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Project Play: Southeast Michigan Unites Detroit Lions, Pistons, Red Wings, Tigers and Community Partners Behind Shared Standard for Positive Youth Sports Experiences

Project Play: Southeast Michigan is bringing together Detroit’s four major professional sports teams — the Detroit Lions, Detroit Pistons, Detroit Red Wings and Detroit Tigers — to help advance a...

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Community Foundation Sponsors Students at Detroit Economic Club event

The Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan was proud to sponsor students from Renaissance High School who attended “The Exit Interview” with Sen. Gary Peters, a Detroit Economic Club (DEC) event...

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Building Community, One Gathering at a Time: A Look Back at the Pontiac Nonprofit Networking Series

Some of the most important work in a community isn’t reflected in a boardroom or a grant report. It happens over a meal, in a room full of people who...

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Inclusion by Design 2026: Creative Agency & Youth Art as Civic Power

For the fourth consecutive year, the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan celebrated Detroit’s Month of Design with Inclusion by Design, held on Sept. 9 at the N’Namdi Center for Contemporary...

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The Michigan Justice Fund Begins Its Next Chapter Crain's Detroit Business

2024 Second Look Rally at the Michigan State Capitol in Lansing, MI When the Michigan Justice Fund (MJF) launched at the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan in 2020, Michigan ranked...

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Community Foundation for Livingston County Announces $78,000 in Awards to Eight Nonprofits

The Community Foundation for Livingston County, an affiliate of the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, is pleased to announce it has awarded grants totaling $78,000 to eight nonprofit organizations for...

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Michigan Justice Fund Releases Five-Year Annual Report, Announces Next Chapter

Over five years ago, the Michigan Justice Fund (MJF) set out to prove that investing in people, not systems of incarceration, produces safer, stronger communities. Now, the results are documented....

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More Than $1 Million in Grants Awarded to Nearly 50 Nonprofits from Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Legacy Funds at the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan

The Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan and the Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation have announced grants totaling more than $1 million to 49 organizations through the Ralph C. Wilson, Jr....

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Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan Hosts Candid Conversation About Nonprofit Pressures

During the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan’s annual meeting on June 24 at Lawrence Technological University in Southfield, we convened a panel of nonprofit leaders to talk candidly about the pressures reshaping the sector.   The discussion,...

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Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan Presents Annual Leadership Awards

Caption: Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan President and CEO Nicole Sherard-Freeman, left, and Board of Trustees Chairman David T. Provost pose with Turning Point Macomb President and CEO Dr. Sharman...

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