The group was started in November of 2006 by Karen Dunigan of Jackson, Michigan, as a simple way to raise money efficiently and quickly for local charities.

One of the best parts of 100WWC is discovering causes attendees may not have known about. Attendees come prepared to pitch a nonprofit—especially smaller or lesser-known organizations doing incredible work in our community. 3 are selected by a random drawing to present each meeting. These meetings occur quarterly. 

Although it was started in Jackson, Michigan, there are now chapters all over the country. On Monday, February 9th, we drove up to Rochester, Michigan to check out the scene!

In 2026, this Rochester chapter has between 150-160 members.

Each quarter, GJC (George Johnson & Company), a certified CPA and public accounting and consulting firm in Detroit, hosts a non-profit CFO roundtable. They select topics critical to nonprofit financial leaders to focus on and facilitate a discussion among attendees. 

Last quarter, the topics were less focused on financal topics, but on areas changing the way most organizations are conducting business: AI and cybersecurity. We were happy to co-host this event at Macro Connect!

In the first quarter of 2026, the topic returned to a classic one many non-profits struggle with:  Cash Flow & Liquidity. 

The group

Detroit truly is a city like no other. It’s resilient, innovative, and full of energy — a place where the challenges are real, but the opportunities are even greater. At Macro Connect, we’ve spent many years providing IT support in Detroit for schools, nonprofits, and small businesses, and we can say with confidence: there’s nowhere else we’d rather be. 

From managing critical infrastructure to helping organizations use technology as a force for good, our work in Detroit is a job, but it’s also a mission. Here’s why we love working in this vibrant city and what makes IT support in Detroit uniquely rewarding. 

One of the biggest reasons we love working in

It is a year-long fellowship program providing a full-time, paid job that comes with the unique opportunity to contribute in Detroit, develop leadership and career skills, connect with mentors and build relationships with diverse, innovative, community-minded leaders, thinkers and doers.

Challenge Detroit is just starting it’s 14th and final year. Originally conceived to be a catalyst program for attracting and retaining top talent to Detroit in a time where Detroit was bleeding talent, it has done its job with 14 years of between 25-40 fellows each year living, working, volunteering, promoting, & contributing to a city that needed

Here at Macro Connect, vCIO (Virtual Chief Information Officer) is one of the most important roles. They serve as the bridge between our more tech-oriented TAMs (Technical Alignment Managers) and our clients!  

While our TAMs focus on assessing the tech, our vCIOs focus on long term planning by making strategic recommendations to improve technology systems. They then meet with leadership teams to prioritize and budget for projects. Many of the organizations we serve see our vCIOs as a part of their own leadership team, seeing as they work together so closely.  

So, what does a vCIO do throughout their day in the office at Macro Connect? 

8:00 am: Arrive at the

Detroit Achievement Academy is a mission-driven public charter school that we serve right here in our hometown. In 2024, they made history – they became the first school in the country to design a streetwear-inspired school uniform collection. The best part? It was designed in full by the 8th grade graduating class, in collaboration with a team at SANA Detroit. 

For students at DAA, this is more than a uniform. As they led every part of the process - sketching designs, choosing fabrics, testing fits, and working side-by-side with the SANA Detroit team – they

Each year, we come together as a company to celebrate – our culture, the work that we do, and most importantly, fulfillment of our core values. The result is Macro Fest – a day full of food, games, and core value awards. Here’s an insider view into this year’s festivities! 

We celebrated our home, a.k.a. “the 313”, by showing out in our best Detroit gear. 

One of our longest standing clients, Detroit Chamber Winds & Strings (DCWS) will be bringing music and an adoring audience to Hosmer on Saturday, September 27, 2025 at 2pm. 

Principal Bassoonist of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, and a member of DCWS, Conrad Cornelison will be presenting music that highlights the history of the Hosmer Library. This means music with literary ties from the early part of the 20th century to electronic music that plays on its current function as the home of our IT company. 

This concert is part of a DCWS series called Structurally Sound, which brings chamber music to architecturally significant spaces in Metro Detroit, where a musician will bring their creativity to crafting a program that specifically ties to that space. 

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The plans for Macro Connect’s campus included a storage building with an open rooftop for entertaining, an outdoor fitness space, and a community garden to serve both Macro Connect employees and the surrounding community. 

The move-in date to Hosmer for the Macro Connect team was July of 2023. Fast forward to April of 2024, and plans were laid for leveling the ground in the back, across Pulford Street and next to the newly constructed Storage Building. 

Heavy equipment such as bulldozers and excavators were needed to level this ground where an old brick home had clearly stood at some point. There was quite a bit of junk to remove - car parts, metal scraps, rocks, and bricks. The ground was hard, uneven, and filled with large weeds. After

Built in 1910, originally named the Hosmer Branch Library, a branch of the Detroit Public Library, this building opened early in January of 1911, only a few years before WWI began. 112 years later, it has become the home to Macro Connect, our IT Managed Services company, with 30 employees. 

The library was named for George S. Hosmer, a prominent Detroit Judge who served as a Wayne County Circuit Court Judge from 1888 until his death in 1921. He was, by many accounts, a very accomplished judge, who served as a role model for others.

This library was not the only entity named to honor Judge Hosmer. The City of Detroit chose to honor his legacy by naming a playground, elementary school, and this library