between civil society organizations in the United States and Russia. The grant will support the participation of American and Russian rights activists in a Civil Society Summit to run in parallel with the official meeting of Presidents Obama and Medvedev in July 2009. In addition to a human rights and rule of law component, the Civil Society Summit will involve specialists in press and new media, community development, youth empowerment and education, public health, and environment. Conference participants will identify issues and areas of common interest in which they can share experience in order to engage cooperatively over the coming years. Established in 1962, the Center for Strategic & International Studies is a nonprofit, public policy research organization with expertise on a wide range of defense and security, regional stability, and transnational issues and challenges. Tags: Civil Society; Central/Eastern Europe and Asia Mott Foundation Awards a $1,250,000 Grant to Collaborative Communications Group Recipient: Collaborative Communications Group Location: 1029 Vermont Avenue NW, Ninth Floor, Washington, DC 20005-3517 Recipient URL: www.collaborativecommunications.com Grantmaker: Mott Foundation Grant Amount: $1,250,000 Grant Period: 09/01/09 - 08/31/11 Duration: 24 months Description: This grant will continue to support the Collaborative Communications Group in its efforts to support the National Network of Statewide Afterschool Networks. Currently, the Foundation is providing partial support to 38 statewide networks, with an additional three to five expected to join in the future. This project will foster cooperation and collaboration in states across the country and create opportunities for sharing strategies and challenges for furthering statewide policies that support the quality and sustainability of afterschool programs. Specifically, this grant will support the Collaborative Communications Group to convene meetings and audio conference calls, maintain a Web site and a listserv, develop resources and tools, and document learning. The Collaborative Communications Group will also assist the Mott-funded Afterschool Technical Assistance Collaborative in its efforts to provide technical assistance to the statewide afterschool networks. Additionally, in an effort to support specific needs of networks, specialized technical support will be available for select issues such as engaging business leaders, incorporating global literacy, or partnering with early educators. Tags: Pathways Out of Poverty; Improving Community Education Mott Foundation Awards a $600,000 Grant to Academy for the Development of Philanthropy in Poland Recipient: Academy for the Development of Philanthropy in Poland Location: ul. Marszalkowska 6/600-590 Warsaw, Warsaw Recipient URL: www.filantropia.org.pl Grantmaker: Mott Foundation Grant Amount: $600,000 Grant Period: 01/01/09 - 12/31/13 Duration: 60 months Description: The program goal is to strengthen the financial sustainability of a leading Polish foundation whose mission is to strengthen philanthropy and civil society in Poland. To this end, the Academy for the Development of Philanthropy in Poland will run an endowment-building program to raise at least $1 million and increase its total endowment to $1.8 million by the end of 2013. In addition, the grantee will strengthen its overall fundraising strategies and capacities. The grantee was established in 1998 as the successor organization of the Academy for Educational Development in Poland. The grantee provides grants, capacity-building programs, and networking opportunities to local nonprofit organizations and community foundations. Currently, the grantee is supporting a network of 42 local, philanthropic, grantmaking organizations in Poland, 20 of which are community foundations. Since 2008, the grantee has been running a regional capacity-building program for community foundations in the Visegrad countries with support from the Mott Foundation. Tags: Civil Society; Central/Eastern Europe and Asia Mott Foundation Awards a $300,000 Grant to Southern California Education Fund Recipient: Southern California Education Fund Location: 1545 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 329, Los Angeles, CA 90017-4504 Grantmaker: Mott Foundation Grant Amount: $300,000 Grant Period: 01/01/09 - 12/31/10 Duration: 24 months Description: The Southern California Education Fund provides the technical assistance and capacity-building training necessary to support a countywide community organization in Los Angeles called One LA. Affiliated with the Industrial Areas Foundation, One LA is a nonpartisan, multiethnic organization comprised of dues-paying congregations, schools, unions, and nonprofit organizations. In the last two years, the Southern California Education Fund has launched additional organizations in San Diego and in the Bay Area. This general purposes grant will support the overall needs and work of the organization. Tags: Pathways Out of Poverty; Improving Community Education Mott Foundation Awards a $200,000 Grant to Institute for Policy Studies Recipient: Institute for Policy Studies Location: 1112 16th Street NW, Suite 600, Washington, DC 20036-4814 Recipient URL: www.ips-dc.org Grantmaker: Mott Foundation Grant Amount: $200,000 Grant Period: 04/01/09 - 03/31/11 Duration: 24 months Description: The Institute for Policy Studies works in collaboration with nongovernmental organizations, academics, parliamentarians, and other stakeholders to promote financing for sustainable energy and to develop alternative proposals for the future of the global economy based on environmental sustainability, democracy, and economic fairness. This grant will support policy research on global responses to the economic crisis and global climate change. This grant will also support coordination with other organizations in the U.S., Europe, and the developing world aimed at identifying policy alternatives and financing mechanisms that would reduce greenhouse gas emissions and promote low-carbon, sustainable development. Tags: Environment; Environment_International Finance for Sustainability Mott Foundation Awards a $100,000 Grant to Tides Center Recipient: Tides Center Location: 1013 Torney Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94129-1755 Recipient URL: www.tidescenter.org Grantmaker: Mott Foundation Grant Amount: $100,000 Grant Period: 04/01/09 - 03/31/10 Duration: 12 months Description: This grant will enable the Youth Development Institute, a program of the Tides Center, to develop and pilot a vocational pathway into work and further education for students who have dropped out of school with low academic levels. The Youth Development Institute is a New York-based entity that partners with community-based organizations, schools, colleges, and others to create programs that help young people transition into adulthood. Recommended support will enable the Youth Development Institute to undertake a research- focused effort that begins to lay the groundwork for the expansion of education and employment pathways where low-skilled youth can meet specific academic and credential requirements via participation in courses focused on workforce preparedness and post-secondary access. Tags: Pathways Out of Poverty; Improving Community Education Mott Foundation Awards a $330,000 Grant to Michigan Nonprofit Association Recipient: Michigan Nonprofit Association Location: 1048 Pierpont, Suite 3, Lansing, MI 48911-5976 Recipient URL: www.mnaonline.org Grantmaker: Mott Foundation Grant Amount: $330,000 Grant Period: 01/01/09 - 12/31/10 Duration: 24 months Description: This general purposes support to the Michigan Nonprofit Association will allow it to continue its mission to strengthen the nonprofit sector in Michigan and expand its work in the areas of accountability, governance, and transparency. In the past year, the association has offered events and trainings attended by thousands of individuals, increased capacity building support to Michigan nonprofits, and compiled research and information on the status and needs of the nonprofit sector in the state. During the grant period, the association will place special emphasis on public policy and advocacy work, including educating policymakers on critical issues impacting Michigan nonprofits, keeping the state's nonprofits informed of the issues that impact the sector, and providing tools to help nonprofits become more effective advocates. Tags: Civil Society; United States Mott Foundation Awards a $270,000 Grant to National Wildlife Federation Recipient: National Wildlife Federation Location: 11100 Wildlife Center Drive, Reston, VA 20190-5362 Recipient URL: www.nwf.org Grantmaker: Mott Foundation Grant Amount: $270,000 Grant Period: 06/01/09 - 05/31/11 Duration: 24 months Description: On December 8, 2008, after an eight-year process that started with negotiations, worked its way through the states and provinces, and was ratified by the U.S. Congress, the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact became law. This accomplishment is followed by a new challenge: ensuring this compact is implemented effectively in all the Great Lakes states. Renewed support will allow the National Wildlife Federation, a national conservation group with a strong presence in the Great Lakes basin, to continue its leadership role in the region. The federation will work with regional partners and key organizations in each Great Lakes state to ensure the compact is effectively implemented at the state and regional level. The federation will advance this goal by developing policy recommendations, providing scientific and legal support to decisionmakers and other nonprofit organizations, and leading public education and outreach efforts. Tags: Environment; Conservation of Freshwater Ecosystems in North America Mott Foundation Awards a $258,000 Grant to Southern Echo, Inc. Recipient: Southern Echo, Inc. Location: 1350 Livingston Lane, Suite C, Jackson, MS 39213-8017 Recipient URL: www.southernecho.org Grantmaker: Mott Foundation Grant Amount: $258,000 Grant Period: 04/01/09 - 03/31/10 Duration: 12 months Description: The Intermediary Support for Organizing Communities program provides seed grants and technical assistance to emerging community-based organizations serving low-income neighborhoods. The program is implemented through a foundation-sponsored network of community organizing intermediaries. This grant will enable Southern Echo to provide grants and technical assistance to community organizations in the Southeast region. Southern Echo has been an intermediary in the program since 1999, and is one of five intermediary organizations receiving grants as part of the 2009 Intermediary Support for Organizing Communities program. Tags: Pathways Out of Poverty; Building Organized Communities Mott Foundation Awards a $250,000 Grant to Pacific Environment Recipient: Pacific Environment Location: 251 Kearny Street, Suite 201, San Francisco, CA 94108-4530 Recipient URL: www.pacificenvironment.org Grantmaker: Mott Foundation Grant Amount: $250,000 Grant Period: 04/01/09 - 03/31/11 Duration: 24 months Description: Pacific Environment's Responsible Finance Campaign promotes environmental and social policies among public and private international finance institutions. The principal focus of its work is on the oil, gas, mining, and forestry investments made in the Pacific Rim region. Building on Pacific Environment's past successes in reforming international finance institutions, it will expand efforts to reform the policies and practices of key public and private international finance institutions over the next two years. Pacific