Launched as a partnership between Strategic Community Partners and the Marygrove Conservancy with financial support from the Kresge Foundation, the Community Impact Incubator provides capacity building support and facilities to a cohort of nonprofit organizations during a 12-month incubator experience. This opportunity creates an environment for the participating organizations to develop their missions and further scale their service to children and families in Detroit’s Fitzgerald neighborhood.
Past Cohorts
Cohort 1 [2020-2021]
The inaugural Community Impact Incubator Cohort featured five Detroit-based nonprofits serving youth and families from across the city. With a proven track record of success in their respective areas of programming focus, each organization utilized the Incubator experience as an opportunity to strengthen its internal structure, build their organization’s capacity, and deepen its impact in Detroit’s Fitzgerald neighborhood.
Additionally, all five organizations in Cohort I were Black-founded and majority Black-operated. This created a powerful cohort dynamic as the organizations’ leaders built upon shared personal and professional experiences as they uplifted each other’s growth and progress.
Detroit City Lions Youth Club
Detroit City Lions Youth Club helps at-risk youth develop healthy bodies and minds. Children aged 3 to 15 can participate in sports programs such as football, soccer, basketball, swimming, dance, lacrosse, and more. Detroit City Lions also provides tutoring and mentoring services, STEM programming, leadership development, financial literacy, youth employment, and wraparound services for families.
Detroit Phoenix Center
Detroit Phoenix Center is a low-barrier resource center for young people between the ages of 13 and 24 who are experiencing housing insecurity. Homeless and high-risk youth can drop in to take a shower, access laundry services, and receive meals or other basic needs items. The center also offers career readiness, life skills, and educational workshops, as well as a computer lab for schoolwork or job searching.
Detroit Youth Choir and Performing Arts Company
Detroit Youth Choir and Performing Arts Company offers the youth of Detroit a performing arts experience to develop creative skills and talents through music education, dance, and theater.
JOURNi
JOURNi is dedicated to building an inclusive technology ecosystem in Detroit, equipping individuals with the education and skills to jumpstart their careers and thrive in the local economy. JOURNi provides immersive courses and youth-centered programming in technology and entrepreneurship.
Pure Heart Foundation
Pure Heart Foundation aims to empower and embrace children of incarcerated parents to help break the cycle of generational incarceration. Children enrolled in the Pure Heart program receive access to mental health care and counseling, mentorship, academic support, and recreational activities.
Learn more about the inaugural cohort’s experience in the Cohort I Impact Report.
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