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Press Release

Posted June 4, 2024

Mount Clemens, Mich. (June 4, 2024) – Advancing Macomb, a 501c3 that convenes resources to solve community challenges and enrich the lives of Macomb County residents, has been granted $600,000 by the Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation. The grant, distributed over three years, will enable Advancing Macomb to establish a nonprofit incubator and significantly enhance its internal capacity.

Categories: Advancing Macomb, Development and Projects, Nonprofits

In the News

Posted June 3, 2024

Macomb Daily, June 3, 2024 - Advancing Macomb will present its 8th annual Summer Soirée from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., June 12 at Youngblood Vineyard in Ray Township. The event that has become an annual summer gathering for Advancing Macomb, its partners, supporters and the community serves as an opportunity to celebrate the organization’s past successes, key partnerships and recent achievements while helping to support future work.

Categories: Advancing Macomb, Development and Projects, Nonprofits

Blog Post

Posted June 3, 2024

Through the Nonprofit Spotlight series, Advancing Macomb highlights the work of a Macomb County-based nonprofit. This month, in honor of Pride Month, we feature Macomb County Pride. Benjamin Orjada is a proud and active member of Macomb County Pride. He describes the organization as an amazing community of individuals working together to drive meaningful and lasting change for the better in Macomb County. Macomb County Pride was established in 2019 by a dedicated group of volunteers aiming to create a supportive environment for the LGBTQ+ community and serve as a resource in Macomb County.

Categories: Advancing Macomb, Communities, Nonprofits

In the News

Posted May 20, 2024

Macomb Daily May 20, 2024 - Macomb is the third largest county in the state but it lags behind others in southwest Michigan in terms of the number of its charitable nonprofits and philanthropic investments. A new partnership approved by the county’s 2024 budget aims to change that. Advancing Macomb announced it has partnered with Macomb County Planning and Economic Development (MCPED) to provide resource navigation and technical assistance for local nonprofit organizations in the coming year. Helping to make that happen is $50,000 approved by the county.

Categories: Advancing Macomb, Business, Development and Projects, Nonprofits

In the News

Posted May 15, 2024

DBusiness Daily Update, May 14, 2024 - Advancing Macomb, a Mount Clemens-based 501(c)(3) that convenes resources to solve community challenges and enrich the lives of Macomb County residents, has partnered with Macomb County Planning and Economic Development (MCPED) to provide resource navigation and technical assistance for local nonprofit organizations in 2024. The partnership was approved as part of the county’s 2024 budget.

Categories: Advancing Macomb, Development and Projects, Nonprofits

Press Release

Posted May 13, 2024

Mount Clemens, Mich. (May 13, 2024)—Advancing Macomb, a 501c3 that convenes resources to solve community challenges and enrich the lives of Macomb County residents, has partnered with Macomb County Planning and Economic Development (MCPED) to provide resource navigation and technical assistance for local nonprofit organizations in 2024. The partnership was approved as part of the County’s 2024 budget. Through the agreement, Advancing Macomb will serve as a bridge, connecting 501c3 charitable organizations in Macomb County with a wide range of local, regional, and statewide programs and services. These include opportunities such as available grant programs, volunteers, in-kind professional services, data, marketing and planning services, all designed to enhance the capabilities of nonprofit organizations.

Categories: Advancing Macomb, Development and Projects, Nonprofits

Blog Post

Posted April 24, 2024

Through the Nonprofit Spotlight series, Advancing Macomb highlights the work of a Macomb-County-based nonprofit. This month we feature Turning Point. Turning Point provides assistance to more than 10,000 survivors of domestic violence, sexual violence and human trafficking each year, including survivors like “Laura,” who experienced multiple layers of abuse from a domestic partner for many years.

Categories: Advancing Macomb, Leader Profiles, Nonprofits

Event

June 12th, 2024 | 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Youngblood Vineyard, 61829 Ray Center Road, Ray Twp., MI 48096

Categories: Advancing Macomb, Development and Projects

Blog Post

Posted April 1, 2024

As the new Executive Director of Advancing Macomb, I am grateful for the opportunity to lead this organization. I am inspired as I look to the future. We have tremendous opportunities to expand Advancing Macomb’s reach throughout Macomb County, and we are already getting started.

Categories: Advancing Macomb, Business, Communities, Development and Projects, Leader Profiles, Nonprofits

In the News

Posted March 20, 2024

Crain's Detroit Business, March 20, 2024 - Macomb Foster Closet is set to expand its services for foster and adopted youth and families from a newly acquired site in Mount Clemens... Research that Advancing Macomb completed with the Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy at Grand Valley State University showed Macomb County's nonprofit sector is under-resourced and under-developed, said Phil Gilchrist, executive director of Advancing Macomb, an agency working to increase nonprofit capacity and leverage resources to assist on complex issues in the county. “Small nonprofits in the county need support and resources to be more impactful in their missions and more successful as organizations,” he said. “Access to affordable co-working space establishes new sector infrastructure in Macomb County and helps create an environment for nonprofits to grow and thrive.”...

Categories: Advancing Macomb, Communities, Development and Projects, Nonprofits