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Great Lakes

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Clinton River Watershed Council
Rochester, MI
for general operating support
 
$33,000
2009
 
Detroit Science Center Inc.
Detroit, MI
for a challenge grant to construct the Clean Water Through Green Engineering Exhibit Collection
 
$125,000
2009

 
Friends Of The Detroit River 
Trenton, MI
for general operating support
 

$15,000
2009
 
Friends Of The Rouge 
Dearborn, MI
for general operating support
 

  $35,000
2009
 
Huron River Watershed Council
Ann Arbor, MI
for general operating support
 

  $75,000
2009
 
Michigan League Of Conservation Voters Education Fund
Ann Arbor, MI
to strengthen the capacity of environmental and allied organizations in Southeast Michigan for policy work
 

   $30,000
2010

 
National Wildlife Federation
Ann Arbor, MI
to support the Healing Our Waters Coalition: a collaborative effort to promote funding and policy reform for the Great Lakes and assistance for organizations conducting Great Lakes restoration projects
$450,000
2010
(payable over 3 years)
Nature Conservancy
Arlington, VA

to complete the Lake Huron conservation planning process


to hire a policy associate to help advance Great Lakes policy and funding
  


  $100,000
2009
(payable over 2 years)

$150,000
2010
(payable over 2 years) 
University of Michigan
(School of Natural Resources And Environment)

Ann Arbor, MI
to engage stakeholders and create cumulative impact maps (threats, resources and human impact) of the Great Lakes ecosystem to guide conservation and restoration decisions

 $500,000
 2010
(payable over 2 years)

 



Environmental Health and Justice

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Ecology Center
Ann Arbor, MI
for general operating support
 
$100,000
2009
 
Michigan Environmental Council
Lansing, MI
to strengthen the connections between the Detroit program and state policy work on environmental health, justice, and water issues
 
$100,000
2009

 
Detroit Hispanic Development Corporation 
Detroit, MI
to create a policy advocacy initiative to address health disparities and environmental justice in Southwest Detroit
 
$75,000
2009
 
Detroiters Working For Environmental Justice 
Detroit, MI
to expand DWEJ's capacity for community organizing and education
 
$75,000
2009

 
East Michigan Environmental Action Council
Detroit, MI
to build organizational capacity to  expand the Environmental Justice Re-Media program
 
$30,000
2009
 
Fair Food Network
Ann Arbor, MI
to develop a federal funding stream to develop more healthy and sustainably-grown food in Detroit and Southeast Michigan
 

$100,000
2010
 
Self-Help Addiction Rehabilitation
Detroit, MI 
to support a participatory planning process to develop an urban farm for recovering substance abusers and members from the broader community
 
$25,000
2010
 
Vanguard Community Development
Detroit, MI
to build the capacity of residents in the North End neighborhood of Detroit to proactively address environmental hazards 

$100,000
2010
 (payable over 2 years)

 
Wayne State University 
Detroit, MI
to hire a full time coordinator for the Environmental Law Clinic

to expand healthy, sustainable food choices for households on Detroit's east-side in partnership with Earthworks Urban Farm and the Capuchin Soup Kitchen

 
$25,000
2010

$90,000
2010
(payable over 2 years) 
YMCA Of Metropolitan Detroit
Detroit, MI
to develop a Y-Arts program to teach urban teens digital arts skills through a focus on environmental issues
 
$100,000
2009
 

Anchor Arts
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The Foundation has selected 30 cultural and arts organizations to receive unrestricted operating support for a one year period. Preference was given to larger organizations that have had historical significance to the family, as well as to smaller organizations that are essential elements of a strong core central city and vibrant neighborhoods.

