Established in 1988 through the merger of The Flint Public Trust, founded in 1950, and the Flint Area Health Foundation, created in 1978, the resulting Community Foundation combined the strengths of these two Flint institutions to position itself for future growth and giving. Since the merger, assets have grown from $10 million to more than $87 million. Over 10,000 contributors ranging from modest to magnificent means have enabled the Community Foundation to award more than $75 million in grants to the greater Flint area from over 350 charitable funds.
Other inaugural recipients included the Community Foundation of Greater Flint, the Los Angeles-based Alliance for Higher Education in Prison and...more
... Wilkerson's “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents,” through the generous donation of the Community Foundation of Greater Flint, while supplies...more
Textbooks for Change, a London-based social enterprise that has obtained the B Corporation seal for positive social and environmental impact, is seeking investors that would be helping the company expand.