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The HOPE Fund of the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan Awards $60,000 to Nonprofit LGBT Programs

DETROIT – The Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan recently approved $60,000 in grants to support LGBT-related programs through The HOPE Fund. Since 1994, The HOPE Fund has strengthened organizations serving LGBT...

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Community Foundation Honors Rich Homberg with 2016 Mariam C. Noland Award for Nonprofit Leadership

DETROIT – The Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan announced that Rich Homberg, president and CEO of Detroit Public Television (DPTV), was selected as the recipient of the 2016 Mariam C....

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Community Foundation Honors ACCESS with Richard F. Huegli Award for Program Excellence

DETROIT – ACCESS (the Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services), based in Dearborn, Mich., was selected by the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan as the recipient of the...

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DMC Foundation Awards Health Research Grants

DETROIT – The DMC Foundation has awarded four new medical research grants. These grants are designed to augment or extend currently funded research projects that were originally awarded through vetted...

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Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan Awards $250,000 in grants from Three New Funds Honoring Ralph C. Wilson, Jr.

DETROIT – Fourteen southeast Michigan organizations received nearly $250,000 in grants from the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan from three new permanent funds that honor the legacy of Ralph C....

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Catapult: Funding and Coaching Emerging Nonprofits

Being part of launching the Catapult program of the Community Foundation has been both exciting and challenging – perhaps for all the right reasons. Exciting because we’re engaging up- and-coming...

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New Food Access Funding Opportunity Michigan State University

On March 30, the Community Foundation for Southeastern Michigan (CFSEM) announced a new funding and educational initiative to support healthy food access for children and seniors. Efforts to increase access...

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Southeast Michigan Early Childhood Funders Collaborative Awards $1.4 Million in Detroit Head Start Innovation Fund Grants

Funding prioritizes attracting, training and retaining additional Head Start teachers to city’s 65 centers DETROIT – The Southeast Michigan Early Childhood Funders Collaborative, a group of funders working together to...

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Healthy Food Connect: Kicking it off

Get two hundred passionate people in a room and there will be sparks. On March 30, 2016, the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan hosted the Healthy Food Connect Kickoff event...

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New Economy Initiative Adds Senior Program Officer and Communications Officer to Staff

Detroit – The Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan has announced the appointment of new two new staff members to the New Economy Initiative (NEI). Maria LaLonde has joined the the...

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