Environment's work will have a global impact on social and environmental standards for large-scale extractive and energy projects while also creating precedent-setting policies to ensure that international financial institutions apply improved standards around the world. Tags: Environment; Environment_International Finance for Sustainability Mott Foundation Awards a $300,000 Grant to BoardSource Recipient: BoardSource Location: 1828 L Street NW, Suite 900, Washington, DC 20036-5114 Recipient URL: www.boardsource.org Grantmaker: Mott Foundation Grant Amount: $300,000 Grant Period: 01/01/09 - 12/31/10 Duration: 24 months Description: This grant provides continued support to BoardSource, an organization that provides governance training, information, and leadership opportunities to increase the effectiveness of the nation's 1.6 million nonprofit agencies. In 2009 and 2010, BoardSource will continue to provide governance expertise in the public policy and legislative arenas, consulting services, research-driven and practical publications and tools, and training to thousands of nonprofit boards throughout the country. In 2008, BoardSource developed a new strategic plan which centers on three priorities: 1) increasing the nonprofit sector's knowledge of good governance practices; 2) increasing the participation of targeted populations in nonprofit board service; and 3) enhancing the overall performance of nonprofit boards. Tags: Civil Society; United States Mott Foundation Awards a $300,000 Grant to World Resources Institute Recipient: World Resources Institute Location: 10 G Street NE, Suite 800, Washington, DC 20002-4252 Recipient URL: www.wri.org Grantmaker: Mott Foundation Grant Amount: $300,000 Grant Period: 01/01/09 - 12/31/10 Duration: 24 months Description: The International Financial Flows and the Environment project of the World Resources Institute provides important research and data to nongovernmental organizations and key public and private institutions on international financial flows and public policy options. The overarching goal of the project is to improve the social and environmental performance of public and private international financial institutions by holding them accountable to their investors and to the communities in which they invest. Over the next grant period, the project will continue its research and analysis work, concentrated on decisionmakers who set the policies and design the investment portfolios that shape global markets and affect the lives of millions. The project also will sustain the programmatic focus on climate change as well as the aspirations and rights of communities affected by development projects. In addition, there will be a focus on new investments in energy infrastructure by public and private international financial institutions and policy reforms at these institutions. Tags: Environment; Environment_International Finance for Sustainability Mott Foundation Awards a $75,000 Grant to Center for International Policy Recipient: Center for International Policy Location: 1717 Massachusetts NW, Suite 801, Washington, DC 20036-2000 Recipient URL: www.ciponline.org Grantmaker: Mott Foundation Grant Amount: $75,000 Grant Period: 06/01/09 - 05/31/10 Duration: 12 months Description: The Center for International Policy's Americas Program explores policy options for development and integration in the Americas that are grounded in the principles of environmental protection, sustainable and equitable economic development, multilateralism, and respect for human rights. By producing policy reports, issue briefs, commentary, and educational materials, the Americas Program offers credible and timely analysis to influence policymakers, contribute to public debates, and strengthen nongovernmental organizations' analysis in the Latin America region. This renewal grant will support continued research, analysis, translation, and distribution of publications to bring critical perspectives about social and environmental issues into ongoing negotiations on regional integration discussions and to policy debates about investments in energy and infrastructure in Latin America. Tag: Environment Mott Foundation Awards a $54,491 Grant to Flint Community Schools Recipient: Flint Community Schools Location: 923 E. Kearsley Street, Flint, MI 48503-1974 Recipient URL: www.flintschools.org Grantmaker: Mott Foundation Grant Amount: $54,491 Grant Period: 06/01/09 - 08/31/09 Duration: 3 months Description: This grant will support the Flint Community Schools' Summer Tot Lot Program, which is a preschool program for children aged 4-6 that provides at-risk youth with the academic and social skills necessary for future educational success. The program, created in 1955 as a component of the Flint Community Schools Community Education initiatives, will expand to address the academic, social, and nutrition/fitness development of children, as well as provide parenting support for their caregivers. Tags: Flint Area; Arts, Culture and Education Mott Foundation Awards a $150,000 Grant to Federation of Congregations United to Serve Recipient: Federation of Congregations United to Serve Location: 406 E. Amelia Street, Orlando, FL 32803-5316 Recipient URL: www.focusorlando.org Grantmaker: Mott Foundation Grant Amount: $150,000 Grant Period: 01/01/09 - 12/31/10 Duration: 24 months Description: Federation of Congregations United to Serve operates as both a local community organization in Orlando, Florida and as a network for other community organizations in Florida and Alabama affiliated with PICO National Network. These organizations are working effectively to build positive relationships between individuals and institutions to help solve problems associated with poverty and social isolation. General purposes funding will support the growth and development of this statewide network. Tags: Pathways Out of Poverty; Building Organized Communities Mott Foundation Awards a $100,000 Grant to Tiger Woods Foundation Recipient: Tiger Woods Foundation Location: 121 Innovation Drive, Suite 150, Irvine, CA 92617-3093 Recipient URL: www.twfound.org Grantmaker: Mott Foundation Grant Amount: $100,000 Grant Period: 05/01/09 - 10/31/10 Duration: 18 months Description: This grant will provide support to the Tiger Woods Foundation to expand its technical assistance efforts through the Tiger Woods Learning Center. The Tiger Woods Learning Center provides afterschool and summer programs focused on engaging and interactive learning opportunities related to career fields for middle and high school students. This grant will support the planning and implementation of a series of Career Conferences that incorporate hands-on activities and professionals from the field into sessions for students with a parallel set of workshops for parents and educators on career and college awareness. The Career Conference program will be piloted at the Tiger Woods Learning Center and include other Mott grantees as participants. Tags: Pathways Out of Poverty; Improving Community Education Mott Foundation Awards a $180,000 Grant to Balkan Community Initiatives Fund - Serbia Recipient: Balkan Community Initiatives Fund - Serbia Location: Gospodar Jevremova 45/III-811 000 Belgrade, Belgrade Recipient URL: www.bcif.org Grantmaker: Mott Foundation Grant Amount: $180,000 Grant Period: 08/01/09 - 07/31/11 Duration: 24 months Description: The program goal is to strengthen local-level democracy and civil society in Serbia by supporting the development of the Balkan Community Initiatives Fund - Serbia, an indigenous grantmaking organization that provides small grants to local nongovernmental organizations. Over the next two years, the fund will distribute $850,000 annually in grants to community-based nonprofits in Serbia, provide networking and training opportunities to these organizations, and promote philanthropy at local and national levels. In addition, the fund will build its organizational capacities and sustainability through improved monitoring and evaluation mechanisms and long-term financial planning. In 2007-2008, the fund made over 170 grants totaling approximately $1,350,000. The fund is a registered grantmaking organization in Serbia and works through a core staff based in Belgrade. In 2008, its field office in Montenegro became an independent foundation. Tags: Civil Society; Central/Eastern Europe and Asia Mott Foundation Awards a $150,000 Grant to City of Flint Recipient: City of Flint Location: 1101 S. Saginaw Street, Flint, MI 48502-1420 Recipient URL: www.ci.flint.mi.us Grantmaker: Mott Foundation Grant Amount: $150,000 Grant Period: 06/01/09 - 05/31/10 Duration: 12 months Description: This renewal grant will allow the city of Flint to replace the Flint Downtown Development Authority as manager of the security program in the central business district. The security program will include two dedicated police officers serving from 7:00 p.m. until 3:00 a.m. Monday through Saturday. There is currently one assigned officer serving the downtown during the day shift. Tags: Flint Area; Community Revitalization and Economic Development Mott Foundation Awards a $150,000 Grant to Michigan Environmental Council Recipient: Michigan Environmental Council Location: 119 Pere Marquette Drive, Suite 2A, Lansing, MI 48912-1270 Recipient URL: www.environmentalcouncil.org Grantmaker: Mott Foundation Grant Amount: $150,000 Grant Period: 04/01/09 - 12/31/10 Duration: 21 months Description: Michigan has much to gain from conserving and wisely managing its water resources, which help define the state and support its economy. The Great Lakes Compact and the new Michigan-specific programs implementing it are precedent-setting tools for better water management. The Michigan Environmental Council, which works to protect vital water resources around the state, provided strong leadership in the development phase of the compact and new state programs. With continued support from the Mott Foundation, the council will work to ensure that the state's new water programs are effectively implemented and that communities are fully engaged in the process of water management. Tags: Environment; Conservation of Freshwater Ecosystems in North America Mott Foundation Awards a $100,000 Grant to Pitseng Trust Recipient: Pitseng Trust Location: Norvic House, 7th Floor93 De Korte StreetBraamfontein 2001, Braamfontein, Gauteng Recipient URL: www.pitsengtrust.co.za Grantmaker: Mott Foundation Grant Amount: $100,000 Grant Period: 03/01/09 - 02/28/11 Duration: 24 months Description: The Pitseng Trust was established in 1998 by women in Johannesburg who were inspired by Mama Cash in the Netherlands and the Global Fund for Women. As a dedicated women's fund, the grantee's major goal is to support and build the capacity of local women's organizations, especially those working on income generation and economic development through grantmaking, training, and capacity building. Past successes include training and mentoring a group of women's groups through an initiative termed Nthweshe kego Rweshe Women's Initiatives and making grants to small community-based organizations. This grant will continue support for the Trust's operations helping it become a more effective women's grantmaking organization. Tags: Civil Society; South Africa Mott Foundation Awards a $85,000 Grant to University of Michigan-Flint Recipient: University of Michigan-Flint Location: 303 E. Kearsley Street, Flint, MI 48502-1950 Recipient URL: www.flint.umich.edu Grantmaker: Mott Foundation Grant Amount: $85,000 Grant Period: 03/01/09 - 02/28/11 Duration: 24 months Description: The Center for Applied Environmental Research at the University of Michigan-Flint