Arts League of Michigan
Detroit, MI
$25,000
2009
Arts & Scraps
Detroit, MI
$10,000
2009
Artserve Michigan
Wixom, MI
$25,000
2009 
College for Creative Studies (Community Arts Programs)
Detroit, MI
$10,000
2009
Cranbrook Educational Community
Bloomfield Hills, MI
$100,000
2009
Cultural Alliance of Southeastern Michigan
Detroit, MI
$25,000
2009
Detroit Artist Market
Detroit, MI
$10,000
2009
Detroit Historical Society
Detroit, MI
$25,000
2009
Detroit Institute of Arts
Detroit, MI
$100,000
2009
Detroit Educational Television
Detroit, MI
$100,000
2009
Detroit Repertory Theater
Detroit, MI
$15,000
2009
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Detroit, MI
$100,000
2009
Detroit Zoological Society
Royal Oak, MI
$100,000
2009
Friends of Detroit Public Library Detroit
Detroit, MI
$25,000
2009
Heritage Works
Detroit, MI
$10,000
2009
Living Arts
Detroit, MI
$10,000
2009
Marygrove College, Institute of Music and Dance
Detroit, MI
$10,000
2009
Meadow Brook Theatre
Rochester, MI
$25,000
2009
Michigan Opera Theatre
Detroit, MI
$25,000
2009
Motown Historical Museum
Detroit, MI
$15,000
2009
Museum of African American History
Detroit, MI
$25,000
2009
Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit
Detroit, MI
$25,000
2009
Pewabic Society
Detroit, MI
$25,000
2009
PuppetArt
Detroit, MI
$10,000
2009
Rackham Symphony Choir
Detroit, MI
$10,000
2009
Scarab Club
Detroit, MI
$10,000
2009
The Henry Ford
Dearborn, MI
$100,000
2009
VSA Arts of Michigan
Detroit, MI
$10,000
2009
Wayne State University
Detroit,

2009

 $15,000

$15,000

$10,000
 


Community Arts
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Ann Arbor Hands On Museum
Ann Arbor, MI
to develop local environmental concern and activism in five communities in metro Detroit through a library-based arts program
 
$85,500
2010
 
Cranbrook Educational Community
Bloomfield Hills, MI
to support Artology: The Fusion of Art and Science, a collaborative exhibition and education effort between Cranbrook’s Institute of Science and Art Museum
 
$100,000
2009
Matrix Theatre Company
Detroit, MI
to develop puppetry/writing workshops about the Detroit's buried streams, marshes and lakes
 
$150,000
2010
(payable over 3 years)
 
The Heidelberg Project
Detroit, MI
to hire a development director and program director to help implement the strategic plan for a cultural village
$100,000
 2009
(payable over 2 years)
 



Arts Edcuation

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Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center
Birmingham, MI
to educate and connect talented,low-income high school art students in Metro Detroit to higher education in the visual arts and ultimately to viable art careers
 
$35,000
2009
 
Detroit International Jazz Festival Foundation
Detroit, MI
for educational programs throughout the year including a visiting artist in in-residence and school based programs
 
$40,000
2009
Detroit Symphony Orchestra 
Detroit, MI
to support an intensive youth jazz education program
 
$50,000
2009
Insideout Literary Arts Project 
Detroit, MI
for general operating support
 
$50,000
2009
Michigan State University-College of Music 
East Lansing, MI
to provide intensive jazz education for urban youth through MSU Jazz@CMSDetroit
 
$50,000
2009
Mosaic Youth Theater Of Detroit
Detroit, MI
for general operating support, one-half of the grant in the form of a challenge to match
new or increased contributions from individuals on a two to one basis
 
$100,000
2009
Music Hall Center For The Performing Arts
Detroit, MI
to continue and expand an experiential jazz education program
 
$40,000
2009
Sphinx Organization  
Detroit, MI
to support the Sphinx Preparatory Music Institute and Sphinx Overture Programs, one-half of the grant in the form of a challenge to match new or increased contributions from individuals on a two to one basis
$100,000
2009

 Alzheimer's Research
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Alzheimer's Association
Chicago, IL
to support peer-reviewed, donor-directed leading research aimed to prevent, treat and ultimately cure Alzheimer's disease
$1,000,000
2010
(payable over 5 years)


Special Opportunities
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Detroit Educational Television Foundation
Detroit, MI
for the Because Minds Matter capital campaign
 
$500,000
2009
(payable over 5 years)
 
Detroit Riverfront Conservancy, Inc.
Detroit, MI
for general operating support with emphasis on environmental education and public art
$1,000,000
2010
(payable over 5 years)

In December 2008, the Foundation approved three, one-time special grants totaling $500,000 to help meet the immediate, short term needs of individuals affected by the economic downturn. The grants were matched dollar for dollar by Fred and Barbara Erb personally.

Forgotten Harvest 
Oak Park, MI
to distribute fresh food to vulnerable families in Metro Detroit using rescued perishable food
 
$125,000
2008
Salvation Army 
Southfield, MI
for emergency holiday and year round assistance to families
 
$250,000
2008
THAW 
Detroit, MI

to provide energy assistance to low income families and individuals in Metro Detroit
 
$125,000
2008

 



 

 

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