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Environment and Arts & culture grant recipients
We hosted 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 our donors who make a difference close to home, a total of $186,293 in grants were awarded to nonprofits between the two cycles.
Environment & Land Use grants were awarded to seven local organizations totaling $106,545 and include projects that will create and restore natural habitats, protect the land, improve outdoor facilities and recreation opportunities, provide stream restoration, and build capacity for organizations doing this work. Grants include:
Camp Daggett – To install a stormwater retention basin and retaining wall that will prevent erosion on the swimming beach - $7,000
Conservation Resource Alliance – To replace two road-stream crossings on Marvon Creek to allow full aquatic passage and natural stream flow - $30,000
Little Traverse Conservancy - To make improvements to four Charlevoix County nature preserves - $11,000
Raven Hill Discovery Center - To support arts, culture, and environment themed tours - $5,745
St. James Township – For a coordinated management plan at the Gull Harbor Nature Area and Stanhope Nature Preserve on Beaver Island - $9,000
Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council – To replace two road-stream crossings on Spring Brook - $35,757
Wagbo Peace Center – to support environmental education programs & promotions - $3,988
Arts & Culture grants were awarded to 15 local organizations totaling $79,748 and include projects that will offer music lessons, improvements to facilities, educational programming, live performances, cultural exhibits, arts instruction and education, and build capacity for organizations doing this work. Grants include:
Beaver Island Community Center - To support their new Senior Art Program - $6,960
Beaver Island Historical Society – To support the design & fabrication of a permanent, museum-grade exhibit case to showcase fishing history in the archipelago - $5,000
Beaver Island Irish Heritage Group – To bring the world-renowned traditional Irish ensemble Altan (based in Donegal, Ireland) to the Irish Feile this September - $5,000
Boyne Arts Collective – To support a series of four-week introductory adult art classes - $5,000
Charlevoix Circle of Arts – To support the juried art exhibit “Heart of a Tree, Soul of a Storm,” reflecting on last year’s ice storm through art - $2,500
City of Boyne City - To support the 2026 summer music at the Farmers Market - $1,000
Crooked Tree Arts Center – To support programming in tribute to the Martha Graham Dance Company centennial - $3,000
Great Lakes Center for the Arts - To support the Dorothy Gerber Strings Program - $4,055
Great Lakes Chamber Orchestra - To support their “Violins of Hope” and “Carnegie Homecoming” performances - $4,055
Jordan River Arts Council - For engineered blueprints to address accessibility barriers in their building - $18,000
Raven Hill Discovery Center - To support arts, culture, and environment themed tours - $4,055
Tara's Meadow Education & Retreat Center – To support storytellers, musicians, and presenters for the “Braiding Cultures” events in June - $4,478
The New People Foundation – To support the booklet "The Seven Fires Prophecy: The Story of the Anishinaabe People in Michigan” - $1,000
Tunes Music Makers - To support fiddle lessons for elementary students on Beaver Island - $6,500
Wagbo Peace Center - To support several arts and culture events - $3,400
Click the link below to view past C3F grant awards.