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DADA,
Community
Foundation,
announce
over
$380,000
in
grants
to area
nonprofits
for
youth
DETROIT
– The
Detroit
Auto
Dealers
Association
(DADA)
Charitable
Foundation
Fund
announced
that 10
nonprofits
providing
services
to
children
and
youth in
southeast
Michigan
will
receive
grants
totaling
$380,500.
The Fund
includes
donations
from
DADA’s
annual
Charity
Preview
at the
North
American
International
Auto
Show.
For more
than 20
years,
the
Community
Foundation
for
Southeast
Michigan
has
helped
grow the
DADA
Fund,
while
providing
grants
to local
nonprofits.
“There
is no
better
mission
than to
support
children
in need
in
southeast
Michigan,”
said Rod
Alberts,
Executive
Director,
DADA.
“Each
year,
I’m
inspired
by the
commitment
of our
dealers
and the
community
to help
organizations
doing
this
important
work.”
Since
the fund
was
created
in 1998,
more
than
$6.4
million
in
grants
ranging
from
$10,000-$50,000
have
been
awarded
to 160
organizations.
Grants
support
a wide
range of
programs
including
human
services,
arts and
culture,
youth
development,
education
and
healthy
living.
“Our
region
is
fortunate
to have
one of
the most
generous
auto
dealer
associations
in the
country,”
said
Mariam
C.
Noland,
President,
Community
Foundation
for
Southeast
Michigan.
“The
partnership
we have
with
DADA
allows
us to
support
the
needs of
many
organizations
serving
children
as they
work to
create
positive
change
in the
lives of
southeast
Michigan’s
youth.”
This
year’s
grants
include:
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• Arc of Northwest Wayne County – $37,500 for a therapeutic play program and toy lending library for children with intellectual and developmental disabilities
• Care House of Oakland County - $35,000 to create a community needs assessment that will help expand child abuse prevention education to adults and school-aged children
• Detroit Parent Network - $25,000 to expand programming for families who have children with special needs, in partnership with Color of Autism
• Detroit Zoological Society - $25,000 over two years to expand the Nature Tots program which is designed to engage children and their caregivers in outdoor play at the Belle Isle Nature Center
• Easterseals – Michigan Inc. - $50,000 to expand the Miracle League of Michigan, a recreational program for youth with special needs
• Friendship Circle - $35,000 to expand a life skills and educational program for children with special needs
• Girl Scouts of Southeastern Michigan - $30,000 to expand a leadership development program for girls from low-income families in grades 6-8
• Samaritas - $43,000 for a program designed to reduce trauma for youth in foster care, by training child welfare staff and caregivers
• Services to Enhanced Potential (STEP) - $25,000 for employment and community engagement opportunities for youth with disabilities who are transitioning from school
• Starfish Family Services - $50,000 to expand trauma services in Detroit for children ages 0-5 (Wayne County)
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The
new
grantmaking
timeline
for the
DADA
Fund of
the
Community
Foundation
will be
announced
next
year and
will be
aligned
with the
annual
2020
North
American
International
Auto
Show
activities.
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