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©2003 Council of Michigan Foundations, with support from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. 

 


This section provides information and resources to build capacity and to support the growth of existing community foundations.  It is divided into six competency areas which correspond to core competencies indentfied as part of minimum standards for Michigan Community Foundations.

Each competency area includes a brief overview as well as additional information divided in the following categories:

How to - strategies used by the Council of Michigan Foundations to build community foundations' capacities in this area. 

Lessons Learned - lessons we have learned that may be helpful to other community foundations. 

Other Resources - key resources from outside of Michigan.

These resources include links to websites, publications, issues papers, practical tools and sample documents to read, print out and/or download.