We partner with local community leaders from the private, public, and nonprofit sectors to seek innovative and effective solutions to community-wide issues. 

We work to better understand . . .

• Our community's needs and priorities,
• Where there are opportunities for innovative solutions that
  build upon best practices, and
• Who has the expertise and capacity to affect real and lasting change.

In 2009, our Board of Trustees revisited the Community Foundation's mission and adopted two program priorities to help guide our grant funding.

• Nonprofit Sector Support and Advocacy
• Ypsilanti Renewal

AAACF also makes  strategic investments of both time and grant dollars in community collaboratives  that address community-wide priorities:

• Housing and Homelessness
  Washtenaw Housing Alliance and the Blueprint to End homelessness
• Early Childhood Development & Education
  Washtenaw Success by Six
• Seniors
  Blueprint on Aging
  
• Arts & Culture
  The Washtenaw Arts Alliance
• Youth
  AAACF Youth Council
• Blueprint to End Illiteracy

To learn more, please contact AAACF's COO and Vice President for Community Investment Neel Hajra.