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...
Dec 26th 2018
In General
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...
Dec 19th 2018
In In The News
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...
Dec 12th 2018
In Press Release
With fate of food assistance unclear, we must step up for Michigan’s hungry The Detroit Free Press
Of the 1.4 million people in Michigan who struggle with hunger, nearly 400,000 are children. The toll that food insecurity takes on families — especially those with children and seniors...
Oct 23rd 2018
In In The News
Local Karmanos Cancer Institute center receives $25K grant C&G News
The Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute was awarded a $25,000 grant for its cancer caregiver programming at the Weisberg Cancer Treatment Center in Farmington Hills. The Community Foundation for Southeast...
Jul 18th 2018
In In The News
Supporting Our Aging Population
Currently in southeast Michigan, 14.2 percent of residents are 65 or older; by 2030, this population is projected to grow to 25 percent. The aging population is creating new challenges...
Jul 9th 2018
Taking Action: Fighting Opioid Abuse Through Collaboration in Calhoun County MI Blues Perspectives
In 2016, more accidental drug overdose deaths occurred than motor vehicle accidents in Calhoun County. Nine out of ten of these deaths involved an opioid. Years before opioid misuse was declared an...
Jul 9th 2018
In In The News
Record Amount of Grants Awarded to Regional Nonprofits from Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Legacy Funds
DETROIT – The Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan has awarded more than $1.2 million in grants to 49 organizations through the Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Legacy Funds. Each grantee organization...
Jun 26th 2018
In General,Press Release
Program preps food for the hungry that otherwise might intimidate Crain's Detroit
For Food Gatherers and the people it serves, the 40-pound hubbard squash donated by a nearby, Ann Arbor farmer was both a boon and a curse. It could help feed...
Jun 18th 2018
In In The News
New Sprout City play area blooms in Palmer Park The Times Herald
The chime of small bells filled the air and streams of bubbles floated off into the distance. Children pedaled tricycles along a track surrounding a miniature town. At Palmer Park,...
Jun 8th 2018
In In The News