- CFNEM Receives Great Lakes Fishery Trust Grant for Marine Debris Stewards Project
- Leadership Learning Lab Applications for 2023-24 Cohort Now Open
- CFNEM Supports Northeast Michigan Communities with $119,000 in Winter 2023 Grant Cycles
- Lake Huron Forever Initiative Awards $30K to Community Projects Supporting Great Lakes Health
- Community Foundation to Host 62 Nonprofits in Giving Tuesday NE MI 2022 Campaign
- Community Foundation for Northeast Michigan Announces 2023/24 Officers
- Community Foundation’s Youth Advisory Council Awards $25,000 in New Grants
- Marianne Kalivoda Hall Memorial Fund Established at Community Foundation
- Community Foundation Announces Availability of 2023 Scholarships
- Community Foundation Helps Raise over $314,000 for Local Nonprofits on Giving Tuesday
- Community Foundation Awards Over $470,000 in 2022 Scholarships
- Community Foundation for Northeast Michigan Awards Over $119,000 in New Grants
- Celebrating National Community Foundation Week 2022
- CFNEM Announces Over $125,000 in New Grants - Sept. 2022
- Community Foundation Announces 2022/23 Board Officers
- Youth Advisory Council Identifies Top Issues Affecting Local Youth for 2022
- MyMichigan Medical Center Alpena Receives $500,000 Grant from Community Foundation for Northeast Michigan
- Former CFNEM YAC Member Takes on New Role to Lead in Youth Philanthropy
- CFNEM Providing Support for Rural Innovation Exchange
- Community Foundation Helps Raise over $365,000 for Local Nonprofits on Giving Tuesday
- Community Foundation Announces Availability of 2022 Scholarships
- CFNEM Receives National Standards Re-Accreditation
- Community Foundation’s Youth Advisory Council Awards $28,000 in New Grants
- Community Foundation Sees Increase in Giving through Retirement Accounts
- Northeast Michigan YAC Member Appointed to Council of Michigan Foundations Board of Trustees
- Alpena County Library Receives $200,000 Grant from Community Foundation for Northeast Michigan
- CFNEM Announces Over $110,000 in September 2021 Grants
- Community Foundation’s Urgent Needs Fund Has Now Awarded Over $150,000
- Community Foundation Announces 2021 Officers
- Community Foundation Awards Over $500,000 in Scholarships
- Community Foundation for Northeast Michigan Awards Over $106,000 in New Grants
- Program Director Julie Wiesen Retires from Foundation
- Community Foundation Helps Raise over $233,000 for Local Nonprofits on Giving Tuesday
- Community Foundation’s Youth Advisory Council Awards $26,000 in New Grants
- Community Foundation Joins Nationwide Celebration to Recognize the Local Impact of Community Foundations
- Generous Donation Brings New Hubbard Lake Community Building Closer to Reality
- Community Foundation to Host 50 Nonprofits in Giving Tuesday Northeast Michigan Campaign
- Lake Huron Forever Initiative Awards $50,000 to Support Great Lakes Health
- Nonprofits Benefit from Charitable Gifts from Retirement Funds
- CFNEM Awards Over $463,000 in 2020 Scholarships
- Community Foundation for Northeast Michigan Announces Over $99,000 in New Grants
- Virtual Workshop Will Help Nonprofits Manage through Crisis
- Fifth Round of Urgent Needs Fund Grants Announced
- Congratulations to Our 2020 YAC Graduates!
- CFNEM Welcome New Trustees
- Nonprofit Cohort Completes Leadership Learning Lab
- Michigan is First State in Nation to Match its 2010 Census Self-Response Rate
- Fourth Round of $25,000 in Urgent Needs Fund Grants Announced
- Third Round of $25,000 in Urgent Needs Fund Grants Announced
- Second Round of $25,000 in Urgent Needs Fund Grants Announced
- First Round of $25,000 in Urgent Needs Fund Grants Announced
- COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OPENS URGENT NEEDS FUND TO HELP NEIGHBORS IMPACTED BY COVID-19
- Community Foundation for Northeast Michigan Awards Over $95,000 in New Grants
- Community Foundation Announces $30,000 in Grants to Help Northeast Michigan Be Counted in 2020 Census
- Community Foundation Helps Raise over $217,000 for Local Nonprofits on Giving Tuesday
- Community Foundation’s Youth Advisory Council Awards $27,000 in New Grants
- Community Foundation Announces New Census Grants, Accepts Applications for Round #2
- Community Foundation Joins Nationwide Celebration to Recognize the Local Impact of Community Foundations
- Community Foundation to Host Giving Tuesday Event to Support Northeast Michigan Nonprofits
- Community Foundation Awards Over $440,000 in Scholarships
- Community Foundation for Northeast Michigan Hosts Over 130 Youth Grantmakers
- Community Foundation Accepting Grant Proposals to Help Northeast Michiganders Be Counted in 2020 Census
- Community Foundation for Northeast Michigan Announces Over $125,000 in New Grants
- Northeast Michigan Student Represents Youth at Regional Philanthropy Conference
- Community Foundation to Serve as Northeast Michigan Census 2020 Nonprofit Hub
- Community Foundation for Northeast Michigan Awards Over $109,000 in New Grants
- Northeast Michigan Nonprofit Leaders Chosen for Second Cohort of Leadership Initiative
- Binational Community Foundations and Conservation Partners Support Lake Huron Water Quality: Seek Community Input and Engagement
