The Flint Funders Collaborative encourages participation from two representatives from each of the funding entities: a voting member and a delegate who can vote in the voting member's place. This group is called the Funders Advisory Council. One person is chosen from the voting members to serve as the FAC Chairperson for two years. At the end of two-years, the Chair rotates to another representative from one of the other four collaborating funders.

The Flint Funders Collaborative is a working group of representatives from four leading philanthropies in Genesee County: the Community Foundation of Greater Flint; the C.S. Mott Foundation; the Ruth Mott Foundation; and the United Way of Genesee County. Initial discussions among these funders explored the possibility of establishing a jointly sponsored fund to build excellence, sustainability and trust in the Genesee County nonprofit sector.

The Flint Funders' Collaborative is a working group of representatives from four leading philanthropies in Genesee County: the Community Foundation of Greater Flint, the C.S. Mott Foundation, the Ruth Mott Foundation and the United Way of Genesee County.

Ideally, we envision our relationship with any organization, state government agency, or university to be collaborative, mutually supportive, and flexible.

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation provided a $98,000 grant in March 2003 to investigate whether Chandler could be extended to meet higher education needs. That study determined the additional requirements for implementing a higher education version of Chandler. Subsequent grants in September 2003-- $1.5 million from the Mellon Foundation and $1.

Flint Glass" is a term for glassware with a lead content, pressed and/or blown. In the United States "Flint Glass" was produced prior to the Civil War. Pieces with lead content are much heavier and have a bell sound or ring when you "ping" the glass with your finger. Most English Pressed Glass has a lead content, as they believed one had to add lead to glass to give the glass durability and brilliance. American Flint coloured pieces are considered rare.

Those participating in the development of this initiative are listed on our Founders and Partners page.

The CRCs are collectively responsible for recruiting at least 100 informative African-American HPC families during the two year projected collection period for this project.

Primarily funders in New Jersey or New York, or certain funders in the mid-west, whom I have heavily scrutinized for ethical and prompt service. I choose the one with the best terms for your situation, and if one cannot work your case, I send it to one who is more likely able to take it. Not all funders take on all kinds of cases.

NEDCO receives funding support from individuals, foundations, and government agencies. Private local and national foundations, financial institutions, and organizations with a community reinvestment commitment are frequent investors in NEDCO projects. NEDCO owns a very limited inventory of residential rental property. NEDCO directs its development resources toward residential projects advancing home ownership for low-income households.

Representatives within the Flint Funders Collaborative work continuously to assure that the content and service delivery provided by BEST adheres to a high performance standard. Funders review the budget and make financial adjustments where needed to improve the program. They monitor staff and stay on top of the processes within each assessment and capacity building phase.

Yes. Beacon is still a young organisation and it is seeking to expand and fulfil its potential. For this reason Beacon is still actively fundraising.

Home Funders is housing families earning $24,500 annually or less - 30% of area median income or below. That's a family where both parents work minimum wage jobs or where a single parent with three kids makes $11 per hour. Home Funders integrates family units into mixed income housing, rather than creating blocks of low-income housing. Home Funders is tapping the power and scale of the investors' endowments to drive significant change in the housing finance system.

Home Funders is greatly enhancing Massachusetts' existing housing resources by adding a new $26 million targeted pool of funds that is increasing the supply of housing available to extremely low income and homeless families; focusing attention on the affordable housing crisis and its impact on the state's most vulnerable families; and leveraging resources from the public sector. The fund is well on the way to creating 1,000 very affordable units, and creating or preserving another 3,000 units.

Home Funders has its own Limited Liability Corporation (LLC) for the distribution of all loans, which are governed by the funders that make PRI investments. All grant funds are administered through a donor advised fund at The Boston Foundation. Two intermediaries, Community Economic Development Assistance Corporation and the Massachusetts Housing Partnership, make loans to projects.

Some funders make it part of their mission to find and invest in promising projects. Others see their role as evaluating the many proposals that come before them, providing direction and then promoting them. The best funding partnerships can happen either way. Grantmakers may be the first to identify the need for a new initiative and sometimes convene community groups to work together, develop a concept and plan for implementation.

Non-Flint" is a term used for glass produced after the "Lead" period or after the U.S. Civil War. When the Civil war began, glass makers were told they could not use lead, as it was to be reserved for bullets during the war. They soon discovered a means to continue to produce glass without lead, by simply not adding it. All "Pressed Glass" from this point on was produced "Unleaded" or "Non-Flint", as it was cheaper to produce.

Flint Glass is pre-civil war glassware with a lead content (see Q and A above). It can be blown or pressed. Crystal was produced after the civil war in Canada and the U.S.A, as well as Europe and Great Britain. It has a greater lead content and is a finer type of glass, making it less durable. It can be molded, blown, cut by hand or machine cut. No! This has been an old wives tale for several years.

Flint River Ranch continually strives to offer the lowest possible prices on Flint River Ranch foods and products. And with our new Low Price Guarantee, if you find a lower price listed elsewhere, we'll match that price plus give you 20% of the difference. When comparing prices on Flint River Ranch premium pet foods, it's important to take into account shipping and sales tax.

With regards to the project's governance, the overall policy and direction of the Collaborative is managed through an Assembly of all funders (local as well as national), while the implementation and selection of grantees is managed by a committee of local funders in various sites.