2012 TGI Grants

CAAP's Teen Grant-making Initiative has announced 12 grants to benefit organizations in metro Detroit that serve youth. The grants, which total $4,600, will enhance and support youth leadership training, service learning, health education and the performing arts.

For our press release on this years grants, please see our newsroom. The full list of 2012 grant recipients are:

·         Catholic Social Services of Wayne County – $500 to support a career workshop and fair for teen mothers

·         Chadsey Condon Community Organization – $250 to bring low-income youth to Lansing to meet with government officials

·         Detroit Dreamers 2012 – $600 for an after-school tutoring and sports programs for low-income students in Dearborn

·         Detroit-Grosse Pointe Collaborative – $250 for an arts camp to build bridges between youth in Detroit and Grosse Pointe

·         Divine Impressions – $500 for a business and entrepreneurship program for middle school students in Detroit

·         Global Exchange – $250 to teach youth about community gardening and energy efficiency

·         Heidelberg Project – $250 to train high school students to teach art to elementary students in Detroit

·         Hype Athletics – $250 to clean up the River Rouge watershed by recruiting more than 300 young volunteers

·         Michigan Nonprofit Association – $750 for student-led service-learning projects in Detroit

·         Mosaic Youth Theatre – $250 to support a college fair and vocal auditions for scholarships for Mosaic Youth participants