Community Foundation

Our office is closed today in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. We will reopen tomorrow at 8:30 am. "The time is always right to do what is right." - Martin Luther King, Jr.

Today is National Philanthropy Day, dedicated to acknowledging the positive influence of philanthropy on society. On #NationalPhilanthropyDay, we commemorate the change we have already made, the impact we are currently making, and the exciting changes still on the horizon.

This accessible playground is a great addition to downtown! Thank you @CommunityFound_

This Indigenous Peoples' Day, we commemorate the contributions, culture, and history of Indigenous communities across Michigan and the country.

Our 2023 Impact Report is out! Have you seen it yet? Check it out to see what we've been up to over the last year and what's coming next! dq79cg420m539.cloudfront.net/documents/2023…

🚨 EPISODE 254 🚨 Joining Chris to discuss the details of an amazing new playground coming to Lansing is Laurie Baumer of @CommunityFound_ | @spotlight_pods 👀 youtu.be/zZ8GhZ6JIyA 👂👇 spreaker.com/user/5707063/e…

This morning, some of our staff took a field trip over to Play Michigan! to see the construction progress. We're excited to see the playground-park coming together and can't wait for it to be complete in September!

We are closed today in honor of Independence Day. Happy 4th of July!

Happy #Juneteenth! While our office is closed to celebrate this day of freedom, we want to leave you with this video that shares the iomportance of Juneteenth and why we celebrate today: youtube.com/watch?v=6FX-Ii…

On behalf of everyone here at the Community Foundation, Happy Father's Day!

Construction has begun on downtown Lansing's first ever universally-accessible playground trib.al/2nEdzH3

With 35 Hours of Giving ending so successfully yesterday, we have to thank our partners who helped make #35hoursofgiving so impactful! Supporting Partners: Eileen and Jerry Fhaner Charitable Fund and @JacksonNational Community Partner: @msufcu Video Supporter: @unodeucemedia

Congratulations to the nonprofits who participated in #35HoursofGiving! In just 35 hours, our community came together to raise over $213,000 to support our nonprofits for the future. This number will likely rise as we continue to add mail-in donations! Thank you all!

Only one hour left to give during #35hoursofgiving! This is your last opportunity to support the sustainability of you favorite participating nonprofit with boosted dollars from this campaign. Donate at 35hours.ourcommunity.org

We have officially reached $150,000 in donations for #35hoursofgiving! Join those who have already given at 35hours.ourcommunity.org before donations close at 6pm TODAY!

Less than 10 hours remain to give during #35hoursofgiving❗️ Time is almost up to give to for 35 Hours of Giving - make sure you get your gift in before 6 pm TODAY to take advantage of the boosted dollars from matching funds and prizes! 35hours.ourcommunity.org

A new prize opportunity is starting now for #35hoursofgiving! Here is Cindy to explain how that prize works 👀

We hit over $100,000 in donations in the first 11 hours of #35hoursofgiving! Thank you to all the generous donors who have already supported our local nonprofits! But for those who haven't, there are still 24 hours left to donate at 35hours.ourcommunity.org. Let's keep it up!

Thank you to the community for coming together to support our local nonprofits. As of right now, we have raised $92,000 from 183 generous donors - and counting! #35hoursofgiving ends at 6pm tomorrow, May 4, so make sure to donate before then at 35hours.ourcommunity.org

#35HoursofGiving begins in just a couple minutes! In the meantime, check out this footage from our kickoff breakfast with messages from some of our participating nonprofits - and a message from Cindy Hales, our vice president of community investment!