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2009 Annual Report

About the Artist

David Hlongwane, 44, began his formal training as an artist in 1986 in South
Africa. He twice studied in Perugia, Italy, completing a diploma in fine arts at
the Academia di Belle Arti in 1991. His mediums include drawing, painting,
sculpture and printmaking.
He has worked as a graphic designer, facilitated art classes for women as well as
for incarcerated young people, and has been an exhibition curator at the Robben
Island Museum. He has won several awards for his painted murals, and his work
has been exhibited in a number of galleries and prominent institutions.
David, a resident of Khayelitsha, a township on the outskirts of Cape Town,
is married and has three children. More of his work can be viewed at
www.rosekorberart.com.

Artist’s Statement

Toward a new dawn
A family (father, mother and child) stand with their backs to the viewer, with
arms up in celebration, looking toward the light and a new dawn. The shadows
they cast are behind them, part of the past, while they look ahead to the future.
Even the trees that connect the figures are signs of hope and growth. On the top
left, people live in shacks while hoping that the structures will turn into proper
houses. In the meantime, a large piece of wood, with a stone on top, helps to keep
the shack from blowing away.

Table of COntents

Our Founder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Our Values, Our Code of Ethics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Program Snapshot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Annual Message: Sharing voices from South Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Special Section: Blinded by pessimism, or seeing possibilities . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Despite challenges, civic groups can help strengthen democracy . . . . . . . . . 12
Healing old wounds requires facing the past . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
NGOs must be eyes, ears and voices of the people . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Can civil society sustain gains from the games? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Will South Africa’s leaders rise to the nation’s challenges? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
It’s possible to be a realist and an optimist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
NGOs must safeguard their sovereignty, independence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Civil society can be a powerful force for change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Now is a good time for stocktaking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Programs & Grants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Civil Society . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Flint Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Pathways Out of Poverty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Exploratory & Special Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Employee/Trustee Matching and Trustee-Initiated Grants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Finance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Trustees & Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Board and Committees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Officers and Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

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“… e very man is in Our FOunder
partnership with
the rest of the “It seems to me that every person, always, is in a kind of informal partnership with
human race in the his community. His own success is dependent to a large degree on that community,
eternal conquest and the community, after all, is the sum total of the individuals who make it up.
which we call The institutions of a community, in turn, are the means by which those individuals
civilization.” express their faith, their ideals and their concern for fellow men ….

“So broad and so deep are the objectives of the Mott Foundation that they touch
almost every aspect of living, increasing the capacity for accomplishment, the
appreciation of values and the understanding of the forces that make up the world
we live in. In this sense, it may truly be called a Foundation for Living — with
the ultimate aim of developing greater understanding among men.

“We recognize that our obligation to fellow men does not stop at the boundaries of
the community. In an even larger sense, every man is in partnership with the rest
of the human race in the eternal conquest which we call civilization.”

Charles Stewart Mott (1875-1973), who established this Foundation in
1926, was deeply concerned from his earliest years in Flint, Michigan, with
the welfare of his adopted community.

Soon after he had become one of the city’s leading industrialists, this
General Motors pioneer found a practical and successful way to express his
interest. He served three terms as mayor (in 1912, 1913 and 1918) during a
period when the swiftly growing city was beset with problems, with 40,000
people sharing facilities adequate for only 10,000.

As a private citizen, he started a medical and dental clinic for children and
helped establish the YMCA and the Boy Scouts, along with the Whaley
Children’s Center, in Flint.

Nine years after the Foundation was incorporated for philanthropic,
charitable and educational purposes, it became a major factor in the life
of Flint through organized schoolground recreational activities, which
developed into the nationwide community school/education program.

From this start, the Foundation’s major concern has been the well-being of
the community, including the individual, the family, the neighborhood and
the systems of government. This interest has continued to find expression in
Flint and also has taken the Foundation far beyond its home city.

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OUR VALUES

Charles Stewart Mott’s central belief in the partnership of humanity was the basis upon which
the Foundation was established. While this remains the guiding principle of its grantmaking, the
Foundation has refined and broadened its grantmaking over time to reflect changing national and
world conditions.

Through its programs of Civil Society, Environment, Flint Area and Pathways Out of Poverty,
and their more specific program areas, the Foundation seeks to fulfill its mission of supporting
efforts that promote a just, equitable and sustainable society.

Inherent in all grantmaking is the desire to enhance the capacity of individuals, families or
institutions at the local level and beyond. The Foundation hopes that its collective work in any
program area will lead toward systemic change.

Fundamental to all Mott grantmaking are certain values:
• Nurturing strong, self-reliant individuals with expanded capacity for accomplishment;
• Learning how people can live together to create a sense of community, whether at the

neighborhood level or as a global society;
• Building strong communities through collaboration to provide a basis for positive change;
• Encouraging responsible citizen participation to help foster social cohesion;
• Promoting the social, economic and political empowerment of all individuals and

communities to preserve fundamental democratic principles and rights;
• Developing leadership to build upon the needs and values of people and to inspire the

aspirations and potential of others; and
• Respecting the diversity of life to maintain a sustainable human and physical environment.

OUR CODE OF ETHICS
Respect for the communities we work with and serve;
Integrity in our actions;
Responsibility for our decisions and their consequences.
• W e are committed to act honestly, truthfully and with integrity in all our transactions and

dealings.
• W e are committed to avoid conflicts of interest and to the appropriate handling of actual or

apparent conflicts of interest in our relationships.
• We are committed to treat our grantees fairly and to treat every individual with dignity and

respect.
• We are committed to treat our employees with respect, fairness and good faith and to provide

conditions of employment that safeguard their rights and welfare.
• We are committed to be a good corporate citizen and to comply with both the spirit and the

letter of the law.
• W e are committed to act responsibly toward the communities in which we work and for the

benefit of the communities which we serve.
• W e are committed to be responsible, transparent and accountable for all of our actions.
• We are committed to improve the accountability, transparency, ethical conduct and effectiveness

of the nonprofit field.

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Program Snapshot

Vision: The Charles Stewart Mott Foundation affirms its founder’s vision of a world
in which each of us is in partnership with the rest of the human race — where
each individual’s quality of life is connected to the well-being of the community,
both locally and globally. We pursue this vision through creative grantmaking,
thoughtful communication and other activities that enhance community in its
many forms. The same vision of shared learning shapes our internal culture as we
strive to maintain an ethic of respect, integrity and responsibility. The Foundation
seeks to strengthen, in people and their organizations, what Mr. Mott called “the
capacity for accomplishment.”

Civil Society Pathways out of poverty

M i s s i o n : To support efforts to assist in democratic M i s s i o n : To identify, test and help sustain pathways out
institution building, strengthen communities, promote equitable of poverty for low-income people and communities.
access to resources, and ensure respect of rights and diversity. Program Areas
Program Areas • Improving Community Education
• Central/Eastern Europe and Russia • Expanding Economic Opportunity
• South Africa • Building Organized Communities
• United States • Special Initiatives
• Special Initiatives — International
Exploratory & Special Projects
Environment
M i s s i o n : To support unusual or unique opportunities
M i s s i o n : To support the efforts of an engaged citizenry addressing significant national and international problems.
working to create accountable and responsive institutions, sound (Proposals are by invitation only; unsolicited proposals are
public policies, and appropriate models of development that discouraged.)
protect the diversity and integrity of selected ecosystems in North Program Areas
America and around the world. • Historically and Predominantly Black Colleges
Program Areas
• C onservation of Freshwater Ecosystems and Universities
• Special Projects
in North America
• International Finance for Sustainability
• Special Initiatives

Flint Area

M i s s i o n : To foster a well-functioning, connected
community that is capable of meeting the economic, social and
racial challenges ahead.
Program Areas
• Arts, Culture and Education
• C ommunity Revitalization and Economic Development
• Special Initiatives

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Annual Message

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Annual Message

“All people have a story to tell.
And every story needs a listener.”

Father Michael Lapsley
Institute for Healing of Memories

Sharing voices from South Africa

People are constantly telling me that print annual
reports are fast becoming relics in the publishing
world. I don’t really need the reminder. I know there
is a growing trend for foundations to forgo printed annual
reports and instead use their Web sites to share their financial
statements, auditors’ report, grant listing and other essentials
that, when made available annually, provide foundations with
important public accountability. In fact, some of my staff
tried to convince me to dispense with a printed version of
this annual report.

But then something interesting happened: The “old world”
of print met the “new age” of social media and an unusual —
and we hope engaging — 2009 Annual Report was born.

The meeting occurred in midyear 2010. Because we
operate on a calendar year and invest in some complex
instruments, our auditors were still preparing our 2009 audit
in summer 2010 and our annual report was still in the early
to middle stages of production.

At the same time, our communications department
had seized on the 2010 World Cup being played in South
Africa to shine a spotlight on some of our grantees who
are working there to build civil society. For the monthlong

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soccer tournament, the Foundation provided an elections than to invite those working in the civil
online forum — a blog, if you will — to allow society sector to share their perspectives?
key nonprofit leaders and staff to share reflections
about their work, their challenges and their hopes From mid-June to mid-July, a fresh essay
for their country. was posted each weekday on Beyond the Games:
Reflections from South Africa during the World
That forum offered the perfect opportunity to Cup.” By the time the final horns sounded and
introduce serious sports fans, as well as the mere the last cheers faded on July 11, we had posted a
curious, to a side of South Africa they likely would diverse and thought-provoking set of essays about
not see as part of the typical World Cup coverage what excites, frustrates and inspires South Africa’s
— a close-up view of the civil society sector as non-governmental organization (NGO) leaders.
experienced by some of our grantees.
Given the depth and breadth of that material
Our grantmaking in South Africa dates back to and the personal nature of some essays, it seemed
1988, when we made our first exploratory grant to only natural to broaden their readership and
help grassroots nonprofit employees upgrade their elevate their visibility by making voices from
skills and earn certificates in adult education and South Africa a theme for our 2009 Annual Report.
community development. By 1993, we had opened
an office in Johannesburg, our first office outside We were compelled, too, by the idea that no
the U.S., which continues to operate today. matter where we operate — whether in Flint,
Michigan; elsewhere in the U.S.; in Russia or
Through the years, the Foundation has one of the newly independent states; in South
made grants totaling more than $69 million Africa or in other places around the globe —
to nonprofit organizations operating in there is something important that we can do as
South Africa to develop and strengthen the a foundation: listen to our grantees and to the
country’s nonprofit sector. The ultimate goal people “on the ground” and then help extend
of this grantmaking is to increase and improve their voices in various ways, including in an
ways for ordinary people to participate in the annual report.
decisionmaking processes of a democratic society.
So with that as backdrop, we selected three of
What better way, then, to learn about both the the 19 essays we had in hand (not an easy task, I
successes and challenges facing South Africans might add), and then expanded on their richness
some 16 years after their first fully democratic by asking a few additional writers (all affiliated

No matter where we operate … there is something important that we
can do as a foundation: listen to our grantees and to the people on the
ground and then help extend their voices ….

