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Delta Dental Foundation Addresses Transportation Barriers to Oral Health Care
Delta Dental Foundation is addressing transportation barriers for individuals to access dental care through a new self-driving shuttle pilot program. It is focused on supporting Detroiters who are age 65 and older or who have a disability.
Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan and Ford Motor Company Fund Partner to Support Launch of School Lunch Initiative
The Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan and Ford Motor Company Fund are partnering to commit $1.5 million for a new farm-to-lunch program.
Anatomy of an Impact Investment in Seven Core Steps
If you’re engaging in ESG investments (investments in environment, social and governance issues) and investments in larger impact funds, your investment advisor is most likely sourcing these investments for you. However, if you choose to engage in more direct investments, this blog will help demystify the transaction process by breaking down the seven key steps involved in that process.
Supporting Native Communities through Relationship Building
The Grand Rapids Community Foundation has supported Native American-serving organizations over the last few decades but has recently worked to intentionally build better relationships with local Native nations.
Michigan’s Path to A Prosperous Future: Final Paper Highlights Public Sector Challenges and Opportunities
New research reveals challenges and opportunities for Michigan’s public sector to address problems related to making the state a destination for people and businesses.
Grantmaking With a Racial Equity Lens
A focus on racial equity can increase your effectiveness at every stage of the grant-making process.
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.”
Charitable Giving Incentives Empower Working Families and Strengthen Nonprofits
Op-ed from the Council of Michigan Foundations, Michigan Nonprofit Association and Food Bank Council of Michigan.
The Humanitarian Crisis in Israel and Gaza
CMF is sharing philanthropic resources and relief efforts that are helping with the short- and longer-term issues in response to the humanitarian crisis in Israel and Gaza.
Remembering Florine Mark
Florine Mark, an entrepreneur and humanitarian, served on the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan Board of Trustees since 1992. She passed away last week at the age of 90.
Welcoming Our Newest Fellows
Through the generous support of the Fred A. and Barbara M. Erb Family Foundation, the CMF Fellowship Program has expanded, welcoming Taylor Williams and Katie Ferriby!
Anniversary Timeline
Explore CMF's 50 year history using the timeline created as part of our 50th anniversary celebrations.
Creating a Full-time Police Social Worker Position is Improving Behavioral Health Care Access for Residents
A recent innovative cross-sector model, supported by the Michigan Health Endowment Fund, provided a full-time social worker position within the Newaygo Police Department. This role offers support to community members facing a behavioral health crisis and officers responding to situations addressing complex behavioral health needs.
Manistee County Community Foundation Supports Small Businesses through Impact Investment
Manistee County Community Foundation has announced an impact investment in Venture North Funding and Development, a community financial development institution (CDFI) and a CMF member, that provides affordable loans, small grants and no-cost consulting to help small businesses grow.
The Women & Girls Index
The only comprehensive data on charitable organizations dedicated to women and girls, the Women & Girls Index (WGI) tracks the landscape of women’s and girls’ organizations in the U.S., including the amount of philanthropic support they receive from individuals, foundations, and corporations.
Expanding Equity: A Retrospective Report
In 2019, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation launched Expanding Equity to help companies transform into more equitable places of opportunity.
The NCFP Guide for Effective Family Philanthropy
Effective family philanthropy makes a collective commitment to meaningful societal change. It holds itself accountable to impact as defined by community, and to the proven practices that support it. It is adaptive, evolving with the family and the community or ecosystem within which it operates.
Partnering to Support Students' Success
CMF members Masco Corporation and the Schoolcraft College Foundation have partnered to establish a new fund aimed at supporting students’ success academically while centering their well-being. The fund is addressing challenges and barriers students may face beyond tuition and books and connecting them with resources to achieve their academic goals.
Addressing Housing Challenges through Innovative Projects Across Our State
Housing challenges vary in different communities, from rural to suburban, to our urban cores. Michigan philanthropy has engaged in community-driven housing solutions that reflect the unique needs of the communities they support.
Community Foundation Celebrates 30th Anniversary Year Successes
The Grand Traverse Regional Community Foundation wrapped up 2022 with a number of successes, including the launch of new initiatives to support the five-county region.
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