COVID-19 Emergency Grantmaking
Our COVID-19 emergency grantmaking supported community based organizations and networks new to the Fund, as well as traditional social service agencies, to quickly and flexibly respond to the compounding health and mental health, basic needs, and economic hardships experienced at the height of the pandemic in 2020 and 2021.
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.
“Investing in Us” Report Released
Poverty Solutions at the University of Michigan's "Investing in Us" report combines Detroiters’ stories and neighborhood-level improvement plans into a “unified city-wide vision of economic well-being.”
Highlighting the Work of Our Grant Partners
The McGregor Fund is delighted to announce our recent Basic Needs-Housing & Employment grant for $300,000 made to Detroit Action via the Tides Center, to support Detroit Action’s direct client services and development of a worker center to provide job training and placement, primarily for people experiencing homelessness in Detroit.
Detroit Action’s worker center will support clients facing barriers to employment via advocacy, training, placement in living wage jobs and additional services during both pre-employment and post-placement periods. Co-created with Detroiters with lived expertise and with support from technical assistance provider National Black Worker Center, this will be the city’s first training program centered on the needs of people experiencing homelessness and focused on building worker-based advocacy.
The McGregor Fund is delighted to share our recent Basic Needs-Housing & Employment grant to Alternatives For Girls (AFG). This $1.2 million grant increases our annual operations support and helps launch AFG’s Workforce Development Hub.
The Hub provides youth with pathways to sustainable employment and builds partnerships with workforce development providers and local employers. AFG plans to grow the Hub’s service footprint to serve more young adults by adding employment coordinator positions and subsidizing participants’ work commitments, from uniforms and childcare to readiness for skills tests.
We’re thrilled to share this important work undertaken by community partners, including Heidi Alcock, our Director of Grant Development & Communications.
Download the report: plcylk.org/wfe-detroit
#NationalEquityAtlas #WorkforceEquityDetroit
The McGregor Fund is pleased to announce more than $6.2 million in grants awarded to 18 area nonprofit organizations in the second quarter of 2022. Highlights of the Fund’s grantmaking include construction funding for permanent supportive housing with integrated services, as well as support for our partners creating workforce development opportunities for men, women and youth experiencing homelessness and/or facing additional significant barriers to employment.
A Basic Needs-Housing grant for $1,000,000 was approved for Mariners Inn to support construction of The Anchor, a landmark, 65,000-square-foot permanent supportive housing and recovery housing complex that will also include counseling, case management and therapy spaces as well as a computer lab, areas for exercise and family gatherings, an art gallery and retail space. The Anchor’s permanent supportive housing units will serve those experiencing chronic homelessness and with little-to-no income, and will augment the Inn’s substance use treatment and recovery work. The Midtown location will offer residents proximity to other agencies, work opportunities, and supportive amenities.