We awarded 18 grants totaling nearly $894,000 to Kalamazoo County nonprofits in our first grantmaking round of 2016. We make community investments in quality programs we believe will make Kalamazoo County a place where every person can reach full potential.
Grants were provided to:
- Big Brothers Big Sisters
- Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Kalamazoo
- Building Blocks
- Can-Do Kitchen
- Christian Neighbors
- Educating For Freedom In Schools
- Guardian Finance and Advocacy Services
- Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety
- Kalamazoo County Ready 4s
- Kalamazoo Institute of Arts
- Kalamazoo Nature Center Preschool Scholarships
- Kalamazoo RESA STEM Programming
- Michigan United
- Ministry with Community
- Open Roads Cycles of Safety
- Parent to Parent of Southwest Michigan
- Pretty Lake Camp
- STREET After School Program
Nonprofits also received grants from Advised, Field-of-Interest and Designated Funds.