provides administrative support and capacity-building services to the Flint River Corridor Alliance. The alliance engages partners from government, the private sector, the local community, and nonprofit groups in efforts to revitalize the Flint River and its neighboring communities. With Mott support, the center will provide data management, board development, fundraising and membership assistance, coordination activities, and community outreach services to the alliance to help it meet its goal of reinvigorating the natural and built environments along the Flint River. Tags: Environment; Conservation of Freshwater Ecosystems in North America Mott Foundation Awards a $100,000 Grant to American Youth Policy Forum Recipient: American Youth Policy Forum Location: 1836 Jefferson Place NW, Washington, DC 20036-2505 Recipient URL: www.aypf.org Grantmaker: Mott Foundation Grant Amount: $100,000 Grant Period: 07/01/09 - 06/30/11 Duration: 24 months Description: This grant will continue to increase awareness among key stakeholders about innovative policies, practices, and programs that support high-quality expanded learning opportunities and strategies that integrate afterschool with education reform particularly for older youth. Specifically, American Youth Policy Forum will conduct four forums and at least two webinars that will inform policymakers, researchers, and practitioners of the importance and role of expanded learning opportunities in creating an optimal education system for older youth. They will also continue dissemination of Learning Around the Clock: Benefits of Expanded Learning Opportunities for Older Youth, a research compendium of demonstrated expanded learning opportunities. Tags: Pathways Out of Poverty; Improving Community Education Mott Foundation Awards a $80,000 Grant to West Coast Community Foundation Recipient: West Coast Community Foundation Location: Geard Pharmacy Building, 69 Voortrekker Road, MalmesburyCape Town 7300, Cape Town, Western Cape Recipient URL: www.wccf.org.za Grantmaker: Mott Foundation Grant Amount: $80,000 Grant Period: 04/01/09 - 03/31/11 Duration: 24 months Description: The West Coast Community Foundation supports community development in the West Coast region of the Western Cape province through grants and by providing training and capacity building for community-based organizations. It serves one of the poorest and most under-resourced areas in the country. Recent efforts focused on strengthening staff, developing operational policies and procedures, conducting training workshops for local nonprofit service providers, grantmaking, and asset development planning. Future plans include partnering with local municipal governments to fund basic services, undertaking an evaluation, and asset development emphasizing increased outreach to the white Afrikaners in the area to build trust and support. Tags: Civil Society; South Africa Mott Foundation Awards a $80,000 Grant to Women's Hope, Education and Training (WHEAT) Trust Recipient: Women's Hope, Education and Training (WHEAT) Trust Location: No. 4 Devonshire Court20 Devonshire Road, WynbergCape Town 7800, Cape Town, Western Cape Recipient URL: www.wheattrust.co.za Grantmaker: Mott Foundation Grant Amount: $80,000 Grant Period: 03/01/09 - 02/28/11 Duration: 24 months Description: This grant will provide general support to the Women's Hope, Education and Training Trust. The trust was established by South African women to encourage a culture of giving and support local grassroots women's leadership development through information sharing and skills training. Past successes include providing technical support and building the capacity of grassroots women and women's organizations. The trust's flagship event, 1,000 Women Luncheon, is attracting a growing amount of corporate support and media attention. This and other awards ceremonies have proven to be good platforms to recognize, educate, and network grantees and donors. Work will continue to concentrate in Western Cape, Eastern Cape, and Kwazulu-Natal provinces. Tags: Civil Society; South Africa Mott Foundation Awards a $60,000 Grant to Philanthropy Roundtable Recipient: Philanthropy Roundtable Location: 1150 17th Street NW, Suite 503, Washington, DC 20036-4621 Recipient URL: www.philanthropyroundtable.org Grantmaker: Mott Foundation Grant Amount: $60,000 Grant Period: 01/01/09 - 12/31/10 Duration: 24 months Description: This grant provides continued general purposes support to the Philanthropy Roundtable, a national association of individual donors, foundations, donor advisors, and corporate-giving programs. The Roundtable works to foster excellence in philanthropy; protect philanthropic freedom; assist donors in achieving their philanthropic intent; and help donors advance liberty, opportunity, and personal responsibility in America and abroad. Significant accomplishments include convening numerous national conferences and regional meetings; publishing Philanthropy magazine and funder guidebooks; and creating Breakthrough Groups on the topics of K-12 education, conservation, and social equity. Grant funds will continue to support the aforementioned activities as well as the Alliance for Charitable Reform-a project dedicated to protecting the freedom and philosophical diversity of foundations. Tags: Civil Society; United States Mott Foundation Awards a $100,000 Grant to Independent Sector Recipient: Independent Sector Location: 1602 L Street NW, Suite 900, Washington, DC 20036-5602 Recipient URL: www.independentsector.org Grantmaker: Mott Foundation Grant Amount: $100,000 Grant Period: 01/01/09 - 12/31/09 Duration: 12 months Description: This grant provides partial support to Independent Sector for its 2009 Annual Conference. Independent Sector is a coalition of leading nonprofits, foundations, and corporations that aims to strengthen nonprofit initiative, philanthropy, and citizen action in the United States. In an effort to increase efficiency, Independent Sector will collaborate with the Council of Michigan Foundations-an association that serves grantmakers and advances giving in Michigan-to combine their 2009 annual conferences into one. The conference will bring together chief executive officers, trustees, senior-level professionals, and emerging leaders from approximately 500 local and national organizations to share their experiences, innovative approaches, and practical solutions to address the challenges of today. Tags: Civil Society; United States Mott Foundation Awards a $100,000 Grant to St. Louis Public Schools Recipient: St. Louis Public Schools Location: 801 N. 11th Street, St. Louis, MO 63101-1015 Recipient URL: www.slps.org Grantmaker: Mott Foundation Grant Amount: $100,000 Grant Period: 05/01/09 - 04/30/10 Duration: 12 months Description: This grant provides support to the St. Louis Public Schools for the implementation of full-service schools where community-based organizations and public and/or private entities collaborate with the school to provide students, families, and the community access to comprehensive services. Specifically, this grant will support professional development and self-assessment activities for district and community stakeholders designed to fully prepare them for complete full-service school implementation. Professional development sessions will be facilitated by nationally recognized consultants with expertise in the design and implementation of full-service schools. Tags: Pathways Out of Poverty; Improving Community Education Mott Foundation Awards a $100,000 Grant to Community Economic Development Association of Michigan Recipient: Community Economic Development Association of Michigan Location: 1000 S. Washington Avenue, Suite 101, Lansing, MI 48910-1647 Recipient URL: www.cedam.into Grantmaker: Mott Foundation Grant Amount: $100,000 Grant Period: 01/01/09 - 12/31/10 Duration: 24 months Description: This grant will support the Community Economic Development Association of Michigan's efforts to promote the development and sustainability of state and federal programs and policies that expand asset-building incentives and opportunities for low- and moderate-income families. Objectives for the two-year grant period include: 1) engaging new stakeholders to further asset-building goals; 2) educating policymakers about asset-building strategies and goals; and 3) working with state government and each department as it considers the programming implications that asset-building policy has for its investments and outcomes. The grantee is a Lansing-based nonprofit member organization dedicated to rebuilding neighborhoods and revitalizing communities throughout Michigan. This is one of nine grants aimed at building the capacity of state asset-building coalitions to effectively promote the development of state asset policies. Tags: Pathways Out of Poverty; Expanding Economic Opportunity Mott Foundation Awards a $750,000 Grant to Focus: HOPE Recipient: Focus: HOPE Location: 1355 Oakman Boulevard, Detroit, MI 48238-2849 Recipient URL: www.focushope.edu Grantmaker: Mott Foundation Grant Amount: $750,000 Grant Period: 01/01/09 - 12/31/09 Duration: 12 months Description: Focus: HOPE, celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2009, continues to provide a comprehensive array of workforce training, education, social supports, childcare, and food distribution services in Detroit. As with most organizations in Michigan, Focus: HOPE is facing the challenges of a declining manufacturing economy in southeast Michigan. This renewal grant will help to leverage the investments by other foundations, businesses, and public-sector supporters to sustain the organization. Tags: Pathways Out of Poverty; Expanding Economic Opportunity Mott Foundation Awards a $200,000 Grant to Friends of the Earth International Recipient: Friends of the Earth International Location: Nieuwe Looiersstraat 311017 VA Amsterdam, Amsterdam Recipient URL: www.foei.org Grantmaker: Mott Foundation Grant Amount: $200,000 Grant Period: 01/01/09 - 12/31/10 Duration: 24 months Description: Friends of the Earth International is a worldwide federation of 69 national environmental organizations, working collectively to address global environmental issues. This grant will provide continuing support for the Friends of the Earth International's work on international financial institutions. The focus of its work is the creation of a fair and equitable mechanism to provide financing for developing countries to address climate change-both mitigating impacts that can be avoided and adapting to impacts that cannot be avoided. Through this grant, Friends of the Earth International will ensure strong developing country coordination and participation by engaging the leaders of its member organizations in the development of policy change strategies; provide useful research and data; carry out training on climate finance issues; develop a targeted media program to complement international advocacy and research work; and provide support to its national groups through small grants. Tag: Environment Mott Foundation Awards a $96,000 Grant to Foundation-Administered Project Recipient: Foundation-Administered Project Location: 503 S. Saginaw Street, Suite 1200, Flint, MI 48502-1851 Recipient URL: www.mott.org Grantmaker: Mott Foundation Grant Amount: $96,000 Grant Period: 01/01/09 - 12/31/09 Duration: 12 months Description: Technical Assistance for Downtown Flint Revitalization Tags: Flint Area; Community Revitalization and Economic Development Mott Foundation Awards a $140,000 Grant to Research and Documentation Center Sarajevo Recipient: Research and Documentation Center Sarajevo Location: Kupreska 1771000 