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On June 5, Governor Rick Snyder will recognize 38 winners of the 2018 Governor's Service Awards at a ceremony hosted by the Michigan Community Service Commission (MCSC). 

MDHHS has announced several initiatives in an effort to ensure the vaccine is accessible for all Michiganders. 

Have you noticed a recent influx of messages in your inbox alerting you to changes in company privacy policies and requests to confirm email subscriptions? It is likely those alerts are connected to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - the new privacy law in the European Union (EU).

Two new reports are providing fresh insights on the scope and scale of philanthropy worldwide as well as the barriers faced by philanthropic organizations and how they vary by country.

With a 15 percent food insecurity rate in Michigan and 1 in 6 Michigan children struggling with hunger, many families rely on state and federal programs to feed students during the school year. The summer months can leave many children unsure where their next meal will come from, or when.

With the support of a $60,000 grant from the C.S. Mott Foundation, the M&M Area Community Foundation (MMACF) has established an Energy Team comprised of community representatives and area leaders to implement and manage an energy education and conservation initiative in its two-county service area.

At CMF, we are seeing a growing in interest in the practice of impact investing - interest we believe will continue to rise in the months and years ahead as the fruits of this work mature.

Arctic grayling once thrived in northern Michigan’s cold-water streams.

With year one of Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation (TRHT) implementation complete in Flint, Kalamazoo, Battle Creek and Lansing, Michigan’s project leaders are taking a step back to reflect on their progress, challenges, opportunities and plans for the next four years.

Foundations looking to make the case to policymakers about the importance of afterschool and summer learning programs now have new tools showing how the programs can benefit local communities.

As of June 22, 2018, the Michigan Department of Civil Rights (MDCR) has stated that approximately 58 children, ranging in age from under 1 year old to 17 years old, are currently housed in Michigan after being separated from their families at the US/Mexico border.

Over 40,000 Michiganders have begun their path to further their education. 

The Youth Grantmakers Summer Leadership Conference has wrapped up, and we’re getting a look at the complete youth advisory council/committee (YAC) experience through a newly released conference wrap-up video, a photo album posted on Facebook and more.

Quicken Loans Inc., a CMF member, has announced a new long-term partnership with the nonprofit organization Community Solutions to end veteran homelessness across the country, starting in Detroit.

CMF members recently gathered in Lansing to learn about Launch Michigan - the new statewide coalition of diverse organizations working together in support of improving student outcomes.

The $56.8 billion state budget for 2019 is now approved and signed by Governor Rick Snyder and will take effect October 1. The budget represents an overall .6 percent increase from the previous year.

We’re digging into the state-by-state rankings coming out of the newly published 2018 Kids Count Data Book released by the Annie E. Casey Foundation.

Prior to 2014, the Michigan Masonic Charitable Foundation (MMCF) had largely focused their grantmaking efforts on programs and services benefiting masons and the families of masons or contributed matching funds to programs led by individual masonic lodges.

A recent convening hosted by The Kresge Foundation included a report by Bernadette Atuahene, a University of Illinois Chicago-Kent law professor, sharing her findings after studying the property tax foreclosure crisis in Detroit.