Our Grants
Great Lakes Environmental Health & Justice Anchor Arts
Community Arts Arts Education Alzheimer's Research Special Opportunities
Community Arts Arts Education Alzheimer's Research Special Opportunities
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For a printable list of grants please see our Annual Reports page
Great Lakes
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| Clinton River Watershed Council Rochester, MI for general operating support |
$33,000 in 2009 $105,00 in 2010 (payable over 3 yrs) |
| Detroit Science Center Inc. Detroit, MI for a challenge grant to construct the Clean Water Through Green Engineering Exhibit Collection |
$125,000 in 2009 |
| Friends Of The Detroit River Trenton, MI for general operating support |
$15,000 in 2009 $45,000 in 2010 (payable over 3 yrs) |
| Friends Of The Rouge Dearborn, MI for general operating support |
$35,000 in 2009 $105,000 in 2010 (payable over 3 yrs) |
| Greening of Detroit Detroit, MI to test a new vacant land reclamation model that will create swaths of newly forested land in Detroit to mitigate storm water runoff |
$160,000 in 2010 |
| Huron River Watershed Council Ann Arbor, MI for general operating support |
$75,000 in 2009 $255,000 in 2010 (payable over 3 yrs) |
| 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 in 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 in 2010 (payable over 3 yrs) |
| 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 in 2009 (payable over 2 yrs) $150,000 in 2010 (payable over 2 yrs) |
| Six Rivers Regional Land Conservancy Rochester, MI to create a model wetlands databank and outreach program in Oakland and Macomb Counties identifying the highest priority wetlands and connect landowners with wetlands with those in need of performing mitigation |
$100,000 (payable over 2 yrs) |
| 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 in 2010 (payable over 2 yrs) |
| Warren-Conner Development Coalition, Inc. Detroit, MI to support data analysis and community outreach for a collaboratively led, community-based planning process to determine appropriate, environmentally sustainable re-uses of vacant land on Detroit's lower east side |
$120,000 in 2010 |
Environmental Health and Justice
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| Arab Community Center for Economic & Social Services Access Dearborn, MI to develop awareness and advocacy of environmental issues in the Arab American community in Detroit in partnership with other communities of color in the City |
$65,000 in 2010 |
| Detroit Hispanic Development Corporation Detroit, MI to create a policy advocacy initiative to address health disparities and environmental justice in Southwest Detroit |
$75,000 in 2009 $60,000 in 2010 |
| Detroiters Working For Environmental Justice Detroit, MI to expand DWEJ's capacity for community organizing and education |
$75,000 in 2009 $60,000 in 2010 |
| East Michigan Environmental Action Council Detroit, MI to build organizational capacity to expand the Environmental Justice Re-Media program |
$30,000 in 2009 $60,000 in 2010 |
| Ecology Center Ann Arbor, MI for general operating support |
$100,000 in 2009 $100,000 in 2010 |
| 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 in 2010 |
| 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 in 2009 $100,000 in 2010 |
| Science & Environmental Health Network Ames, IO and Ann Arbor, MI to use research on complex environmental influences on Alzheimer's Disease as a case study to leverage policy changes addressing interrelated public health and environmental problems |
$75,000 in 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 in 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 in 2010 (payable over 2 years) |
| WARM Training Center Detroit, MI to expand the Detroit Youth Energy Squad, building future environmental leaders amongst low-income youth through a youth employment and training program on climate change and home weatherization to expand the operations of Great Lakes Bioneers |
$50,000 in2010 $10,000 in 2010 |
| 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 in 2010 $90,000 in 2010 (payable over 2 years) |
Anchor Arts
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The Foundation 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 (Cultural Data Project) 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 (Community Programs) 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, Hilberry Theater WDET WSU Art Galleries |
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 in 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 in 2009 |
| Cultural Alliance of Southeastern Michigan Detroit, MI to support a planning process for a new initiative to increase attendance and participation of arts and culture programs of more than 100 organizations in southeast Michigan |
$25,000 in 2010 |
| Luella Memorial Hannan Foundation Detroit, MI to support a community designed public art sculpture and rain garden at Hannan House, engaging senior artists, local artists and volunteers, as part of Detroit's Midtown Loop Public Art Plan. |
$15,000 in 2010 |
| Matrix Theatre Company Detroit, MI to develop puppetry/writing workshops about the Detroit's buried streams, marshes and lakes |
$150,000 in 2010 (payable over 3 years) |
| The Heidelberg Project Detroit, MI to help build organizational capacity to implement the strategic plan for a cultural village (dollar for dollar match required for $50,000 of $75,000 year two payment) |
$100,000 in 2009 (payable over 2 years) + an additional $25,000 in 2010 |
| Insideout Literary Arts Project Detroit, MI for a multi-arts, community-based, year-long celebration of women poets in partnership with Detroit Public Television, Arts League of Michigan, Matrix Theatre Company, Wayne State University Press and others |
$100,000 in 2010 |
| Museum of Contemporary Arts Detroit (MOCAD) Detroit, MI to hire a development director and create a strategic fund development plan |
$120,000 in 2010 |
| Southwest Housing Solutions Corporation Detroit, MI to support a project to engage the community and demonstrate artistically and ecologically creative storm water mitigation/low impact development techniques in renovating a former police station in southwest Detroit into a creative arts center housing 555 Nonprofit Gallery & Studios and Classic Landscape, Ltd. |
$75,000 in 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 in 2009 |
Arts Edcuation
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| Arts League of Michigan Detroit, MI to support the youth jazz education program, including educational and performance opportunities with professional local musicians and a summer "jazz boot camp" |
$35,000 in 2010 |
| 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 in 2009 $35,000 in 2010 |
| Detroit International Jazz Festival Foundation Detroit, MI to support the Jazz Infusion Program in the Detroit School of the Arts where students receive advanced jazz instruction from Detroit Jazz Festival Orchestra musicians and the Festival's artist in in-residence |
$40,000 in 2009 $37,500 in 2010 |
| Detroit Symphony Orchestra Detroit, MI to support an advanced youth jazz education program |
$50,000 in 2009 $50,000 in 2010 |
| Insideout Literary Arts Project Detroit, MI for general operating support |
$50,000 in 2009 |
| Michigan State University-College of Music East Lansing, MI to provide advanced jazz education for urban youth through MSU Jazz@CMSDetroit |
$50,000 in 2009 up to $50,000 in 2010 |
| 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 in 2009 |
| Music Hall Center For The Performing Arts Detroit, MI to continue and expand an experiential jazz education program |
$40,000 in 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 in 2009 (payable over 2 yrs) |
Alzheimer's Research
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| Alzheimer's Association Chicago, IL to support peer-reviewed, donor-directed leading research aimed to understand, prevent, treat and ultimately cure Alzheimer's disease |
$1,000,000 in 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 in 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 in 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 for 2009 |
| Salvation Army Southfield, MI for emergency holiday and year round assistance to families |
$250,000 for 2009 |
| THAW Detroit, MI to provide energy assistance to low income families and individuals in Metro Detroit |
$125,000 for 2009 |
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