NEWS & PRESS


Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan President, Mariam Noland, Announces Plans to Retire

Mariam C. Noland, president of the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, has announced plans to retire at the end of 2021, concluding her 36th year with the organization. Noland is...

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$102 million in 2020 — the Largest Annual Amount of Grants Provided in the Foundation’s History

Throughout 2020, the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan issued a total of over $102 million in grants – the largest annual total in the Foundation’s 36-year history. Grants will help...

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More Than $180,000 in Grants to Area Health Systems in Partnership with Shinola Detroit

The Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, in partnership with Shinola Detroit, today announced three grants from its COVID-19 Health Fund to support the needs of area healthcare workers during the...

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During Community Foundation Week, Make an Impact In Your Own Backyard

In downtown Port Huron, there’s a small black-box theater called Enter Stage Right. They’re known for putting on a variety of intimate performances, ranging from Shakespeare to student theater workshops...

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Coronavirus in Jails and Prisons

How a collaboration between scholars, public health officials, and the Wayne County jail has kept COVID-19 in check; the California prison with the most coronavirus cases kept prisoners working despite...

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More Than $17 Million in Grants Made in Third Quarter

The Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan announced more than $17 million in grants to organizations and initiatives in areas including arts, education, health, human services, and youth development. “During a...

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Community Foundation Honors Nonprofit Leadership and Program Excellence at Annual Meeting

The Community Foundation has announced that Robert G. Riney, President Health Care Operations and Chief Operating Officer for Henry Ford Health System was selected as the recipient of the 2020...

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Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan Announces More than $200,000 in Grants for Immigrants and Refugees

The Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan today announced grants totaling more than $200,000 to 23 local organizations supporting the needs of immigrants and refugees amidst the COVID-19 pandemic and recent...

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Foundations Join Together to Develop the Michigan Justice Fund to Advance Reform Initiatives

A group of local and national organizations has come together to develop the Michigan Justice Fund, an initiative designed to address inequities in the criminal justice system throughout the state....

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New Economy Initiative’s Pam Lewis Named Brookings Institution Nonresident Senior Fellow

The Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan is pleased to announce that Pamela D. Lewis, Director of the New Economy Initiative (NEI), has been named a Nonresident Senior Fellow of the...

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