Women Leading Change

Learn the stories of the incredible women leading permanent, positive change in southeast Michigan.

Collaborate | Support | Empower

The Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan continues to support, collaborate, and empower our region to make positive, permanent change. In this yearbook, you will find stories and videos about the impact the Community Foundation is making in partnership with our donor and nonprofit communities.

Through our toughest days of 2020, we saw inspiring examples of our community coming together to support those in need.

Just as the Community Foundation has done for the last four decades, we listened, reached out, and responded with thoughtful, strong, effective action.

Supporting Innovation and Resilience

As we reflect now on all that’s changed since last March, not only due to COVID, but also to the resounding demands for racial justice last summer, we are immensely proud of the resilience and innovation of our grantees, donors, partners, and community members, and inspired by the amount of work they’ve accomplished.

Creating Lasting Impact

We don’t always get to see the immediate impact of our work, but this year was different. Together, we moved quickly to make impactful change, while at the same time laying the groundwork for long-term growth.

In 2020, the Pontiac Funders Collaborative launched an impact initiative that will ensure a collaborative and community-driven approach to the future. This report documents the first year of our collective work.

In our latest yearbook, you will find stories highlighting how the Community Foundation continues to improve upon 35 years of experience and sharpen our skills to move issues and make significant change.

Benefiting from the wisdom of our partners and the support of our donors throughout southeast Michigan, we took new approaches to solve problems in areas such as health, civic engagement, youth development, arts and culture, and more.

Every Michigander Counts

Over the past year, the Community Foundation has been working closely with grantees from the Southeast Michigan Counts Initiative — a project designed to support local efforts for a complete and accurate count in the 2020 U.S. Census.

Building a Promising Future

In the latest issue of the Report, we share stories about how we’re working to ensure a promising outlook for each of the seven counties we serve, while also highlighting some of the generous donors who have made that work possible over our 35-year history.

Furthering Community Engagement

In supporting access to effective treatment for opioid addiction, representing undercounted communities in the census and bolstering programs for immigrants and refugees, the Community Foundation is working to expand opportunity to those who face barriers to success.