Sarajevo, Sarajevo Recipient URL: www.idc.org.ba Grantmaker: Mott Foundation Grant Amount: $140,000 Grant Period: 07/01/09 - 06/30/11 Duration: 24 months Description: The project goal is to support the organizational and programmatic development of a permanent institute for documentation and research of war crimes and human rights abuses in Bosnia-Herzegovina. The mission of the Research and Documentation Center Sarajevo is to investigate and gather facts, documentation, and data about war crimes and human rights abuses during the war in Bosnia. Over the past two years, the grantee has made substantial progress in building up its extensive archive of documentation; organizing, preserving, and making accessible this documentation for researchers, prosecutors, other nongovernmental organizations, victims and their families, and decision makers; and supporting efforts to raise public awareness about the past. The grantee is based in Sarajevo and has field offices in Brcko, Gorazde, and Srebrenica. Tags: Civil Society; Central/Eastern Europe and Asia Mott Foundation Awards a $50,000 Grant to Alliance of Religions and Conservation Recipient: Alliance of Religions and Conservation Location: The House, Kelston Park, Kelston Bath BA1 9AE, Manchester, England Recipient URL: www.arcworld.org Grantmaker: Mott Foundation Grant Amount: $50,000 Grant Period: 01/01/09 - 12/31/09 Duration: 12 months Description: This grant will provide support for a partnership between the Alliance of Religions and Conservation and the United Nations. Under the leadership of the Secretary-General, the United Nations has established a formal partnership with world faith groups to address issues of the environment and climate change. Bahai, Buddhist, Christian, Daoist, Muslim, Jewish, and Shinto faiths are engaged and creating long-term action plans, offering practical models of constructive engagement on the subjects of assets, education, pastoral care, lifestyles, media and advocacy, partnerships and eco-twinning, and celebration. In association with both the BBC World Service and Google, on November 4, 2009, faith communities around the world will announce their seven-year plans from sacred sites of specific significance to them. A series of films highlighting aspects of the seven key areas will be shown during the 24-hour launch event. A major conference will also take place at Windsor Castle or St. Paul's Cathedral in London. Tags: Exploratory and Special Projects; Special Projects Mott Foundation Awards a $100,000 Grant to South African Institute for Advancement Recipient: South African Institute for Advancement Location: Second Floor, Fairweather House 176 Sir Lowry Road, Woodstock Cape Town 7925, Cape Town, Western Cape Recipient URL: www.inyathelo.co.za Grantmaker: Mott Foundation Grant Amount: $100,000 Grant Period: 03/01/09 - 02/28/11 Duration: 24 months Description: The South African Institute for Advancement, also known as Inyathelo, was established in 2002 to promote philanthropy, leadership development, and resource development for the nonprofit sector in South Africa. Recent activities include facilitating workshops and training programs on fundraising for nonprofits, convening and mentoring donors, developing and distributing informational materials for donors and nonprofits, and introducing youth philanthropy activities. Future activities will focus on the philanthropic sector and nonprofit sustainability. Inyathelo will continue to expand its training programs to Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal provinces and will conduct 54 workshops, symposia, retreats, and other events in 2009 for the donor community and the nonprofit sector. Tags: Civil Society; South Africa Mott Foundation Awards a $40,000 Grant to Foundation-Administered Project Recipient: Foundation-Administered Project Location: 503 S. Saginaw Street, Suite 1200, Flint, MI 48502-1851 Recipient URL: www.mott.org Grantmaker: Mott Foundation Grant Amount: $40,000 Grant Period: 01/01/09 - 12/31/09 Duration: 12 months Description: Mexico Community Foundation Study Tags: Civil Society; Special Initiatives International Mott Foundation Awards a $225,000 Grant to Boston Private Industry Council Recipient: Boston Private Industry Council Location: 2 Oliver Street, Boston, MA 02109-4901 Recipient URL: www.bostonpic.org Grantmaker: Mott Foundation Grant Amount: $225,000 Grant Period: 05/01/09 - 04/30/11 Duration: 24 months Description: This grant will enable the Boston Private Industry Council to continue to convene and support a citywide partnership aimed at addressing and raising the visibility of the dropout crisis. Through this project, the Boston Private Industry Council has successfully led and convened the Boston Youth Transitions Taskforce in piloting specific programmatic interventions and advancing a policy agenda that strengthens districtwide efforts and increases resources and supports to improve outcomes for dropouts. During the next stage of this project, the Boston Private Industry Council, via its convening role of the Boston Youth Transitions Taskforce, will deepen its work and begin to identify ways to design, fund, build, and sustain a portfolio of new educational pathways and options that meet the demands and needs of dropouts. Tags: Pathways Out of Poverty; Improving Community Education Mott Foundation Awards a $200,000 Grant to American Federation of Teachers Educational Foundation Recipient: American Federation of Teachers Educational Foundation Location: 555 New Jersey Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20001-2029 Recipient URL: www.aft.org Grantmaker: Mott Foundation Grant Amount: $200,000 Grant Period: 07/01/09 - 06/30/11 Duration: 24 months Description: This grant will support the American Federation of Teachers Educational Foundation in its efforts to encourage the involvement of teachers in education reform processes. Specifically, this grant will provide support to the American Federation of Teachers Educational Foundation to launch an Innovation Fund that will provide financial and organizational resources for educator- and union-generated ideas that seek to both raise student achievement and build partnerships with administrators, parents, community, and business leaders. This project also directly supports Building Community Schools and Partnerships, one of three strategies the American Federation of Teachers is pursuing to improve public education. Tags: Pathways Out of Poverty; Improving Community Education Mott Foundation Awards a $150,775 Grant to American Youth Policy Forum Recipient: American Youth Policy Forum Location: 1836 Jefferson Place NW, Washington, DC 20036-2505 Recipient URL: www.aypf.org Grantmaker: Mott Foundation Grant Amount: $150,775 Grant Period: 04/01/09 - 03/31/11 Duration: 24 months Description: This grant will enable the American Youth Policy Forum to continue to bring more attention to the issues and challenges of dropouts and disconnected youth. During the most recent phase of this project, the American Youth Policy Forum facilitated a series of field trips for local and state leaders to communities implementing efforts to serve dropouts and disconnected youth, provided technical assistance to state and local leaders on expanding educational options for such youth, and worked with a broad range of groups in developing policy priorities and field-building activities that bring more attention to the needs of the target population. In the next phase of this effort, the American Youth Policy Forum will refocus its efforts and place particular emphasis on informing federal stakeholders of specific strategies that result in policy advances and improved opportunities for dropouts and disconnected youth. Tags: Pathways Out of Poverty; Improving Community Education Mott Foundation Awards a $260,000 Grant to Council on Foundations Recipient: Council on Foundations Location: 2121 Crystal Drive, Suite 700, Arlington, VA 22202-3706 Recipient URL: www.cof.org Grantmaker: Mott Foundation Grant Amount: $260,000 Grant Period: 01/01/09 - 12/31/09 Duration: 12 months Description: This grant provides renewal support to the Council on Foundations for the work of the Community Foundation Leadership Team. Over the past eight years, the team has aided the development of the community foundation field through establishing national standards, promoting best practices, developing and disseminating marketing tools, advocating for a supportive legal and regulatory environment, and conducting research and development on technology, accountability, and organizational and professional development. Through its Plan of Action 2007-2010, the team has focused on being a resource and catalyst for the creation, capture, and sharing of knowledge; on enhancing the practice of community leadership; on strengthening organizational effectiveness; and on ensuring that legislative and regulatory environments are supportive of community foundations. In 2009, main activities will include developing a knowledge system, promoting community leadership, launching the Community Foundations National Standards Board, and managing a grant program for collaborative, innovative projects. Tags: Civil Society; United States Mott Foundation Awards a $1,000,000 Grant to Center for Community Change Recipient: Center for Community Change Location: 1536 U Street, NW, Washington, DC 20009-3912 Recipient URL: www.communitychange.org Grantmaker: Mott Foundation Grant Amount: $1,000,000 Grant Period: 01/01/09 - 12/31/09 Duration: 12 months Description: The Center for Community Change was founded in 1968 and has been a Mott Foundation grantee since 1976. The Center for Community Change provides consultation, training, research, and technical assistance to help local residents develop the capacity to participate effectively in shaping the policy decisions that affect their families and communities. The organization's 40th Anniversary Challenge Campaign is designed to raise $15 million to support a venture fund for new opportunities, leadership development, and institutional support. Tags: Pathways Out of Poverty; Building Organized Communities Mott Foundation Awards a $320,000 Grant to Aspen Institute Recipient: Aspen Institute Location: One Dupont Circle NW, Suite 700, Washington, DC 20036-1133 Recipient URL: www.aspeninstitute.org Grantmaker: Mott Foundation Grant Amount: $320,000 Grant Period: 03/01/09 - 06/30/10 Duration: 16 months Description: The Sector Skills Academy, a project of the Aspen Institute, will expand the ranks of practitioners who are knowledgeable about sectoral employment strategies and want to become leaders in their field. Individuals from a variety of institutional settings will participate in this, its fifth class. The academy will draw upon the experiences of leading sectoral practitioners who have direct knowledge of a wide range of approaches to effecting change that will benefit low-income workers. Through a curriculum based on structured, experiential, and group learning, participants will gain the skills to lead the sector field as it expands in breadth, scope, and impact. Tags: Pathways Out of Poverty; Expanding Economic Opportunity Mott Foundation Awards a $300,000 Grant to Johns Hopkins University Recipient: Johns Hopkins University Location: Charles and 34th Streets, Baltimore, MD 21218-2680 Recipient URL: www.jhu.edu Grantmaker: Mott Foundation Grant Amount: $300,000 Grant Period: 06/01/09 - 05/31/11 Duration: 24 months Description: This grant will continue to support the National Center for Summer Learning at Johns Hopkins University to develop summer learning opportunities for young people by ensuring that summer learning