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Frequently Asked Questions About Donor Advised Funds
This resource is intended to explore frequently asked questions involving donor advised funds. Please note that DAFs are a continued topic of regulatory debate, and federal and/or state rules that affect the operation of DAFs are subject to change.
CMF Members Partner to Support Northwest MI Community Development
The Rehmann Foundation, a CMF member, is supporting CMF member the Grand Traverse Regional Community Foundation’s collaborative cross-sector Community Development Coalition of Northwest Michigan.
Fred A. and Barbara M. Erb Family Foundation Establishes Alzheimer’s Clinical Research Fellowship
The Fred A. and Barbara M. Erb Family Foundation awarded $3.275 million to Alzheimer’s Association to establish the Fred A. Erb Clinical Research Fellowship to accelerate efforts to improve the prevention, management, and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease.
Learning to Give: Connecting Classrooms to Community
Each year, Learning to Give, through the support of CMF member the McGregor Fund, works with a Detroit-based Teacher in Residence to develop resources, make connections with Wayne County educators and nonprofits and guide the direction of philanthropic education.
Transforming Towards Trust-Based Philanthropy: Understanding the Role of the Program Officer
As foundations across philanthropy and within our CMF community lean into trust-based philanthropy practices to transform engagement with nonprofits as partners, the Ford Foundation is sharing its reflections on how it can be successfully applied to the work of program officers.
Community Foundation Celebrates 30th Anniversary Year Successes
The Grand Traverse Regional Community Foundation wrapped up 2022 with a number of successes, including the launch of new initiatives to support the five-county region.
Celebrating Black History Month
It’s Black History Month, a time to reflect on the many contributions of Black Americans. As we look to celebrate Black History Month in February and year-round, we’re highlighting ways to honor Black History.
The Soul of Philanthropy
The Soul of Philanthropy: Reframed and Exhibited, a national, comprehensive, multi-media exhibit honoring and celebrating stories of generosity in Black philanthropy, is in Michigan to connect and inform communities throughout the state.
Diana Sieger Announces Retirement Following 35 Years of Service at the Grand Rapids Community Foundation
After more than 35 years of dedicated service, Diana Sieger, President of the Grand Rapids Community Foundation will retire this year.
Five Years of Truth, Racial Healing & Justice: Lifting Community Stories
As the Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation (TRHT) Michigan sites completed their fifth and final grant year, we’re taking an inside look at the processes and implementations of each Michigan TRHT site, lessons learned, how they supported communities and built relationships, and how this work will continue.
Equitably Shaping Incoming Federal Dollars: Engaging Community and Addressing Childcare Needs in Marquette County
The Community Foundation of Marquette County (CFMC) is one of five CMF members engaging in CMF’s Statewide Equity Fund (SEF) Strategic Support Pilot. Supported by the SEF and through cross-sector collaboration, CFMC engaged community to address childcare needs and develop a childcare business lab.
Supporting and Authentically Engaging Indigenous Communities: Moving Beyond Land Acknowledgements Toward Action
The Chippewa County Community Foundation is sharing how it has continued to work to support and deepen authentic relationships with Indigenous communities.
Five Years of Truth, Racial Healing & Justice: Deepening Community Engagement and Partnerships
As the Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation (TRHT) Michigan sites completed the fifth and final grant year, we’re getting an inside look at the ongoing work underway at each site. This week we’re featuring Flint TRHT, hosted by the Community Foundation of Greater Flint.
11 Trends in Philanthropy for 2023
Philanthropy is also getting organized and reorganized. Funding collaboratives, unionized labor, new governance structures — individual actors are making moves, coming together to cause change on a broader scale.
A Change Management & Deep Equity Primer: The What, Why, How & Nuance
Change is a force that is simultaneously generative, stimulating creativity and innovation, and disruptive, destabilizing or re-ordering existing conditions.
National Day of Racial Healing
On Tuesday, January 17, communities across the state and the U.S. will come together for essential and timely conversations on racial healing, equity and justice for the seventh annual National Day of Racial Healing.
Five Years of Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation: Continuing the Journey
We’re kicking off a series of features highlighting the work from Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation (TRHT) Michigan sites’ fifth and final grant year.
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation Supports New Initiative to Bolster Explanatory Journalism and Increase Civic Literacy
A new initiative led by the Associated Press, supported by CMF member the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, aims to increase civic literacy and engagement while addressing misinformation and disinformation.
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