Recent Mott Foundation Grants -- All Programs

Africa Grantmakers Network

Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Grantee: Kenya Community Development Foundation

Junction of Pamba and Chai Road, Pangani P.O. Box 10501 Nairobi 00100
Nairobi

Grant Amount: $50,000.00

Grant Period: 01-01-2012 to 12-31-2012

The Kenya Community Development Foundation was founded in 1997 to support Kenyan communities to drive their own development priorities by linking them to resources and information. It promotes sustainable development approaches, including local resource mobilization and helping communities to utilize resources that they have rather than depend on external resources. The African Grantmakers Network, a project of the Kenya Community Development Foundation, is a continent-wide network of African grantmakers launched in 2009 to facilitate networking and mutual learning among established and emerging African philanthropic institutions. It focuses on elevating the role of wealthy Africans as key to realizing greater governance, development, and general welfare of Africa. This grant will support research activities on various forms of giving in Africa, mobilizing rich Africans to give to deserving causes, and holding a conference for African grantmakers in South Africa to share knowledge and experiences.

Geographic Focus: Africa / Africa (At Large)
Program: Civil Society / Special Initiatives International
Website: www.kcdf.or.ke
Grantor: Charles Stewart Mott Foundation

503 S. Saginaw Street, Suite 1200 Flint, Michigan 48502-1851

Master Plan for a Sustainable Flint

Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Grantee: City of Flint

     1101 S. Saginaw Street
     Flint MI
     48502-1420

Grant Amount: $263,804.00

Grant Period: 03-01-2012 to 02-28-2013

This grant will leverage funding from the Department of Housing and Urban Development to support the creation of a master plan for the City of Flint. The master planning process offers the City and its people an opportunity to collectively chart a future direction for Flint and, through the resulting plan, coordinate communication and decision making around land use, economic development, and private and public investments. The process will also help the City assess and align its organizational and other resources in order to promote the efficiency and effectiveness of public and private development. The grant will build the capacity of the City's planning function by supporting salary for planning staff, and will help the City engage outside planning expertise through contracted services.

Geographic Focus: North America / United States / Michigan / Flint & Genesee County
Program: Flint Area
Website: www.cityofflint.com
Grantor: Charles Stewart Mott Foundation

503 S. Saginaw Street, Suite 1200 Flint, Michigan 48502-1851

UNESCO Oliver Tambo Chair of Human Rights: Enhancing Participatory Development and Social Awareness Among Women and Youth at the Local Level

Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Grantee: University of Fort Hare

Private Bag X1314 King William's Town Road Alice 5700
Alice Eastern Cape

Grant Amount: $100,000.00

Grant Period: 03-01-2012 to 02-28-2014

The UNESCO Oliver Tambo Chair of Human Rights, based at the University of Fort Hare in South Africa, was established through funding by UNESCO to advance human rights, respect for democratic values, peace, and social justice. Past support enabled the chair to train and support women and youth in the Nkonkobe region of the Eastern Cape province to meaningfully participate in local governance and decision-making processes that affect their lives. The training enabled these groups to explore emerging economic opportunities, especially through the municipal and other government processes and increased their chances to get employed. This grant will assist the UNESCO Oliver Tambo Chair of Human Rights to continue to empower women and young people to enhance their skills so that they can become self-reliant and self-sufficient. It will also expand the project to other areas within the Nkonkobe region and will raise awareness on human rights and how people can engage as active citizens for their basic needs to be realized.

Geographic Focus: Africa / South Africa / Eastern Cape
Program: Civil Society / South Africa
Website: www.ufh.ac.za
Grantor: Charles Stewart Mott Foundation

503 S. Saginaw Street, Suite 1200 Flint, Michigan 48502-1851

Global Finance for Climate Sustainability

Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Grantee: Institute for Policy Studies

     1112 16th Street NW, Suite 600
     Washington DC
     20036-4814

Grant Amount: $15,000.00

Grant Period: 04-01-2011 to 03-31-2013

The Institute for Policy Studies works in collaboration with nongovernmental organizations, academics, and other stakeholders to promote financing for sustainable energy and to develop alternative proposals for the future of the global economy based on environmental sustainability, democracy, and economic fairness. This grant increase will support training materials and workshops for policy advocates on public and private finance mechanisms for climate mitigation and energy. Support will enable the grantee to consolidate the curriculum from an initial pilot course and develop new materials tailored to the issues that will be debated at the Rio+20 meetings that will be held in Brazil in June 2012.

