For more than thirty years the Stewart R. Mott Charitable Trust has been an innovative foundation focused on small, strategic grant-making. The Trust takes pride in turning modest investments into lasting systemic change.

 
 

The Trust's philanthropic mission was originally focused on changing public policy to address the issues of nuclear armament and overpopulation. Since then, the funding interests have grown to include exposing government corruption and the protection of constitutional rights.

The Trust supports organizations active in the following four areas:

 
     · Peace, Arms Control and Foreign Policy
     · Population Issues and Reproductive Rights
     · Government Reform and Public Policy
     · Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
 
 
Recognizing that small grants can build capacity and create fundraising leverage for new organizations, the Stewart R. Mott Charitable Trust provided initial support for many of our organizations, often before larger and more mainstream funding sources were willing to do so. Since the beginning, the Trustees and associates have chosen to continue giving sustaining support to current grantees on an annual, renewal basis.
 
 


 
 
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