Ongoing Coverage:

Grant Support

Michigan Radio has a long history of partnering with grant-making organizations to bring special, in-depth news coverage to its listeners. With the support of both local and national grant-makers, Michigan Radio has produced numerous award-winning series, such as these recent projects:

Arts and Culture News Coverage (2011)

Changing Gears: Remaking the Manufacturing Belt (2011)

Swimming Upstream (2011)

Coal: Dirty Past, Hazy Future (2010)

Muslims In Michigan (2010)

Rebuilding Detroit Schools: A Tale of Two Cities (2010)

In addition to special news coverage, Michigan Radio also relies on the generous support of grant-makers for its equipment and technology needs, among other things. For more information, please contact Ellen Han, Grants Manager, at 734-647-5621 and/or erinck@umich.edu. We wish to thank the following grant-makers for their recent generosity and support:

  • American Public Media
  • Consumers Energy Foundation
  • Corporation for Public Broadcasting
  • Gilmore Foundation, Irving S.
  • Great Lakes Fishery Trust
  • Kresge Foundation
  • The Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs
  • Michigan Humanities Council
  • National Endowment for the Arts
  • National Endowment for the Humanities
  • Park Foundation
  • Public Radio International
  • Public Telecommunications and Facilities Program, U.S. Dept of Commerce
  • The Skillman Foundation
  • W.K. Kellogg Foundation

Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs | National Endowment for the Arts