{"id":3453,"date":"2024-03-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-19T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dwjqp1.com\/bill-ford-michigan-central-station-detroit-14278ab34ea82dac91cd735eda3acec0\/"},"modified":"2024-03-19T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T00:00:00","slug":"bill-ford-michigan-central-station-detroit-14278ab34ea82dac91cd735eda3acec0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dwjqp1.com\/bill-ford-michigan-central-station-detroit-14278ab34ea82dac91cd735eda3acec0\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill and Lisa Ford to raise $10M for Detroit youth nonprofit endowments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ten nonprofits serving young people in Detroit will get an unusual, lasting gift as part of a campaign started by Lisa Ford and her husband, Bill Ford, the executive chair of Ford Motor Co.<\/p>\n<p>The Fords, along with The Children\u2019s Foundation, Tuesday announced their plans to raise at least $10 million to set up permanent endowments for ten nonprofits in the city alongside Ford\u2019s investment in the refurbishment of Michigan Central Station, a <a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/dwjqp1.com\/article\/technology-business-lifestyle-michigan-detroit-d725953ec4df74f13d9137e770318a6c\">long vacant train station in Detroit<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCreating endowments for these ten youth serving organizations is really a way to say, \u2018These organizations that serve tens of thousands of kids every day need to be here as long as that train station is,\u2019\u201d said Andrew Stein, president and CEO of The Children\u2019s Foundation, which is based in Detroit and was established in part by proceeds from the sale of the Children\u2019s Hospital of Michigan in 2011. <\/p>\n<p>Endowments are funds a nonprofit can invest and the annual financial returns from those investments can go into the nonprofit\u2019s budget. They are usually associated with major hospitals and universities \u2014 with <a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/dwjqp1.com\/article\/business-education-philanthropy-endowments-higher-education-51d411e8d3882ac38c97a22209d6ee7d\">Harvard University\u2019s endowment<\/a> famously reaching over $50 billion \u2014 rather than small community nonprofits. Detroit-area nonprofits may apply in June, when Michigan Central Station will reopen, and ten selected organizations will each receive $500,000 to launch an endowment.<\/p>\n<p>    <a name=\"more-section-display-name\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    READ MORE<\/p>\n<p>    <a aria-label=\"MacKenzie Scott donates $640 million, more than doubling her planned gifts to nonprofit applicants\" href=\"https:\/\/dwjqp1.com\/article\/mackenzie-scott-open-call-yield-giving-bezos-ae809a469080e9e61a945a14a230629e\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/dwjqp1.com\/article\/mackenzie-scott-open-call-yield-giving-bezos-ae809a469080e9e61a945a14a230629e\">MacKenzie Scott donates $640 million, more than doubling her planned gifts to nonprofit applicants<\/a><\/p>\n<p>    <a aria-label=\"From Frenchies to rescue cats, New York\u2019s trauma center for animals takes the most complex cases\" href=\"https:\/\/dwjqp1.com\/article\/animal-medical-center-vet-hospital-pet-surgery-nonprofit-b476f07180580bc9a06210ee46e8db5f\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/dwjqp1.com\/article\/animal-medical-center-vet-hospital-pet-surgery-nonprofit-b476f07180580bc9a06210ee46e8db5f\">From Frenchies to rescue cats, New York\u2019s trauma center for animals takes the most complex cases<\/a><\/p>\n<p>    <a aria-label=\"European charity ship rescues 135 migrants but is assigned to distant port in Italy with 359 aboard\" href=\"https:\/\/dwjqp1.com\/article\/migration-italy-rescue-sos-mediterranee-62201d6afe3198fbc55bd676dd183e45\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/dwjqp1.com\/article\/migration-italy-rescue-sos-mediterranee-62201d6afe3198fbc55bd676dd183e45\">European charity ship rescues 135 migrants but is assigned to distant port in Italy with 359 aboard<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Children\u2019s Foundation will manage the nonprofits\u2019 endowments and offer them guidance and technical support over two years. The campaign will also match up to $500,000 that the nonprofits raise themselves, meaning each potentially could end up with $1.5 million to start an endowment. <\/p>\n<p>    <a name=\"html-embed-module-e30000\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lisa Ford said the idea for creating endowments for youth nonprofits evolved out of their commitment to supporting a robust and vibrant future for the city and the automotive industry. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was just blown away by these people who had ideas and deep feelings about how to help children in Detroit,\u201d she said, explaining that part of the satisfaction of the campaign was bringing in other donors. \u201cThe whole idea of Michigan Central is collaboration and inclusivity. So it wasn\u2019t something we wanted to do by ourselves. We would never have thought of it that way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ford was also inspired by the success of another fundraising effort she led in September to benefit a different Detroit children\u2019s organization, The Children\u2019s Center. That has put the campaign on a tight timeline to raise $10 million by June, which she said has actually been a boon in some ways.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile that shocked a lot of people. It also allowed for us to say, you know, \u2018We need an answer now,\u2019\u201d she said. <\/p>\n<p>Endowments are relatively rare among charitable nonprofits, with only slightly more than 10% reporting to the Internal Revenue Service that they have one. Research from Todd Ely, associate professor at the University of Colorado Denver, and his coauthors found that larger, older nonprofits and certain types like universities, hospitals, land trusts and arts institutions are more likely to have endowments. They lend organizations a stronger sense of financial credibility, Ely said, though they are not a panacea for all financial problems. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou just have an organization that donors know isn\u2019t going anywhere, and it feels like a fairly safe bet to support relative to many other nonprofits that might be operating more on a shoe string,\u201d Ely said. <\/p>\n<p>The main debate over endowments is whether the assets are more useful now or in the future, with some arguing philanthropic dollars should be used as quickly as possible. Others see endowments as a vehicle for generational equity, putting the power to direct funds into the hands of the nonprofit and its future leaders.<\/p>\n<p>Different types of endowments also offer different tradeoffs. Meadow Didier, director of consulting for Nonprofit Finance Fund, recommends a type of endowment that allows the nonprofit\u2019s boards and leaders to access the principal amount of the endowment when needed. A quasi-endowment, also called a board designated reserve fund, gives nonprofit leaders more flexibility than a permanent endowment, she said, though she praised any donor thinking about the long-term financial health of nonprofits.<\/p>\n<p>Stein, of The Children\u2019s Foundation, said the campaign is seeking input from community and foundations leaders in designing the application process and selection criteria, and that they intend to use a broad definition for the kinds of services eligible organizations might offer. <\/p>\n<p>The foundation will convene a community panel to select the nonprofits, Stein said, emphasizing that the decision will not be made in a boardroom at Ford or by the foundation. <\/p>\n<h2>___<\/h2>\n<p>Associated Press coverage of philanthropy and nonprofits receives support through the AP\u2019s collaboration with The Conversation US, with funding from Lilly Endowment Inc. The AP is solely responsible for this content. For all of AP\u2019s philanthropy coverage, visit <a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/dwjqp1.com\/hub\/philanthropy\">https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/philanthropy<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ten nonprofits serving young people in Detroit will get an unusual, lasting gift as part of a campaign started by Lisa Ford and her husband, Bill Ford, the executive chair of Ford Motor Co. 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