CMF 53rd Annual Conference

Join your philanthropy peers for the CMF 53rd Annual Conference, which will take place in Kalamazoo from Tuesday, October 14, to Thursday, October 16! The conference will feature inspiring thought leaders, relevant and robust programming and deepened collaboration and networking opportunities. 

The gathering will build on CMF's collective equity journey with our membership, lifting up leading-edge practices and learning opportunities around centering community voices and lived experiences, trust and relationship building with partners and communities and ways philanthropy can help bridge differences and foster belonging.

Our 2025 Annual Conference Call for Proposals is closed. All notifications will be made by early May. Questions? Please contact Andrea Judd-Shurmur, Director of Learning Services at CMF. 

If you are interested in sponsor or exhibitor opportunities please contact Randy Van Antwerp, CFOO at CMF.

Additional Information

For more than five decades, the CMF Annual Conference has been the largest gathering of philanthropy in the state. Each year, this event has featured inspiring thought leaders, relevant and robust programming, and deep peer collaboration and networking opportunities.  

The Annual Conference serves as a critical gathering point for our field, a time for reflection and for reimagination for the road ahead. The Annual Conference has also marked key steps in our shared equity journey over the past several years, most notably, a clear commitment to and action toward advancing equitable systems change. 

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