2019 Community Philanthropy Award Form

2019 Community Foundation Philanthropy Award

The Community Foundation Philanthropy Award was established by the Council of Michigan Foundations (CMF) and the Michigan Nonprofit Association (MNA) in 2006 to honor a living individual or couple for service as both volunteer/trustee and donor to help grow community philanthropy in Michigan on behalf of one or more community foundations.

Nomination Process and Guidelines

Nominations will be accepted for a living individual or couple who have demonstrated commitment, leadership, impact, creativity and collaboration through service and philanthropy in one or more community foundations. Public officials, staff of foundations and CMF trustees are not eligible for nomination.

To nominate an individual or couple please submit:

This online form, including contact information for two individuals who can serve as references for the nominee. References will be contacted for final candidates only.
A brief narrative that describes the nominee's commitment, leadership, impact, creativity/advocacy and collaboration. The narrative can be uploaded as a file below or emailed to Sue Cuddington, executive assistant to the president, CMF, at scuddington@michiganfoundations.org. If you email the document, please include the nominator and nominee's names.

Selection and Recognition

Nominations are due May 13, 2019. A volunteer peer panel will review all nominations and select the award winner. This year’s recipient will be honored at CMF's Annual Conference on Monday, October 7 in Traverse City.

Nominations are due May 13, 2019.

1. Please include your email to receive a link to edit this form. (This allows you to submit a partial form and revisit it at another time prior to the May 13 deadline) This question requires a valid email address.

2. Nominee's Information:

First Name

Last Name

Business/Organization Name

Title/ Position

Phone

Email This question requires a valid email address.

Address

City

State

Zip

3. Nominator Information

First Name

Last Name

Phone

Email This question requires a valid email address.

Address

City

State

Zip

References: Please provide two references who can verify the scope and extent of the nominee’s activities.

They may not be the nominator, nominee or a relative of the nominee.

4. Reference

First Name

Last Name

Phone Number

Email Address

5. Reference

First Name

Last Name

Phone Number

Email Address

6. Please upload your document (no more than three pages) that describes the nominee's:

Commitment: Include the nominee’s length of service to the community foundation.

Leadership: Describe the nominee’s volunteer leadership as a trustee or committee member.

Impact: Describe three to five ways in which the nominee has made a difference in the community or region through their time and giving to a community foundation.

Creativity/Advocacy: Describe the nominee’s support of innovative ideas in their community’s nonprofit and public sectors through their involvement with a community foundation.

Collaboration: Provide examples of how the nominee has supported collaborative work of the community foundation.

If you are unable to upload the document you may email it to Sue Cuddington, executive assistant to the president, CMF, at scuddington@michiganfoundations.org. If you email the document, please include the nominator and nominee's names. Thank you!

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