The following affiliates are administered as funds of the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan and are dedicated to supporting the charitable organizations and activities in a specific geographical area within southeast Michigan. These affiliates are led by local leaders dedicated to enhancing and preserving their respective communities.

The Chelsea Community Foundation
The Chelsea Community Foundation became affiliated with the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan in 1995. The Chelsea Community Foundation was formed by the Foundation for Community Care and the Civic Foundation of Chelsea.

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The Community Foundation for Livingston County
The Community Foundation for Livingston County was established by a group of community-minded leaders in Livingston County in 1991, as an affiliate of the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan.

The following support foundations are affiliates of the Community Foundation. Support foundations are separate legal entities that have their own board of directors and 501(c)(3) tax-exempt statuses from the Internal Revenue Service. These organizations support the work of the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan. Each support foundation has its own process for making grants.

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The Gilmour Fund
Allan D. Gilmour, vice chairman of Ford Motor Co., established this affiliated Foundation in 1995 to support charitable organizations and activities selected by the fund's five-member governing board.

Robert H. Tannahill Foundation
Robert Hudson Tannahill, a philanthropist and avid patron of the arts, created the Robert H. Tannahill Foundation in 1961. The Foundation affiliated with the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan in 2001. At that time, it was valued at approximately $54 million. Today, the Foundation continues to support the eight nonprofit organizations the late Mr. Tannahill named as beneficiaries.

Update July 30, 2008