TO TOP
Assets for Thriving Communities Grants
| Organization | Purpose | Years | Amount | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hospice of Michigan | NorthStar Navigation & NorthStar Palliative Care | 3 | $40,000 | ||
| Human Nature School | Timber frame barn construction | 1 | $44,000 | ||
| Traverse Symphony Orchestra | Community engagement expansion | 1 | $25,000 | ||
| Civil Air Patrol, Traverse City Squadron | Aircraft Hangar & Classroom Project | $50,000 | |||
| COGNiTiON | Operation Growth Spurt: Exhibit Development & Building Expansion | $50,000 | |||
| Friends of the Garden Theater | Help the Garden Grow: Building Preservation | $50,000 | |||
| Grow Benzie | Benzie Hive: Nonprofit Collaborative Project | $50,000 | |||
| Habitat for Humanity Grand Traverse Region | Maple City Crossings Hope Builders Project | $50,000 | |||
| Newton's Road | Career Investigator 2.0 | $20,750 | |||
| Northport Arts Association | Clay Works Studio | $25,000 | |||
| The Rock of Kingsley | Building Preservation & Expansion | $50,000 | |||
| Traverse Area District Libary | Bookmobile | $50,000 | |||
| Traverse City Dance Project | Moving Theater | $30,000 | |||
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Systems Change Accelerator Grants
| Organization | Purpose | Years | Amount | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEEDS and collaborative partners | Organic Waste Diversion | 2 | $75,000 | ||
| Housing North | Housing North 2.0 | 2 | $125,000 | ||
| NWMI Coalition to End Homelessness | Homeless Youth Initiative | 2 | $125,000 | ||
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Seed Grants
| Organization | Purpose | Amount | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Munson Healthcare - Shape Up North | Traverse City Area Public Schools wellness plan development | $20,000 | ||
| Bellaire Downtown Development Association | A unifying action plan | $10,000 | ||
| United Way of Northwest Michigan | Wildflower Early Childhood feasibility study | $10,000 | ||
| The Botanic Gardens at Historic Barns Park | Capital campaign plan | $10,000 | ||
| Crosshatch Center for Art and Ecology | COVID-19 program adaptation | $10,000 | ||
| Glen Lake Association | Glen Lake/Crystal River Watershed Protection Program | $10,000 | ||
| United Way of Northwest Michigan | Literacy Alliance of Northwest Michigan | $10,000 | ||
| Conservation Resource Alliance | Mitchell Creek Collaboration Fund | $10,000 | ||
| Dennos Museum Center | "Resilience: African American Artists As Agents of Change" exhibit | $10,000 | ||
| Grand Traverse Regional Community Foundation | NW MI Community Development Coalition | $10,000 | ||
| Parallel 45 Theatre | Safe Return to the Stage - COVID-19 adaptations | $10,000 | ||
| Sleeping Bear Gateways Council | Workforce Housing Task Force | $10,000 | ||
| Village of Central Lake | Non-motorized Trail Feasibility | $10,000 | ||
| Inland Seas Education Association | NMC Internship Program | $10,000 | ||
| Glen Arbor Arts Association | 6 Ft Apart Arts Program - COVID-19 adaptations | $4,860 | ||
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Friends of the Betsie Valley Library |
Thompsonville Junction Area Revitalization Project | $10,000 | ||
| Grand Traverse County Parks and Recreation | Civic Center Master Plan | $10,000 | ||
| Northwest Michigan Arts & Culture Network | Network Development | $10,000 | ||
| Traverse Area Historical Society | Traverse City Indigenous History Project | $10,000 | ||
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Learning Fund
| Organization | Purpose | Amount | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Traverse City | Fair & Impartial Policing training | $2,000 | ||
| SEEDS | DiSC team coaching | $1,974 | ||
| Festival Foundation | Certified Festival & Event Executive Certification | $1,500 | ||
| Love Thy Neighbor | Inspired Fundraising Retreat | $177 | ||
| Generations Ahead | Brainspotting clinical mindfulness training | $500 | ||
| Norte | Nonprofit Leadership Summit | $100 | ||
| Women's Resource Center NM | Salesforce training | $2,000 | ||
| Inland Seas Education Association | Association of Experimental Education conference | $650 | ||
| Inland Seas Education Association | Accounting Principles course | $500 | ||
| Traverse Bay Children's Advocacy Center | National Children's Alliance conference | $2,000 | ||
| Leelanau Conservancy | Understanding Racial Justice training by Title Track | $1,000 | ||
| Grand Traverse Pavilions Foundation | DiSC training | $2,000 | ||
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Housing North |
Development training | $500 | ||
| Grand Traverse Conservation District | DiSC training | $1,962 | ||
| TART Trails | Understanding Racial Justice training by Title Track | $2,000 | ||
| FLOW for Water | Justice, Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion training | $2,000 | ||
| Traverse Bay Children's Advocacy Center | AFP Annual Conference attendance | $400 | ||
| Northwest Michigan Coalition to End Homelessness | Collaborative Governance and Leadership Workshop | $199 | ||
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Emerging Needs Fund
| Organization | Purpose | Amount | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Title Track | Understanding Racial Justice pilot | $20,000 | ||
| United Way of NWMI | Early Childhood Education system support | $50,000 | ||
| Commonplace | Northsky Compass | $20,000 | ||
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Other
| Organization | Purpose | Amount | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TART Trails | Trustee gift - Trevor Tkach | $300 | ||
| Big Brothers Big Sisters | Trustee gift - Sid Lammers | $400 | ||
| Salvation Army | Trustee gift - Sid Lammers | $500 | ||
| Rotary Club of Traverse City | World Community Service: Planting Seeds International | $5,000 | ||
| Rotary Club of Traverse City | World Community Service: Pure Water for the World | $5,000 | ||
| Rotary Club of Traverse City | World Community Service: Namaste Direct | $5,000 | ||
| Rotary Club of Traverse City | JJ Beckett ACCESS-Ability: Northern Lakes Community Mental Health | $1,085 | ||
| Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy | In honor of Becky Ewing | $1,000 | ||
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