is integrated into efforts to redesign systems of teaching and learning. This grant will allow the National Center for Summer Learning to provide technical assistance to communities with an interest and capacity for including summer as a stronger part of a comprehensive, 12-month vision for expanding learning opportunities for young people. To accomplish these objectives, the National Center for Summer Learning will engage school systems, the afterschool community, and municipal leadership in reinventing summer school, and will support the New Day for Learning demonstration sites and public awareness campaign. Tags: Pathways Out of Poverty; Improving Community Education Mott Foundation Awards a $300,000 Grant to National Youth Employment Coalition Recipient: National Youth Employment Coalition Location: 1836 Jefferson Place, NW, Washington, DC 20036-2505 Recipient URL: www.nyec.org Grantmaker: Mott Foundation Grant Amount: $300,000 Grant Period: 01/01/09 - 12/31/10 Duration: 24 months Description: This grant will enable the National Youth Employment Coalition to continue to work with states, local communities, and other leading groups in expanding education options for disconnected youth. Over the past two years, the National Youth Employment Coalition has engaged a subset of states and local communities in identifying and developing policies and practices that support educational pathways for students who are at risk or have already dropped out of school. During the next phase of this effort, the National Youth Employment Coalition will help build capacity at the local and state levels by serving as a technical resource provider to interested/targeted communities, develop a set of core policy principles on expanded options for disconnected youth, and inform the national policy discussion on the issues/needs of such youth. Tags: Pathways Out of Poverty; Improving Community Education Mott Foundation Awards a $265,000 Grant to Philadelphia Youth Network Recipient: Philadelphia Youth Network Location: 714 Market Street, Suite 304, Philadelphia, PA 19106-2327 Recipient URL: www.pyninc.org Grantmaker: Mott Foundation Grant Amount: $265,000 Grant Period: 04/01/09 - 03/31/11 Duration: 24 months Description: This grant will enable the Philadelphia Youth Network to continue to convene and support a citywide partnership aimed at addressing and raising the visibility of the dropout crisis. Through this project, the Philadelphia Youth Network has successfully led and convened the Philadelphia Youth Transitions Collaborative in piloting specific programmatic interventions and advancing a policy agenda that strengthens districtwide efforts and increases resources and supports to improve outcomes for dropouts. During the next stage of this project, the Philadelphia Youth Network, via its convening role of the Philadelphia Youth Transitions Collaborative, will deepen its work and begin to identify ways to design, fund, build, and sustain a portfolio of educational pathways and options that meet the demands and needs of dropouts. Tags: Pathways Out of Poverty; Improving Community Education Mott Foundation Awards a $217,000 Grant to UpLIFTD Recipient: UpLIFTD Location: 1979 Beaumont Drive, Baton Rouge, LA 70806-1410 Recipient URL: www.upliftd.org Grantmaker: Mott Foundation Grant Amount: $217,000 Grant Period: 01/01/09 - 12/31/09 Duration: 12 months Description: Years after hurricanes Katrina and Rita devastated Louisiana's Gulf Coast, the region is still trying to recover from the disaster. Despite a low unemployment rate, there are approximately 750,000 people who are employable, but are unable to find work. Alternative staffing organizations, which are temporary staffing firms owned and operated by community-based agencies, have the potential to bridge the gap between the needs of employers and employees. This grant will support the continued development of one of three alternative staffing organizations created to serve people with barriers to employment in the south Louisiana area. Tags: Pathways Out of Poverty; Expanding Economic Opportunity Mott Foundation Awards a $150,000 Grant to Options for Independence Recipient: Options for Independence Location: 761 W. Tunnel Boulevard, Suite D, Houma, LA 70360-5544 Recipient URL: www.optionsforindependence.com Grantmaker: Mott Foundation Grant Amount: $150,000 Grant Period: 01/01/09 - 12/31/09 Duration: 12 months Description: Years after hurricanes Katrina and Rita devastated Louisiana's Gulf Coast, the region is still trying to recover from the disaster. Despite a low unemployment rate, there are approximately 750,000 people who are employable, but are unable to find work. Alternative staffing organizations, which are temporary staffing firms owned and operated by community-based agencies, have the potential to bridge the gap between the needs of employers and employees. This grant will support the continued development of one of three alternative staffing organizations created to serve people with barriers to employment in the south Louisiana area. Tags: Pathways Out of Poverty; Expanding Economic Opportunity Mott Foundation Awards a $97,538 Grant to Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New Orleans Recipient: Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New Orleans Location: 1000 Howard Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70113-1916 Recipient URL: www.ccano.org Grantmaker: Mott Foundation Grant Amount: $97,538 Grant Period: 01/01/09 - 12/31/09 Duration: 12 months Description: Years after hurricanes Katrina and Rita devastated Louisiana's Gulf Coast, the region is still trying to recover from the disaster. Despite a low unemployment rate, there are approximately 750,000 people who are employable, but are unable to find work. Alternative staffing organizations, which are temporary staffing firms owned and operated by community-based agencies, have the potential to bridge the gap between the needs of employers and employees. This grant will support the continued development of one of three alternative staffing organizations created to serve people with barriers to employment in the south Louisiana area. Tags: Pathways Out of Poverty; Expanding Economic Opportunity Mott Foundation Awards a $775,000 Grant to Genesee Area Focus Fund Recipient: Genesee Area Focus Fund Location: 519 S. Saginaw Street, Suite 200, Flint, MI 48502-1802 Grantmaker: Mott Foundation Grant Amount: $775,000 Grant Period: 05/01/09 - 04/30/10 Duration: 12 months Description: This grant will enable the Genesee Area Focus Fund to continue to develop and implement summer and year-round programs that provide education and employment opportunities for Flint area youth. The Summer Youth Initiative provides funding to area nonprofits and for-profits to hire Genesee County teens, ages 14-18 and in grades 9-12, to work in their respective summer programs. The 2008 Summer Youth Initiative provided funding to 23 nonprofit agencies and local businesses to employ 375 teenagers. The goal for 2009 is to serve 400 teenagers in Genesee County. Tags: Flint Area; Special Initiatives Mott Foundation Awards a $300,000 Grant to Friends of the Earth Recipient: Friends of the Earth Location: 1717 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Suite 600, Washington, DC 20036-2002 Recipient URL: www.foe.org Grantmaker: Mott Foundation Grant Amount: $300,000 Grant Period: 04/01/09 - 03/31/11 Duration: 24 months Description: Friends of the Earth is the United States affiliate of an international network of environmental organizations in 70 countries. Through this project, Friends of the Earth works to effectively respond to the environmental and social impacts of international development finance and monitor climate change and energy-related financing to ensure that they safeguard the environment and benefit the poor. During this grant period, Friends of the Earth will monitor the policies and activities of key players in development finance, especially with respect to resource extraction projects around the world; advocate for responsible international climate-related financing and technology; and monitor the World Bank's climate change initiatives. Tag: Environment Mott Foundation Awards a $300,000 Grant to Ecoa - Ecology and Action Recipient: Ecoa - Ecology and Action Location: Rua 14 de julho, 3169Campo Grande / MS 79002-333, Campo Grande Recipient URL: www.riosvivos.org.br Grantmaker: Mott Foundation Grant Amount: $300,000 Grant Period: 01/01/09 - 12/31/10 Duration: 24 months Description: Ecoa - Ecology and Action works to protect the Pantanal and the Cerrado regions in the upper Paraná River basin, as well as the Amazon region in Brazil, and carries out projects that promote sustainable development. This grant renewal will allow Ecoa - Ecology and Action and its partners to continue to collaborate on research, advocacy, and information dissemination related to the environmental and social impacts of large-scale infrastructure projects (highways, dams, and waterways) in Brazil and Argentina and to participate in national and regional networks aimed at holding international financial institutions and private sector investors accountable to environmental norms. This grant renewal will also support continued research and analysis on standards and safeguards for biofuel development in Brazil, with a focus on protecting vulnerable wetlands in the Pantanal. Tag: Environment Mott Foundation Awards a $293,000 Grant to National Training and Information Center Recipient: National Training and Information Center Location: 810 N. Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago, IL 60622-4103 Recipient URL: www.ntic-us.org Grantmaker: Mott Foundation Grant Amount: $293,000 Grant Period: 06/01/09 - 05/31/10 Duration: 12 months Description: The Intermediary Support for Organizing Communities program provides seed grants and technical assistance to emerging community-based organizations serving low-income neighborhoods. The program is implemented through a Foundation-sponsored network of community organizing intermediaries. This grant will enable the National Training and Information Center to provide grants and technical assistance to community organizations in the Midwest region. The center has been an intermediary in the program since 1980, and is one of five intermediary organizations receiving grants as part of the 2009 Intermediary Support for Organizing Communities program. Tags: Pathways Out of Poverty; Building Organized Communities Mott Foundation Awards a $260,000 Grant to Network of European Foundations for Innovative Cooperation Recipient: Network of European Foundations for Innovative Cooperation Location: Résidence Palace, Block C, 4th Floor, Office 4221Rue de la Loi 1551040 Brussels, Brussels Recipient URL: www.nefic.org Grantmaker: Mott Foundation Grant Amount: $260,000 Grant Period: 01/01/09 - 12/31/09 Duration: 12 months Description: This grant supports the general purposes of the Network of European Foundations for Innovative Cooperation, a nonprofit membership association based in Brussels. Its goal is to strengthen philanthropic cooperation among foundations, associations, and other nongovernmental organizations in Europe. The network manages joint, donor-funded programs related to building social capital, citizens' rights, global governance, education, and culture. During 2008, the network supported a range of initiatives in which major European foundations collaborated on issues of youth empowerment, HIV/AIDS, citizen engagement, cultural policy development, integration and migration, religion and democracy, philanthropy development, and Europe's role on global social issues. The network