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Reflections from our President
I’ve always appreciated the sense of potential I feel at the beginning of a new year. Maybe it’s the talk of resolutions or possibly it has to do with my birthday in early January, but I love reflecting on where I’ve been and planning for what’s next at this time of year.
Here at the Community Foundation, we’ve been making plans, too. The Board of Trustees approved our Strategic Plan in November, so those objectives have been trickling down into individual
workplans for each of our team members. We love to learn and seek continuous improvement, so making new plans includes discussions about how we can keep stretching and doing better work for our donors, partners, and community. Those discussions usually include coffee, treats, and laughter with some big ideas and bullet-point plans for good measure.
In 2025, we’re excited about developing a new, more engaging website, launching a scholarship newsletter for our community of scholarship donors, updating the Legacy Guide, supporting intensive learning opportunities for nonprofit partners, and vetting a crowd-funding tool that could connect more friends and neighbors to more community projects and programs.
We hope you’ll be excited when these plans become opportunities to engage with your community and make a difference close to home. Together, we can be a force for good that’s both meaningful and enduring.
Happy New Year!
Sara
2025 Scholarships
Start your 2025 C3F Scholarship application today! Applications must be received by March 1, 2025 to be considered. Questions about the application process? Talk to your high school guidance counselor or contact Megan DeHoog at mdehoog@c3f.org.
Arts & Culture Grant Cycle
Our 2025 Arts & Culture grant cycle is now open! This cycle aims to support arts, music, history, and cultural projects and programs that serve Charlevoix County, and the organizations that make that work possible. We are accepting applications from eligible nonprofit partners (501c3 organizations, government entities, and schools) until March 1, 2025 at 11:59pm. All applications begin with a phone call with Ashley Cousens, Community Grantmaking staff.
Environment & Land Use Grant Cycle
Our 2025 Environment & Land Use grant cycle is now open! This cycle aims to support environmental education, protection, restoration, and sustainablility initiative in Charlevoix County and the Lake Charlevoix Watershed, and the organizations that make that work posible. We are accepting applications from eligible nonprofit partners (501c3 organizations, government entities, and schools) until March 1, 2025 at 11:59pm. All applications begin with a phone call with Ashley Cousens, Community Grantmaking staff.