2019: A Community Foundation Year in Review
As 2019 winds down, the Community Foundation would like to thank the donors, grantees, and volunteers that helped make a permanent, positive impact on our region this year....
Dec 6th 2019
Polly Luo’s Story: How a Scholarship Can Make an Impact
Like in Polly Luo's case, a scholarship from the Community Foundation can lead to a promising education, career, and beyond....
Dec 2nd 2019
Accelerating Giving and Advancing Family Literacy
The Rex Family Fund for Literacy will allow the Community Foundation for Livingston County to support innovative programs that build literacy skills for young children and their families....
Nov 22nd 2019
Kamilah Henderson details the Wash and Learn program with WDET
Kamilah Henderson spoke with WDET to detail the Wash and Learn program, a Community Foundation grantee working to make literacy programs more accessible....
Sep 27th 2019
Wash and Learn program brings the library to Detroit laundromats
The Detroit Public Library, supported by a grant from the Community Foundation, is expanding its Wash and Learn program to bring the resources of a library to children who may...
Aug 7th 2019
Supporting Innovation in the Region
Addressing opportunities to improve lives in southeast Michigan requires innovative approaches. The Community Foundation partners with organizations that are making improvements on a system-wide basis. ...
Jul 22nd 2019
Community Foundation announces more than $12 million in grants
The Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan announced more than $12 million in grants to organizations and initiatives in areas including arts, education, health, human services, civic life, youth development, and...
Dec 20th 2019
In Press Release
In 2020 US Census, we must work to ensure all in southeast Michigan are counted
This piece originally ran in the Detroit Free Press on Saturday, May 18, 2019 Any day now, the U.S. Supreme Court will rule on whether the federal government can include...
May 20th 2019
Community Foundation announces more than $23 million in grants
The Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan announced more than $23 million in grants to organizations and initiatives primarily within southeast Michigan’s seven counties in areas including the arts, education, health...
Oct 1st 2019
In Press Release
Foundation Scholarships: Wide-Ranging and Far-Reaching
From a hillside Italian village to an economic club, southeast Michigan students are reaping the fruit of generations before them who wanted to give back. The Community Foundation has a...
Sep 19th 2018