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Letter from the President: 2025 Miller Fellows
We are delighted to announce the 2025 cohort of the Eugene A. Miller Fellowship Program – four distinguished leaders who determined that this was their year to take time away from their organizations to rest, reflect, and recharge.
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From grantmaking updates to sharing what we’re learning from our community, grantee partners, and peers, we invite you to learn more about our ongoing work here.
Letter from the President: 2025 Miller Fellows
We are delighted to announce the 2025 cohort of the Eugene A. Miller Fellowship Program – four distinguished leaders who determined that this was their year to take time away from their organizations to rest, reflect, and recharge.
Highlighting the Work of Our Grant Partners
👏👏 Congratulations to McGregor Fund Trustee Kelly Major Green!
From the Michigan Chronicle:
"Kelly Major Green Makes History as First Black Woman on Detroit Athletic Club Board, Rooted in Legacy, Leadership, and Love for the 313"
"Black women in Detroit and beyond are watching, processing, and realizing that glass ceilings inside even the most exclusive institutions can and must be shattered—not for applause, but for access, for voice, for legacy."
"Detroiters know the significance of “firsts,” but they also know the importance of what follows. Sustaining presence, creating policy, mentoring future leaders—those are the next steps. Green is already walking in that. She’s not waiting for a title to tell her what leadership looks like. She’s been doing the work. This board seat is just the recognition catching up."
"Moments like this are never about one woman. They are about community evolution. They are about reimagining institutions and shifting narratives from exclusion to inclusion—brick by brick, seat by seat. Green’s story is not wrapped in exceptionalism—it’s grounded in what happens when excellence meets opportunity, when dedication meets access."
"The board seat is symbolic. Her presence is seismic. And the culture she’s affirming by being exactly who she is—that’s the real win."
michiganchronicle.com/kelly-major-green-makes-history-as-first-black-woman-on-detroit-athletic-cl...
McGregor Fund grant partner Accounting Aid Society is offering no-cost tax preparation appointments for individuals and families at multiple tax sites across Metro Detroit.
Detroit locations include:
📌 Detroit Public Library - Main Library
📌 Duffield Branch Library
📌 Fisher Magnet Academy - FREC East
📌 Focus: HOPE
📌 LA SED Senior and Youth Center
📌 Northwest Financial Hub
📌 University of Detroit Mercy
Call 313-556-1920 or visit www.accountingaidsociety.org to make an appointment.
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📣 The McGregor Fund is hiring! 📣
We're seeking a Senior Accountant to provide support for a full spectrum of accounting and finance-related functions, while also supporting the McGregor Fund’s administrative and grantmaking operations-related activities.
✅ The successful candidate will be able to accurately analyze and record complex monthly and quarterly financial data and investment transactions and create reports for the staff and board.
✅ The position is hybrid with approximately one day per week in the office. The McGregor Fund is highly mission focused and seeks a candidate who desires to be part of our mission-aligned team.
✅ The McGregor Fund is an equal opportunity employer. As a Detroit-focused organization, we encourage applications from candidates who have lived and/or worked in Detroit.
Learn more and apply: tinyurl.com/mrynrmsh
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While we facilitate opportunities to rest for our grant partner leaders through the McGregor Fund Miller Fellowship, we also understand taking time to recharge often isn’t as easy as it sounds.
Executive Coach Monica Marie Jones, who works with our Miller Fellows – individually and in community – before, during and after their sabbatical experiences, often encounters leaders who find the pathway to rest filled with barriers and says, “many nonprofit leaders are not oriented to rest."
Monica's coaching and guidance has elevated the Miller Fellow experience, providing strategic tactics and care that focus on both the fellows’ well-being and the organizations they lead.
“Even to sit down and reflect with them on what they like and what they’re interested in, some of them have blocks around that. So I found some value in taking time for on-ramping or on-boarding them to rest. To say it’s okay, let’s remember what were the things you used to love to do before you had all this responsibility.”
Read more about Monica’s work and other innovative ways funders can support grant partner well-being, from reporting to restoration, in Blackbaud’s ENGAGE Blog.
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McGregor Fund Founders
More than 100 years ago, the McGregors devoted their lives to community service – Tracy as an agency founder and social entrepreneur ending homelessness and unemployment for Detroit men, and Katherine as the founder and benefactor of an orphanage in Highland Park. Their proximity to people experiencing hardship and trauma informed their charitable giving and Tracy’s role as a civic leader.
McGregor Fund Founders
More than 100 years ago, the McGregors devoted their lives to community service – Tracy as an agency founder and social entrepreneur ending homelessness and unemployment for Detroit men, and Katherine as the founder and benefactor of an orphanage in Highland Park. Their proximity to people experiencing hardship and trauma informed their charitable giving and Tracy’s role as a civic leader.
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