HFLI
What if we worked together to create a whole generation of innovators and lifelong learners, people with the tools and capacity to empathize, ideate, create and adapt when facing a challenge at school, in their community, at work, or in everyday life?
At HFLI, we continue to work relentlessly with our partners to make a difference in the future for thousands of young people and their urban communities by supporting and sustaining work with teachers and students at Henry Ford Academies so that our graduates are prepared to succeed in college, pursue a career of choice and address challenges with innovative thinking. And now, we are advancing our commitment to redesign how people learn by sharing and evolving our model of success with schools, communities and businesses around the world.

Founding Partners
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We can’t do it without you. Connections and collaborations with people and organizations are critical to finding new and better ways of learning, developing and sustaining our organizational capacity, and bringing fresh thinking to schools, communities and workplaces across the country.
We nurture and grow our relationships – with local business owners who give Henry Ford Academy students the opportunity to complete an internship in a real workplace, an entrepreneur who invites a group of teens to develop a potential new product for their company, like-minded institutions that believe in breaking down barriers to creativity and innovation, and our donors who trust us to be a living example of their principles through their financial gifts.
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“Design Thinking inspires scholars to use their creativity and innovation to make the world better in powerful ways. The scholars really take ownership of their role as problem solvers within the community.”
Lindsey Barrett
Teacher, Detroit
“Thank you for an amazing week of training. My team was awesome and my coworkers and I are so excited to go back and share all of the wonderful ideas with our school.”
Kathleen Lester
Swansboro Elementary, NC
“It makes me think and feel like an entrepreneur.”
Jalyn B. ‘16
Detroit
Get Involved
Sponsorships
Gain recognition for your creative, innovation-driven business. Sponsor events, such HFLI workshops for aspiring youth entrepreneurs, Design Thinking workshops and fellowships for educators and nonprofit professionals, and innovation challenges that help emerging social entrepreneurs advance bold, actionable plans for transformational change.
Scholarships
Create a legacy and a direct investment in the lives of others. Establish or contribute to a scholarship fund that gives a Henry Ford Academy graduate the opportunity to attend college, a teacher the opportunity to grow professionally, or a nonprofit team an immersive experience that will strengthen their confidence and capacity to lead transformational change.
In-Kind Support
Share your abundant resources. HFLI and our schools welcome donations of goods and services that support our work—from technology and materials, to services and consulting, to experiences and opportunities for our program participants.
Volunteer
Give your time and expertise. Provide an internship at your workplace, mentor aspiring youth entrepreneurs, or become a guest speaker on a career, community issue or topic you know inside and out.
Please email lisa@hfli.org or call 248.259.4066 to discuss sponsorship, scholarship and in-kind support opportunities.
Contributors
Collaborators
We search out visionary partners to help us redesign how people learn and lead. Leading educational and cultural organizations have joined HFLI to create unique schools and learning experiences that can only happen through a spirit of collaboration, the conviction that there are new and better ways of learning, and the desire and drive to create a brighter future.

Public School Academies of Detroit
Henry Ford Learning Institute (HFLI) is a recognized as a public charity under section 501(c)3 of the Internal Revenue Code. Donations to HFLI are deductible to the full extent allowed by law. EIN #38-3463866
Financials
If you would like to discuss your donation or support a specific program, please contact Lisa Kreinbring directly at lisa@hfli.org or 248.259.4066 to start a conversation.