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Events Calendar
Plan your learning journey with us! Browse our events lineup by date, topic and audience or explore through our pillars of Equity, Policy, People and Practice.
- Advocacy & Public Policy (1)
- Communications & Marketing (1)
- Community Philanthropy (4)
- Corporate Philanthropy (2)
- Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (1)
- Family Philanthropy (4)
- Finance & Investment (2)
- Grantmaking & Evaluation (3)
- Operations & Legal Issues (6)
- Sector Leadership & Collaboration (1)
- Youth Philanthropy (1)
Corporate Philanthropy Roundtable
Join your corporate philanthropy peers for a virtual roundtable to network, learn and share best practices. We will provide time for open conversation for you to share what you are seeing in your own work and to crowdsource ideas from your fellow corporate philanthropy peers.
NCFP Series | 21st-Century Governance Part One: Participatory and Collaborative Operations and Strategies
Family philanthropies are increasingly recognizing the power of inclusive and collaborative approaches to maximize their operations and impact—and to ensure that their philanthropy will bring more value to family members, grantees, community members, and others. This session will delve into innovative models, cutting-edge practices, and case studies that showcase how shared decision-making, inclusivity, and true partnerships can drive more effective and sustainable philanthropic strategies for families.
A Conversation on the Changing Scholarships Landscape: FAFSA Simplification and More
Join your scholarship peers for a virtual conversation to discuss the new FAFSA, standardized financial aid award letters, scholarship displacement and other developing policy issues that touch the work of scholarship providers. Attendees will have the opportunity to put forward their unresolved questions on the FAFSA changes for CMF to share with outside partners like Michigan College Access Network and the Michigan Department of Lifelong Education, Advancement, and Potential. Reponses will be shared back to the Scholarship Learning Community.
Technology Roundtable
Join us for a virtual gathering to discuss technology and software, share what you’re seeing in your own work and crowdsource ideas from your fellow peers across the state. This will be an open space for discussion so please bring your questions, concerns and highlights from your own work to share with the group. As we continue our collective equity journey, we invite you to bring forward equity-related topics to our roundtables throughout the year. This conversation is open to all CMF members whether your work touches technology, you have a dedicated technology role or you just want to pick up a few tips from our technology experts.
Communications Staff Roundtable
Join us for this virtual gathering for communications staff to share what you’re seeing in your own work and crowdsource ideas from your peers across the state. We encourage you to bring any projects or campaigns in the works for an informal “show and tell” group discussion. This may include ongoing work, a new project or something on the horizon you’d like to ask your peers about. If you’d rather listen in you are welcome to do so, this is an open space for you to connect with your fellow communicators in our CMF community. This conversation is open to all CMF members whether your work touches communications or you have a dedicated communications role.
Policy Roundtable
Join us for this virtual gathering for staff and trustees interested in public policy to share what you’re seeing in your own work and crowdsource ideas from your peers across the state. This will be an open space for discussion, so please bring your questions, concerns and highlights from your own work to share with the group. As we continue our collective equity journey, we invite you to bring forward equity-related topics to our roundtables throughout the year. We will also discuss building relationships with legislators, including sharing some ideas and resources to support your engagement. This conversation is open to all CMF members, whether your work touches policy or you have a dedicated policy role.
Health Funders Affinity Group Networking Gathering
Join your peers for the opportunity to reconnect in person on health-related issues of interest to Michigan philanthropy. This meeting will be focused on networking and discussing opportunities for collaboration. Whether you are a devoted health funder or just interested in learning more about the challenges and opportunities to support innovation in the field, you are invited to participate.
NCFP Series | 21st-Century Governance Part Two: Strategically Using Partnerships and Collaborating for Systems Change
Join this webinar to learn from family philanthropy leaders with extensive experience in collaborative approaches, hear real-world success stories, and gain practical advice.
Finance Gathering
Connect with your foundation finance peers for an in-person day of learning about all things finance. During this program, participants will have the opportunity to learn about new or changing issues in the finance field and bring questions to the group about best practices.
NCFP Series | 21st-Century Governance Part Three: Family Philanthropies as Stewards of a Public Trust
What responsibilities do family philanthropies have to steward their funds intended for public benefit? Who are they accountable to in pursuit of effective family philanthropy?
Midwest Partnership Series | Community Foundation Finance Course
Join your finance peers for a robust day of learning finance for community foundations.