Nonprofits + Philanthropy

Rebecca Fleming.

“Beyond Incarceration”: New program offers supportive services for people leaving Washtenaw County Jail

Packard Health's Beyond Incarceration initiative provides connections to primary care, behavioral health services, and recovery resources for individuals preparing for release from the Washtenaw County Jail.

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Women participate in Dress for Success Michigan programming.
New Ypsi-based program offers free training for women entering or re-entering workforce

Dress for Success Michigan is launching a new, free, four-week workforce development program designed to help women move directly from education to employment.

Members of the Ypsilanti National Little League.
Ypsi National Little League receives massive donation influx after popular TikToker’s post

Thanks to a popular content creator's post, people in Ypsi and across the U.S. recently stepped in to help the Ypsilanti National Little League after its ballfields were vandalized with graffiti.

Rowers participate in the 2025 RowFest on Ford Lake in Ypsilanti Township.
National swimming and rowing events to bring thousands to Ypsi area

Thousands of athletes and their families will be in Ypsi and Ypsi Township this month for the USA Artistic Swimming Junior Olympics and the RowFest National Championship.

Peace Neighborhood Center Executive Director Bonnie Billups Jr.
Ypsi community center offers senior cafe, weekly dinner, free space for nonprofits

Programming has grown swiftly in the last year and a half at Ypsilanti Township nonprofit Peace Neighborhood Center’s HUB Community Center, which serves the West Willow, Gault Village, and Sugarbrook neighborhoods.

Residents stand outside the first home established for use in Pittsfield Township nonprofit Exceptional Journeys' community living supports program.
Pittsfield Township nonprofit introduces supportive housing for adults with disabilities

Pittsfield Township-based nonprofit Exceptional Journeys recently announced that it will begin operating housing for some of the people with disabilities whom it serves.

LaWanda Hollister and Josie Ann Lee of We the People Opportunity Farm in Ypsilanti.
Ypsi’s We the People Opportunity Farm will continue founder Melvin Parson’s mission after his sudden passing

Leadership at Ypsilanti nonprofit We The People Opportunity Farm is focused on ensuring the organization continues founder Melvin Parson's legacy after his unexpected death.

Young people participate in a cheerleading drill organized by Ypsilanti Community - The Village.
Making sports and fitness accessible to Ypsi-area kids is this nonprofit’s focus

The grassroots nonprofit Ypsilanti Community - The Village was created by Ypsilanti Community High School alumni who wanted to reduce young people's barriers to participating in sports.

The Ypsilanti Growers Cooperative offered home and hobby gardeners a cooperative table where they could sell their produce at the Ypsilanti Farmers Market in 2012 and 2013.
Want to sell your homegrown produce at the Ypsi Farmers Market? You can through this program.

Ypsilanti-based gardening nonprofit Growing Hope wants community members to help shape the future of a program that allows home and hobby gardeners to share a cooperative farmers market booth.

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