Geographic Focus: Global / All Continents
Program: Environment
Website: www.ips-dc.org
Grantor: Charles Stewart Mott Foundation

503 S. Saginaw Street, Suite 1200 Flint, Michigan 48502-1851

International Program

Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Grantee: Oil Change International

     236 Massachusetts Avenue NE, #203
     Washington DC
     20002-4980

Grant Amount: $310,000.00

Grant Period: 07-01-2012 to 06-30-2014

Oil Change International is a research and policy reform organization working to encourage progress in reducing emissions from greenhouse gases and address energy access for the poor in developing countries. Oil Change International's International Program focuses on reforming the energy-related lending of public multilateral financial institutions, export credit agencies, key private financial institutions, and government subsidies for fossil fuels. Over the last grant period, Oil Change International helped to secure positive policy shifts in World Bank lending on energy and provided key policy research on fossil fuel subsidies. For the next grant period, it will continue its work analyzing and researching the scope, as well as the environmental and social implications, of current global fossil fuel subsidies. In addition, Oil Change International will continue its leadership in an international nongovernmental organization coalition to build awareness among emerging market countries' decisionmakers.

Geographic Focus: Global / All Continents
Program: Environment
Website: www.priceofoil.org
Grantor: Charles Stewart Mott Foundation

503 S. Saginaw Street, Suite 1200 Flint, Michigan 48502-1851

General Purposes

Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Grantee: Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide

     1877 Garden Avenue
     Eugene OR
     97403-1927

Grant Amount: $15,000.00

Grant Period: 01-01-2012 to 12-31-2013

International financial institutions, both public and private, play a key role in financing energy and infrastructure projects around the world that will have important impacts on the environment. With this grant increase, Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide will continue to provide legal, scientific, technical, and organizational support to its network of local leaders, who are monitoring and analyzing energy and infrastructure investments. Support will target leaders in emerging economies such as Brazil, China, India, and South Africa and will provide them with the tools they need to address the priorities and impacts of new dynamics in global finance. This grant increase will enable the grantee to provide a training internship for a young advocate working on international environmental advocacy in Colombia.

Geographic Focus: Global / All Continents
Program: Environment
Website: www.elaw.org
Grantor: Charles Stewart Mott Foundation

503 S. Saginaw Street, Suite 1200 Flint, Michigan 48502-1851

Afterschool Communications Project

Mon, 14 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Grantee: Collaborative Communications Group

     1029 Vermont Avenue NW, Ninth Floor
     Washington DC
     20005-3517

Grant Amount: $200,000.00

Grant Period: 04-01-2012 to 12-31-2012

This grant will support the Collaborative Communications Group to provide targeted communications, policy, and research support to the statewide afterschool networks and the afterschool field as part of the Expanded Learning and Afterschool Project. The Expanded Learning and Afterschool Project is a 50-state initiative to help schools and communities leverage the time beyond school to accelerate student achievement by sharing research on high- quality afterschool and expanded learning; identifying best practices on afterschool programs; and sharing affordable, sustainable, and effective expanded learning approaches. As part of the Expanded Learning and Afterschool Project, this grant will support the development of new communications strategies and policy approaches to advance the afterschool field.

