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Needle-Moving Community Collaboratives: A Promising Approach to Addressing America’s Biggest Challenges

Publication date:

02/2012

This report explores how exemplary collaboratives made needle-moving progress on key challenges facing their communities.

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Research, Data & Reports

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Sector Leadership & Collaboration

Models of Social Change: Community Foundations and Agenda Setting

Publication date:

09/2012

In this reprint from the Foundation Review, a peer-reviewed journal of philanthropy published by the Johnson Center at Grand Valley State University, the authors focuses on a particular approach to large-scale, community-based educational change – Local College Access Networks in the state of Michigan – to answer two key questions: What factors serve to shape the social change agenda? How can community foundations serve to promote and advance the agenda?

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Kalamazoo Community Foundation Offers Education Assistance to Women

Release Date:

04/05/2016

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Member Highlights

Kalamazoo Community Foundation Grants Support Equity and Education in Kalamazoo County

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12/21/2018

Kalamazoo Community Foundation (KZCF) awarded $1.3 million in grants to 41 nonprofit programs in this grant round.

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Newswire

Consumers Energy Foundation Seeks LOIs for Planet Awards

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01/22/2020

Consumers Energy Foundation announced three grant awards totaling $1.5 million.

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Newswire

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Green Infrastructure's Impact on the Triple Bottom Line

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01/26/2017

Both government and foundation leaders recently joined together at the Council of Michigan Foundations’ InFocus Southeast Michigan event to learn more about how Detroit’s green infrastructure efforts are making a difference through a triple-bottom line return.

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CMF News

Foundations for Civic Impact: Advocacy and Civic Engagement Toolkit for Community Foundations

Publication date:

09/2010

This toolkit is designed for foundations that want to educate and encourage their grantees about getting involved in civic and policy activities.

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Toolkits & Discussion Guides

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Community Philanthropy

February 3, 2020

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02/03/2020

Read news for Michigan philanthropy for the week of February 3, 2020.

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The Download

Dow Corning and Great Lakes Bay Community Foundations Team for Success

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07/30/2014

Partnering to support a wide array of projects throughout Michigan’s Great Lakes Bay Region is proving to be a highly successful for the Dow Corning Foundation and area community foundations.

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Member Highlights