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Michigan Philanthropy’s Efforts Cited in Capitol Hill Hearing on Charitable Giving
A hearing focused on efforts that policymakers can support to incentivize charitable giving during the COVID-19 crisis was held on Capitol Hill last week. In opening remarks, lawmakers acknowledged that the pandemic has led many Americans to turn to nonprofits for support and basic needs, yet nonprofits are facing serious economic challenges themselves.
Prior to the pandemic, we were already seeing the total number of individuals giving on the decline and a drop in giving among Americans from lower-income households.
Nonprofits Share Challenges Amid the Pandemic
We are getting insights directly from nonprofits about the challenges they have been facing over the last several months through the Center for Effective Philanthropy’s (CEP) latest report: Funder Support During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
New Report Focuses on Reducing Wayne County Jail Population
The Hudson-Webber Foundation and The Vera Institute of Justice have released a new report focused on reducing Wayne County Jail’s population to provide a framework that will help meet the goal of reducing unnecessary use of local incarceration while increasing equity and public safety.
Fighting Summer Food Insecurity
Summer can be a time of food insecurity for Michigan children who rely on school meals while school is in session—a pandemic exacerbates this need.
Rotary Charities of Traverse City Partners to Provide Low-Interest Loan to Goodwill Northern Michigan
Rotary Charities of Traverse City shared on social media that they have partnered with Northern Trust Corporation to make a low-interest loan to
Michigan Philanthropy’s Efforts Cited in Capitol Hill Hearing on Charitable Giving
A hearing focused on efforts that policymakers can support to incentivize charitable giving during the COVID-19 crisis was held on Capitol Hill last week.
Nonprofits Share Challenges Amid the Pandemic
We are getting insights directly from nonprofits about the challenges they have been facing over the last several months through the Center for Effective Philanthropy’s (CEP) latest report: Funder Support During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
New Report Focuses on Reducing Wayne County Jail Population
The Hudson-Webber Foundation and The Vera Institute of Justice have released a new report focused on reducing Wayne County Jail’s population to provide a framework that will help meet the goal of reducing unnecessary use of local incarceration while increasing equity and public safety.
Fighting Summer Food Insecurity
Summer can be a time of food insecurity for Michigan children who rely on school meals while school is in session—a pandemic exacerbates this need.
Rotary Charities of Traverse City Partners to Provide Low-Interest Loan to Goodwill Northern Michigan
Rotary Charities of Traverse City shared on social media that they have partnered with Northern Trust Corporation to make a low-interest loan to
We Must be the Leaders Our Communities Need
The violence, the peaceful protests and civil unrest in communities across Michigan and our nation are stark reminders that this country’s original sin – racism – is an open wound that some experience every day. We are not that “more perfect union.”
Planning Considerations for Returning to the Workplace
Today, restaurants and other businesses will resume operations with special health and safety guidelines in place. Now that Governor Gretchen Whitmer has lifted the “Stay Home, Stay Safe” order, other businesses and organizations are likely also looking ahead to when they may reopen their own offices safely.
MCFYP Leaders Reallocate Funding to Support Youth During Crisis
The Michigan Community Foundations Youth Project (MCFYP) Committee has launched a COVID-19 grant program to support Youth Advisory Councils (YACs) that may be in need of additional funding to support youth in their communities who have been affected by the pandemic.
Anti-Racism Resources: What Our Community of Philanthropy is Reading and Sharing for Collective Knowledge Building
This week we are providing a roundup of resources directly sourced from CMF members to help each of us deepen our knowledge around institutional racism and how we can take action as individuals. Below is a snapshot of resources shared by the Kalamazoo Community Foundation; Rotary Charities of Traverse City; Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation (TRHT) Michigan sites; Michigan Women Forward and several other individual CMF members. If you have additional resources to lift up to our community of philanthropy, please share by tagging us on social media: @michfoundations.
We Must be the Leaders Our Communities Need
The violence, the peaceful protests and civil unrest in communities across Michigan and our nation are stark reminders that this country’s original sin – racism – is an open wound that some experience every day.
Planning Considerations for Returning to the Workplace
Today, restaurants and other businesses will resume operations with special health and safety guidelines in place.
MCFYP Leaders Reallocate Funding to Support Youth During Crisis
The Michigan Community Foundations Youth Project (MCFYP) Committee has launched a COVID-19 grant program to support Youth Advisory Councils (YACs) that may be in need of additional funding to support youth in their communities who have been affected by the pandemic.
Anti-Racism Resources: What Our Community of Philanthropy is Reading and Sharing for Collective Knowledge Building
This week we are providing a roundup of resources directly sourced from CMF members to help each of us deepen our knowledge around institutional racism and how we can take action as individuals.
The Importance of Leaning in While Preserving Choice
Michigan philanthropy is leaning in to and leading through the COVID-19 crisis at remarkable speed and depth. Funders around the state have adapted their grantmaking, policies and procedures and leveraged new partnerships to meet the needs of communities through this pandemic. The commitment of Michigan philanthropy is indeed exceptional, not only in times of crisis, but beyond.
Great Lakes Bay Region’s Dual Coordinated Crisis Response
After more than two months of rapid response efforts connected to the COVID-19 crisis, historic flooding has created a dual crisis situation for the Great Lakes Bay region. Midland and Gladwin Counties remain under a federal emergency declaration and Arenac, Saginaw and Iosco Counties were all included along with Midland and Gladwin in the governor’s state of emergency declaration.
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