Request for proposals · KOT-RFP-2100-01 · MMC / 2100

The MMC Connected Neighborhood Commission

Reimagine a historic Detroit neighborhood for MMC / 2100.

One commission of up to $5,000 to examine how one historic Detroit neighborhood can preserve and strengthen the relationships that let residents belong, cooperate, stay healthy, find purpose, exchange help, and participate in community life through 2100.

Commission a team, nonprofit, neighborhood organization, student group, research group, civic partnership, or design collective. Every proposal must focus on a historically significant Detroit neighborhood, district, home, or building documented through HistoricDetroit.org or another credible historical source — New Center explicitly included. HistoricDetroit.org

One city. Many lives. One century of evidence. · Read the MMC Study

Review window: Rolling basis · next due date November 1
Awards: One commission of up to $5,000
Directory verified: 2026-08-15

Every applicant must answer

How could this historic Detroit neighborhood strengthen the relationships, institutions, and shared places that help people flourish — and preserve those civic connections through MMC / 2100?

Submissions · rolling review

Time remaining until November 1, 2026

Proposals are reviewed on a rolling basis. Anything received before 11:59pm Eastern on November 1, 2026 enters the next commission cohort.

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Include with your submission

01Lead applicant, fiscal host, and best contact
02Named historic Detroit neighborhood, district, home, or building
03Answer to the central question (2 pages max)
04Neighborhood-relationship checklist responses
05Track selection, budget up to $5,000, and timeline
06Consent and privacy note for any resident participation

What every proposal must identify

Existing neighborhood relationships worth preserving
Groups currently disconnected from neighborhood decision-making
Places where residents meet and form relationships
Institutions that residents trust
Institutions where trust has declined
Intergenerational connections
Threats to neighborhood continuity
Risks of displacement and social isolation
Opportunities for volunteering and civic participation
Ways historic buildings could support new community relationships
Measures of belonging, trust, participation, purpose, and connection
How the proposal avoids forcing participation or exposing sensitive personal information

Five funding tracks

Track 012026–2040

Civic infrastructure that survives turnover

Systems — data, records, meeting access, translation — that keep working when staff, councils, and governments change.

Track 022026–2050

Cross-border shared measurement

One comparable set of indicators on both sides of the Detroit River: health, housing, transit, schooling, safety, longevity.

Track 032030–2075

Life and longevity as a right

Practice and research treating life expectancy and healthy years as a civic obligation rather than a policy preference.

Track 042026–2100

Nonpartisan literacy and succession

Training the next three generations of neighbors, clerks, board members, and reporters to work without a slate.

Track 052026–2060

Peace practice in shared places

Conflict reduction, violence interruption, and repair work documented ethnographically rather than campaigned on.

How proposals are scored · 100 points

Historical and neighborhood grounding
15 pts
A named historic Detroit neighborhood, district, home, or building, documented from a credible source.
Community relationships and participation
20 pts
Who connects to whom, who is left out, and how residents help shape the work.
Nonpartisan integrity
15 pts
No candidate, party, or ballot benefit; documented safeguards.
Feasibility within $5,000
15 pts
A budget and scope that can actually be delivered at this award size.
Research and evidence quality
10 pts
Sources, method, and honest limits on what the evidence can show.
Century-scale thinking
10 pts
Usefulness beyond campaigns, grant cycles, careers, and founders.
Accessibility and inclusion
5 pts
Language, disability, transportation, and time access built in.
Ethical data, privacy, and consent practices
5 pts
Informed, revocable consent; no exposure of sensitive relationships.
Value to future residents and researchers
5 pts
What a Detroiter in 2100 could still use.

Who may apply

Teams, nonprofits, neighborhood organizations, student groups, research groups, civic partnerships, and design collectives.
Coalitions welcome; one lead applicant with a named fiscal host.
Proposals must name a historically significant Detroit neighborhood, district, home, or building — New Center explicitly included.
No candidate committees, party organizations, or entities whose primary purpose is electing a person.

Century timeline

2026–2030Seat the caucus, publish shared indicators, standardize records access.
2030–2050Two decades of comparable Michigan–Ontario measurement; first longevity audits.
2050–2075Longevity-as-right practice embedded in municipal and school governance.
2075–2100Nonpartisan civic practice held by institutions, not individuals; handoff complete.

Open call · collective correspondence

Transnational Longevity Caucus (TLC)

Life and longevity are human rights — and a cross-border civic question, not a partisan one. The Transnational Longevity Caucus (TLC) is a standing, nonpartisan table where Michigan and Ontario organizations compare evidence on how long people live, how well, and what public and civic practice would extend both. Seats are filled on a rolling basis; the next convening cohort closes November 1.

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Time remaining until November 1, 2026

What every proposal must identify

Five funding tracks

Civic infrastructure that survives turnover

Cross-border shared measurement

Life and longevity as a right

Nonpartisan literacy and succession

Peace practice in shared places

How proposals are scored · 100 points

Who may apply

Transnational Longevity Caucus (TLC)

Nonparty directory · Michigan & Ontario

CitizenDetroit

Citizens Research Council of Michigan

Transportation Riders United (TRU)

FORCE Detroit

Detroit Future City

Global Detroit

League of Women Voters Oakland Area

League of Women Voters Dearborn–Dearborn Heights

ACLU of Michigan

Detroit Action

League of Women Voters of Michigan

Voters Not Politicians

Voters Not Politicians Education Fund

Michigan Voices

Michigan Campaign Finance Network

Michigan Nonprofit Association

Michigan League for Public Policy

Samara Centre for Democracy

CIVIX

Democracy Watch

Ontario Nonprofit Network

Maytree

Canadian Civil Liberties Association

Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO)

Ontario Chamber of Commerce

Environmental Defence

Ontario Nature

Conservation Ontario

United Way/Centraide Windsor-Essex Chatham-Kent

ProsperUs

Windsor Essex Counter Exploitation Network (WECEN)