Recent Grants

Environment & Land use and Arts & culture GRANTS Awarded

Each year we host two grant cycles in March responding to requests from local nonprofit organizations working to address environmental needs as well as needs in arts, music, history, and culture. Thanks to donors like you who partner with us to make a difference close to home, a total of $155,277 in grants were awarded to nonprofits between the two cycles.

Environment and Land Use grants were awarded to ten local organizations totaling $99,510 and include projects that will create and restore natural habitats, protect the land, improve water quality, boost outdoor recreation opportunities, provide stream restoration, and build capacity for organizations doing this work. Grants include:

Au Sable Institute - Restoration Ecology for Young Students Program -$2,500   

Beaver Island Association - BIA Blight Remediation Program - $6,500  

Friends of the Boyne River - Wetlands Education Program - $5,000

Lake Charlevoix Association - Lake Charlevoix Watershed Community Map Project - $5,000   

Raven Hill Discovery Center - Living STEM Lab at Deer Creek - $5,000

Tara's Meadow Education & Retreat Center - Environmental and Cultural Education Center Project - $6,300  

Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council - Stover Creek Dam Removal Project - $15,000        

Top of Michigan Trails Council - Charlevoix Trailway Little Traverse Wheelway Project - $14,000

Village of Boyne Falls - Dam Removal Project - $35,210   

Walloon Lake Association and Conservancy - Avian Schistosomes Larva Removal Project - $5,000        

Arts and Culture grants were awarded to 17 local organizations totaling $55,767 and include projects that will offer summer arts camps, public art installations, educational programming, live performances, cultural exhibits, music education, and build capacity for organizations doing this work. Grants include:

Bay Township - Ernest Hemingway Public Sculpture Project - $1,000           

Boyne Arts Collective - Children's Art Camps Scholarship Program - $2,500              

Charlevoix Circle of Arts - “Big and Small” Art Exhibition - $2,000               

Crooked Tree Arts Center - "The Art of Wellbeing" Art Exhibition - $3,000               

Great Lakes Center for the Arts - Next Gen Educational Program - $2,500 

Jordan River Arts Council – Organizational Capacity Assessment - $5,500 

Northwest Michigan Arts and Culture Network - Arts & Culture Summit - $1,000              

Tara's Meadow Education & Retreat Center - Braiding Irish and Native American Cultures Project -  $3,770

Traverse City Dance Project - Live on the Lake Youth Movement and Dance Class - $3,000  

Wagbo Peace Center - Capacity building - $7,000

Beaver Island Historical Society - Native Americans and the Indian Boarding Schools Project - $4,500             

Charlevoix Historical Society - Harsha House Renovations - $3,000             

Beaver Island Performing Arts Alliance - Baroque on Beaver Summer Music Festival - $1,000              

City of Boyne City - The Boyne City Farmers Market Music Series - $1,497 

City of Charlevoix - Live on the Lake Jazz Festival - $3,500              

Great Lakes Chamber Orchestra - Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring Performance - $7,000

Tunes Music Makers – Fiddle Lessons by Ruby John Program - $4,000        

Follow these links if you would like to make a donation to our Arts & Culture Fund or our Environment Fund.

 

LIST OF RECENT GRANTS

When you give to Community Grantmaking Funds, you are providing for current and future projects happening right here at home. With grant cycles throughout the year, nonprofit partners, schools, and individual communities working in Charlevoix County have the opportunity to seek support for worthwhile places, programs, and projects.

For a complete list of grant awards, and additional information (summaries) about each grant, click on the links below.

 

 

2025 Environment & Land Use Grant Awards

 

2025 Arts & Culture Grant Awards

 

2024 Youth Needs Grant Awards

 

2024 Geographic Enrichment Grant Awards (for Beaver Island, Boyne City, Charlevoix and East Jordan)

 

2024 Community Priorities Grant Awards

 

2023 Urgent Needs Grant Awards

 

 

 

 

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