Greetings from the Michigan Forum for African Americans in Philanthropy (MFAAP) – a community of African American philanthropic professionals where you are always loved, always welcomed! Over the last few months, the MFAAP team, namely Marcus McGrew, Jonse Young and CMF program coordinators Laura Collier and Dondré Young, has been hard at work combing countless websites and social media platforms to invite and welcome new and returning members to our growing community. We’ve planned an exciting 2019 program curriculum to further deepen your knowledge about the conditions which make philanthropy necessary, sharpen your leadership skills and expand your professional network.

Founded in 2009 as an affinity group of the Council of Michigan Foundations, MFAAP’s mission is to broaden and strengthen philanthropy in the African American community in Michigan. We are a strong and mighty group of philanthropic professionals working to effect social change in local communities in Michigan, throughout the United States and worldwide. Our members represent individuals, family, corporate, community and private foundations and public charities, serve in many and varied roles from chief executive officer to emerging and senior program and operations leaders, and have careers which span from less than a year to more than 30 years.

Get connected

We invite you to join us on the Michigan Forum for African Americans in Philanthropy affinity group online community. We look forward to seeing you at a future event and welcome your suggestions and questions about MFAAP.

Join us for MFAAP’s Spring Convening: ABFE’s Intro to Racial Equity 101: A Framework for Advancing Racial Equity through Policies and Practices on May 31.

We look forward to sharing more details on our Fall Convening in the Grand Rapids area soon!

Equipping you to soar higher,

Marcus McGrew, director of program operations and information management, The Kresge Foundation and Jonse Young, director of philanthropic services, Grand Rapids Community Foundation

Co-Chairs, Michigan Forum for African Americans in Philanthropy

Questions?

Please feel free to connect with CMF program coordinators Laura Collier and Dondré Young.