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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.
McGregor Fund Welcomes Jonathan Pulley, Director of Grant Development
The McGregor Fund’s trustees and staff are honored to welcome Jonathan Pulley as the Fund’s new Director of Grant Development.
News & Insights
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.
McGregor Fund Welcomes Jonathan Pulley, Director of Grant Development
The McGregor Fund’s trustees and staff are honored to welcome Jonathan Pulley as the Fund’s new Director of Grant Development.
Highlighting the Work of Our Grant Partners
📌Register for Co.act Detroit's 7/24 rest and wellness event!📌
Unwind: A Drop-in Wellbeing Experience is on Thursday, July 24th, 9:30am-3:00pm at Co.act.
In recognition of International Self-Care Day, Co.act is offering group and individual restorative practices including yoga and meditation, mini wellness coaching sessions, a wellbeing resource station, story sharing, and self-guided wellbeing activities.
Learn more + register here: coactdetroit.org/events/unwind/This International Self-Care Day, give yourself a moment to reset.
On Thursday, July 24, Co.act is hosting Unwind: A Drop-in Wellbeing Experience from 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Whether you need a quiet space to reflect or want to connect with others doing the work, this event is all about honoring you and your overall wellbeing.
Enjoy self and community care activities, explore local wellbeing resources, and walk away feeling refreshed and supported.
RSVP today and invite a friend to join you! bit.ly/43MKY6I
Rest and joy look wonderful on you Nicole!
Nicole Wilson, the Executive Director of The Yunion, is a 2025 McGregor Fund Miller Fellow and is currently on sabbatical. Here's what she told us after being named a Miller Fellow:
"Although I’ve led with purpose and poured my heart into this mission, the intensity of this work has left me yearning for a moment to pause and rejuvenate. During this sabbatical, I hope to rediscover the joy and creativity that once fueled my passion — to live more fully, breathe deeply, and return renewed, ready to inspire new possibilities and cultivate a thriving, energized environment for myself, my family, our team, and the communities we serve."
Read more about Nicole, the Miller Fellowship, and the 2025 cohort of Fellows here: mcgregorfund.org/our-work/miller-fellowship/
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📢Participation requested: take the Young Adult Workforce Landscape Analysis (YAWLA) survey through July 18th, 2025.
Released by the Corporation for a Skilled Workforce with support from the Annie E. Casey Foundation, YAWLA aims to survey 300 workforce development organizations that serve young adults, ages 18-29, with the purpose of informing workforce grantmaking, locally, regionally, and nationally. This survey and its accompanying focus groups aim to provide a comprehensive snapshot of the workforce development field.
If you're an organization serving young adults (ages 18–29) in the US, you qualify to participate in the Young Adult Workforce Landscape Analysis (YAWLA) survey:
yaworkforcelandscape.org/
Qualified YAWLA survey participants will:
✅ Inform future investments in the young adult workforce development sector
✅ Be featured in a public-facing report, webinars, and conference presentations
✅ Benchmark their organization’s operations and services against 100’s of peers
✅ Gain exclusive access to project findings through a final report and invite-only webinar
✅ Be entered to win one of four stipend payments of $1,000 for your organization
Learn more about the YAWLA project and view the slides and recording of its related recent webinar at the link above.
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👏🚴♂️ They made it! Congratulations to Black Leaders Detroit, who just completed their 1600+ mile Ride For Equity journey from Tulsa to New York City!
Our grant partner's annual Ride For Equity is "an initiative dedicated to promoting fair funding for entrepreneurs of African descent through impactful cycling events... and aims to raise awareness about economic disparities while fostering community support for underrepresented business leaders and their journey toward reparations."
#BlackLeadersDetroit #RideForEquity #grantpartner
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🗣“We doubled our commitment of funding back in March when it was clear what was happening in the community. We know we can't make up the difference, but that doesn't take us off the hook from doing everything we can. We all need to pitch in and do what we can. A lot of us need to advocate. A lot of us need to step up other ways of supporting community.
As a funding organization, our job is to dig deeper and just get more money out. We can't sit back just because we can't fill the gaps or we can't figure out how to give more money out quickly and perfectly.
We're starting with our current partners trying to identify immediate needs where even buying a few weeks or a few months might keep people in housing, might keep people fed….[might] keep people employed in those jobs, because if you have to lay off your team, you just can't get them back…when the funding comes back. People have to move on and support themselves. We can't afford to let people suffer and we can't afford an erosion of our nonprofit safety net, which is what is at stake.”
- From Kate Levin Markel, McGregor Fund President, on American Black Journal on Detroit PBS.
➡️Stream now: tinyurl.com/3zjthwfz
➡️Watch Sunday morning at 9:30 am ET on Detroit PBS
www.bridgedetroit.com/federal-funding-cuts-cause-michigan-nonprofits-to-adjust-programs-and-servi...
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📣 Watch McGregor Fund President Kate Levin Markel on American Black Journal! Last night, Kate spoke with host Stephen Henderson and Focus: HOPE CEO Portia Roberson about the impact of federal funding freezes and cuts and how they're affecting the programs, services and staffing at local nonprofits.
➡️Stream now: tinyurl.com/3zjthwfz
➡️Watch Sunday morning at 9:30 am ET on Detroit PBS
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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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