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Midwest Foundations Webinar: Adapting and Reimagining Our Grantmaking
In this conversation we will explore the opportunities we all have to adapt and reimagine our grantmaking to ensure greater alignment with our programs, policies and practices.
Midwest Family Foundation Webinar: A Generation of Impact? Engaging the Next Gen
In this webinar, you will learn what years of research on next gen donors tells us about how they want to be engaged, what they want to change to increase the impact of family philanthropy, and most important, what you can do to help them become the donors we all need them to be.
Choosing a Corporate Philanthropy Approach
This resource provides an overview of important topics and distinctions among the three primary forms of corporate philanthropy: corporate giving programs, corporate foundations, and corporate donor-advised funds (DAFs).
A First Look at Gov. Whitmer's 2022 Budget
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.
Data-Informed Dialogue: Examining Private Foundation Payout Rates
CMF partnered with the research team at the Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy and Plante Moran Financial Advisors to update, deepen and expand critical research around the relationship between the mandated 5% payout rate and actual distribution rates of private foundations.
11 Trends in Philanthropy for 2021
This report overview eleven key trends in philanthropy:
Approaching the Intersection: Will a Global Pandemic and National Movement for Racial Justice Take Philanthropy Beyond Its Silos?
This resource explores these questions and presents a snapshot of a sector that appears receptive to new ways of working, has access to approaches that suggest promise for making transformational change, but is moving cautiously and at times hesitantly toward undertaking the types of fundamental
11 Trends in Philanthropy for 2021
This report provides an overview of eleven key trends in philanthropy.
2020 Donor Advised Funds Report
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.
Foundations Respond to Crisis: COVID-19
This report covers how foundations pivoted during a crisis to survive.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Project
The Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Project is a resource to help the foundation and nonprofit communicators identify opportunities to improve racial equity through their work.
Philanthropy and the Social Economy Blueprint 2021
Philanthropy and Digital Civil Society: Blueprint is an annual industry forecast about the ways we use private resources for public benefit in the digital age.