We support nonprofit and grassroots organizations with capacity building services, tailored cohort experiences, and legal guidance.

    Using a lens of racial and social equity, we seek to build power within the nonprofit sector by shifting norms, practices, and attitudes, leading to systems transformation for our sector and our world.

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    Proximity is Power: OUR 2025 ANNUAL REPORT

    Our proximity to the community organizations we serve and the funders that power the work gives us the ability to both survey needs on the ground, and speak truth to power. In our annual report, we discuss how the work of intermediary organizations is a niche no one else can fill in the sector. Read our annual report and watch the video here.

    THE VOICES OF OUR COMMUNITY:
    MCR's 2026 NONPROFIT NEEDS ASSESSMENT REPORT

    SUMMARIZING TRENDS IN CHALLENGES FACING NONPROFITS IN SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN AND BEYOND

    Our assessment of nonprofit needs documents our findings from engagement with 158 nonprofits across Michigan about their strengths and challenges in 2025. Nonprofits, funders, intermediaries, and other interested parties can use this report to ground their work in the realities of Michigan nonprofit work, as stated by the organizations themselves.

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