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Grantmaking

Adapting and Reimagining our Grantmaking Webinar Recording

Publication date
2.24.2021

This Midwest Community Foundation Webinar hosted by the Council of Michigan Foundations explored these timely questions: What is your purpose as a grantmaker now and into the future? How are you adapting your grantmaking to stay accountable to your community, particularly Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) communities? What is the story that your foundation wants to tell about this experience five years from now?

Lessons Learned Through Rural Economic Development Webinar Recording

Publication date
9.16.2020

Economic development can be a challenge, and in rural places there are unique factors that create both barriers and opportunities. Watch this Midwest (Tri-State) Community Foundation Series Webinar to learn about the Rural Economic Development Cohort, a partnership program with the Council of Michigan Foundations and the Community Economic Development Association of Michigan, and how this experience helped participating foundations engage their communities.

Preparing a Disaster Response Webinar Recording

Publication date
7.8.2020

Anticipating community crises and preparing your foundation to adapt and respond quickly are key opportunities for community foundation leaders today. Watch the Midwest (Tri-State) Community Foundation Webinar and learn how The Dayton Foundation responded to three distinct disasters – a history-making series of tornadoes in May 2019, a deadly mass shooting in August 2019 and the current coronavirus pandemic – and how each dictates different approaches in both the community and grants process.

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