The Groundwork Center for Resilient Communities is a nonprofit based in Traverse City, Michigan, collaborating respectfully with citizens and leaders to protect the environment, strengthen the economy, and build community.
Our mission is to first meet the needs of the people, and then community, to eliminate poverty, blight and powerlessness — improve the quality of life for those living and working in Islandview.
Mercy Volunteers enter into relationship with people who are economically poor and marginalized. In a spirit of mutuality, volunteers cultivate mercy and justice in the world by embracing compassionate service, social justice, spirituality, and a simple lifestyle in community.
City Year helps students and schools succeed, while preparing the next generation of civically engaged leaders who can work across lines of difference. Diverse teams of City Year AmeriCorps members provide support to students, classrooms and the whole school. Schools that partner with City Year are up to two to three times more likely to…
To build hope and resilience in youth based on a foundation of acceptance, support, and respect that results in positive life choices.
Advocates for Ending Violence is to respond to, reduce, and prevent domestic and sexual violence in Ottawa and Allegan counties.
A community initiative that helps Veterans gain meaningful employment.
Southeast Michigan Land Conservancy (SMLC) is a nonprofit organization and qualified conservation organization dedicated to conserving and managing wildlife habitat in order to foster healthy ecosystems, protect air and water quality, and provide scenic enjoyment.
Our mission is to assist in eliminating hunger in Ypsilanti Michigan, and surrounding areas by providing residents in need with programs that provide food, promote the value of nutrition, increase self-sufficiency, and instill hope.
Growth Works strives to be a positive force in the people that it serves throughout the region.