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After all, the idea that we must work together, muster our courage and
move boldly forward if we are to overcome daunting challenges is a
theme that people everywhere surely can relate to.

with organizations that are current or former Amanda Cooper, exhibition coordinator at
grantees) to submit brief essays. the Cape Town Holocaust Centre, and by far the
youngest of the group at age 33;
In all, we present in this report nine essays
from writers who are diverse in terms of age, Nomvula Dlamini, a senior staff member
experience, gender and race. Together, we believe at the Community Development Resources
these essayists present, if not a comprehensive Association, with more than 15 years of experience
picture of the nonprofit sector in South Africa, at in nonprofit organizational development;
least a realistic one. The writers are:
Marcella Naidoo, national director of Black
Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, whom Sash Trust, a human rights organization with a
we knew for a number of years prior to his visit to 55-year history of working in South Africa; and
our hometown of Flint in 2004, and who recently
announced his retirement from public life by the Tinyiko Sam Maluleke, executive director
end of this year; of research at the University of South Africa
and president of the South African Council
Father Michael Lapsley, director of the of Churches.
Institute for Healing of Memories, which was
created to help individuals and communities As interesting and informative as these essays
affected by political conflict and violence during are, printing them didn’t seem sufficient in
apartheid to heal and move forward with their lives; this multimedia age. Therefore, we recorded a few
of the writers reading their essays and are making
Ela Gandhi, executive director of Satyagraha those available on our Web site. We hope that
— In Pursuit of Truth, an organization that by hearing a few of the essays read, listeners will
works to bridge divisions in housing, employment be moved to go back and read all of the essays
and education in South Africa; posted during the summer, which remain online
at: blog.mott.org.
Charles Villa-Vicencio, founder of the
Institute for Justice and Reconciliation and its At the same time, we could think of no better
former executive director; way to amplify the voices of our annual report
essayists than to ask a South African artist to
Kwandiwe Kondlo, a professor at the create our cover illustration. (More about this
University of the Free State and former director talented artist, David Hlongwane, who resides in
of the governance unit at the Human Sciences
Research Council;

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Khayelitsha, an informal settlement outside In the end, it was the universality of the
Cape Town, can be found on the inside cover expressed themes that convinced us we should find
of this publication.) a way to share them in our annual report. After
all, the idea that we must work together, muster
What impressed us as we reflected both on our courage and move boldly forward if we are
the essays written during the World Cup, as to overcome daunting challenges is a theme that
well as those we newly solicited, was how often people everywhere surely can relate to. Indeed,
the writers struck similar themes. Many writers that kind of firm determination is exactly what
described the need to be tenacious and resilient will be required in coastal Louisiana for months to
in the face of disappointment and hardship. They come as the oil spill cleanup continues, as well as
insisted that cooperation among all in society is among those who have been hard hit by the global
not just important, it is vital to the very future economic crisis and the resulting uncertainties
of their country. They wrote about how strong that continue to plague us all as a result.
communities can accomplish dramatic change.
Frequently they expressed confidence that So, as you read these essays, we hope you find
“together we can do it!” And many emphasized yourself not only enlightened about life in South
that NGOs can be a fierce force for creating Africa and informed about the role civil society is
civil society. playing there, but also uplifted by the notion that
“seeing possibilities” is a choice each of us can make.
Amanda Cooper made the keen observation
that NGOs “need to play the role of mentor and Governance and Administration
cajoler and be a mirror to reflect the need for In 2009, we realized a slight increase in assets,
change,” and then added: “NGOs need to be the which reached $2.08 billion on December
ultimate optimists — the ones bridging cultural 31, 2009, compared with $1.93 billion the
and society chasms, celebrating rich diversity previous year. On the following page, we have
and the value of every life.” included a chart labeled “Total assets at market
value & 2009 dollars,” which tracks our asset
Yet another writer pointed out that when performance since 1963.
confronted by a serious challenge, people
face a choice between being blinded by pessimism On January 1, 2010, two members were
or seeing possibilities — a chord that resonated added to the Foundation’s Board of Trustees,
with us so much, we selected it as the title of bringing the total number to 15. They are:
this report. Frederick S. (Fritz) Kirkpatrick, who recently
retired as vice chairman and chief executive
And finally, the essays conveyed a deep sense officer of the MFO Management Company in
that one must find a way to become emboldened Flint; and Charlie Nelms, chancellor of North
— not embittered — by setbacks and seeming Carolina Central University in Durham.
defeats.

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Total assets at market value & 2009 dollars memory, especially his ability to provide detail
and analysis of decades of grantmaking. He is
(in millions) succeeded by Mary Gailbreath, a CPA who joined
our Grants Administration team in 2002 after a
$4,000 16-year accounting and management career in the
private sector.
$3,500
Marilyn actually led our communications
$2,561,260,789 department twice in her career, first from 1978
to 1983 and then again from 1999 until her
$3,000 retirement. Her second stint occurred during
a period of dramatic, fast-paced change in the
$2,500 communications field, and Marilyn ably led the
Foundation into the new social networking era.
$2,000 $2,079,880,427
$1,500 With her retirement, the baton was passed
to Carol D. Rugg, a longtime member of
$1,000 the communications department, who most
recently completed a 10-year assignment as a
$500 $365,382,658 loaned executive directing the communications
efforts of a research program housed at the
$0 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2009 Aspen Institute.
1963
John began his Mott career in 1984 as
Total assets Total assets in 2009 dollars an accounting assistant. But before long, the
computer age was upon us and John helped
Charlie, who served on the Foundation’s the Foundation venture into new territory and
Board of Trustees in 2008, was chancellor at the embrace new technologies.
University of Michigan-Flint from 1994 through
1998. Both men bring a wealth of knowledge and We wish Jim, Marilyn and John many long
experience to their roles as Trustees, as well as and happy years of retirement.
keen familiarity with our home community and
our Foundation. William S. White
President
We also have bid farewell to three long-time
employees. In January 2010, Jim Krause, who
served as Director of Grants Administration and
Assistant Treasurer, and Marilyn Stein LeFeber,
our Vice President of Communications, retired.
John Brown retired from our Information
Services department in July 2010.

Jim, who concluded a 31-year career with the
Foundation, was legendary for his institutional

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Special Section

BlindED by Pessimism
or SeeIng Possibilities

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Despite challenges, civic groups
can help strengthen democracy

Ihave often been uplifted by individuals and Much of the philanthropy stemmed from the
organizations that take it upon themselves European Christian missionary enterprise,
to ensure that disadvantaged people and and it had the same ambivalence that the
communities lead a dignified life, because Christian missionary undertaking had. In
in reality, if they chose not to assist anyone, many instances, the Christian missionary
nobody would scream at them. But you know effort was part and parcel of the imperial
what? They do the most amazing things and expansionism of the West. Many of us would
work tirelessly and touch those lives. They
become the proverbial salt that seasons food to Archbishop Emeritus
make it tasty and fulfilling. Desmond Tutu

The Mott Foundation plays an important Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu is co-founder
role in making a difference in disadvantaged (with his wife, Leah Tutu) of the trust that bears his
people’s lives. Our world is pockmarked with name. The winner of the 1984 Nobel Peace Prize was
the disease of gross inequality and inequity. appointed by Nelson Mandela to head South Africa’s
Some have a great deal more than they need Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
and others have a great deal less than they Organization: Desmond Tutu Peace Trust
desperately need. And that, as all of you dear Location: Cape Town
friends know, is a certain recipe for instability, About the organization: The trust, founded in 1998,
for resentment by the many alienated in administers and oversees the development of the
all kinds of ways toward those who are so Desmond Tutu Peace Centre, which works to build
conspicuously well off. Such a situation is dire and leverage the legacy of Archbishop Tutu to enable
and ultimately unsustainable. That is not how peace in the world.
God intended it to be. Mott grants through 2009: Four grants totaling
$232,100 since 2000.
It saddens me that in South Africa the culture Web site: www.tutu.org
of philanthropy remains underdeveloped, not
because individuals and organizations do not
have the resources to assist, but maybe because
they choose to focus their attention elsewhere.
Philanthropy is the opposite of selfishness; it
has a high purpose — it is a love of others to
make their circumstances better.

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Philanthropy is the opposite Responsible philanthropy is to help change
of selfishness; it has a situations of injustice, deprivation, squalor into
high purpose — it is a love their glorious counterparts. It is heartening
of others to make their to know that despite the challenges that civic
circumstances better. organizations face, they continue to strengthen
democracy in South Africa as political parties
not have been educated at all had it not are preoccupied with their own agendas. Civil
been for the outstanding schools and colleges society engagement with the state provides
that the missionaries established. Many of opportunities for greater and ongoing influence
us would not have been alive today had it by the public in decisionmaking between
not been for the hospitals and clinics that elections. Non-governmental organizations and
they provided. opposition parties in parliament have the ability
and power to keep government controlled and
publicly accountable. They remain a force for
unity, civility and positive change in society.

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Healing old wounds
requires facing the past

During the fight for freedom in South resourced civil society is fundamental to creating
Africa, the nonprofit sector was a key a just society based on human rights for all.
component of the liberation struggle.
It provided a vehicle for civil society to play When we became a democracy in 1994, there
its part and for the international community were two giant questions facing the nation. One
to express its support. Along with arts and was, “How do we meet the basic needs of the
culture, a strong, vibrant, independent and well- nation, such as the need for water, electricity,
jobs, shelter, health care and education?”The
Father Michael Lapsley second question was, “How do we deal with
what we have done to each other?”
Father Michael Lapsley is director of the Institute for
Healing of Memories. Previously, he was the chaplain at Our new democracy has had notable
the Trauma Center for Victims of Violence and Torture achievements in areas such as electrification
in Cape Town. He is a survivor of an apartheid-era letter and provision of clean water, but there is
bomb that cost him both his hands and one eye. still a great deal to be done, and there is an
Organization: Institute for Healing of Memories increasing impatience among the poorest of
Location: Cape Town the poor. We face big challenges in relation to
About the organization: The institute was created in unemployment, criminality and HIV-AIDS.
1998 to contribute to the healing of individuals and
communities affected by the political conflict and At the Institute for Healing of Memories,
violence during apartheid and to share South Africa’s our contribution has been, and continues to
experience of dealing with its past with the broader be, in the area of providing safe and sacred
international community.  spaces where people can tell their stories
Mott grants through 2009: Three grants totaling and find willing listeners — those who have
$210,000 since 2004. acknowledged the past and are beginning to
let go of that which is poisonous while going
forward with that which is life-giving.

In our institute we like to say that “all people
have a story to tell” and “every story needs a
listener.” We say this to those who come to our
workshops: “We promise you one step toward
healing.” For some, it might be a very tiny
step. But at almost every workshop I have ever

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attended, there are usually one or two people She was no longer simply the relative of a
for whom that step is a life-changing one. victim. She had begun a journey toward being
a victor. Or — as my Rwandese friend Ester,
I remember one particular woman who came to herself a widow of the genocide, told me — she
our workshop. I noticed her on the first night had traveled the journey from being “dead-alive”
of the workshop because of the ugliness on her to becoming “alive-alive.”
face. She told a story of how her son had been
killed 15 years previously. As she spoke, it was Through my work at the institute, I have
as if the terrible event had happened only a few learned that these types of transformations are
moments previously. Her life had stood still for possible. But it often takes non-governmental
15 years. She believed she owed it to her son to organizations to provide the independent space
keep hatred alive.  for it to happen. It is a myth that time alone
will heal old wounds. To heal old wounds
I asked her what kind of life she thought her requires facing the past, not burying and
son would have wished for her. Well, in the forgetting it.
process of the workshop, this mother began
to let her son go. She let him rest without Universally, human rights groups know that
forgetting him. if we simply tell the facts but we don’t speak
about the pain and the poison connected to the
On the last day of the workshop, I could have memories, we cannot begin to lay a foundation
walked straight past her, because the lines in her of truth on which real reconciliation will happen.
face had literally changed. She looked radiant.

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NGOs must be eyes, ears
and voices of the people

The World Cup took South Africa The World Cup has helped to dispel past
by storm! We had all our stadiums prejudices and fears, with crowds now willing
absolutely full with supporters of the to travel to Soweto to watch rugby matches
various teams. We had all of our fan fests* full, and patronize local shops.
and our vuvuzelas took our breath away, as Within weeks of the World Cup, the
millions of them were sold and blown. Except Durban July Handicap thoroughbred horse
for a very few incidents of violent intolerance
and unsavory behavior, South Africans once Ela Gandhi
again rose with the spirit of ubuntu (local
philosophy that says “a person is a person
through other persons”), providing warm
hospitality to all.

