The Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership at Grand Valley State University has been named for Dorothy Johnson, who just after 25 years as president and CEO of the Grand Haven based Council of Michigan Foundations (CMF).
GVSU President Arend D. Lubbers announced the official new name of the Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership at CMF's annual meeting in Grand Rapids recently. CMF is the nation's largest association of family foundations, philanthropic organizations and corporate giving programs.
Johnson, of Grand Haven, is the founding president of CMF and a longtime GVSU supporter and current vice chair of the GVSU Board of Control. Johnson is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Kellogg Company, National City Bankcorp, and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.
CMF is giving its own substantial library, presently housed at CMF headquarters in Grand Haven, to GVSU. The library, which will provide GVSU students with one of the country's most complete collections dealing with philanthropy and related subjects, will be relocated to GVSU's Grand Rapids campus. A $500,000 endowment gift to GVSU from CMF will be used to maintain, expand and permanently house the collection.
