Featured Resource

This resource is intended to explore frequently asked questions involved in managing disaster funds, specifically issues of concern to private foundations, community foundations, corporate foundation/giving programs and other public charities that manage grantmaking.

This document is a reference tool for considering which philanthropic giving structure is most appropriate to the unique situation and priorities of these individuals and families.

While lead was officially discovered in Flint’s drinking water in September 2015, Flint’s children and families had been drinking

This report examines data from 976 charitable organizations which sponsor donor-advised funds (DAFs). The results show increases in every key metric for the eleventh consecutive year.

View a case study about OFL's work with the childcare subsidy.

Join CMF and Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement (PACE) for a conversation on the unique and powerful role of philanthropy in strengthening democracy and civic life in the communities we serve.

Learn more about the Midwest Climate Energy Funders Group Network and how funders from across the region are collaborating to impact one of today's most pressing issues: climate change.

This is an in-depth analysis of donor-advised funds from a Community Foundation perspective.

"A Case Study of Michigan During Crisis" documents the experience of the Office of Foundation Liaison in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic through a compilation of a dozen interviews with state officials and foundation leaders conducted from December 2020 to February 2021.

Join CMF's Green and Blue Network as we continue conversations around leading health and environmental issues in Michigan. We will spend time discussing current issues with the state's environmental leaders. 

Following an unusual budget cycle, with the COVID-19 pandemic interrupting typical budget deliberations and the need for a rare third revenue estimating conference before the 2021 budget was completed, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has presented her 2022 budget recommendation.

This report examines 2015 through 2019 fiscal year data from 989 charities. For the tenth consecutive year, there was growth in donor-advised funds (DAFs) in every key metric.