Over time, I have heard many success Ela Gandhi is chairperson/editor of the community
stories of people who previously were newspaper, Satyagraha. She serves on the South
working as temporary employees in the Africa Legal Aid Board and was a member of
hotel and catering industry and are now in Parliament from 1994 to 2003. She is also the
permanent employment. I have heard of granddaughter of Mahatma Gandhi.
people who have been able to come out of
their financial difficulties simply because Organization: Satyagraha — In Pursuit of Truth
of the boom resulting from the influx of
people and spending during the World Cup. Location: Durban
I have heard of people who have been able
to save up to buy tools and implements About the organization: Satyagraha, founded in
they would have had to save for months to 1999, responds to South Africa’s many divisions — in
buy. And there are the thousands who have housing, employment and education — and works to
learned to live with each other as South counteract the powerful influences of the past that
Africans, appreciating our differences and still extend into the present.
commonality.
Mott grants through 2009: Four grants totaling
* The fan fests were enclosed areas outdoors, where $251,216 since 2002.
those who couldn’t get into the stadiums watched the
matches on large screens. Web site: www.satyagraha.org.za

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races took place. And citizens to articulate their needs and tap the many
while there was plenty community resources in order to deal with the
of designer clothing poverty and unemployment they face.
on display at the glitzy
event, it jolted me into Now the challenge for civil society and the NGO
the reality that at the community is to come to the aid of the vulnerable
end of the day there with renewed vigor.
would be those who
would be overjoyed There is no time to look back or to be prophets of
with the winnings, doom. We need to use the World Cup event as a
and there would be springboard to build a strong, vibrant and warm
those who would be South African nation.
weeping at the losses.
There would be those
who would see a boost
in their bank balances,
while there would be
those with no money
for the rest of the
month. No doubt the
former are few and
the latter are many.

Is this, then, also the
story of the World
Cup? While the
infrastructure has been
created for public convenience, and while the
cash flow within the country has increased, has
there been a fair distribution of the wealth and
development?

As with the July Handicap, the community and
the non-governmental organizations (NGOs)
have to pick up the pieces and struggle with the
task of building on the gains that were made
during the Cup and of helping those who remain
on the edge. NGOs must continue to be the eyes,
ears and voices of the people, while empowering

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Can civil society sustain
gains from the games?

South Africa has discovered that soccer And when Bafana Bafana, the national team,
involves more than kicking a ball around bowed out of the competition at the end of the
to relieve the tedium of existence. It opening round, we adopted BaGhana BaGhana,
is played by children in every rural village, the only African team to make it into the
township street and squatter camp, often with quarterfinals, before they were beaten. Whoever
soccer balls made from old rags and omnipresent was playing in a given game, my two hitherto-
pieces of plastic, tied tighter with string. It also uninitiated toddler grandsons, each in a Bafana
was played for three memorable weeks, featuring Bafana shirt, ran about the house shouting, “Go,
the world’s top soccer teams, in 10 state-of-the- Bafana Bafana, go.” Soccer Friday, in turn, saw
art stadiums in the country. young and old, black and white, rich and poor,
business people and workers, women and men,
Because the 2010 World Cup cost billions of wearing Bafana Bafana shirts.
Rand, critics say it was a waste of money that
could have been better spent on housing and Sociologists tell us that the feel-good social-tissue
education. But at the same time, the event that builds a nation is as important as the more
infused a “we feeling” into the nation — tangible, material aspects of nation-building. In a
getting the nation to its feet, with flags waving, complex, almost contradictory sense, the emotional
vuvuzelas blowing, and the national anthem and psychological enthusiasm associated with the
being sung with pride and enthusiasm. soccer extravaganza already has had a tangible or

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material spinoff, resulting in the development of It’s time for change. Good non-governmental
the national infrastructure. This ranges from the organizations and community-based organizations
development of state-of-the-art airports, roads and need to become great. They need to become
ports to new bus and rail transport systems — all formative, cutting-edge agents of change.
vitally important to the long-term development We nostalgically remember the optimism that
of the economy. There also were no bombs or prevailed in the country at the time of the
terrorist attacks as had been predicted in some first democratic elections in 1994 that united
overseas tabloids. Our cities were clean and the the country behind the leadership of Nelson
cops were polite. We proved that we can control Mandela. The symbolism of Mandela wearing a
crime without putting on the jackboots. Springbok shirt (despised by many black South
Africans) at a stadium packed with largely white
With the final whistle having blown on the spectators, when South Africa won the 1995
World Cup and the lights switched off at Soccer Rugby World Cup, with a team that had only
City in Soweto, it’s back to reality. The majority one black player, is a distant memory.
of South Africans still don’t have houses, decent The question is whether we will, this time
schools, clinics, hospitals, electricity or running around, seize the moment offered to us by the
water. Xenophobia, crime, corruption, HIV-AIDS beautiful game to reach for gold in rising above
and joblessness continue to ravage the poor. It’s the fissures of racism and classism.
time to apply the lesson learned from the World
Cup to service delivery and poverty relief. Charles Villa-Vicencio

Social and economic change comes when those Charles Villa-Vicencio, a current board member of
who hold the power, and the purse strings to the institute he created, previously served as the
facilitate change, are persuaded that it is in their national research director for South Africa’s Truth
interest to do so. and Reconciliation Commission.
Organization: Institute for Justice and Reconciliation
Civil society has a particular responsibility in this
regard. It needs to expose the inequalities of society Location: Cape Town
and to share in the protests of the poor. But more About the organization: The institute was founded in
is needed. Civil society needs to empower the poor 2000, during the country’s transition from apartheid to
to correct what is within their power to correct democracy. Today, it helps build fair, democratic and
and to be at the cutting edge of development, in inclusive societies on the continent of Africa through
association with the poor, government, business, carefully selected engagements and interventions.
faith communities and worker organizations. Mott grants through 2009: Four grants totaling
$486,365 since 2002.
The World Cup ultimately needs to be assessed Web site: www.ijr.org.za
on what it has left behind. Civil society, in
turn, needs to be measured by what it is doing
to ensure that the momentum of the cup is
sustained — reminding us that “we can do it” if
we put our minds to it.

And here’s the wake-up call for civil society: As we
insist that the nation not be allowed to drift back
into its old ways, civil society needs to find new,
creative and effective ways of going about its work.

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Will South Africa’s leaders
rise to the nation’s challenges?

When talking about South Africa transition from former President Mbeki
after 1994, the difficulty is not to Mr. Zuma — has not extended to social
only how to keep a neat story line, relations and to the economic spaces. Hence
but also how to keep the balance between an the levels of violent crimes and other ills
optimistic narrative and a pessimistic one. associated with an impoverished social fabric
continue with minimal reductions since 1994.
At the level of politics, South Africa is
doing well. But at the social and economic Kwandiwe Kondlo
levels, South Africa is not doing well. It is
deeply divided and, as a result, the character Kwandiwe Kondlo is professor and chair of African
of civil society is itself splintered. It is split Studies at the University of the Free State. Previously,
by the benefits of toeing the line and the he was executive director of the governance program
potential anguish of being on the wrong at the Human Sciences Research Council.
side of the system. Organization: Human Sciences Research Council
Location: Pretoria
Society is divided by race, urban-rural About the organization: The council, founded in
disparities, knowledge levels, political 1968, is South Africa’s statutory research agency. Its
party identities, as well as ethnic identities. staff conducts independent research about all aspects
The extent to which the administration of of human and social development.
President Jacob Zuma will improve the Mott grants through 2009: Five grants totaling
situation is not very clear. The often-celebrated $402,864 since 2002.
“unity in diversity” is superficial because Web site: www.hsrc.ac.za
the divisions are deep, damaging the social
solidarity required for social cohesion.

The democratization of the political space
after 1994 — as demonstrated in peaceful
elections, peaceful protests and even the
peaceful “political coup” that saw the

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South Africa requires
leadership that can rise to the
challenge of moral example in
politics, economics and society.
This is the challenge and
opportunity of civil society in
South Africa today.

Economic growth during the Mbeki era and opportunity of civil society in South
occurred without effecting a turnaround Africa today.
on the plight of the majority. The material
conditions of black people, especially Of course there are promising initiatives by
those in the former homelands, continue civil society to address the moral fiber of South
to deteriorate. An ordinary black person African society. A number of community-
is still broken to the very depth of his building organizations have emerged to give
substance. Therefore, if one applies the support to the country’s moral regeneration
notion of civil society to “ordinary citizens” movement. Government itself has started
within and outside organized public serious initiatives to deal with issues of social
spaces, then South Africa has a crisis of cohesions and nation-building.
civil society.
It remains to be seen how these initiatives
A healthy civil society is one where will lead to an improved social fabric and
ordinary communities are able to do things socioeconomic inclusivity.
on their own, rather than depend on handouts
from the state; where citizens can hold public
officials to account because they are informed
not only of their rights but also of the
obligations of the state and how these should
be discharged. This is the kind of civil society
South Africa needs — but does not have. The
ruling party’s conduct and divisive capacity for
patronage have a major impact on civil society.

South Africa requires leadership that can rise
to the challenge of moral example in politics,
economics and society. This is the challenge

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It’s possible to be
a realist and an optimist

It’s been 16 years since our Rainbow stories about corruption, hate speech, crime,
Nation first burst forth joyously into infighting, backbiting, bribery, striking, protests
democracy. That first rosy flush of peace, and embarrassing sports defeats, it’s hard not
love, understanding and wide-eyed optimism to slump into discontented pessimism.
has faded slowly into a morass of cynicism
and finger-pointing. This is why non-governmental organizations
(NGOs) and public service organizations
Sadly, we’re no longer the loving parents of a are ever more important. It’s why we need to
young democracy, ever so proud of everything play the role of mentor and cajoler, and be
our baby does. We’re now the cranky old folks a mirror to reflect the need for change. We
who yell at neighborhood kids to get off the need to promote growth, spread positivity,
lawn. Not without reason, you understand. celebrate diversity, educate, inform and
With the media parading a constant stream of strengthen our society.

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The pessimists are wrong. Look all around Amanda Cooper
and the evidence is there. I’ve seen hundreds
of “born frees” — kids born into democracy Amanda Cooper is the exhibition coordinator at the
— come to the Cape Town Holocaust Centre, Cape Town Holocaust Centre. She has a graduate
positive and enthusiastic about learning degree in social policy and management and
and ardent social activists with a developing previously worked as a health sciences educator at
culture of volunteerism. I’ve seen educators the University of Cape Town.
who truly care about developing young minds Organization: South African Holocaust Foundation
and fighting intolerance and injustice in their Location: Cape Town
communities. I’ve seen religious leaders who About the organization: Founded in August 1999,
preach hope and tolerance and who emphasize this was the first Holocaust center in Africa. It houses
commonalities — people of all hues and a permanent exhibit on the Nazi Holocaust and hosts
cultures coming together to learn about the educational programs for schools, teachers and adult
past, with their eyes fixed firmly on a better groups.
future — no, a better today! Mott grants through 2009: One grant for $50,000
since 2008.
NGOs need to be the ultimate optimists — Web site: www.ctholocaust.co.za
the ones bridging cultural and societal chasms,
celebrating rich diversity and the value of every
life. They need to remind us all that democracy
takes work, dedication and — ultimately —
perseverance. But it is worth it.

NGOs remind us all that it’s possible to be a
realist and an optimist. It’s not an easy fight,
trying to make yourself heard over the clamor
of the bitter, the cynical and the afraid. But I
think as long as there are those who are willing
to take on the challenge, this one day will be
the Rainbow Nation of our dreams.

We need to promote growth, spread positivity, celebrate diversity,
educate, inform and strengthen our society.

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NGOs must safeguard their
sovereignty, independence

In South Africa, few people would disagree With the growing threat of the HIV-AIDS
that, historically, the roles and strategic pandemic, I saw NGOs lead the charge in
interventions of non-governmental training volunteers and creating home-based
organizations (NGOs) have been informed, care programs for people living with, and
defined and shaped by the various social affected by, HIV-AIDS.
problems the country has faced.
The Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) is an
During the apartheid era, with service example of a civil society organization that has
provision not reaching the majority of the campaigned relentlessly for government policy
population, many NGOs played a critical role to reflect socioeconomic and health rights.
in filling the gap.

