Battle Creek Unlimited awarded $522k for food innovation
Battle Creek Unlimited, a W.K Kellogg Foundation grantee, has been awarded more than $522k in federal grant funds for the development of food ...
Education
10 Cents a Meal Program supports students and farmers in Michigan
10 Cents a Meal For Michigan’s Kids & Farms, a state-funded program, helps improve childhood nutrition and incentivize local farming economies. It provides ...
Impact Investing
Michigan’s Northern Initiatives is changing what it means to build resilient, community-based economies
Northern Initiatives is turning Michigan’s Upper Peninsula from a declining extractive economy — due to decrease in logging and mining — into a ...
Jobs
Families and Workers Fund provides economic security
The Families and Workers Fund was the first national, multi-donor collaborative philanthropy dedicated to building a more equitable U.S. economy by advancing jobs ...
Leadership
New Orleans’ roadmap to equity
The Data Center released the first in a series of academic briefs on systemic inequity in New Orleans, laying out a roadmap of ...
From the ground up: Deepening economic inclusion strategies in the South
The National League of Cities launched the Southern Cities Economic Inclusion (SCEI) initiative to support cities in building their capacity to implement economic ...
Racial Equity
Supporting entrepreneurs of color boosts racial equity
The pandemic has hit Michigan’s small businesses hard. Nearly a quarter of small and medium businesses have closed since February of 2020, and ...
Education
A strong early care and education system is vital economic infrastructure
If we want a high-quality workforce tomorrow, we have to invest in education today. Give that by 2050, 40% of Michigan’s workforce will ...
Health
Michigan’s economy depends on the health of our communities
Inequities in health in Michigan today account for $2.2 billion in excess medical care costs and $1.9 billion in untapped productivity. By reducing ...
