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Haiti Disaster Relief: Where to Contribute

Haiti Disaster Relief: Where to Contribute


Posted 1/13/2010
Looking for information on how to respond to the recent earthquake disaster in Haiti? Follow CMF’s tweets on Twitter at @michfoundations or take a look at this list of reputable response organizations. [more...]

National & Michigan Mentoring Month Brings A Call For Donations, Volunteers

Posted 1/25/10 - CMF NewsWire
During this National and Michigan Mentoring Month celebration, state and local government officials, foundation and other nonprofit leaders are asking caring citizens to step forward with donations or volunteer their time to help mentor a child or adult in need. [more...]

Innovation, Creativity & Flexibility Necessary For Changing Economic Landscape, Say DAG Presenters

Posted 1/25/10 - CMF NewsWire
Finding news ways to instill creativity, innovation and flexibility into K-20 education is the key to both engaging students in new 21st century learning models and providing a future workforce to meet Michigan’s new industries, according to experts at a recent Detroit Area Grantmakers luncheon. [more...]

CMF’s “Far-Reaching” Diversity Work Is Helping Inform National Effort, Says Foundation Center

Posted 1/14/10 - CMF NewsWire
CMF’s Transforming Michigan Philanthropy Through Diversity & Inclusion initiative is producing unprecedented data and sparking important dialogue among members while informing a national Foundation Center effort to create a set of national metrics, tools and best practices for diversity and inclusion. [more...]

U.S. Education, Government Leaders Applaud Woodrow Wilson Michigan Teaching Fellowship

Posted 1/14/10 - CMF NewsWire
More than 90,000 K-12 students in Michigan will soon receive more intensive instruction in math and science thanks to the creation of the new Woodrow Wilson Michigan Teaching Fellowship funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. Six Michigan universities and five K-12 school districts will participate in the pilot program.  [more...]

Need to Know More About

  • Russell G. Mawby Award for Philanthropy
    Deadline: March 19, 2010
    CMF, the Michigan Nonprofit Association and the Michigan Community Service Commission invite nominations for this award honoring the work and philosophy of Dr. Russell G. Mawby in encouraging private action for the public good through philanthropy.
  • Community Foundation Philanthropy Award
    Deadline: March 19, 2010
    CMF invites nominations for this award honoring a living individual or couple for service as both volunteer trustee and donor to help grow community philanthropy in Michigan on behalf of one or more community foundations.
  • Partner Highlight: GrantCraft
    After years of hearing that more collaboration would be a good thing, grantmakers seem ready to find new ways to work together. Contributors to this new GrantCraft guide, entitled "Funder Collaboratives: Why and How Funders Work Together," offer approaches that have worked for them, as well as the challenges: from setting grounds rules to sharing control. They also ask, can philanthropy afford not to collaborate anymore?
  • Parter Highlight: Grantmakers for Effective Organizations
    Newly released by Grantmakers for Effective Organizations and the Council on Foundations, "Evaluation in Philanthropy: Perspectives from the Field" explores how evaluation can help grantmakers learn and improve practices (not just "prove" results).




  • 2009 Grantmakers Salary and Benefits Survey Report
    This report summarizes the results of the Council on Foundations’ most recent salary and benefits survey, including a Michigan report and a new Midwest (IL, IN, MI, OH) four state report featuring data by position title and asset category. 201 grantmakers participated in the Midwest survey, 54 from Michigan. Note: CMF members must log-in to access this report.

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