Recent Grants

urgent needs grants Awarded

In 2023, we made 13 Urgent Needs grants to area nonprofits totaling $83,447, helping them to provide basic needs like food, clothing, heat, housing, healthcare, and emergency services for our Charlevoix County neighbors in need.

Our heroic first responders got much needed equipment and services, allowing them to better carry out their jobs. Beaver Island EMS purchased a triage kit and wireless headsets, which are improving emergency medical care and response for Beaver Island residents. St. James Township used funds to implement an emergency training exercise last spring, hosted by the Charlevoix County Sheriff Department with support from 10 other local, state, and federal agencies (including the US Coast Guard) to better prepare for emergencies in their remote community. Because emergency services providers have very stressful jobs, BASES provided first responders with acute crisis counseling to lower their trauma response, reduce their long-term stress, and increase their job retention. Resort Bear Creek Fire Department (serving Bay Shore to connect to Charlevoix County) was able to purchase two new AEDs and one new piece of radio communications equipment, which will significantly improve their ability to respond to cardiac incidents, improve communications between responders, and increase the chances of survival for those affected.

Food insecurity is still a major issue in Northern Michigan, and Urgent Needs grants addressed this in several ways. A grant to Manna Food Project helped to fund their Food 4 Kids backpack program, which delivered 21,000 backpacks full of nutritional food to kids throughout Charlevoix County last year. The Health Department of Northwest Michigan used grant funds to inform Charlevoix County SNAP participants about using SNAP and Double Up Food Bucks at local farmers markets, which increased access to local healthy foods for recipients of food assistance benefits. Grant funds also helped Good Neighbors Food Pantry to purchase a new trailer with a braking system to stock their Boyne City food pantry shelves each week. The Northmen Den Youth Pantries (NDYP) provided access to 360 students at Round Lake Education Center with a reliable source of supplemental, high-quality food for disadvantaged middle and high school youth and their families through their mini grocery store pantry located at the school.

Health and human services organizations also got a boost this past year. The Serenity House - Alano Club of Charlevoix, which serves people of all ages who struggle with addictions, was able to purchase a new AED unit and provide training for volunteers and program participants, to help their clients in an emergency. Grant funds to Child and Family Services of Northwestern Michigan provided assistance for foster and adoptive children and families as they arose, helping them to maintain or access food, shelter, safety, healthcare, mental health services, transportation, and more. Boyne City Middle School (BCMS) received support for the Winter Outwear Assistance Program to provide warm outwear for students and families in need this winter. The Salvation Army of Petoskey got support for their Emergency Financial Assistance Program to provide aid for individuals or families experiencing a financial crisis by helping with heat, electricity, water, shelter, and other basic needs. A grant to Ronald McDonald House Charities West Michigan for their Family Support Program provided food, lodging, and transportation to Charlevoix County families experiencing a health emergency.

Thank you to our dedicated Urgent Needs Fund donors who make these grants possible. To make a donation to the Urgent Needs Fund CLICK HERE.

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.

 

2023 Urgent Needs Grant Awards

 

2023 Youth Needs Grant Awards
 

2023 Geogrpahic Enrichment Grant Awards (for Beaver Island, Boyne City, Charelvoix and East Jordan)

 

2023 Community Priorities Grant Awards

 

2023 Environment & Land Use Grant Awards

 

2023 Arts & Culture Grant Awards

 

2022 Youth Needs Grant Awards

 

2022 Urgent Needs Fund Grant Awards

 

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