Join your P-20 Education colleagues for an update on the “Sixty by 30” goal and the establishment of the Office of Higher Education within the Michigan Department of Lifelong Education, Advancement, and Potential (MiLEAP). Michigan's "Sixty by 30" is aimed at 60% of working-age Michiganders having a certificate or college degree by 2030.
Using federal APRA funding, in 2022 the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) established the Spark Grants program to help local communities create, renovate and redevelop public recreation opportunities for residents and visitors—especially those communities whose economies and health were hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. The program was intentionally designed to dramatically reduce barriers to application and incorporate significant outreach to applicants and capacity-building within the grant itself—a new way of grantmaking for the department. Due to these changes, the program has attracted more applicants than any other grant program in DNR's history. It also reflects the efforts to center equity in its procedures and policies, plus develops a new coalition of partners; Spark Grants represents the first time the DNR has contracted with a nonprofit organization to administer a portion of its grantmaking - a partnership based upon the hope that grassroots community engagement will reach those areas long neglected by the state, urban and rural alike.
Founded in 2003 as a collaboration between the State of Michigan and philanthropic organizations, the Governor’s Office of Foundation Liaison (OFL) — the first of its kind in the nation — serves as an executive branch-level nonpartisan connector between Michigan’s public and philanthropic sectors.
The state has released its first-ever Statewide Housing Plan (SHP) to address the many challenges and acute disparities in accessing safe and affordable housing in Michigan. Hear from the Michigan State Housing Development Authority on the goals, strategies and outcoming measures outlined in the SHP and how philanthropy can engage in the implementation of the plan.
Join us for a State of the Sector discussion with Michigan's nonprofit infrastructure leaders – Kelley Kuhn, Kyle Caldwell, Ginna Holmes, Kaitlynn Lamie and Lesley Slavitt – as they share insights from their networks across the state.
Watch CMF's inaugural Quarterly Policy Briefing. The meeting starts with a D.C. briefing from CMF's Washington, D.C., consultants at Integer, covering the landscape around some of the most concerning Executive Orders and the conversations in Congress around significant tax changes that could impact the charitable sector.
A lot has changed in Washington, D.C., with the election of a new Congress with new leadership, and a new presidential administration. The nonprofit sector continues to see increased scrutiny from both sides of the aisle, and major tax changes are likely to happen quickly. Philanthropy needs to be engaged in helping policymakers understand how philanthropy works and the efforts we are leading alongside communities. Join CMF, your Michigan philanthropy peers and D.C. insiders from Integer to discuss what challenges and opportunities lie ahead in 2025. This future-looking briefing and conversation will help equip Michigan philanthropy to engage in issues that matter to our sector and our communities.
The Green and Blue Network held a virtual discussion about health and environmental issues in Michigan. In this on-demand webinar, we learned from and engaged with leaders from the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, Michigan Environmental Council, Michigan Environmental Justice Coalition and The Nature Conservancy.
The Safety Net work group, in partnership with the Governor's Office of Foundation Liaison and the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, is hosting a virtual convening with leaders and learners across the state to hear from Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha and Luke Shaefer, Ph.D., about the Flint Rx Kids program. The program is leveraging Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and philanthropic support to guarantee an income every month for an infant's first year for all expectant families in the city of Flint.
Named one of TIME's "100 Most Influential People," Fortune's "50 Greatest Leaders" and Foreign Policy's "100 Leading Global Thinkers", Dr Katharine Hayhoe is helping us prepare for the ways climate change affects all of us.
