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, +1-313-235-9154, or Lorie Kessler, +1-313-235-8807, both of DTE Energy Web site: http://www.dteenergy.com/

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