Don’t Forget the Motor City: Philanthropy in Detroit

Grant makers are pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into the largest American city ever to declare bankruptcy, trying to keep it afloat. But in the absence of a broader strategy to rescue the Motor City, experts wonder if even that floor of support can make a difference.

View a recording of a panel discussion about philanthropy in Detroit below.

The panel includes:

• Michael LaFaive, director of the Morey Fiscal Policy Initiative at the Mackinac Center for Public Policy
• Tonya Allen, chief executive of the Skillman Foundation
• Paul C. Light, professor of public policy at New York University
• Suzanne Perry, senior editor of The Chronicle of Philanthropy
• Moderator: William Schambra, senior fellow at the Hudson Institute

Use the viewer below to watch the event.