Governor Gretchen Whitmer has awarded Neighborhood Enhancement Program grants to 33 local governments and nonprofit groups. $1.7 million in total has been awarded in grants.
A Sinai-Grace CDC program is encouraging current residents, recent graduates and employees of Northwest Detroit to live and invest in their neighborhood – and there is money to help too.
Detroit nonprofits 24 of them are receiving grants from a pool of $11 million, thanks to a program that has taken on two additional foundations this year.
The pool, which is an increase from the fund s previous $2.7 million, is especially important because of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Distributed by Enterprise Community Partners, the pool grew after two foundations and other donors came together to be a support system for those in need.
One recipient, the nonprofit Woodbridge Neighborhood Development, used the money to add two new staff members that will work on community programs and organizing, like home renovations and recreation and parks programming.