Community Development
Join your Midwest community foundation peers from Ohio, Illinois, Indiana and Michigan for a gathering focused on catalyzing community investments in new ways to contribute to the economic health and vitality of your region.
Find More By
Detroit area foundation leaders received thanks and promises of continued support for the city from the U.S. Economic Administration as its top leader spoke at a recent InFocus meeting held in the Motor City.
Find More By
Detroit’s new president/CEO of the Detroit Economic Growth Corporation shares his ideas for stimulating the city’s economic renaissance with grantmakers at the recent InFocus event.
Find More By
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.
Find More By
Foundation and state leaders serving several “picture postcard” communities shared their challenges of the real story behind the scenes during at the 42nd CMF Annual Conference.
Find More By
Michigan foundations are once again putting their support behind the tremendously successful New Economy Initiative to help the Detroit region’s businesses and entrepreneurs.
Find More By
Getting a glimpse of the behind-the-scene workings of Detroit entrepreneurial incubator “Ponyride” elicited praise from foundation leaders.
Find More By
Greenways and blueways offer new economic opportunities for many Michigan cities and towns according to experts speaking to a recent Green & Blue Network meeting.
Find More By
Providing grants to support the development of innovative technology designed to solve Detroit’s blight problem, the Skillman Foundation is leading the way to protect children and families in the Motor City
Find More By
Rotary Charities of Traverse City played an integral role in helping two local nonprofits merge to protect needed crisis intervention programs in northern Michigan.