philanthropy

Today, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services director Elizabeth Hertel talks about Michigan’s Child Protective Services progress under federal oversight. Then, a 1950s “shark attack” in Lake Michigan. Plus, the Kresge Foundation’s president and CEO Rip Rapson discusses the foundation’s ongoing mission and its 100th anniversary.

The founder of Michigan-based Art Van Furniture retail chain, Archie A. Van Eslander, passed away Monday at the age of 87 from complications related to…

Philanthropic groups have played a central role in helping Detroit recover from the depths of bankruptcy.But has that philanthropic giving been too “top…

Government failed Flint.It's pretty tough to dispute that statement, knowing what we know about how the Flint water crisis came to be, and how it was…

The Next IdeaMichigan's philanthropic organizations are facing a changing climate of giving.Movement of money within the nation's wealthiest families, low…

If you had 20 years to give away $1.2 billion, how would you do it?That’s the question facing one Detroit-based philanthropy, the Ralph C. Wilson Jr.…

When you hear about the Gates Foundation, the Mott Foundation, or any of the myriad other philanthropic organizations, how do you describe what they do?Do…

A handful of Detroit-based civic-building projects will receive grants totaling $10 million from the Ford Foundation this year.The New York-based global…

Chances are good most of us have heard of the Kiwanis Club. The name is unusual.But you might not know the Kiwanis club started just about 100 years ago…

The state House is expected to take up a controversial telecommunications bill. The measure would let AT&T end traditional landline phone service as long…