In present-day, democratic South Africa, Nomvula Dlamini
there remains an inability on the part of
government and business to address the Nomvula Dlamini has worked as an organization
variety of social problems facing the country. development practitioner at the Community
So we continue to see NGOs playing a vital Development Resource Association since 1995. She
role in addressing poverty, HIV-AIDS, loss also spent 10 years as a high school teacher.
or absence of income, drug abuse, violence Organization: Community Development Resource
against women and children, and a myriad of Association
other problems. Location: Cape Town
About the organization: The association, founded in
Through my work at the Community 1987, provides and supports development practices
Development Resource Association, I have among people, organizations and institutions that
witnessed the contributions NGOs have work for social transformation benefiting the poor
made to address various social problems. For and marginalized.
example, NGOs have had tremendous impact Mott grants through 2009: 11 grants totaling $1.076
in two areas: early childhood development and million since 1991
HIV-AIDS. Web site: www.cdra.org.za

At a time when young children were not
given priority, NGOs were actively involved
in developing learning materials, creating
income-generating projects to support and
sustain informal child development centers, and
training people for child development careers.

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TAC is an example of how social movements of organizations like TAC is they help bring
give hope to marginalized, desperate people and to the surface people’s voices, enabling them
motivate them to keep striving for a better life. to appreciate their power to decide their
own present and future. They alert society to
Such organizations enable changes that lead issues such as social justice, human rights and
to an increase in human security, freedom environmental sustainability.
and self-determination. But the real power
Notwithstanding the vast contributions they
make, we continue to question the roles and
identity of NGOs in a changed context. When
looking at the processes through which NGOs
engage communities, as well as their ability to
build creative new practices, there is no doubt
there is a need to breathe new life into this
important resource.

The sector needs to safeguard its sovereignty
and independence. This calls for renewed
activism — energy, boldness, courage and
imagination to seek change in the broader
society. We need to build leadership that is able
to work in a context that has become more
complex and uncertain — leadership that is
open to learning, and capable of working with
communities, government and business without
compromising its values and ideals.

This requires that NGOs find a creative balance
between being confrontational and cooperative
in their relationship with government and
business while ensuring they do not become
detached from the communities in whose name
they pursue certain goals.

It is only by connecting our efforts — through
critical engagement and dialogue with those
in government and business — that we will
genuinely become a force for positive change and
ensure that the deeper intentions of the NGO
sector are reflected in South African society.

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Civil society can be
a powerful force for change

Driven by a commitment to justice and But if an organization no longer has a purpose
dignity, the Black Sash Trust, like in this world, then maybe it should shut its
many civil society organizations in doors — and do that gracefully — rather than
South Africa, has sought possibilities when go on forever.
confronted with challenges. That flexibility is
what sustains the civil society sector. Experience shows me that an active civil
society can be a powerful force for change.
I think it’s important for organizations to So in recognizing the limited participation of
retain their relevance by being willing to citizens in holding government accountable
reshape and reinvent themselves so they can through institutions of democracy — and in
advance their values. At the heart of relevance an attempt to give a stronger voice to civil
is knowing what your value is in the world and society — Black Sash has helped incubate
then making sure that it gets packaged in a civil society organizations over the years.
way that speaks to the issues of the day.

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But if we don’t experiment and ourselves to the true meaning of keeping the
research new possibilities, then we doors of Parliament open.”
close down options for civil society. Fifty-five years ago, South African women
stood in mournful silence, wearing their
Many of these went on to develop their own distinctive black sashes to protest the unjust
voice so they could engage effectively with laws being passed in Parliament.
government. This is one way to help ensure Today, the people of Black Sash help to
innovation in the civil society sector. keep the doors of Parliament open. We are
committed to ensuring that civil society has its
While I’m totally in agreement that the sector voice heard and its human rights respected.
needs to have good governance structures in
place, sometimes we err on the side of rules Marcella Naidoo
and less on the side of innovation — less on
the side of new thinking or experimentation. Marcella Naidoo is Black Sash’s national director. Her
But if we don’t experiment and research new experience in grassroots organizing started more than
possibilities, then we close down options for 25 years ago when she helped establish an advice
civil society. And we need all the fresh ideas office (a community-based center providing legal and
that are out there because we are working to related services for the country’s poor) and went on to
ensure that the human rights promise of our manage a network of advice offices in South Africa.
constitution remains paramount in our laws, Organization: Black Sash Trust
policies and state service delivery. Location: Cape Town
About the organization: Black Sash, founded in
At Black Sash, we make it a priority to listen 1955, is a human rights organization that operates
to individuals who deal with poverty every a national office and seven regional offices
day. The voices of our clients inform every throughout South Africa. Its staff and volunteers
engagement that we have with institutions of work to promote and protect civil, political and
democracy. People in power need to hear what socioeconomic rights.
the ongoing struggles are for those living in Mott grants through 2009: 14 grants totaling $2.19
poverty so they can be addressed adequately. million since 1991.
“Making human rights real” has become our Web site: www.blacksash.org.za
call to action.

In 2009, Max Sisulu (speaker of Parliament)
said at the induction for members of
Parliament in the National Assembly: “We
must ... ensure that the program of Parliament
is designed to effectively do the oversight,
monitoring and evaluation of government
departments. ... And we must rededicate

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Now is a good time for stocktaking

The year 2010 is an opportune time to Furthermore, funding relations between
assess the relationship between the civil NGOs and government have changed:
society sector or non-governmental Both government and NGOs appeared to
organizations (NGOs) and the South compete for the same overseas donor pool
African government. This year marks the — a competition that was soon and easily
20th anniversary of the release from prison won by government. They also competed
of Nelson Mandela, the nation’s first post- for ideological legitimacy and authority. Put
apartheid president. differently, who — the civil society sector or
government — truly represented the needs
Four general elections later, South Africa is and wishes of the people was becoming
now celebrating its 16th year as a democracy. increasingly biased in favor of government.
This also happens to be the year that South NGOs and government also competed for the
Africa hosted the soccer World Cup — a first
for the continent of Africa after 80 years of Tinyiko Sam Maluleke
the tournament’s existence.
Tinyiko Sam Maluleke is executive director of
South Africa remains a young democracy, research at the University of South Africa. He is also
but it soon will bid farewell to its teen years. president of the South African Council of Churches.
Therefore, the time is ripe for a pause and
some stocktaking. What better way to do Organization: University of South Africa
this than to look briefly at the relationship
between civil society and government? Location: Pretoria

The end of apartheid spelled a new era for About the organization: The university, founded
NGOs and government (local, provincial in 1916, is a leader on the continent for distance
and national). At one level, what essentially learning. By forming partnerships throughout Africa
happened was that NGOs became and the world, the university strives to help the
government, because the new government people of Africa achieve their dreams.
drew heavily from the NGO pool of expertise
and experience. Mott grants through 2009: Two grants totaling
$100,000 since 2004.
This is not to say that all NGOs collapsed
into government and vice versa. While some Web site: www.unisa.ac.za
NGOs did indeed close shop after 1994, many
have continued to exist. But all of them had
to deal with a new situation that included the
installation of a democratic and legitimate
government. Relations with government have
had to be restructured in light of this reality.

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small pool of human resources — once linkages between NGOs and ruling party
a competition that was easily won by officials that are so strong they are essentially
government. government partnerships.

For these and other reasons, we now For me, the most desirable option for
have a much weakened civil society government/civil society sector relations is
sector when compared with its strength one based on mutual respect. In this scenario,
during the apartheid period. The fact neither the government nor the NGO is
that government stands as a potential encumbered by the other in any way. This
sponsor and funder of the civil society relationship is not a parent/teen relationship
sector further weakens the hand of the but one more like an adult/adult relationship. It
latter in relation to the former. leaves space both for collaboration and non-
collaboration, criticism and commendation —
Yet, even if all things were equal and and all in a context where service to the poor
the country was operating in a best-case and needy is the primary guiding principle.
scenario, the government simply would
not have the capacity to single-handedly
deliver services and produce the desired
outcomes in all areas needing attention.

Think of the challenges South Africa faces
in education, skills shortages, HIV-AIDS,
job creation, crime, violence and the
development of a culture of human rights
— to mention just a few. Through the
years, successive apartheid governments
tackled these problems racially and
selectively. The democratic government has
no such “luxury” — and is unable to tackle these
effectively on its own. Perhaps no government
can tackle them all alone. The civil society sector
is needed more now than ever.

The question for South African NGOs
for the past few years has been, “What
kind of relationship is desirable between
government and civil society if we are to reach
the developmental goals promised by our
democracy and constitution?”

There are many options — formal alliances
between government and the civil society
sector, government-initiated NGOs, and

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page 13, Rick Smith, Rochester, Michigan
page 15, Jane Hale, Fenton, Michigan
pages 17, 18, 21, 22, 25, 26, 29, Oscar Gutierrez, Johannesburg, South Africa

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Programs & Grants

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Civil Society

Grant Dollars Number
(in millions) Of Grants

|||| Central/Eastern Europe & Russia 15
19
EU New Member States $ 3.078 21
1.771
Western Balkans $ 3.470 6
1.710
Western Former Soviet Union $

CEE/Russia Regional $

Grant Activity: |||| South Africa $ 1.660 19
Nonprofit Sector and Philanthropy $ 1.135 14
$19,407,157 / 151 Grants Rights, Responsibilities and Participation $ .455
Race and Ethnic Relations $ .100 6
$3.761 Special Opportunities 1
31 Grants
|||| United States $ 2.124 16
Nonprofit Sector Effectiveness $ .883 9
$ .590 5
and Accountability $ .164 1

Racial/Ethnic Diversity in Philanthropy

Nonprofit Sector Research

Special Opportunities

|||| Special Initiatives - International

Nonprofit Sector and Philanthropy $ 1.667 14
5
Special Opportunities $ .600

Totals $ 19.407 151

$2.267
19 Grants

|||| ||||

$3.350 ||||
40 Grants
|||| $10.029
61 Grants
in millions

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Program Overview: Civil Society

Mission: To support efforts to assist in democratic institution
building, strengthen communities, promote equitable access
to resources, and ensure respect of rights and diversity.

C e n t r a l /Ea ste r n Eu r o p e a nd Russ ia · Rights, Responsibilities and Participation. Effective
engagement of community residents in local government
G o a l : To foster societies in Central/Eastern Europe (CEE) decisionmaking so people’s rights — especially those of the
and Russia in which people and communities respect each poor, marginalized and vulnerable — are upheld and advanced
other’s rights and engage effectively in decisionmaking to through local government service delivery.
influence policies and processes that shape their lives at the local,
national and/or international levels. · Race and Ethnic Relations. A more inclusive, nonracial
society in which communities are better able to address
Ob j e c t i v e s / W h a t w e s e e k racism and transcend the divisions of the past.

· European Union (EU) New Member States. Strengthened United States
public participation in the development of communities and
societies, and an adequate and responsive flow of resources to G o a l : To support a strong enabling environment for
support these activities. philanthropy and the nonprofit sector in the U.S., emphasizing
accountability, effectiveness and inclusiveness.
· Western Balkans. 1) Strengthened public participation in the
development of communities and societies, and an adequate Ob j e c t i v e s / W h a t w e s e e k
and responsive flow of resources to support these activities.
2) Stable and strong inter-communal relations and reduced · Nonprofit Sector Effectiveness and Accountability.
likelihood of violent ethnic conflict. Access by philanthropic and other nonprofit-sector practitioners
to learning opportunities, capacity-building assistance and
· Western Former Soviet Union. 1) Strengthened public policy advocacy that enhance their organizations’ effectiveness
participation in the development of communities and societies, and accountability.
and an adequate and responsive flow of resources to support
these activities. 2) Strengthened institutions and mechanisms that · Racial/Ethnic Diversity in Philanthropy. More inclusive
ensure people’s rights are respected, and that laws and policies to practices within philanthropy so people of racially and ethnically
protect these rights are promulgated and implemented. diverse backgrounds increasingly impact decisionmaking and
participate as leaders within the field.
· CEE/Russia Regional. Increased capacity of CEE/Russia
nonprofit organizations through international peer-to-peer · Nonprofit Sector Research. Timely and reliable generation
learning and information exchange around issues relevant to and dissemination of data and research on philanthropy and
the overall CEE/Russia program goal. the nonprofit sector for the benefit of the field.

