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
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 few of our clients
- CS Mott Foundation (Flint, MI)
- Detroiters Working for Environmental Justice (Detroit, MI)
- Sanctum House (Oakland County, MI)
- Beacon Tree (Richmond, VA)
- Kettering University (Flint, MI)
- Flint Area Reinvestment Office
- Genesee Intermediate School District
- United Way of Genesee County (Flint, MI)
- North Flint Reinvestment Corporation
- City of Flint
- Flint Housing Commission (Public Housing)
- Greater Flint Arts Council
- Development Training Institute / The Center for Leadership Innovation (Baltimore)
- NeighborWorks (Washington, DC)
- Seedco (New York)
- Women’s Community Revitalization Project (Philadelphia)
- Bridge Street Development Corporation (Brooklyn)
- Fannie Mae Foundation (Washington, DC)
- City of Lancaster, Ohio
- North Flint Food Market