Events Calendar

Misinformation and disinformation erode trust in public health professionals and hinder our state's ability to respond to public health emergencies. Join your philanthropy peers to hear from Dr. Natasha Bagdasarian, chief medical executive of the State of Michigan

Join your fellow community foundation CEOs for an engaging in-person retreat in Muskegon. This event offers participants the chance to share challenges, discuss emerging practices, and learn together. Most importantly, it provides a valuable opportunity for meaningful connections with peers and discussions about the issues that matter most to you.

The 2025 Community Foundation Staff Retreat is designed to provide the perfect blend of structured learning, informal sharing, and networking opportunities to allow participants to build meaningful, lasting connections while gaining valuable insights that will empower their work in the community.

Join your corporate philanthropy peers for an inspiring in-person retreat by the St. Joseph River. This event provides a unique opportunity to collaboratively address challenges, explore emerging trends and take part in shared learning. Most importantly, the retreat offers invaluable time to build meaningful relationships and engage in discussions on the topics that matter most to you.

Join your Michigan philanthropy peers engaged in housing work and meet with selected state legislators on housing policy issues. Conversations and storytelling will be focused on, but not limited to, increasing low income housing, housing security for the unhoused, and eviction prevention.

Join your fellow YAC advisors for an engaging in-person spring training! YAC advisors will connect with peers around best practices, lessons learned and other topics of interest. This training is open to foundation staff or volunteers who serve in a leadership or support role for youth who lead grantmaking activities at their foundation.

Join Latinx Affinity Network (LAN) peers and Latine Nonprofit Leaders for a regional social gathering at a local restaurant in downtown Grand Rapids! We'll come together in a fun, informal and meaningful space to connect as people and advocates of our beloved communities.

There is a growing recognition across the philanthropic sector that to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion, it must approach its work through a disability lens.

As the rapid growth and adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) tools continue, how can we as a sector navigate AI ethically, with leading-edge security and technology practices and in alignment with our organizational values? Join this in-person event with your peers to engage in knowledge sharing and discussion and leave with actionable resources and insights to adopt AI responsibly.

Join your Michigan philanthropy peers engaged in career and technical education access and opportunities. Conversations and storytelling will focus on, but not be limited to, career and technical education program support, training, and access to programs supported by Michigan philanthropy. Stories can come from work in the K-12 space and beyond. We will meet with selected state legislators engaged in these policy-making areas, so a broader range of discussion is welcome. Career and technical education opportunities are shaping up to be an important discussion in Lansing for this legislative session.

Join your Michigan family philanthropy peers for a fun and engaging in-person gathering in the Lansing area. This event will be an opportunity for family foundation executives and staff in grants, operations, program, impact investing and beyond to discuss emerging practices, explore trends in the sector, crowdsource ideas and problem solve challenges while growing your network. 

How can funders reduce the burden on grantees when requesting demographic data? What information are funders collecting from their nonprofit partners, and what information is needed to make informed decisions and build trusting relationships?