Paper Crane Funding SolutionsClients
We help communities and causes
- Healthy Food Initiatives like the North Flint Food Market, a co-operative which is empowering the residents of North Flint to own their food-access destiny and creating jobs
- Educational organizations like the Genesee Intermediate School District (GISD) where we supplemented their development team to bring in local, state, and federal grants to fund new county-wide programs like school safety and social-emotional wellbeing
- Non-profits that serve large cities like Detroiters Working for Environmental Justice, which has designated fund development staff
- Organizations that support a cause, not necessarily a place, like Beacon Tree, which helps families pay for mental health services for children
- Colleges and Universities like Kettering University that have sophisticated development departments – we supplemented their work to fund revitalization in the local community
Municipalities
- Local governments like the City of Flint, Michigan, Fenton Township, Michigan, and Lancaster, Ohio, that apply for and receive federal grants with consortiums of community partners including non-profits and foundations
- County governments which are also eligible for state and federal grants
Our client, Fenton Township, has been awarded $136,806 from The Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity (LEO) Community Museum Grant program to enhance the Pioneer Museum. Congratulations, Fenton Township!
Funders:
- Philanthropic foundations like the CS Mott Foundation that look for expertise to
– evaluate best practices in their priority areas
– build the capacity of their grantees
– help their grantees work together collaboratively - Businesses giving through corporate foundations and sponsorships that are looking for local partners and opportunities to have a greater impact in their community
- Government agencies that want to build the capacity of both their grantees and those who are eligible for their programs
- Intermediaries like the United Way and Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) that both receive public and private funds and then re-grant money to others
A Sample List of Our Clients:
Detroiters Working for Environmental Justice (Detroit, MI)
HLTH Foundation (national)
North Flint Reinvestment Corporation (Flint, MI)
North Flint Food Market (Flint, MI)
Kettering University (Flint, MI)
Genesee Intermediate School District (Flint, MI)
City of Flint, Michigan
Fenton Township, Michigan
NeighborWorks (Washington, DC)
Women’s Community Revitalization Project (Philadelphia)
Bridge Street Development Corporation (Brooklyn)
City of Lancaster, Ohio