Sofa Stories: OUTside

A community arts project using live theatre and digital media to amplify the stories of young LGBTQ+ Detroiters who have experienced homelessness or housing insecurity.

 

NEEDS: $0 of 6,639 + Volunteers

Fiesta Detroit Cinco De Mayo Cultural Festival

This Celebration is focused on the Latinx millennial & Gen Z community consisting of over 40 participating artists, community organizations, & performers to celebrate this cultural holiday. 

NEEDS: $0 of 8,125

Stronger and More Resilient

La Casa Guadalupana promotes family literacy, adult education, work force prep and tutoring in southwest Detroit and positively impacts the lives of immigrant adults and children.

NEEDS: $0 of 11,391
A before photo of shows plenty of underbrush and low branches

CORNERSTONE POCKET PARK

CREATING A COMMUNITY SPACE THAT CONNECTS TWO PATHWAYS & MANY FOLKWAYS

 

 

NEEDS: $2,062 of 2,062 + Volunteers
Griot Jamon Jordan speaking on one of the BBSV porches

Black Bottom Street View

BBSV makes history visible through sharing community histories and amplifying the legacy and continuing impact of Black Bottom.

NEEDS: $0 of 6,983

Motor City Mobile Wellness

Please join us in bringing Motor City Mobile Wellness directly to people, family and communities in Detroit, who deserve compassionate healing support and safer responses.

NEEDS: $0 of 8,252

Joy, The Project

A Living Archive of African Atlantic Agriculture and Foodways

NEEDS: $0 of 21,739 + Volunteers

1st Annual Halloween Hunt for the Youth

Halloween  has been around a very long time I came up with a Halloween  Hunt where children can be safe while having fun Trick a Treating in a different  way!

NEEDS: $0 of 4,350
Deeply Rooted's ideal mobile grocery truck

Growing with Deeply Rooted Produce

We are scaling & growing to be able to provide more Metro-Detroiters with high quality, locally grown produce through our zero-waste mobile grocery store.  

NEEDS: $18,972 of 19,022 + Volunteers

CHILDREN ARE OUR FUTURE

Children are our future, voting is very essential for our children's future. Our children have suffered so much due to a Pandemic and the media negativity, bullying, violence, etc. Let's keep them focused!

NEEDS: $0 of 2,826

Brightmoor Pollinator Art Museum Phase 1

Detroit Hives is expanding its current Brightmoor Pollinator Habitat to provide it's first bee art museum center for the Brightmoor Community.   

NEEDS: $0 of 8,122 + Volunteers

Building Central Woodward-Phase 1

Please support the development of a walkable  eco-friendly community and business hub---Pingree Row!

NEEDS: $0 of 5,920 + Volunteers

SWFest

The inagural SWFest 2021 is a FREE large scale music and art festival taking place at the historic Senate Theater in Southwest Detroit.

NEEDS: $0 of 8,486
Tabby cat in a live trap

Catching Community Cats

Improving the quality of life for Detroit residents and cats through trap, neuter, and release

NEEDS: $0 of 2,080 + Volunteers

Unity House

The Unity House "tiny community center" is a platform for local creativity, tailored youth programming, and work-force development.

NEEDS: $0 of 20,915 + Volunteers
Underground Music Academy

Underground Music Academy

We're raising funds for a Detroit based community music hub called Underground Music Academy. Our aim is to build the future leaders of independent electronic music. 

NEEDS: $0 of 25,000 + Volunteers
M with violin

Support music in the city

The Detroit Suzuki Academy of Music is raising money to support new instruments and violin classes in Detroit. 

NEEDS: $0 of 4,182
Tutors from Wayne State University

Against All Odds

La Casa Guadalupana promotes family literacy, adult education, work force prep and tutoring in southwest Detroit and positively impacts the lives of immigrant adults and children.

 

NEEDS: $0 of 10,861
Underground Music Academy

Underground Music Academy

We're raising funds for a Detroit based community music hub called Underground Music Academy. Our aim is to build the future leaders of independent electronic music. 

NEEDS: $0 of 25,809 + Volunteers
two brown hands holding a small sign that says "Love Letters to Black Folx" on a floral background

Love Letters to Black Folx

Support us in creating this movement to conjure joy, hope, rest and rejuvenation for Black people.

NEEDS: $0 of 2,098 + Volunteers

Youth-Driven Community Center

Help the Congress of Communities Youth Council members build a Community Center in southwest Detroit! ¡Ayuda a los jóvenes de Congreso de Comunidades construir un centro de comunidades en southwest Detroit!

NEEDS: $0 of 13,252

Color in Cascardo Coloring Book

This project is to bring comfort and healing to front line workers, educators and people in our community during the covid-19 pandemic by offering a unique coloring book of original, imaginative and inspiring designs.

NEEDS: $0 of 2,230
EcoWorks student Janette Flores at the Paris climate negotiations (2015)

Net Zero For All, Starting Today (F.A.S.T.)

Net Zero F.A.S.T. is a regional initiative to unite neighborhoods, schools, organizations, businesses, and municipalities in the effort to combat climate change and create a vibrant, equitable, resilient future.

NEEDS: $0 of 5,458 + Volunteers

#TipTheScales at the Belle Isle Aquarium

The Belle Isle Aquarium is a beloved cultural asset left vulnerable to an uncertain future during this challenging time. We need your to help to #TipTheScales!

NEEDS: $0 of 5,130

Auntie Na's Village - Pandemic Food Delivery Program

We are providing Free Food Boxes to the doorstep of over 200 families in Detroit weekly during the Covid-19 Pandemic. Our Nutrition Program is currently providing food for 1 in 1000 Detroiters.

NEEDS: $0 of 25,000 + Volunteers
Delicata squash

Local Food Delivery for Seniors & Veterans

Veterans and seniors are one of the most vulnerable populations during the time of this novel Coronoavirus (Covid-19) and we want to make sure they receive the highest quality food during this time.

NEEDS: $0 of 6,316 + Volunteers

BEE WELL Care Package

Providing over 100 families with basic essentials 

NEEDS: $0 of 4,908 + Volunteers

KAN Cultural Center & Literacy Hub

We are creating a Literacy Hub where youth & adults have access to creative writing classes, books, publishing opportunities, residencies & a space to light up the open mic.

 

 

NEEDS: $0 of 23,411 + Volunteers

Sofa Stories - Detroit

A participatory theatre experience that aims to amplify the stories of young Detroiters who have experienced homelessness or housing insecurity and have resorted to couch-surfing as a means to survive.

NEEDS: $0 of 5,246
Abby Kraftowitz

Abby Kraftowitz Fellowship

Help City of Asylum/Detroit honor Abby Kraftowitz’s Legacy by welcoming our first Abby Kraftowitz Fellow in July 2020.

NEEDS: $0 of 30,964 + Volunteers

Helping our neighbor one STEP at a time!

Detroiters Helping each other through a fundraising campaign that will repair cement porch for our neighbor, a long time Southwest Detroit homeowner and grandmother. 

NEEDS: $0 of 3,772

La Carpa Theatre

A series of pop-up performances, in the style of Mexican Carpas, around Detroit that share the diversity of Latino culture and encourage cultural exchange.

NEEDS: $0 of 6,604

Growing Girlhood!

A Girl in her power can change the world, a collective of girls in their power can create a new one!

NEEDS: $4,736 of 5,191

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