S ou t h Af r ic a Special Initiatives – International

G o a l : To support a vibrant, diverse and inclusive civil G o a l : To respond to unique opportunities related to the
society in which nonprofits work to deepen democracy, increase development of civil society internationally.
participation in decisionmaking, advance socioeconomic and
racial equality, and promote justice and reconciliation. Ob j e c t i v e s / W h a t w e S e e k

Ob j e c t i v e s / W h a t w e s e e k · Nonprofit Sector and Philanthropy. A vibrant and
independent nonprofit and philanthropic sector in select
· Nonprofit Sector and Philanthropy. An effective and countries and internationally.
well-managed nonprofit sector that is engaged with issues
of poverty and inequality and that is adequately resourced
through public and private funding.

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Central/Eastern Workshop for Civic Initiatives Mozaik Community Development
Europe and Russia Foundation Foundation
Sofia, Bulgaria Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
EU New Member States $270,000 – 36 mos. $180,000 – 24 mos.
Academy for the Development General purposes General purposes
of Philanthropy in Poland
Warsaw, Poland Subtotal: $3,078,000 Reconstruction Women’s Fund
$600,000 EU New Member States Belgrade, Serbia
Endowment for sustainable future $55,000 – 24 mos.
Association for Community Relations Western Balkans Institutional and programmatic
Cluj-Napoca, Romania Balkan Community Initiatives Fund - development support
$300,000 – 24 mos. Serbia
Community foundation development Belgrade, Serbia Research and Documentation
program $180,000 – 24 mos. Center Sarajevo
$120,000 – 24 mos. General purposes Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
General purposes Belgrade Fund for Political Excellence $140,000 – 24 mos.
Association of Slovak Belgrade, Serbia General purposes
Community Foundations $150,000 – 24 mos.
Bratislava, Slovakia General purposes Transfuse Association
$75,000 – 36 mos. Center for Civic Cooperation Berlin, Germany
Institutional development Livno, Bosnia and Herzegovina $20,000 – 12 mos.
Federation of Polish Community $51,000 – 24 mos. General purposes
Foundations Increasing citizen participation in
Nidzica, Poland community life through media Women in Black
$80,000 – 24 mos. Center for Regionalism Belgrade, Serbia
Institutional development Novi Sad, Serbia $50,000 – 24 mos.
National Alliance for Volunteer Action $50,000 – 24 mos. Confronting the past in Serbia
Plovdiv, Bulgaria General purposes
$100,000 – 24 mos. Centre for Peace, Nonviolence Youth Initiative for Human Rights
Rebirth of volunteerism in Bulgaria and Human Rights Osijek Belgrade, Serbia
National Association of Osijek, Croatia $140,000 – 24 mos.
Citizens Advice Bureaux $60,000 – 24 mos. General purposes
Bucharest, Romania General purposes
$100,000 – 24 mos. Coalition for Promotion and Subtotal: $1,771,000
General purposes Protection of Human Rights Western Balkans
PACT - Partnership for Community Osijek, Croatia
Action and Transformation Foundation $55,000 – 24 mos. Western Former Soviet Union
Bucharest, Romania General purposes Andrei Sakharov Foundation
$120,000 – 24 mos. Community Foundation Slagalica Moscow, Russia
General purposes Osijek, Croatia $115,000 – 24 mos.
Pro Vobis Volunteer Center $50,000 – 24 mos. Development of multifunctional social
Cluj-Napoca, Romania General purposes center
$80,000 – 24 mos. Documenta Center for Philanthropy
General purposes Zagreb, Croatia Kyiv, Ukraine
Project Fórum $140,000 – 24 mos. $100,000 – 24 mos.
Bratislava, Slovakia General purposes Developing private giving in Ukraine
$13,000 – 12 mos. Foundation for Democratic Initiatives Center for Strategic & International
Central European forum Pristina, Kosovo Studies
Romanian Environmental $125,000 – 24 mos. Washington, DC
Partnership Foundation Administrative support $30,000 – 4 mos.
Miercurea Cuic, Romania Helsinki Committee for Civil society summit
$200,000 – 24 mos. Human Rights in Serbia Center for the Support of
General purposes Belgrade, Serbia Democratic Youth Initiatives
United Way Romania $70,000 – 24 mos. Perm, Russia
Bucharest, Romania Belgrade NGO partnership capacity $120,000 – 24 mos.
$120,000 – 24 mos. building Volunteerism development in
General purposes Humanitarian Law Center Privolzhsky federal district
VIA Foundation Belgrade, Serbia Charities Aid Foundation
Prague, Czech Republic $140,000 – 24 mos. Kent, England
$600,000 – 36 mos. General purposes $400,000 – 24 mos.
ViabilityNet - regional NGO capacity- Incredibly Good Institution - FADE IN Community foundation development
building program Zagreb, Croatia in Russia
Workshop for Civic Initiatives $40,000 – 24 mos. Civic Network OPORA
Foundation Promoting civil society in Croatian Kyiv, Ukraine
Sofia, Bulgaria media $100,000 – 24 mos.
$300,000 – 24 mos. International Commission General purposes
Community foundation development on Missing Persons Ednannia
fund Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina Kyiv, Ukraine
$75,000 – 18 mos. $250,000 – 24 mos.
Capacity building for associations of Community foundation school
families of missing persons Environment-People-Law
Lviv, Ukraine
$60,000 – 24 mos.
General purposes

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Fulcrum Foundation CEE/Russia Regional GreaterGood South Africa
Yasenovo, Russia Cape Town, South Africa
$200,000 – 24 mos. CEE Bankwatch Network $80,000 – 24 mos.
General purposes Prague, Czech Republic General purposes
$200,000 – 24 mos.
InEca - consulting General purposes Harold Wolpe Memorial Trust
Novokuznetsk, Russia Cape Town, South Africa
$100,000 – 24 mos. Center for Community Change $50,000 – 24 mos.
Dissemination of public participation Washington, DC General purposes
procedures by involvement of youth in $23,000 – 7 mos.
community life Organizing training in Central/Eastern Legal Resources Trust
Europe Johannesburg, South Africa
Information Agency MEMO.RU $80,000 – 24 mos.
Moscow, Russia Foundation-Administered Project Legal support services for nonprofit
$200,000 – 24 mos. $27,935 organizations
Development of human capital through Community education development
social marketing assistance in Central/Eastern Europe and Nelson Mandela Metropolitan
former Soviet Union University
ISAR Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Washington, DC German Marshall Fund of the United $80,000 – 24 mos.
$150,000 – 18 mos. States Community development capacity
Development of Belarusian NGO Washington, DC building for Eastern Cape
capacity in environmental protection $1,000,000 – 120 mos.
Black Sea Trust for Regional Cooperation Pitseng Trust
New Eurasia Foundation Braamfontein, South Africa
Moscow, Russia Global Network Foundation $100,000 – 24 mos.
$600,000 – 24 mos. Atlanta, GA General purposes
Mainstreaming civic and community $100,000 – 12 mos.
engagement into social development Central Eurasia Leadership Academy South African Institute for
Advancement
Open Society Foundation - Ukraine National Society of Conservationists Cape Town, South Africa
Kyiv, Ukraine Budapest, Hungary $100,000 – 24 mos.
$100,000 – 24 mos. $184,000 – 24 mos. General purposes
General purposes Partnership for sustainable development
in Central Europe $50,000 – 12 mos.
Pacific Environment Partnership to address funding/
San Francisco, CA Ukrainian Step by Step Foundation grantmaking practices
$190,000 – 24 mos. Kyiv, Ukraine
Stimulating civil society to protect $175,000 – 24 mos. Southern African NGO Network
environment in Russian Far East and Community schools quality partnership Braamfontein, South Africa
Siberia $120,000 – 24 mos.
Subtotal: $1,709,935 PRODDER and Thusanang
CEE/Russia Regional
Polish Ukrainian Cooperation
Foundation “PAUCI” Program Area Total: $10,028,935 Synergos Institute (Southern Africa)
Kyiv, Ukraine Central/Eastern Europe Cape Town, South Africa
$300,000 – 24 mos. and Russia $100,000 – 24 mos.
General purposes General purposes

Regional Development Agency South Africa Uthungulu Community Foundation
“Donbass” Richards Bay, South Africa
Donetsk, Ukraine Nonprofit Sector and $80,000 – 24 mos.
$60,000 – 24 mos. Philanthropy General purposes
Citizen engagement in Lugansk Charities Aid Foundation-Southern
and Donetsk regions Africa West Coast Community Foundation
Johannesburg, South Africa Cape Town, South Africa
Russia Donors Forum $120,000 – 24 mos. $80,000 – 24 mos.
Moscow, Russia General purposes General purposes
$120,000 – 36 mos. City Year South Africa
General purposes Johannesburg, South Africa Women’s Hope, Education and Training
$100,000 – 24 mos. (WHEAT) Trust
Saint-Petersburg NGO Development General purposes Cape Town, South Africa
Centre Community Chest of the Western Cape $80,000 – 24 mos.
St. Petersburg, Russia Cape Town, South Africa General purposes
$100,000 – 24 mos. $60,000 – 24 mos.
General purposes Capacity building Women’sNet
Community Development Johannesburg, South Africa
Ukrainian Philanthropists Forum Resource Association $80,000 – 24 mos.
Kyiv, Ukraine Cape Town, South Africa General purposes
$75,000 – 24 mos. $100,000 – 24 mos.
Institutional development General purposes Subtotal: $1,660,000
DOCKDA Rural Development Agency Nonprofit Sector and Philanthropy
Cape Town, South Africa
Working Community of Associations $80,000 – 24 mos. Rights, Responsibilities
of Social Organizations General purposes and Participation
Warszawa, Poland Foundation for Human Rights Afesis-corplan
$100,000 – 24 mos. Johannesburg, South Africa East London, South Africa
Belarusian social information bureaus $120,000 – 24 mos. $80,000 – 24 mos.
General purposes Local government transformation
Subtotal: $3,470,000 project
Western Former Soviet Union Association of University
Legal Aid Institutions Trust
Potchefstroom, South Africa
$200,000 – 24 mos.
Advice office support project

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Black Sash Trust Centre for the Study of Violence Council on Foundations
Cape Town, South Africa and Reconciliation Arlington, VA
$20,000 – 36 mos. Johannesburg, South Africa $267,000 – 15 mos.
National alliance for development of $100,000 – 24 mos. Community foundation leadership team
community advice offices Race, violence and citizenship
$100,000 – 12 mos.
Centre for Rural Legal Studies Cradock Masizame Community General purposes
Stellenbosch, South Africa Development Centre
$80,000 – 24 mos. Cradock, South Africa Foundation-Administered Project
Practical legal skills training and support $50,000 – 14 mos. $18,834
for paralegals Community healing and development Community foundation technical
program assistance
Democracy Development Programme
Durban, South Africa District Six Museum Foundation GreatNonprofits
$100,000 – 24 mos. Cape Town, South Africa Menlo Park, CA
Training of local government councillors $100,000 – 24 mos. $30,000 – 15 mos.
and communities in KwaZulu-Natal General purposes General purposes

