The Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, with support from the Detroit Auto Dealers Association Charitable Foundation Fund, awarded five grants, totaling $240,000, to organizations that provide services to youth in the region.
Programs and organizations that received recent grants include:
Communities in Schools of Detroit Inc., Detroit, $50,000, for support for after-school enrichment programming in Mount Clemens
Detroit Area Pre-College Engineering Program, Detroit, $50,000, for support for science and technology enrichment programs
MINDS Program Inc., Southfield, $40,000, for support for a program to educate adolescents about mental illness
Starfish Family Services, Inkster, $50,000 (over 2 years), for support for a program for families experiencing poverty
Wellspring, Detroit, $50,000, for support for the expansion of a math and reading skills program
Created as a permanent endowment, the DADA Charitable Foundation Fund provides support to nonprofit organizations in the seven-county southeast Michigan region, with a primary focus on charitable organizations and activities that assist in improving the lives of children and youth.
The fund represents a significant, lasting legacy to the DADA’s charitable commitment to southeast Michigan and has made more than 100 grants totaling more than $3.1 million since its inception in 1998.
