Charles Stewart Mott Foundation is a charitable foundation founded in 1926 by
Charles Stewart MottCharles Stewart Mott was the 50th and 55th Mayor of Flint, Michigan.-Biography:Charles Mott graduated from Stevens Institute of Technology in 1897 with an engineering degree. He began working for his father and uncle, Fred Mott who had purchased a bicycle wheel making business . After the death...
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Flint, MichiganFlint is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and is located along the Flint River, 66 miles northwest of Detroit. As of the 2000 census, the city had a population of 124,943, making it the fifth largest city in Michigan. It is the county seat of Genesee County which lies in the Flint/Tri-Cities...
. Mott was the leading industrialist in Flint through his association with General Motors.
The foundation administers funds through four programs —
Civil SocietyCivil society is composed of the totality of voluntary civic and social organizations and institutions that form the basis of a functioning society as opposed to the force-backed structures of a state and commercial institutions of the market.-Definition:There are myriad definitions of civil...
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EnvironmentThe natural environment, commonly referred to simply as the environment, is a term that encompasses all living and non-living things occurring naturally on Earth or some region thereof....
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FlintFlint is a hard, sedimentary cryptocrystalline form of the mineral quartz, categorized as a variety of chert. It occurs chiefly as nodules and masses in sedimentary rocks, such as chalks and limestones. Inside the nodule, flint is usually dark grey, black, green, white, or brown in color, and...
Area, and Pathways Out of
PovertyPoverty is the condition of lacking basic human needs such as nutrition, clean water, health care, clothing, and shelter because of the inability to afford them. This is also referred to as absolute poverty or destitution...
. They also fund Exploratory and Special Projects. It is committed to supporting projects that promote a just, equitable and sustainable society.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation is a charitable foundation founded in 1926 by
Charles Stewart MottCharles Stewart Mott was the 50th and 55th Mayor of Flint, Michigan.-Biography:Charles Mott graduated from Stevens Institute of Technology in 1897 with an engineering degree. He began working for his father and uncle, Fred Mott who had purchased a bicycle wheel making business . After the death...
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Flint, MichiganFlint is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and is located along the Flint River, 66 miles northwest of Detroit. As of the 2000 census, the city had a population of 124,943, making it the fifth largest city in Michigan. It is the county seat of Genesee County which lies in the Flint/Tri-Cities...
. Mott was the leading industrialist in Flint through his association with General Motors.
The foundation administers funds through four programs —
Civil SocietyCivil society is composed of the totality of voluntary civic and social organizations and institutions that form the basis of a functioning society as opposed to the force-backed structures of a state and commercial institutions of the market.-Definition:There are myriad definitions of civil...
,
EnvironmentThe natural environment, commonly referred to simply as the environment, is a term that encompasses all living and non-living things occurring naturally on Earth or some region thereof....
,
FlintFlint is a hard, sedimentary cryptocrystalline form of the mineral quartz, categorized as a variety of chert. It occurs chiefly as nodules and masses in sedimentary rocks, such as chalks and limestones. Inside the nodule, flint is usually dark grey, black, green, white, or brown in color, and...
Area, and Pathways Out of
PovertyPoverty is the condition of lacking basic human needs such as nutrition, clean water, health care, clothing, and shelter because of the inability to afford them. This is also referred to as absolute poverty or destitution...
. They also fund Exploratory and Special Projects. It is committed to supporting projects that promote a just, equitable and sustainable society. It supports nonprofit programs throughout the United States and, on a limited basis, internationally.
In 2006, the Foundation had year-end total assets of $2.6 billion, and made 545 grants totaling $107.3 million.
His son
Stewart Rawlings MottStewart Rawlings Mott Born in Flint, Michigan was a philanthropist who founded the Stewart R. Mott Charitable Trust...
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Stewart R. Mott Charitable TrustThe Stewart R. Mott Charitable Trust is a charitable trust founded by Stewart Rawlings Mott in the United States that gives small grants to organizations working in the following areas:* peace, arms control and foreign policy;...
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Funded Organizations
Some organizations that the C. S. Mott Foundation funds are:
- Initiative on Financial Security
- The Nature Conservancy
The Nature Conservancy is a US charitable environmental organization working to preserve the plants, animals, and natural communities that represent the diversity of life on Earth by protecting the lands and waters they need to survive....
- National Public Radio
National Public Radio is a privately and publicly funded non-profit membership media organization that serves as a national syndicator to 797 public radio stations in the United States. NPR was created in 1970, following congressional passage of the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967, signed into law...
- University of Michigan
The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor is a public research university located in the state of Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university, the flagship campus of the University of Michigan, and one of the top public universities in the world...
- Jobs for the Future
- Afterschool Alliance
The Afterschool Alliance is a nonpartisan nonprofit organization whose mission is "to ensure that all children have access to affordable, quality afterschool programs." It uses communications and advocacy strategies to try to increase public and private investments in afterschool programs...
- European Foundation Centre
The European Foundation Centre is a Brussels-based non-profit membership association of foundations, which is dedicated to advancing the public good in Europe and beyond through cooperation with an array of partners...
- Flint Institute of Arts
- Focus: HOPE
Focus: HOPE is a Detroit-based, non-denominational, non-profit organization whose aim is to overcome racism and poverty by providing education and training for underrepresented minorities and others...
- Kentucky Child Now
Kentucky Child Now , founded in 2000, is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the welfare of children throughout the state of Kentucky. It is the Kentucky affiliate of America's Promise, an organization started by Colin Powell in 1997 for child welfare...
- Federation for American Immigration Reform
The Federation for American Immigration Reform is a non-profit 501 educational organization in the United States that advocates changes in U.S. immigration policy that would result in significant reductions in immigration, both legal and illegal...
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