Michigan Corps is a social network for local and global Michiganders committed to change in our home state.

 

Michigan Corps builds community among pro-Michigan leaders everywhere by providing compelling platforms for engagement, online and offline, and by launching innovative education and entrepreneurship projects across the state.

 

Founded in 2010, the Michigan Corps community of Corps Members has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, the Associated Press, the Detroit Free Press, Detroit News, Crain's, WWJ Radio, WJR Radio, MLive.com, AnnArbor.com, and numerous other local and national media. In November 2010, Michigan Corps was asked to join Governor of Michigan's bipartisan economic transition team. In January 2011, Michigan Corps was named a global semifinalist for the prestigious Echoing Green Fellowship.

 

To date, Michigan Corps has connected business entrepreneurs with mentors, helped students generate ideas for community change, built public policy capacity among social entrepreneurs, founded Kiva Detroit, and launched other world-class social innovation Michigan.

 

While Michigan Corps is not a silver bullet, its first-of-its-kind model of "social philanthropy" leverages the state's competitive advantage: a loyal community of local and global leaders craving connectedness and new opportunities to lead social change.

 

Founding Corps Members include Google CEO Dr. Eric Schmidt, Sports Broadcaster Dick Enberg, CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta, Pulitzer Prize-winning Author Jeffrey Eugenides, Former Digg CEO Jay Adelson, Skoll Foundation President Dr. Larry Brilliant, and Sun Microsystems Founder Scott McNealy.

 

Michigan Corps is a recognized 501(c)(3), tax-exempt, non-profit organization.