Education and Training Unit South End Museum Trust Independent Sector
Johannesburg, South Africa Port Elizabeth, South Africa Washington, DC
$100,000 – 24 mos. $80,000 – 24 mos. $100,000 – 12 mos.
Building effective local government and General purposes Annual conference
community interface
Umtapo Centre $200,000 – 24 mos.
Electoral Institute of South Africa Durban, South Africa General purposes
Johannesburg, South Africa $100,000 – 24 mos.
$80,000 – 18 mos. General purposes $455,000 Michigan Nonprofit Association
Strengthening democracy at local level Subtotal: Lansing, MI
Race and Ethnic Relations $330,000 – 24 mos.
Foundation for Contemporary Research General purposes
Cape Town, South Africa
-$50,000 Special Opportunities National Council of Nonprofits
Adjustment to previous grant Washington, DC
$200,000 – 24 mos.
Impumelelo Innovations Award Trust Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund General purposes
Cape Town, South Africa Johannesburg, South Africa
$80,000 – 24 mos. $100,000 – 11 mos. Nonprofit Quarterly
Research, Training and Case Studies Structural phase of children’s hospital Boston, MA
Programme $10,000 – 22 mos.
Subtotal: $100,000 U.S. nonprofit infrastructure study
Special Opportunities
Karoo Centre for Human Rights Philanthropy Roundtable
Beaufort West, South Africa Program Area Total: $3,350,000 Washington, DC
$10,000 – 24 mos. South Africa $60,000 – 24 mos.
General purposes General purposes

Participative Development Initiative Subtotal: $2,124,434
Durban, South Africa Nonprofit Sector Effectiveness
$80,000 – 24 mos. United States and Accountability
General purposes
Nonprofit Sector Effectiveness
Planact and Accountability Racial and Ethnic
Braamfontein, South Africa Alliance for Nonprofit Management Diversity in Philanthropy
$80,000 – 24 mos. Washington, DC Arab Community Center for Economic
Participatory local governance program $25,000 – 12 mos. and Social Services
General purposes Dearborn, MI
Project for Conflict Resolution BoardSource $50,000 – 12 mos.
and Development Washington, DC Collaborative for Arab-American
Port Elizabeth, South Africa $300,000 – 24 mos. philanthropy
$100,000 – 24 mos. General purposes $37,737 – 12 mos.
Community transformation and capacity- Center for Effective Philanthropy Technical assistance on collaboration for
building program Cambridge, MA Arab-American philanthropy
$200,000 – 24 mos. Aspen Institute
University of Fort Hare General purposes Washington, DC
Alice, South Africa CFLeads $45,000 – 12 mos.
$75,000 – 24 mos. Kansas City, MO Project on race and community
UNESCO Oliver Tambo Chair of Human $43,000 – 12 mos. revitalization
Rights General purposes Association of Black Foundation
Council of Michigan Foundations Executives
University of the Western Cape Grand Haven, MI New York, NY
Cape Town, South Africa $200,600 – 24 mos. $100,000 – 24 mos.
$100,000 – 24 mos. General purposes General purposes
Community law center local $40,000 – 12 mos. Council of Michigan Foundations
government project PolicyWorks for philanthropy Grand Haven, MI
$150,000 – 12 mos.
Subtotal: $1,135,000 Transforming philanthropy through
Rights, Responsibilities diversity and inclusion
and Participation Foundation Center
New York, NY
Race and Ethnic Relations $100,000 – 15 mos.
Africa Genome Education Institute Diversity in philanthropy research metrics
Claremont, South Africa
$25,000 – 25 mos.
Understanding race and skin color

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Hispanics in Philanthropy Special Initiatives - Research Foundation of the
San Francisco, CA International City University of New York
$25,000 – 9 mos. New York, NY
25th anniversary capacity-building Nonprofit Sector and Philanthropy $63,250 – 36 mos.
campaign Alliance Publishing Trust International community foundation
London, England fellows program
Philanthropy New York $100,000 – 24 mos.
New York, NY General purposes World Affairs Council of Northern
$85,000 – 25 mos. Asia Pacific Philanthropy Consortium California
Diversity in philanthropy project Quezon City, Philippines San Francisco, CA
$380,000 – 19 mos. $25,000 – 12 mos.
Southern Education Foundation Worldwide initiatives for grantmaker Global philanthropy forum
Atlanta, GA support
$140,000 – 24 mos. Charities Aid Foundation Subtotal: $1,667,286
Summer youth leadership initiative Kent, England Nonprofit Sector and Philanthropy
$15,000 – 17 mos.
Tides Center New philanthropists: development of Special Opportunities
San Francisco, CA giving
$150,000 – 12 mos. CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Centre for the Study of
Philanthropic initiative for racial equity Participation Violence and Reconciliation
Washington, DC Johannesburg, South Africa
Subtotal: $882,737 $80,000 – 12 mos. $50,000 – 24 mos.
Racial and Ethnic Diversity General purposes International Journal of Transitional
in Philanthropy Community Foundation Network Justice
London, England
Nonprofit Sector Research $23,620 – 24 mos. Colonnades Theatre Lab Inc.
General purposes Nashville, TN
Aspen Institute Community Foundations of Canada $250,000 – 12 mos.
Washington, DC Ottawa, Canada “Truth in Translation” documentary film
$120,000 – 24 mos. $80,000 – 24 mos.
Nonprofit public information project General purposes EastWest Institute
European Foundation Centre New York, NY
Foundation Center Brussels, Belgium $125,000 – 12 mos.
New York, NY $100,000 – 12 mos. Global leadership consortium
$250,000 – 24 mos. General purposes
Foundation finances project $250,000 – 42 mos. Madariaga College of Europe Foundation
Global fund for community foundations Brussels, Belgium
GuideStar $140,000 – 12 mos. $150,000 – 12 mos.
Williamsburg, VA Relocation support Citizens’ Europe program
$19,680 – 36 mos. Foundation-Administered Projects
General purposes $6,256 Partners for Democratic Change
Dorothy Reynolds monograph series Washington, DC
Indiana University $69,160 $25,000 – 8 mos.
Indianapolis, IN Mexico community foundation study Lessons for tomorrow workshops and
$100,000 – 36 mos. Johns Hopkins University conference
Center on Philanthropy panel study Baltimore, MD
$75,000 – 24 mos. Subtotal: $600,000
National Center on Philanthropy International society for third-sector Special Opportunities
and the Law research
New York, NY Network of European Foundations Program Area Total: $2,267,286
$100,000 – 24 mos. for Innovative Cooperation Special Initiatives - International
General purposes Brussels, Belgium
$260,000 – 12 mos. Program Total: $19,407,157
General purposes Civil Society
Subtotal: $589,680
Nonprofit Sector Research

Special Opportunities

Michigan Nonprofit Association
Lansing, MI
$50,000 – 13 mos.
Michigan participation project: 2010
Census

State of Michigan
Lansing, MI
$114,085 – 12 mos.
Office of foundation liaison

Subtotal: $164,085
Special Opportunities

Program Area Total: $3,760,936
United States

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Reform Int'l Fin

Environment Int'l Fin Sustainabili

Grant Activity: Freshwater

$10,209,176 / 72 Grants Grant Dollars Number
(in millions) Of Grants

|||| Conservation of Freshwater Ecosystems

Strengthening the Environmental Community $ 1.670 12
15
Public Policies $ 1.555
1
Site-Based Conservation $ .125

|||| International Finance for Sustainability

Infrastructure and Energy $ 4.155 23
for a Sustainable Future 9
2
Sustainable Regional Development $ 1.680
and Integration

Special Opportunities $ .244

|||| Special Initiatives $ .680 9
$ .100 1
Growth Management and Urban
Revitalization in Michigan

Special Opportunities

Totals $ 10.209 72

$0.780
10 Grants

$6.079 ||||
34 Grants ||||

||||

$3.350
28 Grants

in millions

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Program Overview: Environment

Mission: To support the efforts of an engaged citizenry
working to create accountable and responsive institutions,
sound public policies, and appropriate models of development
that protect the diversity and integrity of selected ecosystems
in North America and around the world.

Conservation of Freshwater Special Initiatives
Ecosy ste ms
G o a l : To respond to unique opportunities to advance
G o a l : To advance the conservation and restoration of environmental protection in the U.S. and internationally.
freshwater ecosystems in North America, with emphasis on the
Great Lakes and, to a lesser extent, southeastern U.S. Ob j e c t i v e s / W h a t W e S e e k

Ob j e c t i v e s / W h a t W e S e e k · Growth Management and Urban Revitalization in
Michigan. Informed, committed and effective leaders and
· S trengthening the Environmental Community. A strong, organizations at the local, regional and state levels that work
effective and sustainable non-governmental organization for policies and programs to curb sprawl, promote urban
(NGO) community dedicated to the long-term conservation of reinvestment and improve community quality.
freshwater ecosystems.
· Special Opportunities. Support efforts that offer a one-
· Public Policies. Well-designed and effectively implemented time opportunity to contribute to the resolution of a significant
water-quality and water-quantity policies that advance the domestic, international or global concern.
conservation of freshwater ecosystems.

· S ite-Based Conservation. Selected freshwater ecosystems
protected and restored through place-based conservation
activities.

International Finance
f o r Susta i n a b i l i t y

G o a l : To shape international investment and trade to
support sustainable development and reduce environmental
degradation.

Ob j e c t i v e s / W h a t W e S e e k

· Infrastructure and Energy for a Sustainable Future.
Infrastructure and energy investments that contribute
to environmental sustainability and offer local economic
opportunity.

· S ustainable Regional Development and Integration.
Regional trade and investment strategies that contribute to
local sustainable development, with an initial emphasis on
South America.

· Special Opportunities. Unique opportunities to advance
sustainable development goals and promote capacity building
for NGOs.

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Conservation of Public Policies Site-Based Conservation
Freshwater Ecosystems
American Rivers Nature Conservancy
Strengthening the Washington, DC Arlington, VA
Environmental Community $350,000 – 24 mos. $125,000 – 38 mos.
Running rivers campaign Advancing priority cross-watershed
strategies for freshwater conservation
Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana Clean Wisconsin in Southeast
Baton Rouge, LA Madison, WI
$100,000 – 18 mos. $30,000 – 30 mos. Subtotal: $125,000
General purposes Managing water resources for today Site-Based Conservation
and tomorrow
Environmental Support Center Program Area Total: $3,350,000
Washington, DC Conservation of Freshwater
$150,000 – 12 mos. Ecojustice Canada Ecosystems
Strengthening capacity of freshwater Vancouver, Canada
groups in Southeast and Great Lakes $85,000 – 14 mos. International Finance
Great Lakes water protection program for Sustainability

