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W.K. Kellogg Foundation Receives National Award For Efforts To Increase Recreation Opportunities For People Of All Ages and Abilities

W.K. Kellogg Foundation Receives National Award For Efforts To Increase Recreation Opportunities For People Of All Ages and Abilities

Posted 3/8/2010
The Council on Foundations has announced that the W.K. Kellogg Foundation has received a Critical Impact Award in recognition of its multi-state Access to Recreation initiative. The national award recognizes grantmaking foundations that have demonstrated innovative leadership, bold vision and significant impact in advancing the common good through effective grantmaking. The Council of Michigan Foundations was an important partner to the initiative, coordinating statewide efforts to encourage policy change surrounding the issue of accessible recreation. [more...]

NCFP Announces New Family Foundation National Survey Results & Assessment Tool

Posted 3/4/10 - CMF NewsWire
The National Center for Family Philanthropy (NCFP) recently released the results of a new national survey of more than 2,000 family foundations about current practices and future aspirations and announced the launch of its Pursuit of Excellence Assessment Tool. [more...]

Michigan Corporate Funders Help Haitian People, Local Communities & Programs

Michigan Corporate Funders Help Haitian People, Local Communities & Programs

Posted 2/22/10 - CMF NewsWire
International Corporate Philanthropy Day is a time to highlight Michigan corporate funders’ efforts helping Haiti’s devastated people and thank them for supporting local communities and programs, say state leaders. [more...]

Foundations Support Detroit’s New Light Rail Project With Goal Of Promoting Economic Growth

Posted 2/12/10 - CMF NewsWire
A new light-rail system being developed for Detroit and beyond is being supported by foundations looking to energize the city, attract young people and foster new economic growth. [more...]

Kresge Foundation Joins In Effort To Turn High School Dropouts Into College-Ready Students

Posted 2/12/10 - CMF NewsWire
The Kresge Foundation has teamed with three other philanthropic organizations to provide $13 million in grants to the Oregon-based Gateway to College program to transform high school dropouts into college-ready students. [more...]

Need to Know More About

  • Russell G. Mawby Award for Philanthropy
    Deadline: March 19, 2010
    CMF, the Michigan Nonprofit Association and the Michigan Community Service Commission invite nominations for this award honoring the work and philosophy of Dr. Russell G. Mawby in encouraging private action for the public good through philanthropy.
  • Community Foundation Philanthropy Award
    Deadline: March 19, 2010
    CMF invites nominations for this award honoring a living individual or couple for service as both volunteer trustee and donor to help grow community philanthropy in Michigan on behalf of one or more community foundations.
  • Partner Highlight: GrantCraft
    After years of hearing that more collaboration would be a good thing, grantmakers seem ready to find new ways to work together. Contributors to this new GrantCraft guide, entitled "Funder Collaboratives: Why and How Funders Work Together," offer approaches that have worked for them, as well as the challenges: from setting grounds rules to sharing control. They also ask, can philanthropy afford not to collaborate anymore?
  • Parter Highlight: Grantmakers for Effective Organizations
    Newly released by Grantmakers for Effective Organizations and the Council on Foundations, "Evaluation in Philanthropy: Perspectives from the Field" explores how evaluation can help grantmakers learn and improve practices (not just "prove" results).




  • 2009 Grantmakers Salary and Benefits Survey Report
    This report summarizes the results of the Council on Foundations’ most recent salary and benefits survey, including a Michigan report and a new Midwest (IL, IN, MI, OH) four state report featuring data by position title and asset category. 201 grantmakers participated in the Midwest survey, 54 from Michigan. Note: CMF members must log-in to access this report.

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