One of the goals of The Southfield Community Foundation is to develop a series of permanent funds to support ongoing grants back to the community.

Permanent Funds provide donors with a flexible tool for supporting their charitable interests through perpetual grants to the community. Gifts to the Southfield Community Foundation permanent funds qualify for the Michigan State Tax Credit. Individuals may qualify for a 50% MI tax credit on gifts of up to $200 per year. Married individuals, filing jointly, qualify for gifts up to $400. Corporations qualify for a 50% MI tax credit on the SBT for gifts up to $10,000.

The following is a description of permanent funds that have been established within the Southfield Community Foundation. For information on adding to these funds, or creating additional funds (see Types of Funds), please call Warren Goodell at 248-351-1320.



ARTS & CULTURE FUND

This fund, established in 2001, is designed to provide support for organizations providing arts and cultural experiences in our communities.



DIVERSITY FUND

The Diversity Fund, established in 2002, provides support for programs and projects that promote the potential that our diversity has to enhance the quality of our personal and professional lives.

In our ever changing and shrinking world, understanding our diversity is our strategic advantage.



DONOR ADVISED FUNDS

Donor Advised Funds are created as a service to individuals who wish to manage their charitable giving through the Community Foundation. Family advised funds and corporate advised funds can also be created to develop family and corporate cultures of philanthropy.



EMERGENCY SERVICES FUND

This critical fund provides funds primarily to support the Southfield Human Services Department Emergency Loan Program, a collaborative which helps individuals at substantial risk cope with unexpected crisis.



GENE TAYLOR MEMORIAL FUND

This fund was established in 2001 to honor the memory of Gene Taylor, a member of the Foundation's Board of Directors and active community philanthropist.



HESS FUND

The Helping Educate Surviving Students is a scholarship fund dedicated to supporting the victims (or dependents of victims) of drunk driving accidents.



MARY THOMPSON FUND

Originating as a bequest to the City of Southfield, this fund helps to maintain the Mary Thompson Farm as a historical and recreational center for senior citizens.



MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND

Gifts given in memory of friends and family support a scholarship for students who have overcome significant hardship to meet their educational goals. The fund was established through gifts from family and friends of: Thomas Frommeyer, Vicki Goldbaum and Vivian Hurite.

Additional gifts have been received in memory of: Donald M. Fracassi, Shambline Quarles, Ada Moiseev, Donald Powers, Sandra Terrell and Sigmund A. Beras.



MILLENNIUM FUND

This unrestricted permanent fund supports grants for a wide variety of purposes giving the Foundation the ultimate flexibility to meet changing community needs.

 


SOUTHFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOLS EDUCATION FUND

This popular fund supports the Foundation's Mini-Grant program which makes it possible for teachers to try new curricula and/or methods of teaching.



TONY SPINA ENRICHMENT FUND

The Tony Spina Enrichment Fund was created in 2002 to support the field of photojournalism in celebration of the life and work of Tony Spina (1914-1995).

As Chief Photographer for the Detroit Free Press, Spina's talents were recognized with more than 450 national and international honors and awards, including the Sprague Memorial Award, the highest honor of the National Press Photographer's Association.

Knighted by Pope Paul VI into the order of St. Gregory the Great, Sir Anthony became the only photojournalist in history to ever receive this distinction. Credited with 80+ one-person exhibitions, six published books and a nationally syndicated column, Spina shared his talents broadly. The Tony Spina Collection is housed at the Walter Reuther Library in Detroit.

The initial purpose of the Fund is to give scholarship awards in the name of Tony Spina for talented, dedicated, financially needy students who have declared a college major in photojournalism.

For information on contributing to the Fund or applying for a Spina Scholarship, contact the Southfield Community Foundation at 248-351-1320.

THE TONY SPINA ENRICHMENT FUND ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Katheryn Spina Giles
Terrence Ray Giles
Sharon Gioia
Theodore W. Kilar, MD
David Lawrence, Jr.
Heath J. Meriwether

David Robinson
Neal Shine
Mrs. Tony Spina
Costan Anthony Spina
Julia Spina-Kilar
Linda Ward Spina



VOLUNTEER IMPACT AGENCY FUND

Gifts to this important fund provide operating support for Volunteer Impact, a regional nonprofit organization that promotes and facilitates community volunteerism.



LOUISE WARD SCHOLARSHIP FUND

The Ward Fund supports a scholarship(s) presented annually to a student at Southfield Lathrup High School for continued studies in vocal music. It is offered in grateful memory of Louise Ward–teacher, mentor, role model, and friend.

THE LOUISE WARD SCHOLARSHIP FUND ADVISORY COMMITTEE

A. Jeffrey Bean
Scott Griffin
Marsha G. Kamin
Mark LoPatin
Maury Okun



YOUTH ACTIVITIES FUND

Developing Youth Leadership is a prime objective of the Foundation. This fund supports the YAC (Youth Advisory Council) and the grants they think will make a difference in the lives of our community's youth.



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