Community Foundation
Event
Oct.16
10/16/2019 -
1:00pm to 2:30pm
Location: Webinar
While a bequest is the most common way a community foundation receives money from an individual’s estate plan, some can be tricky. This webinar will provide information on how to deal with difficult wills and trusts. It will also feature best practices for working with professional advisors to ensure their client’s charitable wishes can be accomplished.
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Event type: Webinar
Audience: Community Foundation
Event
Sep.18
09/18/2019 -
1:00pm to 2:30pm
Location: Webinar
How do you define and measure your impact in a consistent and powerful way? Finding the right tool and practice for your foundation’s unique needs can be complex but the right tools and resources can make the work manageable. Join this webinar to learn about promising impact measurement practices and tools to help advance your foundation’s and community’s practice.
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Event type: Webinar
Audience: Community Foundation
News
Published: 02/04/2016
We are pleased to have Khayriyyah MuhammadSmith on board to help plan and facilitate the 2016 Youth Leadership Conference.
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News type: Announcement
Audience: All Members, Community Foundation, Youth Grantmakers
Topic: Youth Philanthropy
News
Published: 10/12/2015
Ta-Nehisi Coates, author of the current best-seller Between the World and Me, will be the keynote speaker at this year’s community meeting of the Kalamazoo Community Foundation.
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Audience: All Members, Community Foundation, Nonprofit Staff
Funding Area: Diversity, Equity, Inclusion
News
Published: 08/18/2015
Poverty, homelessness and employment are the three most significant social issues facing people living in Kalamazoo County, according to a recent Kalamazoo Community Foundation survey.
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News type: Member Highlights
Audience: Community Foundation
Topic: Facts, Figures, Trends
Funding Area: Workforce Development, Poverty
News
Published: 04/30/2015
Shared stories, key topics and great camaraderie were the highlights of this year’s CMF Community Foundations CEO Retreat held in Port Huron.
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News type: Newswire
Audience: Community Foundation
News
Published: 12/04/2014
Monica Moser, Jackson Community Foundation president/CEO, joined President Obama, the First Lady, and Vice President Biden along with hundreds of other higher education leaders to announce new actions to help more students prepare for and graduate from college.
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News type: Member Highlights
Audience: All Members, Community Foundation, Nonprofit Staff, Policy Makers
Topic: Education
Funding Area: Education
News
Published: 12/04/2014
I live in what is arguably one of the poorest counties in the state of Michigan. Mecosta County, with a population of just over 42,000, is 571 square miles of farms, small villages, and the very unlikely home to a university.
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News type: Member Highlights
Audience: All Members, Community Foundation, Media, Nonprofit Staff
Topic: Community Philanthropy
News
Published: 11/21/2014
The Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan (CFSEM) announced the addition of Kate French as its vice president, marketing and communications.
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News type: From the Web
Audience: All Members, Community Foundation
News
Published: 11/04/2014
The Barry Community Foundation was recently honored with the 2014 Secretaries’ Award for Public-Philanthropic Partnerships, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
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News type: Member Highlights
Audience: All Members, Community Foundation
Topic: Public/Private Partnerships
Funding Area: Community Development