Geographic Focus: North America / United States / United States (At Large)
Program: Pathways Out of Poverty / Improving Community Education
Website: www.collaborativecommunications.com
Grantor: Charles Stewart Mott Foundation

503 S. Saginaw Street, Suite 1200 Flint, Michigan 48502-1851

Nonprofit Listening Post Project

Mon, 14 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Grantee: Johns Hopkins University

     Charles and 34th Streets
     Baltimore MD
     21218-2680

Grant Amount: $40,000.00

Grant Period: 10-01-2011 to 09-30-2012

The Nonprofit Listening Post Project monitors in a systematic and timely way what is happening to nonprofit organizations in the United States. Key features include a network of over 1,150 grassroots nonprofits that serve as the project's "listening posts" on the major field-wide developments; regular surveying of these organizations using a rapid turnaround, web-based technology; roundtable discussions among the innovative executives identified through these surveys; case studies examining particularly interesting innovations in more depth; and regular, broadly distributed communiqués on survey and roundtable results. A grant increase will support the engagement of an outside consultant to help answer several important questions about the need for up-to-date data on key nonprofit trends and challenges and the value and effectiveness of the Nonprofit Listening Post Project in meeting this need. The project is conducted by the Center for Civil Society Studies at the Johns Hopkins University, one of America's premier research universities.

Geographic Focus: North America / United States / United States (At Large)
Program: Civil Society / United States
Website: www.jhu.edu
Grantor: Charles Stewart Mott Foundation

503 S. Saginaw Street, Suite 1200 Flint, Michigan 48502-1851

Intermediary Support for Organizing Communities

Mon, 14 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Grantee: Southern Echo, Inc.

     1350 Livingston Lane, Suite C
     Jackson MS
     39213-8017

Grant Amount: $250,000.00

Grant Period: 06-01-2012 to 05-31-2013

The Intermediary Support for Organizing Communities program provides seed grants and technical assistance to emerging community-based organizations serving low-income neighborhoods. The program is implemented through a foundation-sponsored network of community organizing intermediaries. This grant will enable Southern Echo to provide grants and technical assistance to community organizations in the Southeast region. Southern Echo has been an intermediary in the program since 1999, and is one of five intermediary organizations receiving grants as part of the 2012 Intermediary Support for Organizing Communities program.

Geographic Focus: North America / United States / United States (Multiple States)
Program: Pathways Out of Poverty / Building Organized Communities
Website: www.southernecho.org
Grantor: Charles Stewart Mott Foundation

503 S. Saginaw Street, Suite 1200 Flint, Michigan 48502-1851

Intermediary Support for Organizing Communities

Mon, 14 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Grantee: National People's Action

     810 N. Milwaukee Avenue
     Chicago IL
     60642-4103

Grant Amount: $250,000.00

Grant Period: 06-01-2012 to 05-31-2013

The Intermediary Support for Organizing Communities program provides seed grants and technical assistance to emerging community-based organizations serving low-income communities. The program is implemented through a Foundation-sponsored network of community organizing intermediaries. This grant will enable National People's Action to provide grants and technical assistance to community organizations in the Midwest region. National People's Action has been an intermediary in the program since 1980, and is one of five intermediary organizations receiving grants as part of the 2012 Intermediary Support for Organizing Communities program.

Geographic Focus: North America / United States / United States (Multiple States)
Program: Pathways Out of Poverty / Building Organized Communities
Website: www.npa-us.org
Grantor: Charles Stewart Mott Foundation

503 S. Saginaw Street, Suite 1200 Flint, Michigan 48502-1851

Intermediary Support for Organizing Communities

Mon, 14 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Grantee: Center for Community Change

     1536 U Street NW
     Washington DC
     20009-3912

Grant Amount: $250,000.00

Grant Period: 06-01-2012 to 05-31-2013

Geographic Focus: North America / United States / United States (Multiple States)
Program: Pathways Out of Poverty / Building Organized Communities
Website: www.communitychange.org
Grantor: Charles Stewart Mott Foundation

503 S. Saginaw Street, Suite 1200 Flint, Michigan 48502-1851

Intermediary Support for Organizing Communities

Mon, 14 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Grantee: Community Training and Assistance Center

     30 Winter Street
     Boston MA
     02108-4720

Grant Amount: $250,000.00

Grant Period: 06-01-2012 to 05-31-2013

The Intermediary Support for Organizing Communities program provides seed grants and technical assistance to emerging community-based organizations serving low-income neighborhoods. The program is implemented through a foundation-sponsored network of community organizing intermediaries. This grant will enable the Community Training and Assistance Center, Inc., to provide grants and technical assistance to community organizations in the Northeast region. The center has been an intermediary in the program since 1985, and is one of five intermediary organizations receiving grants as part of the 2012 Intermediary Support for Organizing Communities program.