Freshwater Future Environmental Advocates of New York Infrastructure and Energy
Petoskey, MI Albany, NY for a Sustainable Future
$40,000 – 24 mos. $30,000 – 36 mos. ActionAid
General purposes Securing New York’s water future London, England
$30,000 – 24 mos.
Georgia River Network Environmental Defence Bretton Woods Project
Athens, GA Toronto, Canada Bank Information Center
$80,000 – 19 mos. $5,000 – 24 mos. Washington, DC
General purposes Protecting Great Lakes $370,000 – 24 mos.
General purposes
Gulf Restoration Network Georgia Wildlife Federation Both Ends Foundation
New Orleans, LA Covington, GA Amsterdam, Netherlands
$100,000 – 19 mos. $40,000 – 18 mos. $275,000 – 24 mos.
General purposes Georgia comprehensive statewide Multilateral financial institutions
water management program
Heart of the Lakes Center for Center for International Environmental
Land Conservation Policy Michigan Environmental Council Law
Grand Ledge, MI Lansing, MI Washington, DC
$90,000 – 24 mos. $150,000 – 21 mos. $300,000 – 24 mos.
General purposes Making Michigan the Great Lakes Ensuring international financial flows
Compact leader support sustainable development
Institute for Conservation Leadership Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide
Takoma Park, MD Midwest Environmental Advocates Eugene, OR
$300,000 – 24 mos. Madison, WI $280,000 – 24 mos.
Freshwater leadership initiative $20,000 – 16 mos. General purposes
Water quantity protection and FERN
Keweenaw Land Trust conservation project Moreton-in-Marsh, England
Hancock, MI $260,000 – 24 mos.
$30,000 – 24 mos. Minnesota Environmental Partnership EU Campaign to reform export credit
General purposes St. Paul, MN agencies and international financial
$100,000 – 12 mos. flows
Land Trust Alliance Minnesota Great Lakes Agenda Friends of the Earth
Washington, DC Washington, DC
$500,000 – 24 mos. National Wildlife Federation $340,000 – 24 mos.
Southeast and Great Lakes land trust Reston, VA Advancing sustainability in development
capacity-building program $50,000 – 24 mos. finance
Great Lakes water quality project Friends of the Earth - Japan
netCorps Tokyo, Japan
Eugene, OR $270,000 – 24 mos. $200,000 – 24 mos.
-$40,000 Sustaining Great Lakes project Export credit agency reform campaign
Adjustment to previous grant in Japan
Natural Heritage Institute Friends of the Earth International
Ohio Environmental Council San Francisco, CA Amsterdam, Netherlands
Columbus, OH $75,000 – 24 mos. $200,000 – 24 mos.
$170,000 – 24 mos. Program to establish and enforce Toward just regime for climate
Great Lakes ecosystem project performance standards for hydropower change finance
dams
Tennessee Clean Water Network
Knoxville, TN River Network
$65,000 – 18 mos. Portland, OR
General purposes $110,000 – 18 mos.
Water quality project
University of Michigan-Flint
Flint, MI Southern Environmental Law Center
$85,000 – 24 mos. Charlottesville, VA
Flint River Corridor alliance $200,000 – 24 mos.
administrative management Southern Water Management Project

Subtotal: $1,670,000 Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper
Strengthening the Atlanta, GA
Environmental Community $40,000 – 29 mos.
Georgia Water Policy Project

Subtotal: $1,555,000
Public Policies

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Institute for Policy Studies Friends of the Earth - Amazon Program MI*Voice
Washington, DC São Paulo, Brazil Detroit, MI
$200,000 – 24 mos. $235,000 – 24 mos. $50,000 – 12 mos.
Building new economy that addresses Holding Amazon megaprojects to Constituency building and outreach on
climate and global finance account land use and equitable development

International Rivers Global Greengrants Fund Michigan Environmental Council
Berkeley, CA Boulder, CO Lansing, MI
$300,000 – 24 mos. $350,000 – 24 mos. $100,000 – 24 mos.
General purposes South America small grants program Moving Michigan toward world-class
transportation system
Japan Center for a Sustainable INESC
Environment and Society Brasilia, Brazil Michigan Land Use Institute
Tokyo, Japan $280,000 – 39 mos. Traverse City, MI
$125,000 – 24 mos. Finance for sustainable development in $200,000 – 24 mos.
Reform of multilateral development South America Getting ahead of sprawl
banks and Japanese export credit
agency/overseas development assistance Oxfam America Michigan Suburbs Alliance
Boston, MA Ferndale, MI
Mani Tese $30,000 – 36 mos. $50,000 – 33 mos.
Milan, Italy Hydrocarbons program General purposes
$75,000 – 24 mos.
Mainstreaming environmental Sobrevivencia Rotary Charities of Traverse City
sustainability in global financial flows Asuncion, Paraguay Traverse City, MI
$150,000 – 24 mos. $50,000 – 12 mos.
Mekong Watch Building capacity and alliances for Grand vision collaborative efforts
Tokyo, Japan international financial institutions
$145,000 – 24 mos. monitoring Smart Growth America
Advocacy for accountability and Washington, DC
transparency of international financial Uruguayan Study Center of $100,000 – 24 mos.
institutions in Asia Appropriate Technologies Transportation for America: Making the
Montevideo, Uruguay Michigan Connection
NGO Forum on ADB $260,000 – 24 mos.
Quezon City, Philippines Impacts and alternatives to new University of Michigan
$120,000 – 24 mos. trade regime on environmental and Ann Arbor, MI
General purposes sustainability options in Latin America $60,000 – 12 mos.
SMART program
Pacific Environment Subtotal: $1,680,000 Subtotal: $680,000
San Francisco, CA Sustainable Regional Growth Management and
$250,000 – 24 mos. Development and Integration Urban Revitalization in Michigan
Responsible finance campaign

Tides Canada Initiatives Special Opportunities Special Opportunities
Vancouver, Canada
$225,000 – 24 mos. Foundation-Administered Project Council of Michigan Foundations
Halifax Initiative $29,176 Grand Haven, MI
International finance for sustainability $100,000 – 11 mos.
Urgewald convenings Michigan’s advanced energy economy
Sassenberg, Germany initiative
$100,000 – 24 mos. Institute for Agriculture and Trade
General purposes Policy Subtotal: $100,000
Minneapolis, MN Special Opportunities
World Resources Institute $15,000 – 6 mos.
Washington, DC Regulating carbon markets Program Area Total: $780,000
$360,000 – 24 mos. Special Initiatives
International financial flows and Third World Network Berhad
environment Penang, Malaysia Program Total: $10,209,176
$200,000 – 24 mos. Environment
Capacity building in south on climate
Subtotal: $4,155,000 change and sustainable development
Infrastructure and Energy
for a Sustainable Future Subtotal: $244,176
Special Opportunities

Sustainable Regional Program Area Total: $6,079,176
Development and Integration International Finance
Center for International Policy for Sustainability
Washington, DC
$75,000 – 12 mos. Special Initiatives
Americas Program
Ecoa - Ecology and Action Growth Management and
Campo Grande, Brazil Urban Revitalization in Michigan
$300,000 – 24 mos. Brookings Institution
Monitoring environmental impacts of Washington, DC
financial flows for infrastructure and $30,000 – 12 mos.
energy in South America Great Lakes urban exchange
Community Media Workshop
Chicago, IL
$40,000 – 12 mos.
Michigan communications project

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Flint Area |||| Arts, Culture and Education Grant Dollars Number
Arts and Culture (in millions) Of Grants
Grant Activity: Education
$ 7.732 17
$42,944,676 / 82 Grants $ 5.228 7

|||| Community Revitalization & Economic Development

Housing and Neighborhoods $ 1.012 7

Workforce Development $ .650 4

Economic Development $ 23.720 15

|||| Special Initiatives $ .735 5
Philanthropy/Nonprofit Sector $ .125 2
Race Relations $ 3.017 19
Children and Families $ .726 6
Special Opportunities

Totals $ 42.945 82

$25.382 $4.603
26 Grants 32 Grants

|||| ||||

$12.960
24 Grants

||||

in millions
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Program Overview: Flint Area

Mission: To foster a well-functioning, connected community
that is capable of meeting the economic, social and racial
challenges ahead.

A rts , Cult ur e a nd Educat io n Special Initiatives

G o a l : To support education, arts and cultural institutions G o a l : To respond to critical opportunities and/or issues that
as critical forces for positive change and key determinants of the have the potential to improve significantly the quality of life in
community’s quality of life and economic well-being. the Flint area.

Ob j e c t i v e s / W h a t W e S e e k Ob j e c t i v e s / W h a t W e S e e k

· Arts and Culture. Strong and vibrant local cultural · P hilanthropy/Nonprofit Sector. A strong local nonprofit
organizations that provide diverse arts and cultural sector capable of meeting community needs.
opportunities to all residents of Genesee County.
· Race Relations. A community with capacity to address issues
· Education. A continuum of high-quality learning opportunities of race and ethnicity honestly and productively.
that meet the needs of Flint area children, youth and adults
from pre-kindergarten through college. · C hildren and Families. Healthy and productive lives for
Genesee County children and families.
Community Revitalization and
Eco n o m ic D eve lo p m e n t · S pecial Opportunities. Flexibility to respond to critical
needs, seize special opportunities, leverage other resources and
G o a l : To support efforts that improve local governance, incubate new program areas in the Flint community.
regional cooperation, community participation and the Flint
area’s economic vitality.

Ob j e c t i v e s / W h a t W e S e e k

· Housing and Neighborhoods. Affordable housing and livable
neighborhoods, with an emphasis on the city of Flint.

· Workforce Development. Quality employment opportunities
for Flint-area residents who face multiple barriers to good jobs
in the regional labor market.

· Economic Development. A vibrant and diverse regional
economy.

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Arts, Culture and Education Metro Community Development
Education Flint, MI
EduGuide $100,000 – 12 mos.
Arts and Culture Lansing, MI General purposes
Buckham Fine Arts Project $117,985 – 12 mos.
Flint, MI Gear Up Michigan project Salem Housing Community
$30,000 – 12 mos. Development Corporation
General purposes Flint Community Schools Flint, MI
Community Foundation of Greater Flint Flint, MI $75,000 – 12 mos.
Flint, MI $37,500 – 12 mos. General purposes
$2,626,390 Church-school partnership
Endowment funds University of Michigan-Flint
Flint Area Convention & Visitors Bureau $54,491 – 3 mos. Flint, MI
Flint, MI Summer Tot Lot program $15,000 – 12 mos.
$17,000 – 10 mos. Urban alternatives house
Back to the Bricks/Bikes on the Bricks Kettering University
Flint Cultural Center Corporation Flint, MI Subtotal: $1,012,688
Flint, MI $10,000 – 10 mos. Housing and Neighborhoods
$1,568,130 – 12 mos. Metal Muscle FIRST Robotic Team
Operating support
Flint Institute of Arts $2,000,000 – 12 mos. Workforce Development
Flint, MI Strategic initiatives
$167,215 – 6 mos.
“Masterpieces of European Painting” Mott Community College 4C Child Care Unlimited
exhibit Flint, MI Flint, MI
$1,200,000 – 12 mos. $150,000 – 12 mos. $75,000 – 12 mos.
Operating support Smart Teachers As Role models Family child care provider network
(STAR) initiative
Flint Area Specialized
United Way of Genesee County Employment Services Inc.
Flint, MI Flint, MI
-$17,100 $150,000 – 12 mos.
Adjustment to previous grant Flint STRIVE replication program

Flint Institute of Music $3,100,000 – 12 mos. Greater Flint Health Coalition
Flint, MI Bridges to the Future afterschool Flint, MI
$50,000 – 17 mos. program $125,000 – 12 mos.
Music in the Parks Flint Healthcare Employment
University of Michigan - Flint Opportunities project
Flint, MI
$850,000 – 12 mos. -$225,000 United Way of Genesee County
Operating support Adjustment to previous grant Flint, MI
$50,000 – 5 mos. $300,000 – 27 mos.
Tapology Tap Dance Festival for Youth Subtotal: $5,227,876 Repayable grant for ex-offender
Education community service employment
initiative
Floyd McCree Theatre Program Area Total: $12,959,611
Flint, MI Arts, Culture and Education
$80,000 – 16 mos. Subtotal: $650,000
McCree-Ative Performing Arts Academy Workforce Development

Genesee County Parks Community Economic Development
& Recreation Commission Revitalization Bishop International Airport Authority
Flint, MI and Economic Flint, MI
$383,000 – 12 mos. Development $1,000,000 – 51 mos.
Capital improvements Intermodal Center
$460,000 – 12 mos. Housing and Neighborhoods Brookings Institution
General purposes Center for Land Reform Inc. Washington, DC
Greater Flint Arts Council Flint, MI $150,000 – 12 mos.
Flint, MI $500,000 – 14 mos. Great Lakes economic initiative
$40,000 – 36 mos. Vacant properties effort City of Flint
General purposes City of Flint Flint, MI
$120,000 – 12 mos. Flint, MI $150,000 – 12 mos.
Parade of Festivals $147,688 – 9 mos. Downtown security program
Complete landscaping at University Park Crim Fitness Foundation
Sphinx Organization Genesee County Habitat for Humanity Flint, MI
Detroit, MI Flint, MI $99,700 – 15 mos.
$90,000 – 12 mos. $75,000 – 12 mos. Capacity building
Overture program and partnership with Three-year plan for growth and Flint Neighborhood Improvement
Flint Institute of Music renewal in Flint and Preservation Project Inc.
Genesee County Land Bank Authority Flint, MI
Subtotal: $7,731,735 Flint, MI $165,400 – 6 mos.
Arts and Culture $100,000 – 12 mos. Witherbee’s Market
Clean and green partnership

