The Motor City Contractor Fund launched in 2022 as a $10M pilot program to support Detroit-based and BIPOC contractors with the resources and training they need to thrive. A year later, the 19 participants celebrated the completion of the program and discuss how their businesses have benefited as a result. Watch the video to learn more about MCCF and the positive impact of the program on participants as well as the city of Detroit.

This edition of Q&A features Kalyan Vinnakota, Senior Scientific Program Manager who is helping us accelerate a cure for neurofibromatosis (NF1). He leads the Vision Restoration Initiative, comprised of a “dream team” of basic science and clinical researchers focused on developing viable therapies for NF patients suffering from optic nerve damage and loss of sight due to tumors known as NF1-OPGs.

The celebration of today's Southwest Greenway opening included an announcement of more than $70 million in new funding for the Unified Greenway Campaign, a collaborative effort to raise $350 million which will be used to complete the world-class Detroit Riverfront, fund construction of the Joe Louis Greenway, and create an endowment that will support the maintenance and operation of both projects for future generations.

The City of Detroit, Gilbert Family Foundation, and CHN Housing Partners have teamed up to transform how Detroiters access housing resources and services, anchored by a new centralized City hotline and a $10 million investment from the Gilbert Family Foundation.

In this video, Detroit resident Loretta Powell talks about her experience with the Detroit Home Repair Fund, a $20M program launched last year by the Gilbert Family Foundation in partnership with DTE and ProMedica. As Loretta and Darnell Adams explain, the DHRF is serving an important need for thousands of low-income Detroit residents who have critical home repair needs.