Geographic Focus: North America / United States / United States (Multiple States)
Program: Pathways Out of Poverty / Building Organized Communities
Website: www.ctacusa.com
Grantor: Charles Stewart Mott Foundation

503 S. Saginaw Street, Suite 1200 Flint, Michigan 48502-1851

Intermediary Support for Organizing Communities

Mon, 14 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Grantee: National Council of La Raza

     Raul Yzaguirre Building 1126 16th Street NW
     Washington DC
     20036-4802

Grant Amount: $250,000.00

Grant Period: 06-01-2012 to 05-31-2013

The Intermediary Support for Organizing Communities program provides seed grants and technical assistance to emerging community-based organizations serving low-income neighborhoods. The program is implemented through a foundation-sponsored network of community organizing intermediaries. This grant will enable the National Council of La Raza to provide grants and technical assistance to community organizations in the southwest and western regions of the U.S. and in Puerto Rico. The National Council of La Raza has been an intermediary in the program since 1981, and is one of five intermediary organizations receiving grants as part of the 2012 Intermediary Support for Organizing Communities program.

Geographic Focus: North America / United States / United States (Multiple States)
Program: Pathways Out of Poverty / Building Organized Communities
Website: www.nclr.org
Grantor: Charles Stewart Mott Foundation

503 S. Saginaw Street, Suite 1200 Flint, Michigan 48502-1851

General Purposes

Mon, 14 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Grantee: Council of Michigan Foundations

     One S. Harbor Avenue, Suite 3
     Grand Haven MI
     49417-1385

Grant Amount: $25,000.00

Grant Period: 04-01-2011 to 03-31-2013

The Council of Michigan Foundations is a state-wide association of grantmakers that provides its members with educational programs, technical assistance, networking opportunities, advocacy with policymakers and regulators, and collaborative work with leading national and regional philanthropic associations. Recently, the council has been focusing on membership engagement and retention, new member recruitment, and organizational capacity through pursuing four main objectives: (a) advocacy on legislative goals; (b) operating a networked learning community; (c) supporting membership collaboration on critical issues; and (d) operating a model regional association. The council continues to host a number of initiatives including the Office of Foundation Liaison, the Office of Urban and Metropolitan Initiatives, and the Michigan Land Use Funders Group. The council also organizes an annual conference. A grant increase will support a joint conference in the fall of 2012 for Michigan foundations and nonprofits, which will be co-organized by the council and the Michigan Nonprofit Association.

Geographic Focus: North America / United States / Michigan / Michigan (At Large)
Program: Civil Society / United States
Website: www.cmif.org
Grantor: Charles Stewart Mott Foundation

503 S. Saginaw Street, Suite 1200 Flint, Michigan 48502-1851

Capacity Building for the InterValley Network

Mon, 14 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Grantee: InterValley Project

     1075 Washington Street
     West Newton MA
     02465-2113

Grant Amount: $220,000.00

Grant Period: 01-01-2012 to 12-31-2013

The InterValley Project is a network of related community organizations in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Maine, and Vermont. This grant will support continued capacity-building for the member organizations and the network itself, particularly in the areas of organizer and leader development, research, and fundraising development.

Geographic Focus: North America / United States / United States (Multiple States)
Program: Pathways Out of Poverty / Building Organized Communities
Website: www.intervalleyproject.org
Grantor: Charles Stewart Mott Foundation

503 S. Saginaw Street, Suite 1200 Flint, Michigan 48502-1851

General Purposes

Sat, 12 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Grantee: Center for Community Change

     1536 U Street NW
     Washington DC
     20009-3912

Grant Amount: $50,000.00

Grant Period: 10-01-2011 to 09-30-2013

The Center for Community Change is a premier comprehensive technical assistance provider to grassroots community groups in low-income areas, providing hands-on training in community development, community organizing, organizational development, and public policy support to communities throughout the U.S. This general purposes grant supports the center's general operations so it can continue its efforts to assist grassroots community-based groups in their work on pressing issues.

