February 29, 2024
The Gilbert Family Foundation, in partnership with United States Artists, has launched Seed and Bloom: Detroit, supporting BIPOC artists in Detroit.
February 28, 2024
The Gilbert Family Foundation recently joined Pensole Lewis College Detroit (PLC Detroit) in announced the opening of the Foot Locker Footwear Creation Stu/deo. PLC Detroit is the only HBCU focused on design and opened its campus in Detroit with the support of the Gilbert Family Foundation.
February 27, 2024
Detroit Future City (DFC) released the “Keeping Your Family Home: Addressing the Challenges of Inherited Properties in Detroit” report, commissioned by the Gilbert Family Foundation, to detail the scale of family-owned properties in Detroit inherited through generations without formal legal proof of ownership.
February 8, 2024
The Gilbert Family Foundation and North Corktown Neighborhood Association (NCNA) are partnering to launch Tomorrow’s Housing Innovation Showcase (THIS), a new effort to show the potential for factory-built housing to provide high-quality and attainable homes for Detroiters to purchase.
February 5, 2024
Enterprise Community Partners announced $23.7 million in Phase 2 funding to support 32 Detroit nonprofits that serve or are led by Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC).
October 31, 2023
We are proud to share that the Gilbert Family Foundation has been recognized for Excellence in Philanthropy by Governor Gretchen Whitmer and the Michigan Community Service Commission.
October 10, 2023
The Gilbert Family Foundation and the College for Creative Studies announced $1 million endowed scholarship fund to empower Detroit's creative youth.
September 6, 2023
DETROIT, September 6, 2023 – The Gilbert Family Foundation (GFF), Henry Ford Health and Shirley Ryan AbilityLab today announced a historic partnership to bring a 72-bed state-of-the-art physical medicine and rehabilitation facility to Detroit. The facility will be managed by Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, and will become part of Henry Ford […]
August 17, 2023
Green Living Science and the Gilbert Family Foundation announced in inaugural Block Party to celebrate Our Backyard Detroit's stewardship program, which was created to increase access to healthy green spaces in Detroit.
July 25, 2023
Black Tech Week present Black Tech Weekend October 12 - 14, supported by Venture 313
July 19, 2023
The Gilbert Family Foundation is proud to be the lead sponsor for the return of Shakespeare in Detroit.
July 14, 2023
The Gilbert Family Foundation, along with the City of Detroit and partners, joined in the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the newly-renovated Gmenier Park.