Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan Names New Program Associate
Non-profit organization is a permanent community endowment built by gifts from thousands of individuals and organizations
FARMINGTON HILLS, MI, November 23, 2011
The Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan has named Robert W. Morgan as program associate.Prior to joining the Community Foundation, Morgan taught high school social studies in New Jersey. He received an Educator of Distinction Award by the National Society of High School Scholars and was nominated for the Judy and Josh Weston Award for Excellence in Teaching.
Morgan is a 2011 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania's Fels Institute of Government, where he earned a Masters of Public Administration degree. He was among those chosen to participate in Fels Research and Consulting as an associate consultant, managing a Ford Foundation grant to improve instructional outcomes in the Philadelphia school district.
He received his bachelor's degree from Morehouse College.
The Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan is a permanent community endowment built by gifts from thousands of individuals and organizations committed to the future of southeast Michigan. The Foundation works to improve the region's quality of life by connecting those who care with causes that matter. The Foundation supports a wide variety of activities benefiting education, arts and culture, health, human services, community development and civic affairs. Since its inception, the Foundation has distributed more than $467 million through more than 39,000 grants to nonprofit organizations throughout Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, Monroe, Washtenaw, St. Clair and Livingston counties. For more information, please visit http://www.cfsem.org.