M CHARLES STEWART MOTT FOUNDATION

Class [036]
Insurance & Financial Services

Charitable services, namely, making grants and program-related investments for charitable, educational, religious and benevolent purposes in particular to benefit the community and public welfare; charitable services, namely, making grants for the purpose of strengthening philanthropy and the nonprofit sector in order to empower people and nonprofits to take collective action that promotes and defends democratic values and to promote and develop a more robust culture of private giving for public good; charitable services, namely, making grants for increasing civic engagement and improving communities and societies in order to (i) foster global platforms for philanthropy and the nonprofit sector that respond to the needs of local communities, (ii) increase the nonprofit and philanthropic sector's responsiveness and capacity to address social and community needs, (iii) assist poor and marginalized communities to unlock resources and realize their development needs and aspirations, and (iv) foster a civil society in which nonprofits strengthen democratic values and practices and have access to adequate and responsive resources; charitable services, namely, making grants for supporting conservation and restoration of freshwater ecosystems, to shape international investment and trade to support sustainable development and reduce environmental degradation, and to respond to unique opportunities to advance environmental protection; charitable services, namely, making grants for improving community education as a pathway out of poverty by advancing systemic changes that improve educational policies and practices, in particular for children and families living in low-income communities; charitable services, namely, making grants for expanding economic opportunities for low-income individuals in order to improve the economic security of working families, help the hard-to-serve find employment, and promote career development among low-wage workers by helping them stay in the labor market and advance into better jobs; charitable services, namely, making grants for building cohesive and organized communities to enhance the effectiveness of community organizing so that it can become an increasingly useful tool for poverty alleviation and civic engagement; charitable services, namely, making grants in support of the arts and cultural programs