"Trust is our largest and best currency,” Kelley Kuhn, President and CEO of the Michigan Nonprofit Association, shares with Khary Frazier during Detroit is Different’s Mackinac Policy Conference conversations, grounding the nonprofit sector in the real relationships that hold community together. This interview connects the 2026 conference theme of “What’s the Fix?” to the everyday work of neighborhood organizations, direct-service nonprofits, philanthropy, higher education, and health systems that help stabilize communities across Michigan. Kuhn breaks down why MNA’s new economic impact report matters, naming nonprofits as 10% of the state’s workforce and a $34.2 billion force in the economy, while also recognizing the uncertainty created by federal shifts, state budget pressures, and larger organizations competing for the same dollars that smaller block clubs, neighborhood associations, and grassroots groups depend on.