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Light Green background with an overlay circle in slightly lighter blue, with headshots of speakers from during our annual conference events, speaking and looking towards the left
Light Green background with an overlay circle in slightly lighter blue, with headshots of speakers from during our annual conference events, speaking and looking towards the left

Celebrating Our CMF Community!

With the Michigan community of philanthropy, we are honoring the past and looking to the future with a bold vision grounded in our shared commitment to putting equity at the center.

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Woman looking at textile samples during a tour of a La-Z-Boy building
Woman looking at textile samples during a tour of a La-Z-Boy building

UPCOMING EVENTS

Join your peers from around the state for powerful in-person and virtual collaboration and celebrations!

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An aerial view of the Detroit cityscape with vibrant lights and a sunset in the sky behind it
An aerial view of the Detroit cityscape with vibrant lights and a sunset in the sky behind it

51st Annual Conference

Save the date to join your philanthropy peers for our Annual Conference taking place November 6-8, 2023 in Detroit!

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Photo of women working together happily
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CMF Community Voices

OUR STORIED HISTORY IS ROOTED IN INNOVATIVE PARTNERSHIPS & SHARING THE IMPACT OF MI PHILANTHROPY: A CONVERSATION WITH DOTTIE JOHNSON

We sat down with Dottie Johnson, president-emeritus of CMF, during CMF’s 2022 Annual Conference – the kickoff to our 50th Anniversary celebration – to discuss our storied history and how this work has set our CMF community on a stronger path for the future. 

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Featured Resource

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11 Trends in Philanthropy for 2023

Philanthropy is also getting organized and reorganized. Funding collaboratives, unionized labor, new governance structures — individual actors are making moves, coming together to cause change on a broader scale. As ideas and methods gain attention, they introduce yet more dynamism to the environment.

Today, we see this push-pull at work. In 2023 and beyond, we’ll see how it plays out.

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