Detroit Regional Chamber Foundation

The Detroit promise is the Foundation's umbrella scholarship for all incoming college students, including four-year university students formally enrolling through the Detroit compact scholarship program. The Detroit promise is a Foundation administered program funded by the Michigan education excellence Foundation ("meef"), a Michigan nonprofit organization. Under a memorandum of understanding with the meef, the Detroit promise's essential responsibility is to provide a last-dollar scholarship for Detroit high school students entering area community colleges and participating four-year universities. Per state of Michigan statute, the dpza is allocated a portion of state property taxes collected in the city of Detroit for the express purpose of funding a college promise program. The dpza has designated the Foundation as its partner to administer this program and uses the tax capture revenue to allocate funding to the Foundation to fund the program within the statute guidelines.

The Foundation leads a comprehensive education and talent portfolio of program and policy work in the state. With the goal to increase postsecondary degree attainment in southeast Michigan to 60% by 2030, the Chamber's work will grow the talent pool for employers.

Michauto is Michigan's only automotive and mobility cluster association to protect, retain, and grow Michigan's signature industry while also ensuring the state's leadership in advancing the development and manufacturing of next-generation mobility technology.

Economic development:the Foundation's economic prosperity strategy positions the Detroit region for long-term global competitiveness for the next decade and beyond. The work is funded through contributions and grants from corporate donors and private philanthropy. The strategy is executed through a series of initiatives ensuring the region is educated, employed, healthy, and leading in next-generation mobility.leadership detroit:leadership Detroit provides the Foundation for a lifelong commitment to leadership by creating awareness of key issues that affect the Detroit region and to challenge emerging and existing community leaders to bring about positive change in the community through informed leadership.racial justice and economic equity:the Foundation leverages its position as a covener of business to ensure pervasive and long-term change both societally and economically. This work is rooted in reflective focus on accountability internally and externally through a commitment to ensuring the region's equitable future.