Open$250,000
Detroit Resident Navigation Fund
Staffing and follow-up capacity for D-NAVIGATE so every Detroit resident who enters intake gets a human through placement.
Outcome1,000 residents navigated to training or employment in 12 months.
Grants & funding
Fund the layer nobody else funds.
Detroit has training programs, certification bodies, incubators, and capital. What it does not have is the connective tissue between them. That is what your dollars buy.
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Open$180,000
MWBE Contract Readiness Initiative
Certification navigation, capability statement development, and buyer introductions for 150 Detroit businesses, with focused MWBE support for firms that qualify.
Outcome$5M in new ecosystem contract value awarded to Detroit-headquartered firms.
In review$400,000
Ecosystem Intelligence Platform Build
Engineering the public data layer: institution index, live opportunity feed, and the guided intake router.
OutcomeA free, permanently public map of the ecosystem's opportunity surface.
Concept$120,000
D-VENTURE Founder Cohort
Non-dilutive stipends and diligence readiness for 20 Detroit-based founders per year.
Outcome20 Detroit companies investor-ready and headquartered in the city.
Funders
Every dollar is reported against a Detroit outcome.
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