Explore impact investing fundamentals in this webinar tailored to serve both staff and board members. Learn about what motivates some foundations to choose impact investing and explore various strategies for approaching this work. We will also briefly cover the most critical legal issues and considerations surrounding impact investing. The second half of the program will highlight real-world case studies from foundations in the Midwest that are using impact investing to further their charitable goals.
Join us for a virtual gathering to discuss technology and software, share what you’re seeing in your own work and crowdsource ideas from your fellow peers across the state. This will be an open space for discussion so please bring your questions, concerns and highlights from your own work to share with the group. As we continue our collective equity journey, we invite you to bring forward equity-related topics to our roundtables throughout the year. This conversation is open to all CMF members whether your work touches technology, you have a dedicated technology role or you just want to pick up a few tips from our technology experts.
Join the Green and Blue Network for an in-person day in Lansing. In this event, hosted by the Governor's Office of Foundation Liaison (OFL) and CMF, you will have the chance to meet and learn from leaders of various Michigan departments and agencies about issues they're grappling with and ideas on where philanthropy can be helpful. This event will feature the Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE), the Department of Natural Resources (DNR), the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD), the Office of Environmental Justice and the Michigan High-Speed Internet Office, among others. Come and join us for this interactive session and explore opportunities for collaboration!
As trust-based philanthropy gains recognition across the sector, more funders, individual donors and grantmaking professionals are getting curious about this as an approach to alleviate power imbalances and advance community impact. While many leaders and practitioners have a base-level understanding of why trust-based philanthropy is the way to go, many are still grappling with how to make the case to their peers. This can be especially challenging given the range of misperceptions, critiques and questions that come up for those who are less familiar with trust-based philanthropy.
Our team of experts is here to answer your technical questions, track down research and connect you with best practices in grantmaking, legal and operational insights, sample documents and more.