has 13 members and engages many other foundations, public donors, and other types of philanthropic organizations in its projects. Tags: Civil Society; Special Initiatives International Mott Foundation Awards a $258,000 Grant to National Council of La Raza Recipient: National Council of La Raza Location: Raul Yzaguirre Building1126 16th Street NW, Washington, DC 20036-4802 Recipient URL: www.nclr.org Grantmaker: Mott Foundation Grant Amount: $258,000 Grant Period: 04/01/09 - 03/31/10 Duration: 12 months Description: The Intermediary Support for Organizing Communities program provides seed grants and technical assistance to emerging community-based organizations serving low-income neighborhoods. The program is implemented through a foundation-sponsored network of community organizing intermediaries. This grant will enable the National Council of La Raza to provide grants and technical assistance to community organizations in the southwest and western regions of the U.S. and in Puerto Rico. The council has been an intermediary in the program since 1981, and is one of five intermediary organizations receiving grants as part of the 2009 Intermediary Support for Organizing Communities program. Tags: Pathways Out of Poverty; Building Organized Communities Mott Foundation Awards a $258,000 Grant to Center for Community Change Recipient: Center for Community Change Location: 1536 U Street, NW, Washington, DC 20009-3912 Recipient URL: www.communitychange.org Grantmaker: Mott Foundation Grant Amount: $258,000 Grant Period: 04/01/09 - 03/31/10 Duration: 12 months Description: The Intermediary Support for Organizing Communities program provides seed grants and technical assistance to emerging community-based organizations serving low-income neighborhoods. The program is implemented through a foundation-sponsored network of community organizing intermediaries. This grant will enable the Center for Community Change to provide grants and technical assistance to community organizations primarily in the northwest and mid-Atlantic regions. The center has been an intermediary in the program since 1980, and is one of five intermediary organizations receiving grants as part of the 2009 Intermediary Support for Organizing Communities program. Tags: Pathways Out of Poverty; Building Organized Communities Mott Foundation Awards a $258,000 Grant to Community Training and Assistance Center Recipient: Community Training and Assistance Center Location: 30 Winter Street, Boston, MA 02108-4720 Recipient URL: www.ctacusa.com Grantmaker: Mott Foundation Grant Amount: $258,000 Grant Period: 05/01/09 - 04/30/10 Duration: 12 months Description: The Intermediary Support for Organizing Communities program provides seed grants and technical assistance to emerging community-based organizations serving low-income neighborhoods. The program is implemented through a foundation-sponsored network of community organizing intermediaries. This grant will enable the Community Training and Assistance Center to provide grants and technical assistance to community organizations in the Northeast region. The center has been an intermediary in the program since 1985, and is one of five intermediary organizations receiving grants as part of the 2009 Intermediary Support for Organizing Communities program. Tags: Pathways Out of Poverty; Building Organized Communities Mott Foundation Awards a $250,000 Grant to Aspen Institute Recipient: Aspen Institute Location: One Dupont Circle NW, Suite 700, Washington, DC 20036-1133 Recipient URL: www.aspeninstitute.org Grantmaker: Mott Foundation Grant Amount: $250,000 Grant Period: 03/01/09 - 02/28/10 Duration: 12 months Description: This grant supports the continuation of MicroTest, a grassroots effort to improve the quality of anti-poverty, microenterprise development programs in the United States, with 100 microenterprise program members. MicroTest was established by and for practitioners interested in documenting and strengthening the level of performance in the field. Initiated in 1997, it has become a proven process through which practitioners define, debate, test, and refine benchmarks based on actual experience serving low-income individuals. Tags: Pathways Out of Poverty; Special Initiatives Mott Foundation Awards a $250,000 Grant to National School Boards Association Recipient: National School Boards Association Location: 1680 Duke Street, Alexandria, VA 22314-3493 Recipient URL: www.nsba.org Grantmaker: Mott Foundation Grant Amount: $250,000 Grant Period: 06/01/09 - 05/31/11 Duration: 24 months Description: This grant will continue to support the efforts of the National School Boards Association to advance school leadership and policy development in support of afterschool opportunities for all students. Specifically, this project will continue building the capacity of school board leaders in playing a critical role in examining how students are educated and developing strategic plans with various stakeholders at the local, state, and national levels to create seamless learning opportunities for all students based on the needs of their respective districts and communities. To accomplish this, the National School Boards Association will raise awareness among school board members regarding how quality afterschool programs can help improve education, and build the capacity of state school boards associations to better support and promote extended learning opportunities. Tags: Pathways Out of Poverty; Improving Community Education Mott Foundation Awards a $300,000 Grant to Gamaliel Foundation Recipient: Gamaliel Foundation Location: 203 N. Wabash Avenue, Suite 808, Chicago, IL 60601-2411 Recipient URL: www.gamaliel.org Grantmaker: Mott Foundation Grant Amount: $300,000 Grant Period: 01/01/09 - 12/31/10 Duration: 24 months Description: This grant will provide general purposes support to the Gamaliel Foundation, a network of 63 community organizations in 19 states, as well as two projects in South Africa and one in Kenya. The organization provides local affiliates with a variety of resources including leadership training programs; staff recruitment, placement, and development; issue research; assistance with fundraising; and convening local groups to work on common issues. Tags: Pathways Out of Poverty; Building Organized Communities Mott Foundation Awards a $100,000 Grant to Open Society Foundation - Ukraine Recipient: Open Society Foundation - Ukraine Location: 19, 16-B Sagaydachnogo Street 04070 Kyiv, Kyiv Recipient URL: www.deputat.org.ua Grantmaker: Mott Foundation Grant Amount: $100,000 Grant Period: 01/01/09 - 12/31/10 Duration: 24 months Description: The program goal is to promote effective public oversight and participation in government decision making in Ukraine. The Open Society Foundation - Ukraine will regularly monitor and distribute findings about the performance of Ukrainian national legislative and executive authorities and political parties. The grantee will provide expertise and consulting support to regional partners focusing on local administrative and governance reform. It will also develop its own training capacity to educate local governments and nongovernmental organizations to introduce effective public participation mechanisms. During 2007-2008, the grantee refined a comprehensive methodology for monitoring Ukrainian political institutions. In addition, through a new Web site, a variety of regularly issued publications, and over one hundred print and broadcast media stories, the grantee's monitoring reports contributed to greater public awareness of the operations of the country's democratic institutions. Since 2001, the Open Society Foundation - Ukraine has promoted participatory democracy and an open society in Ukraine. Tags: Civil Society; Central/Eastern Europe and Asia Mott Foundation Awards a $50,000 Grant to Flint Institute of Music Recipient: Flint Institute of Music Location: Dort Music Center1025 E. Kearsley Street, Flint, MI 48503-1922 Recipient URL: www.FlintInstituteofMusic.org Grantmaker: Mott Foundation Grant Amount: $50,000 Grant Period: 05/01/09 - 09/30/09 Duration: 5 months Description: This grant will provide partial support to the Flint Institute of Music for its Music in the Parks concert series. The 2009 free summer concert series will include four performances at various parks in Flint and Genesee County. This year, the Flint Symphony Orchestra will perform at two concerts, including a downtown concert with the Motown group, The Contours. Concerts featuring gospel music and other local groups will also be held. Music in the Parks attracts a diverse audience by offering residents an opportunity to enjoy a wide variety of live musical performances in different locations throughout the community. Tags: Flint Area; Arts, Culture and Education Mott Foundation Awards a $80,000 Grant to Floyd McCree Theatre Recipient: Floyd McCree Theatre Location: 322 E. Hamilton Avenue, Flint, MI 48505-4680 Recipient URL: www.thenewmccreetheatre.com Grantmaker: Mott Foundation Grant Amount: $80,000 Grant Period: 05/01/09 - 04/30/10 Duration: 12 months Description: This grant will support a year-round fine arts program for Flint's inner-city youth. One of the goals of the Floyd McCree Theatre is to instruct African-American youth in the fine arts and provide a venue to display their talent. Despite bold efforts made by several community organizations, including the Flint Youth Theatre, there is still a need for more youth-centered urban arts. To address the lack of accessible fine arts education, the Floyd McCree Theatre will offer fine arts programming that will train students in drama, music, and dance. Tags: Flint Area; Arts, Culture and Education Mott Foundation Awards a $50,000 Grant to Cradock Masizame Community Development Centre Recipient: Cradock Masizame Community Development Centre Location: No. 1 Lamani Street, Lingelihle Corner Lamani and Ncaca Street Cradock 5881, Cradock, Eastern Cape Grantmaker: Mott Foundation Grant Amount: $50,000 Grant Period: 01/01/09 - 02/28/10 Duration: 14 months Description: The Cradock Masizame Community Development Centre was established to serve as a vehicle for development in the area of Cradock and surrounding towns in the Eastern Cape. Cradock is a small, rural town in the Eastern Cape that was in the forefront of the struggle against apartheid. Its fierce resistance led to it being targeted by the apartheid regime, with many atrocities committed against the black community. Through previous support, the Centre implemented a community healing and development process that sought to assist the community to overcome its violent past, facilitate intracommunity dialogue, and promote reconciliation. The programs involved a wide range of people within the community including the youth, teachers, women's groups, and church ministers. This grant will assist the Cradock Masizame Community Development Centre to continue with this work. Tags: Civil Society; South Africa Mott Foundation Awards a $200,000 Grant to Independent Sector Recipient: Independent Sector Location: 1602 L Street NW, Suite 900, Washington, DC 20036-5602 Recipient URL: www.independentsector.org Grantmaker: Mott Foundation Grant Amount: $200,000 Grant Period: 01/01/09 - 12/31/10 Duration: 24 months Description: This grant provides continued general purposes support to Independent Sector, a national membership organization of more than 600 foundations, corporations, and voluntary organizations dedicated to encouraging philanthropy, volunteering, and citizen action. For close to 30 years, Independent Sector has played a central role in providing the nonprofit community with a collective 'national voice' to