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Foundation for the Uptown United Way of Genesee County Food Bank of Eastern Michigan
Reinvestment Corporation Flint, MI Flint, MI
Flint, MI $275,000 – 12 mos. $540,000 – 8 mos.
$12,000 – 5 mos. Building Excellence, Sustainability and Increasing food distribution and access
Flint Farmers Market parking lot Trust (BEST) nonprofit capacity building
Genesee Area Focus Fund
$72,900 – 12 mos. $250,000 – 12 mos. Flint, MI
Operating support General purposes $1,135,000 – 12 mos.
Summer youth initiative
$20,000,000 – 96 mos. YWCA of Greater Flint
Purchase and renovation of Flint, MI Mott Community College
Character Inn for student housing $80,000 – 12 mos. Flint, MI
Turnaround consultant $35,237 – 7 mos.
Foundation-Administered Projects Subtotal: $735,000 Teen CEO initiative
$72,173 Philanthropy/Nonprofit Sector
Flint stimulus coordination project Resource Genesee
Flint, MI
$111,806 Race Relations $124,250 – 12 mos.
Technical assistance for downtown 2-1-1 call center start-up
Flint revitalization
American Arab Heritage Council Salvation Army of Genesee County
Genesee Area Focus Fund Flint, MI Flint, MI
Flint, MI $65,000 – 12 mos. $200,000 – 12 mos.
$1,380,000 – 12 mos. Immigration services Rent and utility assistance program
Education and economic development
initiatives Urban League of Flint Shelter of Flint Inc.
Flint, MI Flint, MI
$75,000 – 12 mos. $60,000 – 12 mos. $100,000 – 18 mos.
Intermodal Center Flint replication of Leadership Program expansion
Development in Interethnic Relations
Genesee County Land Bank Authority Special Olympics Michigan
Flint, MI Subtotal: $125,000 Mount Pleasant, MI
$100,000 – 12 mos. Race Relations $65,090 – 36 mos.
Genesee Business Center Area XIII program support

Metro Community Development Children and Families St. John Vianney Parish
Flint, MI Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Flint Flint, MI
$40,900 – 12 mos. Flint, MI $15,000 – 12 mos.
Community Development Financial $150,000 – 12 mos. N.E.W. Life Center
Institution program Amachi collaborative
$60,000 – 12 mos. Subtotal: $3,016,802
University of Michigan-Flint Pan Hellenic Council mentorship project Children and Families
Flint, MI Boys & Girls Club of Greater Flint
$64,946 – 12 mos. Flint, MI Special Opportunities
College entrepreneurship program $67,000 – 12 mos.
General purposes
$225,000 – 15 mos. $14,700 – 4 mos. Flint Area Congregations Together
Incubator without walls/microlending Summer fun program Flint, MI
program Catholic Charities of Shiawassee $110,000 – 12 mos.
and Genesee Counties General purposes
Subtotal: $23,719,825 Flint, MI
Economic Development $30,025 – 15 mos.
North End Soup Kitchen Flint Club
Program Area Total: $25,382,513 $160,000 – 12 mos. Flint, MI
Community Revitalization and North End Soup Kitchen expansion $55,000 – 12 mos.
Economic Development City of Flint General purposes
Flint, MI
Special Initiatives $139,050 – 4 mos. Greater Flint Health Coalition
Summer youth program Flint, MI
Philanthropy/Nonprofit Sector Crim Fitness Foundation $75,000 – 8 mos.
BoardSource Flint, MI Health-care impact study
Washington, DC $100,000 – 12 mos.
$100,000 – 8 mos. Repayable grant to promote health and Prima Civitas Foundation
Building nonprofit leadership initiative fitness in elementary schools Lansing, MI
Child Advocacy Center Flint Area Specialized $485,750 – 20 mos.
of Genesee County Employment Services Inc. City of Flint government analysis
Flint, MI Flint, MI
$30,000 – 12 mos. $81,450 – 12 mos. Subtotal: $725,750
Merger assistance Flint STRIVE academy summer youth Special Opportunities
project
Program Area Total: $4,602,552
Special Initiatives

Program Total: $42,944,676
Flint Area

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Pathways Out of Poverty

Grant Dollars Number
(in millions) Of Grants

|||| Improving Community Education 8
17
Community-Driven Reform $ 1.160 38

Educational Opportunities for Vulnerable Youth $ 2.164

Learning Beyond the Classroom $ 10.135

|||| Expanding Economic Opportunity

Income Security $ 3.215 20
1.690 13
Grant Activity: Reducing Barriers to Employment $ 8.269 28

$34,468,587 / 162 Grants Retention and Wage Progression $

|||| Building Organized Communities 30
Building Community Organizing Infrastructure $ 6.179

|||| Special Initiatives $ 1.657 8
Transitions

Totals $ 34.469 162

$6.179 $1.657
30 Grants 8 Grants

|||| ||||

$13.174 |||| $13.459
61 Grants |||| 63 Grants

in millions

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Program Overview: Pathways Out of Poverty

Mission: To identify, test and help sustain pathways out of
poverty for low-income people and communities.

Im p r ov i n g C o m mun i t y Educat io n Building Organized Communities

G o a l : To ensure that community education serves as a G o a l : To enhance the power and effectiveness of the
pathway out of poverty for children in low-income communities. community-organizing field in order to strengthen and sustain
the involvement of low-income communities in shaping
Ob j e c t i v e s / W h a t W e S e e k their futures.

· Community-Driven Reform. Effective community-driven Ob j e c t i v e / W h a t W e S e e k
reform strategies that increase student achievement across
entire school districts and at the state or regional level. · B uilding Community Organizing Infrastructure. Strong
and effective community-organizing networks at the national
· Educational Opportunities for Vulnerable Youth. Policies and regional levels that foster community engagement and
and practices that ensure that vulnerable youth are prepared for positive change in poor communities.
college and careers.
Special Initiatives
· Learning Beyond the Classroom. High-quality learning
beyond the classroom initiatives that increase student success G o a l : To sustain promising practices and promote
by providing students with multiple ways of learning, anchored innovative and multidisciplinary approaches to reduce
to high standards and aligned with educational resources persistent poverty.
throughout a community.
Ob j e c t i v e s / W h a t W e S e e k
E x pa n di n g Ec o n o m ic Oppo rt un i ty
· Transitions. Policies and practices that strengthen micro-
G o a l : To expand opportunity for those in, or at risk of, enterprise in the U.S. in order to maximize its potential as a
persistent poverty by promoting policies and programs that means for low-income entrepreneurs to escape from poverty.
increase income security; help people connect to the labor
market; and enable them to advance into better-quality, higher- · Exploratory and Special Projects. Flexibility to identify
paying jobs. critical issues, seize special opportunities, research issues to
determine future program directions and promote crosscutting
Ob j e c t i v e s / W h a t W e S e e k projects.

· Income Security. A social safety net that augments families’
efforts to escape poverty.

· Reducing Barriers to Employment. Innovative strategies
that enable low-skill, low-income job seekers to enter the labor
market.

· Retention and Wage Progression. Workforce development
policies and practices that help low-income workers stay in the
labor market and increase their earnings over time.

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Improving Community Foundation for Youth Sports of Northern New Jersey
Community Education the National Capital Region Englewood, NJ
Washington, DC $27,000 – 6 mos.
Community-Driven Reform $20,000 – 12 mos. Black male donor collaborative:
Appleseed Foundation Youth transition funders group expanding opportunity and increasing
Washington, DC Community Foundation of Greater Flint achievement among marginalized males
$150,000 – 12 mos. Flint, MI
Research and technical assistance on $50,000 – 12 mos. YouthBuild USA
No Child Left Behind Act Genesee County out-of-school youth Somerville, MA
Community Coalition for Substance initiative $250,000 – 18 mos.
Abuse Prevention and Treatment Foundation-Administered Project Growth plan
Los Angeles, CA $4,252
$160,000 – 24 mos. Meeting on improving outcomes for Subtotal: $2,164,252
Study on education organizing and out-of-school youth in Michigan Educational Opportunities
academic improvement Grantmakers for Children, Youth & for Vulnerable Youth
Community Foundation for the National Families
Capital Region Silver Spring, MD Learning Beyond the Classroom
Washington, DC $30,000 – 24 mos. Afterschool Alliance
$80,000 – 12 mos. General purposes Washington, DC
Collaborative for education organizing Harlem Children’s Zone $2,000,000 – 12 mos.
Harvard University New York, NY General purposes
Cambridge, MA $150,000 – 12 mos. After-School Corporation
$100,000 – 18 mos. Young male initiative New York, NY
Study of education organizing Intercultural Development $225,000 – 36 mos.
Hyde Square Task Force Research Association New York statewide afterschool
Jamaica Plain, MA San Antonio, TX network
$70,000 – 12 mos. $150,000 – 18 mos. American Federation of
Collaborative for educational change Brown and Mendez dialogues on Teachers Educational Foundation
Northwest Bronx Community multiple pathways to graduation Washington, DC
and Clergy Coalition Kalamazoo Community Foundation $200,000 – 24 mos.
Bronx, NY Kalamazoo, MI American Federation of Teachers
$100,000 – 12 mos. $100,000 – 24 mos. innovation fund
Study on education organizing and Improving outcomes for out-of-school American Youth Policy Forum
academic improvement youth in Michigan Washington, DC
Public Interest Projects Lansing Community College $100,000 – 24 mos.
New York, NY Lansing, MI Integrating afterschool and school-
$200,000 – 12 mos. $150,000 – 18 mos. community partnerships
Communities for public education High school diploma completion Arizona Center for Afterschool
reform initiative Excellence
National Youth Employment Coalition Phoenix, AZ
Southern California Education Fund Washington, DC $225,000 – 36 mos.
Los Angeles, CA $300,000 – 24 mos. Arizona statewide afterschool network
$300,000 – 24 mos. Expanding education options for Asia Society
General purposes struggling students and disconnected New York, NY
youth $150,000 – 12 mos.
Subtotal: $1,160,000 Northeastern University Promising practices in afterschool:
Community-Driven Reform Boston, MA global literacy
$42,225 – 12 mos. Brown University
Educational Opportunities Labor market, economic, social, civic and Providence, RI
for Vulnerable Youth fiscal consequences of dropping out of $275,000 – 18 mos.
American Youth Policy Forum high school in Michigan Building capacity for New Day for
Washington, DC Philadelphia Youth Network Learning communities
$150,775 – 24 mos. Philadelphia, PA Champlain Valley Educator
Educating policymakers on effective $265,000 – 24 mos. Development Center
strategies for dropouts and disconnected Philadelphia youth transitions Burlington, VT
youth collaborative: supporting city $225,000 – 36 mos.
Boston Private Industry Council partnerships to address dropout crisis Vermont statewide afterschool network
Boston, MA Tides Center Child Development for Kids Inc.
$225,000 – 24 mos. San Francisco, CA Malden, MA
Boston Youth Transitions Taskforce: $100,000 – 12 mos. $225,000 – 36 mos.
supporting city partnerships to address Youth development institute: Massachusetts statewide afterschool
dropout crisis developing community-based career and network
Center for Law and Social Policy technical education strategies for school Chrysalis Foundation
Washington, DC dropouts Des Moines, IA
$50,000 – 36 mos. $225,000 – 36 mos.
Promoting policies for disconnected Iowa statewide afterschool network
youth: building systems to reconnect
youth to education and jobs
City Connect Detroit
Detroit, MI
$100,000 – 18 mos.
Improving outcomes for out-of-school
youth in Michigan

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