Recent grants from Ilitch Charities include:

 

City Year

$40,000 to continue partnering with schools to work directly with at-risk youth as tutors, mentors and role models, helping students get back on track and stay on track to graduate. 

 

S.A.Y. Detroit

$40,000 to support local Detroit shelters.

 

The Detroit Zoological Society

$40,000 to sustain unique award-winning habitats, beautiful grounds, exciting and educational prgrams, acclaimed events, and continue to create meaningful and memorable experiences for visitors of all ages.

 

Detroit Institute of Arts

$35,000 to support the celebration of 125 years of collecting, protecting, and presenting its exceptional collection of art for the benefit of all people in Southeastern Michigan.

 

Forgotten Harvest

$35,000 to support the fight against hunger in the Detroit Metropolitan community.

 

Goodwill Industries of Greater Detroit

$35,000 to support workplace training programs throughout Southeastern Michigan.

 

S.A.Y. Detroit

$35,000 to support local Detroit shelters.

 

2-1-1 On the Go!
$30,000 to support their mobile outreach program.  This program uses 2-1-1 call center resources on the streets of Detroit to assist the homeless population.
 

Detroit Symphony Orchestra
$30,000 to support the ongoing operations of the internationally acclaimed and fourth-oldest symphony orchestra in the United States.

 

Focus: HOPE
$30,000 to support workforce development initiatives and educational programming.

 

Mosaic Youth Theatre
$30,000 to support their internationally acclaimed youth development program that helps young artists excel on stage and in life.

 

Coalition on Temporary Shelter (C.O.T.S.)
$150,000 to support the construction of an infant care center for children under the age of two at C.O.T.S.

 

Junior Achievement Finance Park
$25,000 a year for ten years to support a Little Caesars learning booth at the Junior Achievement Finance Park. The JA Finance Park is a new state-of-the-are, hands-on learning center located in the heart of downtown Detroit. By participating in JA’s custom-designed curriculum, middle and high school students learn “real-life” lessons about personal finance.

 

Little Caesars AAA and Amateur Hockey Scholarships
$20,000 yearly - Provide up to ten $2,500 scholarships each spring to college bound Little Caesars AAA and Little Caesars Amateur Hockey League players.

Past Grant Recipients include: 

• Alternatives for Girls
  
• Arts & Technology Academy of Pontiac
  
• Bill Scruggs Memorial Fund
  
• Brendan Filzek Childhood Cancer Assistance Fund
  
• Bridging Communities
  
• Camp Mak-a-Dream of Michigan
  
• Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History
  
• Children's Charities Coalition
  
• Children First
  
• Children's Home of Detroit/Foundation for Exceptional Children
  
• Common Ground Sanctuary
  
• Curtains & Comfort
  
• Dispute Resolution Education Resources, Inc.
  
• Fallen Heroes Fund of Oakland County
  
• For the Kids Foundation 
• Kids Kicking Cancer/Sickle Cell
  
• Kids Like Us
  
• Math Corps at Wayne State University
  
• Mentoring Solutions
  
• The Mission: Prevention Education for Children, Youth and Young Adults
  
• MI-COPS
  
• Niles Baseball Field Renovation - Niles Community Schools
• Old Newsboy Goodfellow Fund
  
• Pontiac Police Memorial Fund
  
• Reaching Higher, Inc.
  
• Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic
  
• Special Olympics of Michigan
  
• Starfish Family Services
  
• Think Detroit PAL 
• Turning Point, Inc.
  
• Wigs for Kids