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Community priorities grants announced
Local giving ensures that support stays close to home, helping neighbors who feel the impact immediately. That’s why our Community Endowment makes grants to area nonprofits each year through our Community Priorities Grant Cycle in support of local programs and projects. This year our Community Priorities Advisory Committee, with the assistance of our Donor Advisors, recommended grants to 21 local organizations totaling $187,857. It is the dedication of people like you who made this possible.
This year grants supported projects focusing on community, human services, health, housing, recreation, economic development, education, and local urgent needs. Organizations who received awards include:
Beaver Island District Library - Grant Award: $2,500 - Grant funds will support the Library in offering technology & cybersecurity programming to help seniors stay engaged, informed, and connected to family and services.
Boyne Area Free Clinic - Grant Award: $7,444 - Grant funds will support replacing outdated diagnostic equipment such as otoscopes, digital blood pressure cuffs, microscopes, glucometers, nebulizers, and exam room chairs.
Boyne Citizen - Grant Award: $3,788 - Grant funding will support hiring a part time journalist to cover the six surrounding townships on a regular basis -- Evangeline, Eveline, Wilson, Melrose, Boyne Valley and Bay.
Boyne Eta Nu Charities - Grant Award: $3,000 - Grant funds grant will support the "Dress For Chill" program which provides outerwear for pre-school and elementary school children in Boyne area schools.
Challenge Mountain of Walloon Hills, Inc - Grant Award: $10,000 - Grant funds will support kitchen renovations at their new Adaptive Recreation Center in Boyne.
Char-Em ISD - Grant Award: $7,500 - Grant funds will support Charlevoix County children in quality preschool programs this year.
Child & Family Services of Northwestern Michigan - Grant Award: $6,000 - Grant funds will support foster home recruitment efforts and will assist foster families.
City of Charlevoix - Grant Award: $3,290 - Grant funds will support purchasing table and chairs sets for Michigan beach.
First Congregational Church - UCC - Grant Award: $4,650 - Grant funds will support equipment purchases for their American Red Cross (ARC) certified emergency shelter program.
Housing North - Grant Award: $6,500 - Grant funds will allow Housing North to update the Housing Needs Assessment in Charlevoix County and to include additional data that regional partners identified as valuable.
InvestMitt Cooperative - Grant Award: $10,000 - Grant funds will support the organization’s work to address housing needs in Charlevoix County.
Kiersten's Ride - Grant Award: $8,121- Grant funds will support the Suicide Prevention Conference, providing training for professionals across our community.
Northern Homes Community Development Corporation - Grant Award: $15,000 - Grant funds will support building one single-family home on the vacant lot at 820 E Main Street in Boyne City.
Northern Lakes Economic Alliance - Grant Award: $12,000 - Grant funding will support NLEA's work to introduce, expedite, and scale strategic projects to reduce talent barriers, like housing and childcare, in Charlevoix County.
Northwest Michigan Habitat for Humanity - Grant Award: $54,000 - Grant funds will support pre-development activities such as site surveys, evaluations, engineering & site design, easements, zoning, and more, for a new affordable housing development.
Northwest Michigan Works! - Grant Award: $7,500 - Grant funds will support the Business Resource Network program, supporting various needs of employees in Charlevoix County and helping with job retention.
Peaine Township - Grant Award: $3,000 - Grant funds will help to construct ADA-accessible restrooms at popular parks on Beaver Island.
Raven Hill Discovery Center - Grant Award: $4,000 - Grant funds will support installing insulation, an energy‑efficient furnace, and a protective lean‑to roof for Raven Hill’s Workshop Building.
Safe Haven Ministries Charlevoix - Grant Award: $4,700 - Grant funds will support the eight week Games & Grub summer program and the one day free school supply drive for Charlevoix students.
Third Day Fellowship & Outreach DBA Joppa House Ministries - Grant Award: $9,864 - Grant funds will support assisting single mothers graduating the Joppa House program with first and last month's rent to help them transition from the recovery facility into independent living.
Women's Resource Center of Northern Michigan - Grant Award: $5,000 - Grant funds will support domestic violence services for Charlevoix County residents.