The Motor City Brass Band (MCBB) from the metro-Detroit area in the USA, has received a grant of $10,000 from the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan (CFSEM).

Support

The grant will be used to support the activities of the Motor City Youth Brass Band (MCYBB), MCBB’s largest educational initiative to date.

"We are extremely grateful for this generous support from the Community Foundation," Stewart Hay, Board Chair of MCBB told 4BR.

"Support from the Community Foundation will provide after-school access to quality instruments, musical instruction and performance opportunities for area high school students."

Support from the Community Foundation will provide after-school access to quality instruments, musical instruction and performance opportunities for area high school studentsMotor City BB

Start up cost

The total project start-up cost for the MCYBB is $65,000, and money for the project was originally raised through last year's inaugural grant from the DeRoy Testamentary Foundation.

A total of $40,000 has now been raised thanks to the recent $10,000 grant award from CFSEM.

Benefitting the community

The Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, founded in 1984, is a permanent community endowment built by gifts from thousands of individuals and organizations committed to the future of southeast Michigan.

The Foundation works to improve the quality of life in southeast Michigan by supporting a wide variety of activities benefiting education, arts and culture, health, human services, community development and civic affairs.

The Foundation has assets of $670 million and, since its inception, has distributed more than $295 million in more than 29,000 grants to non-profit organizations.