New $23 Million Detroit Program Will Distribute Tablets to 51,000 Students (Grants Roundup)

By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions

A $23 million grant is going to Connected Futures to distribute internet-connected tablets and technical support to 51,000 Detroit students. iStock

April 29, 2020 | Read Time: 1 minute

Here are notable new grant awards compiled by the Chronicle

DTE Energy, Skillman Foundation, and Quicken Loans

$23 million to Connected Futures, a program in partnership with the Detroit Public Schools Community District and the City of Detroit to distribute internet-connected tablets and technical support to 51,000 students in Detroit and help them continue their education digitally at home. The program has also received grants from the Kellogg Foundation and General Motors.

Amazon

$10 million to the Nature Conservancy for efforts to conserve, restore, and support sustainable forestry and wildlife in the Appalachian Mountains, which run from Georgia to Maine.

Charles Stewart Mott Foundation

$1.8 million to the Genesee Area Focus Fund and the Flint & Genesee Chamber of Commerce for economic-development programs, including education and training services in Flint, Mich., as the city continues to recover financially from the water crisis that began in 2014.

Harold Alfond Foundation

$1 million to the Good Shepherd Food Bank for hunger-relief efforts in Maine.

New Grant Opportunity

The Sisters Health Foundation is accepting letters of inquiry for its Responsive Grants Program to benefit charitable organizations in Ohio and West Virginia. Grants worth up to $50,000 each will support projects, capacity building, equipment, technology, small capital improvements, or general operating support. Letters of inquiry are due July 15, with full applications due on August 26.

Send grant announcements to grants.editor@philanthropy.com.

The Chronicle of Philanthropy subscribers also have full access to GrantStation’s searchable database of grant opportunities. For more information, visit our grants page.

About the Author

M.J. Prest

Senior Editor, Solutions

M.J. Prest is senior editor for solutions at the Chronicle of Philanthropy, where she highlights how nonprofit leaders navigate and overcome major challenges. She has covered stories on big gifts, grant making, and executive moves for the Chronicle since 2004. Her work has also appeared in the Washington Post, Slate.com, and the Huffington Post, and she wrote the young-adult novel Immersion. M.J. graduated from Williams College and after living in many different places, she settled in New England with her husband, two kids, and two rescue dogs.