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HAVEN Receives Richard F. Huegli Award For Program Excellence

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DETROIT – The Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan selected HAVEN of Bingham Farms, Mich. as the recipient of the 2015 Richard F. Huegli Award for Program Excellence....

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In Press Release

Schools Promote Healthy Habits

Helping schools in Detroit solidify the health outcomes achieved by Project Healthy Schools Reducing childhood obesity and its long-term cardio-vascular health risks is the goal of Project Healthy Schools, a...

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CPR Training for Firefighters

With help from a DMC Foundation grant of $51,000, a program at the Detroit Medical Center is training hundreds of firefighters in adult and infant CPR and basic lifesaving, including...

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A Healthy Neighborhood Hub

The Northwest Detroit Farmers’ Market, operated by the Grandmont Rosedale Development Corp., is the highest-grossing neighborhood-based market in Detroit, attracting more than 300 shoppers each week. A $10,000 grant from...

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Cultivating Civic Leadership

  Nonprofit leadership and civic engagement are important themes in our work at the Community Foundation. We are always on the lookout for programs and initiatives that teach and motivate citizens to...

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Endowment Building

Stories of individuals whose gifts help us make significant investments in our community One of our most important tasks as a community foundation is to build a permanent source of...

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Agency Endowment Offers Many Advantages

Building a Stable Financial Future Building a long-term, revenue-producing endowment is one of the best ways a nonprofit organization can build a stable financial future for their work. That’s why...

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James B. Nicholson Elected Board Chair

At the June 2014 annual meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Community Foundation, James B. Nicholson, civic leader and president and chief executive officer of PVS Chemicals Inc.,...

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Making Investments Across The Region

Helping Donors Do the Most Good with Their Charitable Dollars More than $50 million in grants are made by the Community Foundation each year to nonprofit organizations throughout Wayne, Oakland,...

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Young Leaders Learn Philanthropy

Pathway to Excellence Program Mentors the Next Generation of African-American Men Sigma Pi Phi fraternity, also known as the Boulé, was the first Greek-letter fraternity founded by African-American men. Boulé...

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