Grants Awarded 2023

Organization Title Purpose Grant
Alianza NorCo Trustee Designated Grant $2,000.00
Alma College Watershed Project $25,000.00
Big Brothers Big Sisters of SEM Recruitment Recruiting volunteers BIPOC $2,500.00
Boy Scouts of America Scouting $6,000.00
CASA Advocates for Foster Care train & screen volunteers $5,000.00
Center for Reproductive Rights Trustee Designated Grant $2,000.00
Child and Young Adult Resource Training -aging out of Foster $10,000.00
Clean Air Task Force Trustee Designated Grant $2,500.00
Cmty Foundation Northern Co. Trustee Designated Grant $1,000.00
Cmty Foundation Northern Co. Give Next teaching philanthropy $5,000.00
Community Grown Gardens teach/grow/give Kindergartners Farm to Table $2,640.70
Council of Michigan Foundations Dues $1,600.00
EarthJustice Trustee Designated grant earth preservation $4,750.00
Ecology Center PFAS Awareness $12,000.00
Environmental Defense Fund trustee Designated Grant $2,000.00
First Day Shoe Fund Shoes for elementary kids $1,500.00
Free Speech for People Trustee Designated Grant $3,000.00
Friends of Shelter Dogs Trustee Designated Grant $500.00
Grosse Ile Presbyterian Church Bottoms Up Diaper Bank $2,500.00
Kalamazoo Nature Center Community Partner Program $15,000.00
Lincoln Park Farmers Market Power of Produce 2023 teach healthy food choices $1,600.00
Lions Club of Michigan Wellch’s Vision Screener $8,500.00
Loveland Youth Gardeners Green Adventures $6,000.00
Mi. Clinicians for Climate Action Listening Tour gather info on health related climate issues $10,000.00
MiCAN Trustee Designated Grant $2,000.00
National Kidney Fdn. Of Michigan Rainbow Regie Promote healthful nutrition in youngsters $10,000.00
Natural Resources Defense Trustee Designated Grant $2,250.00
Planned Parenthood of Rocky Mtns. Responsible Sex Ed Institute $10,000.00
Project Self-Sufficiency Trustee Designated Grant $2,000.00
Reef Environmental Education Fdn. Trustee Designated Grant $1,500.00
Reef Environmental Education Fdn. Trustee Designated Grant Matching Gift $3,000.00
Reef Environmental Education Fdn. Trustee Designated Grant Matching grant $3,000.00
Sea Shepherd Conservation Society Trustee Designated Grant $5,000.00
The Guidance Center Trustee Designated Grant Kids Talk $2,500.00
The Henry Ford Trustee Designated Grant $3,500.00
Vista Maria Mich. Abolitionist Project $10,000.00
Total: $187,340.70