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Fueling Detroit's Economy With Micro-Grants

Posted 03.20.2012

Read More: Detroit Immigrants, Detroit Impact, Immigration, Southwest Detroit, Immigrant Businesses, Michigan Small Business Grants, Kellogg Foundation, Michigan Immigration, Steve Tobocman, Global Detroit, Small Businesses, W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Video, Detroit Small Business, Global Detroit Neighborhood Development Collaborative, Detroit Business, Detroit News

A new, $2.4 million initiative to pump up the economy looks beyond the boardroom to train an unlikely group of entrepreneurs: Small-business owners in...

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Active Civic Engagement: The Power of People to Make Change

Jane Wales | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Deliberative Democracy, Community Organizing, WK Kellogg Foundation, Matt Leighninger, Civic Engagement, Philanthropy, Impact News
Jane Wales

Matt Leighninger of the Deliberative Democracy Consortium has written "Creating Spaces for Change: Working Toward A 'Story of Now' In Civic Engagement" focusing on community organizing and deliberative democracy.

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Philanthropy's New Ice Age: Will Social Innovation Survive the Freeze?

Jumpstart | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Jumpstart, Charity Organizations, Philanthropy, Philanthropy Funding, Charity, Charitable Funds, Strategic Philanthropy, Economy, Social Innovation, Jewish Social Entrepreneurship, Nonprofits, Innovation, Joshua Avedon, Shawn Landres, Jewish Innovation, W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Philanthropists, Lee Meyerhoff Hendler, Social Entrepreneurship, Jewish, Nonprofit Sector, Hazon, Nigel Savage, Healthy Living News
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After a decade of philanthropic investment that has produced a flowering of innovation and social entrepreneurship not seen since the late 19th century, all signs point to a flash freeze.

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