When our CFNEM Board of Trustees approved more than $130,000 in new grants this month, $37,108 of that was awarded to youth projects through our Northeast Michigan Youth Advisory Council (YAC) grant. These grants come from the Kellogg Youth Fund at...
The Community Foundation recently awarded more than $130,000 in new grants to northeast Michigan nonprofits! Of those grants, $95,610 was awarded through CFNEM’s Community Impact Grant program, supporting a broad range of projects in nearly every...
A grant from our North Central Michigan Community Foundation Affiliate helped get guitars and ukuleles into the hands of kids, introducing them to a world of music. How fun! The grant was given to the Nor-East'r Music & Art Festival, where children...
We are honored that Sunrise Centre has established a fund at the Community Foundation for Northeast Michigan!
In case you missed it - Mac the Golden Yak!
For our friends in Iosco County - grant applications for Iosco County Community Improvement grants are due May 1st!
The Max-Well Therapy Center in West Branch is helping children connect with animals as a resource for teaching important life skills for coping with challenges and struggles. A Community Impact Grant of $2,500 grant from our North Central Michigan...
What a cool project to have in our area! The Thunder Bay Curling Club offered two “Learn to Curl” classes free to community members this winter. A $1,200 Community Foundation Community Impact Grant helped make it happen. Project organizers say...
Save the date for a very special day that is all about celebrating our Youth Advisory Councils, or YACs, and helping them raise funds to increase their grantmaking impact. Did you know that our YACs have awarded more than $2.5 million since they starting...
A $1,000 Community Impact Grant through our Straits Area Community Foundation affiliate provided funding to send 570 students in grades K-3 and their teachers to a magical live theatre experience, many for the first time, through a program of the Cheboygan...
With the help of several grants totaling $5,100 to Iosco RESA from CFNEM’s Community Impact Grant, Northeast Michigan YAC, and our Straits Area Community Foundation and North Central Michigan Community Foundation affiliates, HUNDREDS of students...
Cheboygan County and Mackinaw City nonprofits - Applications to the Straits Area Youth Advisory Council (YAC) grant are due March 15! Apply at sacf.net.
Drumroll please….. Meet “Mac the Golden Yak”! If you happened to watch our Giving Tuesday wrap-up back in early December, you were introduced to our new, Golden Yak. This yak is the mascot for our quickly approaching YAC Day on May 7, when...
Members of our Iosco County Community Foundation Affiliate Board (Cliff Miller, Evan St. Aubin, and Liam Strauer) visited 2023 grantee Heritage Coast Sailing & Rowing during one of their Saturday boat-building workshops where they are building a safety...
What a wonderful grant through our Iosco County Community Foundation Affiliate!
More than $19,000 is going out to nonprofit youth programs in Crawford, Ogemaw, and Oscoda Counties through the North Central Michigan Community Foundation’s recent round of Youth Advisory Council (YAC) grants. Projects being funded by our NCMCF...
Projects like this one, of Ogemaw Hills Free Clinic, can make such a huge impact. A $2,500 Community Impact Grant from our North Central Michigan Community Foundation affiliate helped the Clinic to give “the gift of safety to at least 76 individuals...
There is just one week left for completing and submitting scholarship applications! All applicants need to hit that “submit” button by March 1st. Don’t miss out on this opportunity for free money for school!