NEWS & PRESS


The Team Behind The Impact: Program

Year-end at the Community Foundation is an exciting time of year as we see gifts coming in and grants flowing out. While nothing would happen without our donors and strong...

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Introducing Michigan Youth to Entrepreneurship

New Economy Initiative, in partnership with the C.S. Mott Foundation, has launched a youth project to explore and pilot ways to introduce youth to the existing entrepreneurial ecosystem and strengthen...

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A conversation with The HOPE Fund committee member Sabin Blake

Sabin Blake, 42, of Ferndale, was famously featured on the cover of Black Enterprise magazine in 2011 in an article with the headline “Black and Gay in Corporate America: Breaking...

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Project focuses on transgender youth

The HOPE Fund is supporting a project to help educate community members and families of transgender youth about the importance of inclusion and affirmation. Its intention is also to create...

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Neutral Zone helps LGBT youth tell their stories

Sixty youth from southeast Michigan’s seven counties were able to tell their stories through Queer Youth Stories, a digital storytelling and dialogue project for Gay Straight Alliances (GSAs) in southeast...

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Opioid Discussion on 910 AM Radio

The Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan is proud to take part in the Michigan Opioid Partnership, whose mission is to tackle the growing problem of opioid addiction in Michigan. Opioids...

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Nine Journalism Projects Share More than $330,000 in Grants

Nine projects that invite Detroit residents to shape local news and information will share more than $330,000 from the Detroit Journalism Engagement Fund To promote quality journalism and ensure local...

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Partnership Forms to Fight Opioid Deaths

As opioid addiction rates rise to unprecedented levels in the state and around the country, a new public-private collaborative including the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services and key...

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Women in Science takes Center Stage Broadway World

Wild Swan Theater announced their $28,270 grant award from the Detroit Auto Dealers Association (DADA) Charitable Foundation Fund of the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan (CFSEM). Funds will be used...

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Winter 2018 REPORT Newsletter

 From poetry to dance, music to visual and performing arts, thousands of lives are enriched, formed and changed thanks to the rich arts and culture offerings across southeast Michigan....

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