The Northeast Michigan Women’s Giving Circle (WGC) just completed its 17th annual round of grantmaking specifically for issues important to women in northeast Michigan. The $44,778 in grants include funding for food pantries, a youth development...
Your legacy is YOUR legacy. And you get to decide what that looks like. Stories from the people in this video, along with the stories of many others, make up the Foundation’s Legacy Society. What will your legacy be? https://bit.ly/3XSB01T
CFNEM is happy to announce more than $104,000 in new Community Impact Grants supporting 33 northeast Michigan nonprofit projects and programs. Grants include projects that help to build affordable housing; put food on people’s tables; help to preserve...
Thanks to a $500 grant from the Community Foundation for Northeast Michigan Women's Giving Circle the Friends of Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary were able to provide bases for two of the four benches encircling the Sanctuary Labyrinth Project....
@headwaterslandconservancynemi assists landowners in stewarding their land by bringing the resources of local organizations. A $1,500 CFNEM Community Impact Grant helped to provide mobile hardware for this long-term outreach program resulting in more...
Thank you for the shout out! Scholarships like this are only possible because of the generosity of our community members with a giving spirit and vision for the future. A scholarship from the Harry & Jennie Grove Trade School & Post-Secondary Education...
Our North Central Michigan Community Foundation (NCMCF) Affiliate just awarded over $25,000 through their 2024 Community Impact Grants. Projects funded include a “Music in the Park” project, support for the Imagination Library, the “Kids Have...
A $750 grant awarded to the Eastern National Forest Interpretive Association from the Youth Advisory Council of our affiliate Iosco County Community Foundation for Smokey’s 80th Birthday Celebration allowed them to set up a comfortable location and...
In the world of philanthropy, this is praiseworthy! “The National Park Foundation, the fundraising arm of the U.S. National Park Service, says it has received the largest grant in its history: $100 million from the Indiana-based Lilly Endowment....
Friendly reminder to our nonprofit friends! Applications for participation in the 2024 Giving Tuesday Northeast Michigan campaign are due by September 20. If you are wanting to raise funds, awareness, and support for your organization, don’t miss...
Welcome back to all our Youth Advisory Council (YAC) members from the Community Foundation for Northeast Michigan and our affiliate members in the Iosco County Community Foundation, the North Central Michigan Community Foundation, and the Straits Area...
Grant applications for the fall grant cycle of our Northeast Michigan Youth Advisory Council (NEMYAC) Grant are due October 15. Nonprofits with projects benefitting youth in Alcona, Alpena, Montmorency, and/or Presque Isle Counties are welcome to apply...
Did you know today is "The International Day of Charity"? The day was created to raise awareness all over the world that simple acts of charity can make a difference. It was chosen to be on September 5 in order to commemorate the anniversary of the...
A $1,000 grant from the Straits Area Community Foundation helped provide the Cheboygan County Habitat for Humanity with the critical tools necessary to build, rehab and repair homes in the Cheboygan County area. These tools will allow them to accommodate...
From all of us at CFNEM ~ Thank You for all your hard work! Have a safe and restful Labor Day!!
Please help us welcome our newest member of Team CFNEM, Rachel Elkie! Rachel is our new Program Officer and is in training to take over the management of our grant programs and as staff support to our three Affiliate Foundations. Rachel received her...
Posen Consolidated Schools received a $3,500 grant for a Marine Debris Prevention: Protecting Our Great Lakes and Oceans field trip. Students attended the Blue Paradox Plastic Pollution Exhibit at the Museum of Science & Industry, visited the Shedd...
It's National Dog Day today! While we don't have a dog at our office, we do have a Golden Goose! Giving Tuesday Northeast Michigan applications are now available! Nonprofits serving the CFNEM and affiliate service areas can get applications at https://www.cfnem.org/give/giving-tuesday/....
Another #ThrowbackThursday memory from our past 50 years! Pictured here is our 1980 Board of Trustees, back when we were the Alpena Area Community Foundation. Our name changed to Northeast Michigan Community Foundation under this board’s leadership...
Did you know the total number of lighthouses ever built in Michigan is about 154, of which 96 lighthouses are still active, and 7 of these are in Northeast Michigan! A $1,000 grant to the Alcona Historical Society supported the success of their Lighthouse...