| Mackinac Island Community Foundation trustees and staff are pleased to announce recent grant decisions totaling $140,899 supporting projects and programs on Mackinac Island. “This support allows our island and local organizations to address pressing issues in our community, through education, mental health services, capacity building and more. We’re also pleased to be granting toward further housing opportunities for the seventh year in a row,” says Executive Director, Stephanie McGreevy. The Youth Advisory Committee had multiple youth-related applications this summer, granting full funding to programs related to recreation, education, and horse culture. The community foundation’s family donor-advised funds were also involved in grantmaking this cycle: “MICF’s donors are making an impact on the Island they love,” says Mrs. McGreevy, “It’s thrilling to know our donors are fostering a thriving community year-round!” Below is a brief summary of each award.Mackinac Arts Council | $7,200 Support for Music on the Trail 2024. Dora duPont Williams Fund Music Fund Marlee Brown Musser Community Arts Fund United Way of the Eastern Upper Peninsula | $920 Support for Financial Wellbeing and Empowerment for Everyone. Healthy Youth & Seniors Fund Harbor Spring Festival of the Book | $2,247 Support for 2024 Author Visit to Mackinac Island Public School. Melissa Croghan Fund for Women in History Youth Fund FLOW (For Love of Water) | $4,000 Support for the 2024 Line 5 Webinar. Erin Lynne Shufelt Environmental FundCity of Mackinac Island | $2,480 Support for an AED for Great Turtle Park. Wendy Young Fund for Mackinac Straits Pride | $9,324 Support for The Brady Resource: Financial Assistance for Mental Health Counseling for LGBTQ+ Residents. Beaumont Fund Emory Family Fund Cheboygan Life Support/Mackinac EMS | $11,200 Support for Hazardous Threat Equipment for EMS. Beaumont Fund City of Mackinac Island | $76,928 Support for Forest Way Townhomes Phase III. Barbara and Frank Lewand Fund Emory Family Fund George & Judith Goodman Fund Island Community Needs Fund Joe Sullivan Fund Robert & Jeannette Doud Fund Timmons Fund Wendy Young Fund for Mackinac Mackinac Horsemen’s Association | $2,500 Support for a Supplemental Horse Education Scholarship. Preservation of the Horse Tradition Fund Youth Fund Mackinac Horsemen’s Association | $3,960 Support for a Scholarship for Island Riders. Wendy Young Fund for Mackinac Youth Fund Mackinac Horsemen’s Association | $11,078 Support to Repair Stall Floors at the Mackinac Community Equestrian Center. Dr. Rex M. and Elizabeth C. Orr Fund for Animals Joanne Zwolinski, Alice and Alan Sawyer Friends of Animals Fund Preservation of the Horse Tradition Fund Ste. Anne’s Catholic Church | $1,000 Support for 2024 Island Employee Dinners. Brian and Colleen Murray Family Fund Island Community Needs Fund William and Jean Allen Fund for Disaster Relief Near and Far City of Mackinac Island Recreation Department | $2,043 Support for Bounce Houses. Youth Fund City of Mackinac Island Recreation Department | $4,019 Support for 2024 Summer Sports Camps. Youth Fund Wawashkamo Golf Club | $2,000 Support for 2024 Junior Golf Program. Youth Fund |
MICF Announces 2024 Spring Grant Awards
