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Our mission is to understand, strengthen, and advance effective philanthropy. We work with you to build strong, inclusive communities.
Professional Development
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We provide competency-based professional development and capacity building for individuals and organizations.
Applied Research & Evaluation
Put research to work.
We can help improve your practice and strengthen your impact with applied research and evaluation.
Resources & Tools
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We provide resources and tools to make data and research useful for practitioners.
Events & Workshops
Tue April 20
This workshop is designed to help nonprofit professionals better understand and evaluate their program impact through good metrics.
1:00 pm
Wed April 28
Join us for a virtual, guided tour of Community Insight — the Johnson Center's new, online platform for displaying community data, understanding opportunities and needs, and targeting efforts for advancing equity.
12:00 pm
Thu April 29
This robust course provides grantmakers of any experience level with valuable tools and insights to facilitate funding decisions.
12:30 pm
In the Media
Fri April 2
Selling shares to fund Dan Gilbert’s $500M pledge not unusual, nonprofit leaders say
Source: The Detroit News
Sun March 28
As need rises, so does call for private foundations to up payouts
Source: Crain's Detroit Business
Fri March 19
Foundations pursue racial justice in philanthropy
Source: Grand Rapids Business Journal
Sun February 28
Report: Pandemic's impact on nonprofits not as bad as projected
Source: Crain's Detroit Business