FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Media Contact: Jill Ryan, Executive Director, Freshwater Future, jill@freshwaterfuture.org, (231)348-8200
Petoskey, MI – Freshwater Future, a leading binational non-profit dedicated to protecting the Great Lakes and supporting grassroots and community groups across the region, is pleased to announce it has received a $250,000 grant from The Charles Stewart Mott Foundation.
This funding will enable Freshwater Future to continue supporting grassroots and community organizations across the region with small grants, capacity building, technical expertise, collaboration, and policy engagement, helping local groups and leaders protect waterways and drinking water in their own communities.
Freshwater Future, founded more than 30 years ago, has awarded more than $6 million in small grants, along with a variety of capacity-building services and technical expertise to local groups and leaders. Each year, Freshwater Future supports hundreds of groups in water protection initiatives.
“Freshwater Future is thankful to the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation for their ongoing support in tackling the urgent freshwater issues facing communities around the Great Lakes,” says Jill Ryan, Executive Director. “This funding will allow Freshwater Future to assist more local groups with funding, resources, and technical support, and strengthen their efforts and voices to create meaningful change in their communities and the region.”
About Charles Stewart Mott Foundation – Automotive pioneer Charles Stewart Mott established the private charitable foundation that bears his name in 1926 in Flint, Michigan. The Mott Foundation supports and works with organizations in our hometown of Flint and communities around the world to promote a just, equitable and sustainable society. We make grants to nonprofit organizations working in our four areas of interest: civil society, education, environment and the Flint area. In 2024, the Foundation made 360 grants totaling more than $160 million. For more information, visit mott.org
About Freshwater Future – Freshwater Future is a collaborative and entrepreneurial organization that seeks perspectives from diverse communities and individuals. Freshwater Future works to ensure equity in the solutions advocated for and values residents’ knowledge and abilities in efforts to protect and restore the health of the waters in the Great Lakes region. To learn more, visit freshwaterfuture.org.
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