Discretionary Grant - Durham, NC (December 2025) — When five-year-old Yuriko opened a blue box on her family’s doorstep, her eyes lit up. Inside were new books — stories waiting to be explored, characters ready to become friends. She picked one up, turning the pages carefully. “If some words you don’t know,” she said, “you can learn those words so you can be a better reader. If you’re a better reader, you can read all of the books that there is in the world. I’ll read a thousand books!”

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Discretionary Grant - Detroit, MI (December 2025) —On a sunny afternoon in downtown Detroit, light filters through a mosaic of stained glass, casting a kaleidoscope of color across the floor of the Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue. The century-old building, once dimmed by time and disrepair, now glows again with life.

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Discretionary Grant - Michigan (June 2025) — Across the country, millions of river miles wind through landscapes and lives, providing drinking water, fish habitat, recreation and a sense of place. Yet until recently, there was no way to truly understand how well those rivers were being protected, or where the greatest opportunities for restoration remained.

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Discretionary Grant - Detroit, MI (June 2025) — Before she ever dreamed of a career in veterinary medicine, Le’Airra was a quiet middle schooler with little experience around horses. That changed when she joined Detroit Horse Power (DHP), a nonprofit that connects Detroit youth to horses to help them grow confidence, empathy and perseverance.

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Discretionary Grant - Raleigh, NC (June 2025) -Alana was living in a car with her mom when she first walked through the doors at Designed for Joy, unhoused at just 20 years old. She had been referred through a local nonprofit to participate in Designed for Joy’s seven-day Day Work Program – a lifeline made possible, in part, by a grant from the Walters Family Foundation.

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