Funded by their partner Lowe’s, LISC will award $20,000 grants to 750 businesses in 15 cities nationwide, including Detroit. Designed to help small business owners meet their most immediate needs, grant funds may be used to: Pay rent and utilities Meet payroll Pay outstanding debt to vendors Upgrade technology infrastructure Take care of other immediate […]

FEDERAL POLICY NEWS from CEDAM: TAKE ACTION Congress adjourned for August recess without passing a COVID-19 relief package, leaving millions of renters and people experiencing homelessness without the resources and protections they need to be stably housed. Without immediate action by Congress, 30 to 40 million renters are at risk of being evicted by the […]

Are you new to fundraising or are you juggling many responsibilities in addition to raising funds for your organization? During this fundraising basics webinar, the Nonprofit Network will define fundraising, discuss general concepts including message development; donor acquisition, retention and upgrade; and must haves for fundraising success.

Each year CEDAM partners with the Federal Home Loan Bank of Indianapolis to collect data about the most important affordable housing and community economic development needs in Michigan. CEDAM is also partnering with MSHDA to collect data to understand how community economic development organizations have responded to and have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Capital Impact Partners and CDC Small Business Finance - the nation’s leading mission-based small business lender - are excited to announce a new alliance that will allow the organizations to create change that neither could accomplish independently.  The focus will be on developing and implementing scalable solutions that support economic empowerment and equitable wealth creation. 

CDAD’s Youth Engagement Partners invite Detroit area youth to fill out the attached survey - available in English, Spanish and Arabic. The intention behind this survey is to better understand what the current youth needs are and to inform how our organizations develop programming that is aligned with the expressed needs. Each young person that […]

The grants program you are applying for is part of Facebook’s overall commitment to invest $100 million this year in Black-owned small businesses, Black creators, and nonprofits that serve the Black community in the US. In order to apply and receive a grant from Facebook, your business must meet the criteria listed here at this link […]

From CEDAM Executive Director, Luke Forrest: "Our 2019 Annual Report is now online! While our lives look quite different than they did one year ago, I am proud of the ways in which we laid a solid foundation for the work we are continuing in 2020 and beyond.

Federal Updates from CEDAM: The Community Economic Development Association of Michigan.

On Episode 11 of Informed & Engaged, CNN correspondent Brian Stelter will join us to answer questions about how the media can guide their audiences calmly through the chaos — or what could make it worse.