Annual Report
In 2025, William Gainey, Brian Tesler, and their son officially established four endowed funds with the Community Foundation of Greater Flint for the Genesee County Historical Society, Whaley Historic House Museum, Flint Genealogical Society, and Stockton House Museum.
Annual Report
Forge Flint is keeping Flint families on the road, and on the path to opportunity. Learn more about the community initiative that provides low-cost auto repairs and vehicles to families throughout Genesee County.
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In 2025, a cohort from Flint traveled to Seattle for a Citizens University gathering and came home with a methodology called Civic Saturday. In partnership with the Community Foundation of Greater Flint, they launched Civic Flint. Patrick McNeal reflects in this Q&A.
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Wendell and Sheryl Thompson have spent decades in service to their community, through faith, public leadership, and civic engagement. In 2025, they took that commitment a step further, joining the Legacy Society to ensure their commitment to service continues forever.
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The transformation of Mott Park has been years in the making, driven by the work of passionate volunteers with the Mott Park Neighborhood Association and the Mott Park Recreation Association (MPRA).
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Xceptional Heroes serves nearly 100 adults with Autism, Down Syndrome, and other intellectual disabilities across Genesee County. What began as a club in 2015 became a registered nonprofit in 2021, offering social, recreational, and skill-building programming.
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Grand Blanc's secondary schools are watching the same pattern repeat. At Grand Blanc West Middle School, one in three students is chronically absent, missing 20 or more days a year. Behind that number is almost always a student who wants to be there and cannot find a way in.
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Reese Burtrum and Rachel Hillard are earning state cosmetology licenses before graduation, through the Robert and Monna Short Scholarship. The scholarship fund is awarded to Montrose Community Schools graduates pursuing college or technical/trade school.
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Flint Freedom Schools Collaborative is a community capacity-building organization that develops programs, advises institutions, cultivates local talent, and connects families to resources.
Leaving a Legacy
More donors are moving their donor-advised funds from national providers to the Community Foundation of Greater Flint and the process is simpler than most expect. Here's what that transfer actually looks like, step by step.
Leaving a Legacy
Quion and Chakara Wheeler are a young family committed to our community. We sat down with Quion and Chakara to talk about where they come from, what drives them, and why they decided to include the Community Foundation in their estate plans now, at this point in their lives.
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In June, the Community Foundation of Greater Flint welcomed its newest cohort of summer interns. Learn more about their backgrounds, current projects, and future aspirations.
