The chief aim of the Foundation's three programs is to help develop good Schools and good neighborhoods for children. The Good Schools and Good Neighborhoods programs are the primary focus of the Foundation's grantmaking. The Good Opportunities program area is set up 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 will be spent in six Detroit neighborhoods – Brightmoor, Cody/Rouge, the Northend, Osborn, and Chadsey/Condon and Vernor in Southwest Detroit – and on innovative and successful schools throughout the city of Detroit.

The goal of the Good Opportunities program is to respond to special needs and opportunities that have great return for children, further the Foundation's Good Neighborhoods and Good Schools work, or support the longtime interests of our founder, Rose Skillman.

Grantmaking will:

• Leverage investments in schools and neighborhoods
• Create citywide infrastructure and champions for the Foundation's work
• Support organizations that serve Detroit's neediest children and families