The object is to give children a chance to play league sports and give their families the ability to enrich their lives by finding and using on-line resources. Think Detroit Inc. was launched in 1997 during a lunch table discussion between Tenbusch and a lifelong friend, Daniel Varner, who is the agency's treasurer. New Detroit Inc. He, in 1985, recruited Noland to run the fund. She had headed the Cleveland Foundation, a similar fund in that city. Located in downtown Detroit, the foundation is a permanent community endowment.
Individuals can use the organization to set up trust funds.
Eugene Howe, for instance, appeared to be a homeless man living in the Cass Corridor who died in 1994. But he left behind an estate, part of that was used to create the Eugene Howe Endowment Fund, which makes grants to organizations that aid the homeless. Corporations can use the fund as well. He also serves as a vice-chairman of the board of trustees.