policymakers, the media, and the public-at-large. As a result of its robust record of accomplishments and strong membership, Independent Sector has achieved leadership standing and is instrumental in shaping an environment conducive to nonprofit organizations' missions. During the grant period, Independent Sector's work will revolve around three main goals: (1) strengthening the nonprofit community's impact on public policy; (2) building a more effective, transparent, and accountable nonprofit community; and (3) promoting collaboration around overarching interests and issues. Tags: Civil Society; United States Mott Foundation Awards a $200,000 Grant to Brookings Institution Recipient: Brookings Institution Location: 1775 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20036-2103 Recipient URL: www.brookings.edu Grantmaker: Mott Foundation Grant Amount: $200,000 Grant Period: 07/01/09 - 06/30/11 Duration: 24 months Description: This grant provides ongoing support for the Budgeting for National Priorities project. The project seeks to convince political leaders in Washington and the general public of the need to restore fiscal discipline in ways that result in: a) an efficient and effective government whose benefits and costs are shared fairly; and b) a strong economy whose growth potential is enhanced by public and private investments. To accomplish these goals, the Brookings Institution conducts research, policy analyses, and outreach activities, all aimed at defining the magnitude of the federal deficit problem and producing policy solutions that will command the attention of federal policymakers. During the past four years, the project published a range of educational and policy products that received extensive attention by the media, policymakers, and other influential stakeholders. Located in Washington, DC, the Brookings Institution is widely recognized and valued as a nonpartisan, balanced source of policy research and analysis. Tags: Pathways Out of Poverty; Expanding Economic Opportunity Mott Foundation Awards a $190,000 Grant to Pacific Environment Recipient: Pacific Environment Location: 251 Kearny Street, Suite 201, San Francisco, CA 94108-4530 Recipient URL: www.pacificenvironment.org Grantmaker: Mott Foundation Grant Amount: $190,000 Grant Period: 04/01/09 - 03/31/11 Duration: 24 months Description: The program goal is to strengthen grassroots advocacy organizations in the Russian Far East and Siberia. This grant will continue support to Pacific Environment, a U.S.-based nonprofit organization that provides long-term technical assistance and training to a coalition of environmental organizations in this vast region. Pacific Environment will assist its Russian partners in their efforts to engage communities in monitoring and campaigning regarding major natural resource exploitation projects. It will facilitate joint advocacy campaigns, engaging international partners where appropriate. It will undertake intensive organizational development work with key partners, supporting these efforts through a grantmaking program. During the previous grant period, coalition partners successfully campaigned for closure of the single biggest source of pollution affecting Lake Baikal and also worked closely with Chinese counterparts to limit impacts of a new gas pipeline. Founded in 1987, Pacific Environment has over ten years' experience working with advocacy organizations in the Russian Far East and Siberia. Tags: Civil Society; Central/Eastern Europe and Asia Mott Foundation Awards a $120,000 Grant to Aspen Institute Recipient: Aspen Institute Location: One Dupont Circle NW, Suite 700, Washington, DC 20036-1133 Recipient URL: www.aspeninstitute.org Grantmaker: Mott Foundation Grant Amount: $120,000 Grant Period: 03/01/09 - 02/28/11 Duration: 24 months Description: This grant provides continued support for the Nonprofit Public Information Project of the Aspen Institute's Program on Philanthropy and Social Innovation. Until recently, this project had been implemented within the institute's Nonprofit Sector Research Fund, which Mott has supported to conduct nonprofit research since 1992. Over the past 18 months, Mott funds supported convenings of leading figures in the field of nonprofit research and data which resulted in a consensus to work with government to improve the quality, timeliness, accessibility, and efficiency of our nation's nonprofit data collection system. During the next two years, project activities will include monitoring new policies affecting the social sector to assess impact on nonprofit data, identifying social sector data gaps and needs, conducting research on the ways in which the federal government and the social sector can work together to improve nonprofit data, and activities aimed at deepening collaboration among the data groups themselves. Tags: Civil Society; United States Mott Foundation Awards a $110,000 Grant to Flint Area Congregations Together Recipient: Flint Area Congregations Together Location: 2415 Bagley Street, Flint, MI 48504-4613 Recipient URL: www.FlintFact.org Grantmaker: Mott Foundation Grant Amount: $110,000 Grant Period: 01/01/09 - 12/31/09 Duration: 12 months Description: Few regions in the U.S. have experienced the sustained economic trauma of Flint while simultaneously demonstrating a remarkable community resiliency. One expression of this resiliency is the commitment that faith-based institutions have made in responding to the multiple challenges facing families and neighborhoods. In 2006, clergy and lay leaders from seven different denominations founded and incorporated Flint Area Congregations Together as a vehicle to address issues of poverty, violence, inadequate education, blight, and other concerns facing Flint and the region. Flint Area Congregations Together is an affiliate of the PICO National Network. This general purposes grant will provide partial support as the organization pursues its goals and objectives. Tags: Flint Area; Special Initiatives Mott Foundation Awards a $100,000 Grant to Harvard University Recipient: Harvard University Location: Cambridge, MA 02138-3800 Recipient URL: www.harvard.edu Grantmaker: Mott Foundation Grant Amount: $100,000 Grant Period: 09/01/09 - 02/28/11 Duration: 18 months Description: Community organizing has emerged as a powerful force for the reform of public education in low-income communities. Over the past two decades, hundreds of organizing groups have worked to address the improvement of local schools, making significant impacts on improving policy and practice at the school, district, and state levels. While these accomplishments show the potential of the field, only recently are researchers developing a detailed understanding of the mechanisms through which education organizing accomplishes its goals. This research project will build on earlier research, including the Mott-funded eight site study of community-driven reform, with a focus on examining the processes critical to success or failure in education organizing. Tags: Pathways Out of Poverty; Improving Community Education Mott Foundation Awards a $100,000 Grant to City Year South Africa Recipient: City Year South Africa Location: 56 Main Street, Ground Floor, MarshalltownJohannesburg 2107, Johannesburg, Gauteng Recipient URL: www.cityyear.org Grantmaker: Mott Foundation Grant Amount: $100,000 Grant Period: 01/01/09 - 12/31/10 Duration: 24 months Description: This grant continues support to City Year South Africa, an organization that focuses on encouraging the national youth service movement by training young adults, ages 18-25, and providing them with service opportunities at schools and in their local communities. Upon completion of their ten-month program, participants are assisted with job placement, additional vocational training, and other educational opportunities. Achievements over the past year include graduating 356 participants, providing service to 4,400 children in after-school programs, engaging more than 9,600 children in other programs and activities, and completing 11 special service days in which community work projects were implemented. Future plans include diversifying the pool of applicants, increasing focus on literacy and personal development, improving service activities that concentrate on education and the environment, and developing a similar training and service program for younger, high school-age students. Tags: Civil Society; South Africa Mott Foundation Awards a $100,000 Grant to Council on Foundations Recipient: Council on Foundations Location: 2121 Crystal Drive, Suite 700, Arlington, VA 22202-3706 Recipient URL: www.cof.org Grantmaker: Mott Foundation Grant Amount: $100,000 Grant Period: 01/01/09 - 12/31/09 Duration: 12 months Description: This grant provides continued general purposes support to Council on Foundations, a national membership organization of private foundations, community foundations, and corporate funders. The Council is dedicated to promoting, strengthening, and enhancing services to support the field of philanthropy in both the United States and internationally. Since its establishment in 1958, the Council has served as a resource and advocate for philanthropic organizations throughout the country. The Council is recognized throughout the field as the voice of a broad spectrum of foundations. Tags: Civil Society; United States Mott Foundation Awards a $100,000 Grant to Association of Black Foundation Executives Recipient: Association of Black Foundation Executives Location: 55 Exchange Place, 5th Floor, New York, NY 10005-3301 Recipient URL: www.abfe.org Grantmaker: Mott Foundation Grant Amount: $100,000 Grant Period: 01/01/09 - 12/31/10 Duration: 24 months Description: This grant continues general purposes support to the Association of Black Foundation Executives, an organization whose members are staff or board members of corporate and foundation grantmaking organizations. Recent accomplishments include the promotion of fellowship program participants to leadership roles such as president and trustee; the release of two major research reports and a number of publications related to philanthropy in the black community; partnerships with other key identity-based affinity groups; and a significant increase in membership. Over the next two years, the association will continue its work to encourage increased funding of issues critical to the black community; conduct collaborative efforts with other philanthropic membership organizations; and promote the status, development, and number of black professionals in philanthropy. Tags: Civil Society; United States Mott Foundation Awards a $25,000 Grant to World Affairs Council of Northern California Recipient: World Affairs Council of Northern California Location: 312 Sutter Street, Suite 200, San Francisco, CA 94108-4311 Recipient URL: www.itsyourworld.org Grantmaker: Mott Foundation Grant Amount: $25,000 Grant Period: 01/01/09 - 12/31/09 Duration: 12 months Description: The Global Philanthropy Forum is a project of the World Affairs Council of Northern California. The forum's mission is to build a learning community of donors and social investors committed to international causes and to inform, enable, and enhance the strategic nature of their giving. At present, the forum is comprised of a network of over 750 donors and 60 members. Its feature activity is an annual conference, which last year attracted more than 500 participants and featured high-profile speakers such as Desmond Tutu, Mary Robinson, and Richard Branson. Other forum services include on-site and conference call programs, a summer seminar, online resources, and an ongoing service of donor-recipient