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Collaborating to Support Residents & Nonprofit Capacity Building in Rural Communities
The Michigan Health Endowment Fund has joined Otsego Community Foundation in support of the Otsego County United Way’s START (Services, Tools, Assistance, Resources, Talents) Collaborative.
CMF Committees
CMF’s committees help to design strategy, content and engagement in areas across CMF and our community.
Program Staff & Scholarship Roundtable
Join us for this virtual gathering for programming and scholarship staff to share what you’re seeing in your own work and crowdsource ideas from your peers across the state. This will be an open space for discussion, so please bring your questions, concerns and highlights from your own work to share with the group. As we continue our collective equity journey, we invite you to bring forward equity-related topics to our roundtables throughout the year. This conversation is open to all CMF members whether your work touches programming or you have a dedicated programming role.
CMF Members on Capitol Hill
Members of our CMF community engaged with policymakers last week during Foundations on the Hill (FOTH) 2024, presented by United Philanthropy Forum.
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Advancing Public-Private Partnerships: 20 Years of the Governor’s Office of Foundation Liaison
Karen Aldridge-Eason, the first foundation liaison, reflects on the power of collaboration and the last two decades of brokering innovative funding partnerships between the state and philanthropy.
Great Lakes Funder Collaboration
Great Lakes Funder Collaboration seeks to improve the quality of the Great Lakes.
Advocacy and Policy: Where System Change Happens
A Q&A with eMily Aleman-McAlpine, program officer at the Wege Foundation
Transformative Friendships Build bridges
CMF Community Voices features a series of conversations and insights from leaders across our community of philanthropy. This curated collection of blogs and Q&As lifts up inspiring voices from changemakers who lead efforts in the areas of Equity, People, Practice and Policy, with equity at the center.
From Charity to Changemaker: An Equity Imperative
CMF Community Voices features a series of conversations and insights from leaders across our community of philanthropy. This curated collection of blogs and Q&As lifts up inspiring voices from changemakers who lead efforts in the areas of Equity, People, Practice and Policy, with equity at the center.
Centering Inclusive Voices
CMF Community Voices features a series of conversations and insights from leaders across our community of philanthropy. This curated collection of blogs and Q&As lifts up inspiring voices from changemakers who lead efforts in the areas of Equity, People, Practice and Policy, with equity at the center.
Meeting Challenges of an Uncertain Time
CMF Community Voices features a series of conversations and insights from leaders across our community of philanthropy. This curated collection of blogs and Q&As lifts up inspiring voices from changemakers who lead efforts in the areas of Equity, People, Practice and Policy, with equity at the center.
A Case for Unity, Not Uniformity
In a blog by Natalie Fotias, Vice President of Communications at The Skillman Foundation, she discusses the importance of diversity in social change coalitions—supporting people to represent an issue and a collective vision through a range of different identities and perspectives.
Impact Investing For a More Equitable and Sustainable Future
In this installment of CMF Community Voices – a special edition as part of our year-long 50th anniversary celebration – CMF members Camarrah Morgan, Program and Network partner, and Meredith Freeman, director of Impact Investing and Alignment at the Max M. & Marjorie S. Fisher Foundation, share more on the foundation’s impact investing vision and how "the return on investment can be redeployed to continue doing good in the world.”
Celebrating 100 Years and Listening to Community, with Humility and a Shared Vision
Together with its partners, the Grand Rapids Community Foundation (GRCF) is working toward a renewed West Michigan with a deeper, more sustainable commitment to racial, social and economic justice. Diana Sieger, President of GRCF, shares how they are engaging with community partners in new ways.
Our Storied History is Rooted in Innovative Partnerships & Sharing the Impact of MI Philanthropy: A Conversation with Dottie Johnson
We sat down with Dottie Johnson, president-emeritus of CMF, during CMF’s 2022 Annual Conference – the kickoff to our 50th Anniversary celebration – to discuss our storied history and how this work has set our CMF community on a stronger path for the future.
Connecting Community Towards Equity
In this installment of CMF Community Voices – a special edition as part of our year-long 50th anniversary celebration – CMF members Sarah Lee, vice president of Marketing Communications at the Kalamazoo Community Foundation, and Jennifer Jaramillo, chief talent officer at The Kresge Foundation, share how they’re celebrating Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (AA and NHPI) Heritage Month and more about their lived experiences, learning journeys and how philanthropy can support and include AA and NHPI communities as we work to advance racial equity.
Championing Policy, Empowering Youth & Innovative Partnerships: A Conversation with Rob Collier
CMF's immediate past president and CEO Rob Collier shares his reflections on the storied history of our CMF community and some of the work he has been most passionate about, from public policy to empowering youth leaders.
A Paradigm Shift From Individual Giving to Collective Giving in the Arab American Community
Maha Freij, president and CEO of the Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services, the largest Arab American community nonprofit in the country, and CMF trustee, shares more on how CAAP is working to unlock giving potential and offers insights into the way the Arab American community gives.
DEIJ: More Than a Concept
In this installment of CMF Community Voices – a special edition as part of our year-long 50th anniversary celebration – Lisa Jones, program associate, health and human service initiatives at Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan and a 2023 emerging leader from CMF’s Leadership Development and Mentoring Program, explores how philanthropy can continue to advance diversity, equity, inclusion and justice (DEIJ). Jones shares actionable ways to embed DEIJ into organizational practices for the future of the communities we serve and our sector.
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