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Opportunities to Shape Federal Funding Through Partnerships
Michigan is receiving significant funding through federal and local recovery dollars, representing the largest federal investment in generations.
Racial Equity 2030: A Call for Bold Solutions
The W.K. Kellogg Foundation has announced 10 finalists for Racial Equity 2030, a global challenge in honor of the foundation’s 90th anniversary.
The State of Youth Philanthropy Report
The Sillerman Center for the Advancement of Philanthropy has released The State of Youth Philanthropy 2020-2021 report.
Leveraging Donor Advised Funds to Provide Critical Support
We’re digging deeper into the roles of donor advised funds (DAFs) at Michigan community foundations, sharing examples of DAFs in action around the state to learn more about their role in communities.
CMF’s 2022 Government Relations Goals
CMF has a longstanding tradition of developing annual government relations goals, designed to guide the policy and advocacy efforts of the organization, in service to our community of philanthropy.
Grand Traverse Regional Community Foundation Awards First Grants for DEI Fund
The Grand Traverse Regional Community Foundation has awarded its first grants through its Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Fund to organizations across the five-county region.
Advancing Public Policy in Philanthropy and Beyond
Paul Hillegonds joined our Michigan community of philanthropy 17 years ago as a trustee of The Kresge Foundation, following decades of leadership as a member of the Michigan Legislature and in the corporate sector.
Racial Equity at Lean Foundations
Exponent Philanthropy’s new publication, Mind the Gap: Exploring the Role of Diversity and Racial Equity in Leanly Staffed Foundations, shares research on leanly staffed foundation demographics and how lean funders are approaching racial equity in their work.
AAACF names Shannon Polk as President & CEO
Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation names Shannon Polk as President & CEO.
Grand Traverse Regional Community Foundation Signs Disability Inclusion Pledge
The Grand Traverse Regional Community Foundation is the first community foundation in the state of Michigan to sign onto the Disability Inclusion Pledge.
Foundations Respond to Crisis: Lasting Change?
Foundation leaders report that their foundations are now working differently than they were in early 2020 — and that they plan to continue most of these changes in a post-pandemic future.
Shelly Hendrick Kasprzycki Named President and CEO of Fremont Area Community Foundation
Fremont Area Community Foundation’s Board of Trustees has selected Shelly Hendrick Kasprzycki as the organization’s new president and CEO
Great Lakes Protection Fund Announces 2021 Leadership Award Winners Recognizes Trailblazers who are Solving Biggest Threats to the Region
The Great Lakes Protection Fund is celebrating leaders and the innovative use of scientific, philanthropic, organizing, and financial approaches to tackle some of the biggest threats facing the Great Lakes basin today.
Sustainable Payout for Foundations, 2016 Update Study
The Council of Michigan Foundations (CMF) retained Cambridge Associates in 2000 to evaluate the private foundation payout rate required by the federal government based on the real returns of a group of 48 Michigan private foundations over a 25-year period, 1973 through 1997, given the market vola
The State of Diversity in Environmental Organizations
The report, “The State of Diversity in Environmental Organizations: Mainstream NGOs, Foundations & Government Agencies,” is the most comprehensive report on diversity in the environmental movement.
Pathways to Success for Michigan’s Opportunity Youth
With support from The C.S.
Michigan Community Foundations' Youth Project (MCFYP) 20th Anniversary Report
It has been 20 years since the launch of the Michigan Community Foundations’ Youth Project (MCFYP), a groundbreaking effort to spread youth philanthropy throughout Michigan’s community foundations and all 83 counties.
LGBT Policy Spotlight: State and Federal Religious Exemptions and the LGBT Community
This publication will examine the common elements of the state and federal religious exemption laws, review the national landscape of religious exemption legislation and litigation, demonstrate how religious exemption laws have had serious unintended consequences, and examine the impact of broad
Learning Together: The Peer Action Learning Network for Diversity and Inclusion - Stories of Change
This fourth and latest report from the Council of Michigan Foundations (CMF) shares the learning journey and organizational change efforts underway in eight CMF community, family, and independent foundations that participate in the Peer Action Learning Network (PALN) and provides important lesson
Economic Benefits of Michigan's Nonprofit Sector, 2018
By most measures, Michigan is in the middle of an economic turnaround, following an exceptionally severe economic downturn in the early 2000s caused by a combination of Michigan’s lost decade1 and the national Great Recession.
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