- CFNEM Re-Accredited with Rigorous Philanthropic Standards
- Build a Better Foundation for Your Organization with Board Basics Workshop
- Over $156,000 Raised for Local Nonprofits on Giving Tuesday
- Partnership and Fund Created to Restore Old Presque Isle Lighthouse
- Community Foundation for Northeast Michigan Announces Over $100,000 in New Grants
- Nonprofits Benefit from Charitable Gifts from Retirement Funds
- Tell Your Nonprofit’s Story with “Better Stories by Design” Workshop
- Northeast Michigan Non-Profit Leaders Chosen for Leadership Initiative
- Community Foundation for Northeast Michigan Announces 2018 Officers
- Record Giving, a Golden Goose and New Staff
- Community Foundation Awards Nearly $500,000 in Area Scholarships
- Community Foundation for Northeast Michigan to Host Nonprofit Board Basics Training
- Community Foundation for Northeast Michigan Awards $65,000 in New Grants
- Community Foundation for Northeast Michigan Awards Over $100,000 in New Grants
- Community Foundation Finishes First Quarter with over $45 Million in Assets
- Community Foundation’s Youth Advisory Council Awards $30,000 in New Grants
- Community Foundation for Northeast Michigan Fund Provides $500,000 for MidMichigan Medical Center-Alpena
- Record Giving Tuesday for Community Foundation
- Straits Area Community Foundation Awards Health Care Grants
- Community Foundation Hosts Over 130 Nonprofits for Social Media Training
- How Are Kids Really Doing in Northeast Michigan?
- CFNEM Nears $39 Million in Assets at End of First Quarter
- New Scholarship Offers Opportunity for Maritime Studies
- CFNEM Announces $84,000 in New Grants in March
- CFNEM's Strongest Growth in 40 Years
- Community Foundation for Northeast Michigan Awards Over $76,000 in New Grants
- Successor Chosen for Retiring Executive Director
- Over $41,000 Raised on Giving Tuesday for NE MI Nonprofits
- Community Foundation for Northeast Michigan Awards 58 New Grants Totaling $70,728
- More than 120 YACers Meet in Alpena
- CFNEM Awarded Michigan Health Endowment Fund Grant
- Michigan Humanities Council Awards CFNEM $25,000 Heritage Grant
- Nearly $400,000 Awarded in 2016 Scholarships
- Board Approves Increase in Grant Award Maximums
- Giving Tuesday Raises More Than $30,000
- Twenty-Two New Funds to Benefit NE Michigan
- U.S. Senate Passes Permanent IRA Charitable Rollover
- Announcing Name Change
- Giving Tuesday Northeast Michigan
- Join CFNEM in Congratulating Our New Board Officers
- Give a Gift that Lasts Forever
- Carl & Kathleen Woloszyk Establish New Scholarship Fund
- MI Women's Hall of Famer Jocelyn Benson to Keynote Women's Giving Circle Event
- Scholarship Recipients
March 27, 2018
The Community Foundation for Northeast Michigan (CFNEM) Board of Trustees elected four new officers to lead the Foundation for one year effective March 13, 2018. Christine Baumgardner of Harrisville is the new President; Timothy Kuehnlein of Alpena is the new Vice President; Scott McLennan of Rogers City is the new Secretary, and Debra Kruttlin of Harrisville, is the new Treasurer. Lora Greene is the out-going president, and will continue on the Executive Committee as Past President.
“We have an incredibly dynamic board, representing every geographic corner of our service area,” said Patrick Heraghty, CFNEM Executive Director. “They are engaged, believe strongly in our mission, and are excited about the year to come.”
New Board of Trustees President, Christine Baumgardner (left), is a longtime resident of northeast Michigan, having moved to the area in 1970. She was the CEO of Alcona Health Centers from 1985 until her December 2017 retirement. Before that she served as the director of the Northeast Michigan Area Agency on Aging for seven years, and taught English at Alpena Community College for four years.
“CFNEM is an organization that is critical to the population of northeast Michigan. It serves so many communities and individuals too numerous to name, helping them improve their personal and community status,” said Baumgardner. “I look forward to bringing even greater participation by our community members in advancing worthwhile projects in our region. Our area is on the brink of great advancements that will help us, and at the same time, preserve the amazing resources we have.”
Baumgardner said she believes the Community Foundation can be both a motivator and a catalyst for change that enriches opportunities in northeast Michigan.
“Truly, this is an awesome responsibility and I am very honored, and humbled, to have that responsibility of being the CFNEM President bestowed upon me,” said Baumgardner. “I have learned much from both the staff and the board members. They are all dedicated to the mission of CFNEM, and we will work together to build a bright future for northeast Michigan.”
Completing their third three-year term in March were Sue Fitzpatrick, David Cook and Jerry Gosnell. Youth Trustee Makenzie Zdybel also completed her two-year term.
New trustees are slated for election in June 2018.
(Left to right - Outgoing trustees Sue Fitzpatrick, David Cook, Jerry Gosnell and Makenzie Zdybel)