Geographic Focus: North America / United States / United States (At Large)
Program: Pathways Out of Poverty / Building Organized Communities
Website: www.communitychange.org
Grantor: Charles Stewart Mott Foundation

503 S. Saginaw Street, Suite 1200 Flint, Michigan 48502-1851

General Purposes

Sat, 12 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Grantee: Grantmakers for Education

     720 SW Washington Street, Suite 605
     Portland OR
     97205-3519

Grant Amount: $50,000.00

Grant Period: 09-01-2010 to 08-31-2013

Grantmakers for Education is a national association that works to advance the field of education philanthropy. With a mission to strengthen philanthropy's capacity to improve educational outcomes and opportunities for all students, the organization helps foundation leaders and staff become more effective grantmakers by boosting their knowledge and their networks. This grant increase will support the Out-of-School Time Network which provides (a) convenings that highlight the importance of afterschool programs, (b) regular webinars, and (c) a bimonthly newsletter.

Geographic Focus: North America / United States / United States (At Large)
Program: Pathways Out of Poverty / Improving Community Education
Website: www.edfunders.org
Grantor: Charles Stewart Mott Foundation

503 S. Saginaw Street, Suite 1200 Flint, Michigan 48502-1851

Schools for the Future: Developing New High School Pathways and Innovations for At-Risk and Struggling Students

Mon, 07 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Grantee: School & Main Institute

     225 Friend Street #11
     Boston MA
     02114-1800

Grant Amount: $225,000.00

Grant Period: 01-01-2012 to 12-31-2012

Geographic Focus: North America / United States / United States (At Large)
Program: Pathways Out of Poverty / Improving Community Education
Website: www.schoolandmain.org
Grantor: Charles Stewart Mott Foundation

503 S. Saginaw Street, Suite 1200 Flint, Michigan 48502-1851

Expanding Child Development Accounts for Educational Success and Lifelong Asset Building

Mon, 07 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Grantee: Washington University

     One Brookings Drive
     St. Louis MO
     63130-4899

Grant Amount: $300,000.00

Grant Period: 01-01-2012 to 12-31-2013

This grant provides continuing support to Washington University for a statewide demonstration of children's savings accounts. Because the demonstration is being conducted within the state of Oklahoma's existing college savings plan system, it could serve as a prototype policy for expanding asset-building opportunities from thousands to millions of families. Key goals for the grant period are: 1) manage year four implementation activities; 2) undertake account monitoring research and reporting efforts; and 3) communicate research findings and other lessons to a broad group of stakeholders, including policymakers and the media.

Geographic Focus: North America / United States / United States (At Large)
Program: Pathways Out of Poverty / Expanding Economic Opportunity
Website: www.wustl.edu
Grantor: Charles Stewart Mott Foundation

503 S. Saginaw Street, Suite 1200 Flint, Michigan 48502-1851

Implementation of the Great Lakes Compact

Fri, 04 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Grantee: Natural Resources Defense Council

     40 W. 20th Street
     New York NY
     10011-4211

Grant Amount: $80,000.00

Grant Period: 05-01-2012 to 04-30-2014

The Great Lakes Compact, an interstate agreement, is intended to prevent the diversion of waters outside the basin and to effectively manage the use of water within the basin. Despite some recent positive signs, the Great Lakes states have been slow to implement the compact, including its water conservation and efficiency provisions. The Natural Resources Defense Council, a national organization with a strong regional presence, will provide tools and expertise at the regional and state levels to help implement the compact's water conservation and efficiency elements.

Geographic Focus: North America / United States / United States (Multiple States)
Program: Environment / Conservation of Freshwater Ecosystems in North America
Website: www.nrdc.org
Grantor: Charles Stewart Mott Foundation

503 S. Saginaw Street, Suite 1200 Flint, Michigan 48502-1851