2019 Yearbook
The Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan has the great privilege of connecting people and organizations to their communities – and across communities – through thoughtful philanthropy. Our challenge is to...
Jul 22nd 2019
In Yearbook
Address your IRA planning now to maximize tax savings
The Community Foundation can help you plan to make your charitable giving as tax efficient and as impactful as possible to maximize tax savings and carry out your philanthropic objectives....
Jul 22nd 2019
Supporting Nonprofit Financial Stability and Donor Interests
As a source of flexible community capital for southeast Michigan, we can carry out our donors’ interests in perpetuity and grow permanent capital for individual nonprofits, strengthening their financial stability....
Jul 22nd 2019
Uniting to Make a Difference: A YAC Reflection
Youth Advisory Committee member, John, attended the Council of Michigan Foundations listening tour and wanted to share a reflection on needing to communicate and unite....
Jul 2nd 2019
Supporting the Needs of Today While Creating a Lasting Legacy:
The Story of the Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Legacy Funds
Not all of us knew of Ralph, the owner of the Buffalo Bills and resident of Grosse Pointe, but we soon would learn about his astounding generosity....
Jul 2nd 2019
Record Amount of Grants Awarded to Regional Nonprofits from Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Legacy Funds at the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan
The Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan has awarded nearly $1.7 million in grants to 64 organizations through the Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Legacy Funds. Each grantee organization is performing critical...
Jul 2nd 2019
In Press Release
Agency Endowments Offer Many Advantages
This story first appeared in the Winter 2018 REPORT Newsletter Building a long-term, revenue-producing endowment is one of the best ways a nonprofit organization can build a stable financial future for...
Nov 14th 2018
In General,REPORT Newsletter
The New Tax Law And Charitable Giving Strategies for Year-End
This story first appeared in the Winter 2018 REPORT Newsletter Changes in allowable itemized deductions and an increase in the standard deduction in the new federal tax law mean taxpayers may...
Nov 14th 2018
In REPORT Newsletter