Social Enterprise Cohort
Life Skills Centers, Inc.
Together we rise -One bagel, one opportunity, one connection at a time. Our bagels bring people together - families grabbing breakfast, coworkers connecting over coffee, and friends supporting friends. Every visit helps create opportunities for individuals with disabilities to build skills, gain confidence, and achieve independence through meaningful employment.
MRC Industries
Spark Works are eco-friendly, artisan fire starters handcrafted by adults with disabilities, combining natural wood shavings and wax in convenient 2 oz cups. These powerful, long-burning starters ensure a quick, mess-free, and reliable fire for campfires, fireplaces, or grills, while supporting meaningful vocational training and independence for their makers.
Uloma House
Uloma House is a community-based social enterprise that delivers integrated home care, health literacy, workforce development, and transportation services to underserved populations, particularly immigrants, seniors, and low-income families. We combine healthcare support and economic empowerment to reduce disparities while creating sustainable employment pathways within the communities we serve.
Arnold Center, Inc.
The WeCycle Outlet is a community-based resale store that gives electronics, office supplies, and refurbished office furniture items a second life while creating hands-on job training opportunities for individuals with disabilities. Every purchase supports environmental sustainability, workforce development, and meaningful employment right here in our community.
Centro Multicultural La Familia
Our Social Enterprise is a mission-driven initiative dedicated to strengthening and uplifting the community through holistic support and empowerment programs. At the heart of this work is Café con Pan, a welcoming café-bakery that operates as a for-profit business with a nonprofit purpose. As a for-profit café with a social mission, Café con Pan generates sustainable revenue that is reinvested into community programs. This model Centro Multicultural La Familia to: Reduce dependency on grants alone, Create local jobs and workforce training opportunities, Offer a safe, inclusive gathering space, Build long-term community impact.
Thumb Industries Inc
Thumb Industries is creating and expanding opportunities for people with disabilities. We are building a quality workforce for Michigan's Thumb.
First Choice Office Outlet-MMI
A big-hearted office supply store in the heart of Michigan, committed to meeting our community where they are — and building meaningful connections along the way.
Eye Care for Detroit
Eye Care for Detroit is a mobile and clinic-based social enterprise that delivers affordable, high-quality eye exams, disease screening, and glasses directly to homebound and underserved residents. Our mission is to ensure that where you live or what you earn never determines whether you can see clearly and protect your vision for life.
Lincoln Stone Paper
Lincoln Stone Paper crafts eco-friendly, tree-free notebooks from sustainable stone paper, while empowering Detroit's underserved communities through employment and economic opportunity.
Community Canvas
Most programs weren't built for neurodiverse families, and it shows. Community Canvas is bringing autism-informed art education to Monroe County, designed from the ground up so families finally find belonging and each other.
D’Artillery
D’Artillery is a social enterprise supporting immigrant and refugee women to build skills for economic empowerment through sewing training, small batch manufacturing and ESL.
Pioneer Resources
Wagging Ways is a purpose driven social enterprise that creates meaningful employment and career pathways for people with disabilities and others facing barriers to employment by operating a high quality pet care business. Through doggy daycare, and pet transportation services, we provide real world training, inclusive jobs, and sustainable revenue that is reinvested to strengthen community services and empower lives.
Abilities Unleashed
At Abilities Unleashed, we empower adults with developmental disabilities by giving them meaningful work creating high quality handmade products.
Arbor Trading Post LLC
Arbor Trading Post LLC creates high-quality leather goods using durable materials and responsible practices. As a social enterprise, we are proud to strengthen our local economy by creating meaningful jobs and skill-building opportunities for local artisans facing barriers to employment.
LeadHERship Impact
LeadHERship Impact exists because Black girls deserve spaces that honor their brilliance and support their healing, growth, and leadership. We are building the conditions for them to thrive, not just survive, and inviting the community to be part of that transformation.
The Detroit Writing Room
The Detroit Writing Room offers an inspirational community for writers, creatives and professionals. Whether you’re working on the next Great American novel or a resume, the Writing Room has nearly 50 professional writing coaches to help with all your writing needs. We also host book talks, writing workshops, and literary events.