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Despite tough times, automakers still fuel campaigns.(Focus)
Crain's Detroit Business, November, 2006 by Begin, Sherri
Byline: Sherri Begin Grants made by the domestic automakers and their foundations still play a major role in local nonprofit campaigns, in spite of the challenges they face. The contributions of two of the Big Three automakers decreased last year, but all three are listed among the lead donors in capital campaigns across the region.
"The auto industry is doing more in Detroit to maintain its philanthropic purpose and mission during difficult financial times in their own businesses'' than many other major companies in the U.S. when they faced hard times, said Rick Nahm, president of the Cranbrook Educational Community in Bloomfield Hills. DaimlerChrysler Corp. was the only one of the Big Three to increase its contributions last year. The...
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