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Children’s Foundation Announces $10 Million Partnership for Detroit Youth
The Children’s Foundation, in partnership with Bill and Lisa Ford of the Ford Motor Company, has established the Michigan Central Station Children’s Endowment Campaign to celebrate the reopening of Michigan Central Station.
Peer Communities
Online communities provide an interactive forum for members to engage with their peers on topics and issues important to their work.
Reimagining Our Peer Communities
Online communities provide an interactive forum for members to engage with their peers on topics and issues important to their work.
FAQs & Guidance
Online communities provide an interactive forum for members to engage with their peers on topics and issues important to their work.
Proposed Regulations on Donor Advised Funds: A Policy Update
The IRS and the U.S. Department of the Treasury shared proposed regulations in November that focus mostly on important definitions surrounding donor advised funds (DAFs). We’re sharing key highlights, updates from Treasury around the regulations and what’s next.
Equity Signature Series
Exploring how to drive and create more equitable outcomes for all
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.
Prioritizing Transparency and Connections with Nonprofit Partners
The Carls Foundation supports and partners with organizations statewide from Southeast Michigan to the Upper Peninsula to advance its programming priority areas of children’s healthcare, children’s human services and the preservation of open spaces through land conservancy partnerships.
CMF Statewide Equity Fund: A Guide for Philanthropy on Partnerships to Equitably Shape Public Funding
The guide is intended to be a playbook for philanthropy, highlighting lessons learned from the five sites and key considerations for ensuring community voice is centered in the decision-making process for community investments.
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.
Building Relationships with Policymakers
Highlighting policy advocacy through relationship building with policymakers in Lansing and DC.
Remembering John M. Frey
John M. Frey, a 2nd generation trustee emeritus of the Frey Foundation, passed away on March 28. He was 84 years old.
Statewide Equity Fund Supporters
View COVID-19 Relief and Response Funds in MI.
Statewide Equity Fund In Action
View COVID-19 Relief and Response Funds in MI.
CMF 2023 Annual Report: Embracing Differences & Bridging Divides
In this edition of CMF’s Annual Report, you will read about how your peers in rural, urban and suburban communities are bringing people together across a spectrum of issues, perspectives and lived experiences
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.
Preserving Historic Black Resort Communities in Michigan
Idlewild Historic District and Woodland Park are historic Black resort communities established during the era of segregation that have offered a place of rest and recreation for Black entrepreneurs, religious and political leaders, and entertainers for decades. Fremont Area Community Foundation has partnered with organizations and community leaders to support the development of a strategic plan to preserve and showcase the communities and promote economic development.
Talent Attraction Program Focuses on Filling Gaps in Local Construction Industry
In Mid-Michigan, there has been an increase in demand for construction workers but there aren’t enough ready applicants to fill those roles. The Midland Area Community Foundation has been working to address this issue by recruiting and incentivizing future construction professionals in the community through its Construction Talent Attraction Program.
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.
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