Community Foundation for Northeast Michigan Celebrating 50 Years

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"Business and organizations have anniversaries all the time, so why does this one matter? Because it is a celebration of something that belongs to our entire community, that was built by our community."

Those are the words of Patrick Heraghty, executive director of the Community Foundation for Northeast Michigan, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this month.

Since its founding on July 3, 1963, the foundation has awarded more than $55 million in grants to area nonprofits, including more than $400,000 in scholarships to students, reports MLive.

"And in those 50 years, so much has been accomplished," Heraghty says.

"That is worth celebrating!" The foundation, which has $76.5 million in assets, is the 16th largest community foundation in Michigan and covers one of the largest geographic territories in the state, second only to the Community Foundation of the Upper Peninsula.

Its staff and board are "incredibly grateful to every person in our 50-year history who chose to invest in Northeast Michigan's future, whether through the creation of a new fund, a planned gift, or through a donation to an existing fund," Heraghty says.

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