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Michigan Youth Voting Guide

The Michigan Youth Voters Guide, created by the Michigan Community Foundation's Youth Project (MCFYP), outlines valuable resources and information for first-time and young voters.

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YAC Advisor Guide

This guide is designed to support Youth Advisory Council (YAC) advisors in leading a youth philanthropy council. It can also be a resource for anyone engaged in the youth philanthropy atmosphere as a tool for sparking ideas and additional learning.

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Engaging Youth

Imagine the benefits to our communities and work when young people are deeply supported in using their time and creativity to lead and inspire change that advances the common good.

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Tools for Your 2021 Foundation Operations Planning

As grantmaking organizations plan their operational strategy for 2021, staff and trustees face many of the same questions and decisions from previous years but are discovering that the answers have changed amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

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Fund Agreements: Tools You Can Use

Join your community foundation colleagues to discuss the template fund agreements recently developed by a team of your peers offering legal insights and traps for the unwary, what all of the legalese means, and how the forms may facilitate your National Standards accreditation.

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Consumers Guide to Grants Management Systems

This resource reviews 14 of the most widely used grants management systems against hundreds of requirements criteria developed with the expertise of consultants, vendors, foundation program officers, and system administrators.

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