CMF and our national colleagues, Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR), hosted a conversation that provides funders with a baseline understanding of immigrant and refugee issues and insights into how they can support these communities beyond civic engagement efforts in the run-up to elections and readily and strategically allocate resources in response to post-election developments. 

CMF and the Trust-Based Philanthropy Project presented an interactive 3-hour workshop for a thorough discussion on making the case for trust-based philanthropy, including: 

• Talking points for getting the conversation started 
• Answers to the most frequently asked questions
• Ways to address tricky misperceptions 
• Opportunities to leverage insights and data from nonprofits to jumpstart change.

How visible and accessible should your family's philanthropy be to others? It's a classic question with multiple correct answers based on faith, family tradition, regulatory frameworks, strategy and many more factors. 

As longtime advocates for promoting equity and engaging community in philanthropy, Marcus Walton, president and CEO of Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO), and Kyle Caldwell, president and CEO of CMF, will come together to share their reflections and their vision for the future of philanthropy both nationally and in Michigan. 

In this conversation we will explore the opportunities we all have to adapt and reimagine our grantmaking to ensure greater alignment with our programs, policies and practices. 

In this interactive session, we will define implicit bias and microaggression in the workplace. We will look at how verbal and non-verbal communication informs how we engage each other and the intentional or unintentional outcomes.

In times of discord and divide, philanthropy plays a vital role in convening people to build bridges and unify across difference.

One of the most important roles community foundations play is of community convening - lifting up voices of all those in their communities.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion work is a powerful and important role for community foundations as they strive to lift up the voices of their communities.

Learn key principles for supporting racial justice that you can apply to grantmaking and partnerships right now.