Springboard for the Arts

To bring Springboard for the Arts' Community Supported Art program to Knight Foundation's eight communities over the next two years, inspiring local art movements

Artplace

To support ArtPlace, a creative place-making initiative that uses investments in the arts and other creative assets to shape the social, physical and economic character of cities, towns and communities across the U.S.

Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit

To feature artists who show exceptional promise in the field and who are interested in democratic and collaborative practices in their art-making through the emerging artist exhibitions at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD)

Roosevelt Hotel Art Installation

To mount an art installation on the abandoned Roosevelt Hotel highlighting the potential held by vacant urban spaces in collaboration with the Hygienic Dress League, the Detroit Civic Intervention and local community activist Philip Cooley

The Detroit Institute of Arts

To help the Detroit Institute of Arts transform its relationship to audiences by supporting a pilot project using a PDA (personal digital assistant) to deliver information about exhibits

Random Acts of Culture: Detroit

To break down barriers of access to the performing arts and touch the lives of residents with Random Acts of Culture (RAC), a series of unexpected, spontaneous cultural performances in non-traditional settings

Detroit Symphony Orchestra Hall

For the Detroit Symphony Orchestra performance at Independent Sector Conference, November 4, 2009

Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History

For the redesign of core exhibits, curriculum materials to serve as tools for educators, transportation and admission for underserved and at-risk students

Business Leaders for Michigan

To enhance the ability of the Detroit region's creative community to build out a comprehensive, actionable vision by inventorying and mapping creative sector assets

The New Detroit Science Center

For free physical science field trips to the Science Center including a pre-visit and post-visit school-based curriculum, transportation, live stage show and demonstration, planetarium show and large-scale traveling exhibit

Detroit International Jazz Festival

To develop an umbrella organization for jazz in southeast Michigan through support of Jazz Planet, an audience development and outreach project

Detroit Symphony Orchestra Hall

To attract and retain diverse, new audience members to performances and education programs