DTE Energy Foundation Names Finalists for Achieving Excellence Awards

DETROIT, May 14  /PRNewswire/ -- DTE Energy Foundation has announced the finalists for its 2008 Achieving Excellence Awards, Michigan's largest corporate grant competition for nonprofits.

The competition recognizes the state's exemplary nonprofit organizations with grants totaling up to $400,000 in five categories: Collaboration, Innovation, Leadership, Merger and Sustainability. The winners will be announced June 3.

  Finalists for the 2008 Achieving Excellence awards are:

  Collaboration
  D. A. Blodgett for Children, Grand Rapids
  International Wildlife Refuge Alliance, Grosse Ile
  Neighborhood Centers Inc., Detroit
  Salvation Army Harbor Light (Eastern Michigan), Detroit
  Sanilac County Kids' Connection, Sandusky

  Innovation
  Conservation Resource Alliance, Traverse City
  Detroit Entrepreneurship Institute, Inc., Detroit
  Forgotten Harvest, Inc., Oak Park
  Grandmont/Rosedale Development Corp., Detroit

  Leadership
  Detroit Executive Service Corps, Southfield
  Detroit Chamber Winds, Southfield
  Judson Center, Inc., Royal Oak
  Junior Achievement of the Michigan Great Lakes, Grand Rapids

  Merger
  ArtServe Michigan, Wixom
  Michigan Nonprofit Association, Lansing
  Think Detroit PAL, Detroit

  Sustainability
  Detroit Historical Society, Detroit
  Mosiac Youth Theatre of Detroit, Detroit
  Southwest Solutions, Detroit
  Young Men's Christian Association of Metro Detroit, Detroit




To be considered for the Achieving Excellence Awards, organizations must be tax-exempt under Section 501(c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code and be located within DTE Energy's service area.

The DTE Energy Foundation is the philanthropic arm of DTE Energy, continuing the legacy of community support and involvement of its principal operating subsidiaries, Detroit Edison and MichCon.  The Foundation directs its contributions and involvement to support initiatives dedicated to developing the human and economic potential of the communities it serves. 

DATASOURCE: DTE Energy



CONTACT:  Eileen Dixon, [phone], or Lorie Kessler,

[phone], both of DTE Energy



Web site:  http://www.dteenergy.com/ 

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