matchmaking and strategic advice. In 2009, the forum will continue its services, seek to build and refresh a lasting learning community, and offer its members entry into a wide variety of opportunities provided by partners such as the Aspen Institute. Tags: Civil Society; Special Initiatives International Mott Foundation Awards a $10,000 Grant to Kettering University Recipient: Kettering University Location: 1700 W. Third Avenue, Flint, MI 48504-4898 Recipient URL: www.kettering.edu Grantmaker: Mott Foundation Grant Amount: $10,000 Grant Period: 03/01/09 - 12/31/09 Duration: 10 months Description: This grant will provide scholarships for eight students of Beecher High School, a Title I school with a free/reduced lunch rate of over 90 percent and a nearly entirely minority (African-American) student population. The scholarships will allow students to participate in Metal Muscle, Kettering University's FIRST Robotics team for the 2009 season. Tags: Flint Area; Arts, Culture and Education Mott Foundation Awards a $162,720 Grant to Goodwill Industries International, Inc. Recipient: Goodwill Industries International, Inc. Location: 15810 Indianola Drive, Rockville, MD 20855-2674 Recipient URL: www.goodwill.org Grantmaker: Mott Foundation Grant Amount: $162,720 Grant Period: 07/01/09 - 06/30/10 Duration: 12 months Description: Through its local and regional chapters, Goodwill Industries International, Inc. provides temporary staffing services to 14,600 people annually. The temporary staffing program is an integral component of Goodwill Industries International, Inc.'s mission of providing services to persons with disabilities or other disadvantaging conditions. This renewal grant will provide partial support for Goodwill Industries International, Inc. to create a national network to strengthen its staffing services for individuals with barriers to employment. Tags: Pathways Out of Poverty; Expanding Economic Opportunity Mott Foundation Awards a $150,274 Grant to Center for Financial Services Innovations Recipient: Center for Financial Services Innovations Location: 2230 S. Michigan Avenue, Suite 200, Chicago, IL 60616-4600 Recipient URL: www.cfsinnovation.com Grantmaker: Mott Foundation Grant Amount: $150,274 Grant Period: 03/01/09 - 08/31/10 Duration: 18 months Description: This recommendation will enable the Center for Financial Services Innovations to organize a research effort that identifies the key trends facing the financial services industry over the next seven-to-ten years, and interprets those trends for stakeholders in the asset-building field. The proposed study will provide the asset-building field the context it needs to be proactive in developing future directions that pave the way for saving, asset building, and financial prosperity for low- and moderate-income families. The grantee was founded in 2004 as a nonprofit affiliate of Chicago-based ShoreBank Corporation. Tags: Pathways Out of Poverty; Expanding Economic Opportunity Mott Foundation Awards a $125,000 Grant to Greater Flint Health Coalition Recipient: Greater Flint Health Coalition Location: Commerce Center 519 S. Saginaw Street, Suite 306, Flint, MI 48502-1815 Recipient URL: www.gfhc.org Grantmaker: Mott Foundation Grant Amount: $125,000 Grant Period: 01/01/09 - 12/31/09 Duration: 12 months Description: This renewal grant will provide partial funding to the Greater Flint Health Coalition to continue implementation of the Flint Healthcare Employment Opportunities Project. The purpose of the initiative is to create sustainable employment and promote career advancement for low-income Flint residents by working with health industry employers to restructure their hiring, retention, and promotional practices for healthcare employees. With this grant, the Flint Healthcare Employment Opportunities Project will continue to enroll new clients, provide career paths for existing clients, and participate in regional economic development initiatives. Tags: Flint Area; Community Revitalization and Economic Development Mott Foundation Awards a $110,000 Grant to State of Michigan Recipient: State of Michigan Location: 300 S. Capitol Avenue, Lansing, MI 48933-2002 Recipient URL: www.michigan.gov Grantmaker: Mott Foundation Grant Amount: $110,000 Grant Period: 01/01/09 - 12/31/09 Duration: 12 months Description: Office of Foundation Liaison Tags: Civil Society; United States Mott Foundation Awards a $70,000 Grant to Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Serbia Recipient: Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Serbia Location: Rige od Fere St. #20, Apt. 1111000 Belgrade, Belgrade Recipient URL: www.helsinki.org.yu Grantmaker: Mott Foundation Grant Amount: $70,000 Grant Period: 04/01/09 - 03/31/11 Duration: 24 months Description: The project goal is to strengthen the capacities of three leading nongovernmental organizations in Serbia whose work is fundamental to the country's process of dealing with the recent past and ongoing European integration. The three organizations-the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Serbia, the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights, and Pescanik-are established human rights organizations that have track records of accomplishments achieved under very difficult external circumstances over the past decade in Serbia. With the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Serbia taking the lead, these groups will work with a nonprofit management consulting firm to design and implement a set of organizational and programmatic capacity-building activities. Additionally, during the grant period the grantee and its partners will develop concrete, joint initiatives that draw on each other's expertise and advance each organization's mission. The grantee is based in Belgrade, Serbia. Tags: Civil Society; Central/Eastern Europe and Asia Mott Foundation Awards a $55,000 Grant to Coalition for Promotion and Protection of Human Rights Recipient: Coalition for Promotion and Protection of Human Rights Location: Gornjodravska 8131 000 Osijek, Osijek Recipient URL: www.lsc.hr Grantmaker: Mott Foundation Grant Amount: $55,000 Grant Period: 01/01/09 - 12/31/10 Duration: 24 months Description: This grant supports the development of a vibrant and important network of nine human rights organizations in Croatia, called the Coalition for Promotion and Protection of Human Rights. During the grant period, the coalition will monitor and report on the implementation of rights protection mechanisms; educate and raise awareness of the public on the importance of respecting human rights; and build the capacity of coalition members and other nonprofits involved in the protection of human rights in Croatia. In 2007-2008 the coalition continued advocacy initiatives aimed at improving the availability of free legal services for indigent people in Croatia, monitored and issued reports on minority rights protection, strengthened cooperation with relevant Croatian government bodies, and launched its Web site. The coalition has a small staff based in Osijek, Croatia, and is well networked with other nonprofits nationally and internationally. Tags: Civil Society; Central/Eastern Europe and Asia Mott Foundation Awards a $25,000 Grant to Hispanics in Philanthropy Recipient: Hispanics in Philanthropy Location: 200 Pine Street, Suite 700, San Francisco, CA 94104-2707 Recipient URL: www.hiponline.org Grantmaker: Mott Foundation Grant Amount: $25,000 Grant Period: 04/01/09 - 12/31/09 Duration: 9 months Description: Hispanics in Philanthropy works to diversify the field of philanthropy, improve Latino communities, and engage institutional funders and individual donors in strategic philanthropy. In honor of its 25th anniversary, Hispanics in Philanthropy has launched an initiative focused on its own institutional capacity and sustainability. This grant will enable Hispanics in Philanthropy to hire a consultant to conduct an organizational assessment as well as an in-depth analysis of its main grantmaking model-the Funders' Collaborative for Strong Latino Communities. Tags: Civil Society; United States Mott Foundation Awards a $7,831 Grant to Michigan State Police Recipient: Michigan State Police Location: 714 S. Harrison Road, East Lansing, MI 48823-5143 Recipient URL: www.michigan.gov/msp Grantmaker: Mott Foundation Grant Amount: $7,831 Grant Period: 03/01/09 - 08/31/09 Duration: 6 months Description: This grant supports the Michigan Youth Leadership Academy in Flint. This program, operated by the Michigan State Police, is a one-week camp where disadvantaged African-American students attend classes at the Michigan State Police Training Academy. The training is designed to foster respect, responsibility and trust, and it establishes mutually beneficial relationships between students and law enforcement officers. The Michigan State Police currently offers these trainings in each of Michigan's eight cities of promise. Tags: Flint Area; Special Initiatives Mott Foundation Awards a $150,000 Grant to Asia Society Recipient: Asia Society Location: 725 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10021-5088 Recipient URL: www.asiasociety.org Grantmaker: Mott Foundation Grant Amount: $150,000 Grant Period: 05/01/09 - 04/30/10 Duration: 12 months Description: This renewal grant will continue to support Asia Society in its efforts to raise awareness, build capacity, and stimulate new opportunities to integrate global literacy into afterschool initiatives. Asia Society will work closely with leading states and consultants to develop tools, materials, and training opportunities to add to the afterschool field. Specifically this project will foster working partnerships among states with strong afterschool networks and professional development models, and strengthen school and afterschool connections by bringing state afterschool teams together with state education policymakers and school practitioners for the Partnership for Global Learning conference. Tags: Pathways Out of Poverty; Improving Community Education Mott Foundation Awards a $75,000 Grant to Ukrainian Philanthropists Forum Recipient: Ukrainian Philanthropists Forum Location: 18, Illinska str., office 1 04070 Kyiv, Kyiv Recipient URL: www.ufb.org.ua Grantmaker: Mott Foundation Grant Amount: $75,000 Grant Period: 01/01/09 - 12/31/10 Duration: 24 months Description: The program goal is to strengthen organized philanthropy in Ukraine. To this end, this grant will assist the Ukrainian Philanthropists Forum to improve services for members, provide professional support to the wider philanthropic community, and raise the profile of philanthropy in Ukraine. The grantee will stage a variety of topical conferences and workshops for both members and a wider audience. An information and consulting center will be established to address professional development needs of philanthropic institutions. A new Web portal and a variety of publications will be used to communicate to the public about philanthropic trends. In 2007-2008, the grantee organized conferences on corporate social responsibility, community foundations, and standards in philanthropy. It co-organized the 'Philanthropist of the Year' competition and published exclusive reports on charitable institutions broadly and corporate philanthropy specifically. Formally registered in 2005, the Ukrainian Philanthropists Forum is an association of local and international donors which promotes responsible and effective philanthropy for the development of Ukrainian society. Tags: Civil Society; Central/Eastern Europe and Asia Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Next |
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