Good Opportunities
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Background and Goals
The chief aim of the Foundation's three programs is to help develop good schools and good neighborhoods so that young people can be safe, healthy, educated and prepared for adulthood. The Good Schools and Good Neighborhoods programs are the primary focus of the Foundation's grantmaking and changemaking activities. The Good Opportunities program area is designed to support the Foundation's primary work and to invest in special opportunities that can accomplish significant results for children. Though we make grants throughout Metropolitan Detroit, the bulk of our grant dollars are targeted in six Detroit neighborhoods — Brightmoor, Cody/Rouge, Chadsey/Condon, Northend Osborn, Southwest Detroit — and on innovative and successful schools throughout the city of Detroit.
GOOD Stories
News & Announcements
Chris Uhl named program director
DETROIT - Chris Uhl joins The Skillman Foundation as the program director for changemaking.
Saturday's Boys of Color symposium emphasizes positive change
The Skillman Foundation will host Boys of Color Symposium: Warriors for Positive Change on Saturday with special guests Dr. John Jackson, president and CEO of the Schott Foundation for Public Education, and Ralph Godbee, chief of the Detroit Police Department.
Open Society Foundations, Echoing Green launch fellowship program
The Open Society Foundations and Echoing Green have announced the launch of a fellowship program designed to support social entrepreneurs who are starting up new organizations in the field of black male achievement.
