Michigan Community Resources (Home of Community Legal Resources)

Michigan Community Resources (Home of Community Legal Resources)

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Now Accepting Applications!

• The Detroit Future City Community Innovation Fund will award grants of up to $15,000 each to approximately 4-10 Detroit based organizations to realize planning and/or implementation projects for the summer of 2016. The deadline to apply is April 17, 2016. To learn more about this opportunity and download the application, click HERE.

• The Active Living Detroit Mini-Grant Program awards mini-grants of up to $1,000 to Detroiters developing sustainable projects and activities aimed at promoting physical activity and environments that support active living. The deadline to apply is April 22, 2016. To learn more about this opportunity and download the application, click HERE.

• The Detroit Community-Academic Urban Research Center (Detroit URC) is now accepting applications for its Small Planning Grant program. This is an opportunity to receive funding to support a community-academic partnership and new collaborative health research efforts in Detroit! The deadline is April 1, 2016. Read more HERE. *Neighborhood Exchange invites you to consider how to connect this opportunity to your other community building efforts.

• The Michigan Architectural Foundation is accepting applications for the Evans - Graham Memorial Preservation Award for Historic Preservation. Thanks to a partnership with the Clannad Foundation, a five year commitment from Quinn Evans Architects of Ann Arbor and an anonymous endowment, a grant of $7,500 will be awarded to a not-for-profit (501(c)(3) organization that can demonstrate a creative solution to a preservation problem. An application form and further information is available HERE. The deadline is April 4, 2016. Applicants may call the Foundation at 313-965-4100 with specific questions.*Neighborhood Exchange invites you to consider how to connect this opportunity to your other community building efforts.

• The Rain Gardens to the Rescue program is a series of workshops designed to teach you about rain gardens, so that you can plant your very own garden and educate your neighbors and family to do the same. In addition to the workshops, participants will receive garden supplies and rain garden installation support. Space is limited. Residents and institutions (i.e. libraries, activity centers, places of faith) are encouraged to participate. Applications are due by April 8, 2016 to be considered for the 2016 plantings. If you need assistance with the application, contact Erma Leaphart with Sierra Club at (313) 965-0055 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Download the application here.