Explore our Community Features
This year, we are sharing an all-new digital experience for our 2023 Annual Report, celebrating the leadership of CMF members and how they are leading efforts with and in the communities they support to navigate and embrace differences, reaching across divides to encourage all to find and honor our shared humanity to dismantle racial inequities.
Explore our collection of Community Features to learn how your peers in rural, urban and suburban communities are bringing people together across a spectrum of ideologies and lived experiences.
CMF Community Features - The Fetzer Institute
Our Shared Story: Uniting in Love for Our Common Humanity
CMF Community Features - Otsego Community Foundation
Centering Community Voices to Design Equitable Solutions
Over the last decade, the Otsego Community Foundation (OCF) has intentionally worked to focus on centering community voices and prioritizing collaborative partnerships to address critical needs in Otsego County.
CMF Community Features - Grand Rapids Community Foundation's Youth Grant Committee
Youth Seek to Authentically Engage Diverse Community Voices
CMF Community Features - Masco Corporation
Unifying to Forward Equity and Remove Workplace Barriers
Masco Corporation, a CMF corporate foundation member, transitioned from a foundation to a corporate giving model in 2017 and has since been able to dive deeper into its three focus areas of housing, community development, and diversity equity and inclusion (DEI).
CMF Community Features - The Frey Foundation
Enhancing Early Child Care and Education through Transparent & Authentic Partnerships
The Frey Foundation is celebrating 50 years of service, supporting Grand Rapids and several communities in Northern Michigan. The family foundation is reflecting on its past while working to strengthen the work it leads for the future.
CMF Community Features - Rocket Community Fund
Partnering to Create Meaningful, Lasting Change
The Rocket Community Fund is the philanthropic partner of Rocket Companies, whose flagship business is Rocket Mortgage. Collectively, their mission is to “help everyone home.” In this feature, read about the partnership between Rocket Community Fund and the Gilbert Family Foundation and how their historic 10-year joint investment is working to unlock opportunity in Detroit neighborhoods with a data-driven approach, centered in community voice.
CMF Community Features - Saginaw Community Foundation
County-wide Coalition Catalyzing Action on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Belonging and Justice
In early 2024, the Saginaw Community Foundation (SCF) announced the Community Engagement Inclusion Council (CEIC), created by community leaders from education, business, healthcare, and nonprofits, to create a brighter, more inclusive and equitable future for all in Saginaw County.
CMF Community Features - The Fetzer Institute
Our Shared Story: Uniting in Love for Our Common Humanity
CMF Community Features - Otsego Community Foundation
Centering Community Voices to Design Equitable Solutions
Over the last decade, the Otsego Community Foundation (OCF) has intentionally worked to focus on centering community voices and prioritizing collaborative partnerships to address critical needs in Otsego County.
CMF Community Features - Grand Rapids Community Foundation's Youth Grant Committee
Youth Seek to Authentically Engage Diverse Community Voices
CMF Community Features - Masco Corporation
Unifying to Forward Equity and Remove Workplace Barriers
Masco Corporation, a CMF corporate foundation member, transitioned from a foundation to a corporate giving model in 2017 and has since been able to dive deeper into its three focus areas of housing, community development, and diversity equity and inclusion (DEI).
CMF Community Features - The Frey Foundation
Enhancing Early Child Care and Education through Transparent & Authentic Partnerships
The Frey Foundation is celebrating 50 years of service, supporting Grand Rapids and several communities in Northern Michigan. The family foundation is reflecting on its past while working to strengthen the work it leads for the future.
CMF Community Features - Rocket Community Fund
Partnering to Create Meaningful, Lasting Change
The Rocket Community Fund is the philanthropic partner of Rocket Companies, whose flagship business is Rocket Mortgage. Collectively, their mission is to “help everyone home.” In this feature, read about the partnership between Rocket Community Fund and the Gilbert Family Foundation and how their historic 10-year joint investment is working to unlock opportunity in Detroit neighborhoods with a data-driven approach, centered in community voice.
CMF Community Features - Saginaw Community Foundation
County-wide Coalition Catalyzing Action on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Belonging and Justice
In early 2024, the Saginaw Community Foundation (SCF) announced the Community Engagement Inclusion Council (CEIC), created by community leaders from education, business, healthcare, and nonprofits, to create a brighter, more inclusive and equitable future for all in Saginaw County.
What's New for You
Check out highlights of new and enhanced supports, resources, learning opportunities, partnerships and connections across our pillars of Equity, People, Policy and Practice we launched in 2023 in service to you, your staff, trustees and partners.
Data at a glance
CMF Financials & Member Engagement
We are deeply grateful for your continued trust in and support of CMF, and we are proud to serve as diligent stewards of your financial investment. Review our 2023 financials and learn how CMF members are serving in leadership roles and engaging across our community of philanthropy.
2023 By the Numbers
CMF members attended 44 peer community events, connecting by roles, issue areas and shared identities.
CMF members engaged in peer communities and served on committees.
Attendees participated across six virtual programs in CMF’s 2023 Equity Signature Series.
Attendees engaged across four youth philanthropy events hosted in partnership with the MCFYP Committee, CMF’s Mawby Intern and Learning to Give.
CMF member organizations received support through our Ask CMF 1:1 technical assistance service.
CMF members engaged with policymakers through Foundations in Lansing and Foundations on the Hill.
