2025 Grants Report

Arts & Culture

  • Ann Arbor Summer Festival, Ann Arbor, MI - $15,000. Infrastructure and placemaking improvements for Top of the Park. 2025
  • Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra, Ann Arbor, MI - $50,000. “Meet the Match” – A2SO Podium Promise Campaign. 2024-2025
  • Grand Rapids Symphony, Grand Rapids, MI - $100,000. Gateway to Music – Artist in Residence (AIR) & Mosaic Scholarship Programs. 2025-2026
  • Interlochen Center for the Arts, Interlochen, MI - $750,000. Towsley Foundation Northern Michigan Camp Scholarships. 2024-2026
  • M & M Children’s Museum, Menominee, MI - $100,000. Museum Founder’s Campaign. 2024-2025
  • Midland Center for the Arts, Midland, MI - $600,000. Transformation 50 Years: Science, Art & Architecture for the Next Half Century. 2022-2026
  • Riverside Arts Center Foundation, Ypsilanti, MI - $100,000. Comprehensive Campaign to Reset Riverside Arts Center. 2023-2027
  • Shiawassee Arts Center, Owosso, MI - $25,000. Mobile ART for Seniors. 2023-2025
  • University Musical Society UMS, Ann Arbor, MI - $50,000. Annual Dance Series: Celebrating and Promoting Greater Engagement with Dance. 2024-2025
  • Ypsilanti Youth Orchestra, Ypsilanti, MI - $8,200. Ypsilanti Youth Orchesra: The Pipeline Initiative. 2025

Civic & Community

  • Accounting Aid Society, Detroit, MI - $10,000. Summer Educational Outreach and Tax Preparation. 2025
  • Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum and Leslie Science Center, Ann Arbor, MI - $75,000. Creating an Outdoor Teaching Space to Educate Youth with Wildlife Encounters, Inspire Confidence in Nature, and to gather the Communities of Southeast, MI. 2025-2027
  • Communities First, Flint, MI - $200,000. Empowering People and Building Healthy, Vibrant Communities. 2022-2025
  • Enterprise Community Partners, Inc., Columbia, Maryland - $100,000. Detroit Home Repair. 2025-2028
  • Freedom River, Inc., Brighton, MI - $500,000. Outdoor Recreation Center in Livingston County for veterans/families. 2023-2025
  • Friends of Fife Lake Public Library, Fife Lake, MI - $70,000. Fife Lake Public Library Expansion: Creating Accessible, Sustainable Facility that Ensures Equitable Access to Learning and Community Resources for Rural Residents. 2025-2026
  • Midland Soccer Club, Midland, MI - $100,000. Great Lakes Bay Region Indoor Athletic Facility. 2025-2026
  • WAVE (Western-Washtenaw Area Value Express), Dexter, MI - $50,000. Enhancing Access: A More Connected Rural Washtenaw. 2025-2026
  • Ypsilanti District Library, Ypsilanti, MI - $400,000. New Superior Township Branch. 2022-2026

Education

  • Calvin University, Grand Rapids, MI - $260,000. Calvin University School of STEM. 2024-2026
  • Central Michigan University – Mobile Health Central, Mt. Pleasant, MI - $75,000. CMU Mobile Health Center. 2025-2027
  • Chemical Coaters Association International Finishing Education Foundation, Sarasota, FL - $4,500. CCAI FEF Summer Industrial Finishing Camp in Marne, MI. 2025
  • Girls Group, Ann Arbor, MI - $20,000. Girls Group Middle School Program Expansion. 2025
  • Hope for Single Moms, Grand Rapids, MI - $35,000. Empowering Single Moms’ Pathways to Economic Independence Through Education. 2025
  • InsideOut Literary Arts Project, Detroit, MI - $15,000. Detroit is for Dreamers. 2025
  • Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, MI - $18,000. Dorothy U. Dalton Theatre Lighting Project. 2025
  • Lutheran Special Education Ministries (LSEM), Ann Arbor, MI - $10,000. LSEM Teachers Conference for Inclusive Education. 2025
  • Michigan Regional Council of Carpenters, Detroit, MI - $100,000. Chools to Tools. 2025-2026
  • Science is Elementary, Mountain View, CA - $14,000. Science is for Me! Empowering Michigan’s Future Innovators. 2025
  • U-M Belleville High School School-Based Health Center (SBHC), Ann Arbor, MI - $155,400. RAHS School Based Health Center – Belleville High School. 2025
  • University of Michigan Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, Ann Arbor, MI - $750,000. Leadership Initiative. 2022-2026
  • University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center, Ann Arbor, MI - $1,000,000. Magnifying the Impact of the Towsley Ophthalmic Center in the Next Decade and Beyond. 2021-2025
  • Wayne State University – WDET, Detroit, MI - $15,000. Building Diversity in Media Internship Program. 2025

Environmental

  • Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy, Traverse City, MI - $250,000. A Campaign for Generations: Love the Land, Pass it On. 2022-2026
  • Huron-Clinton Metroparks Foundation, Brighton, MI - $10,000. Get Out and Learn. 2025
  • Keweenaw Land Trust, Hancock, MI - $25,000. Building Staff Capacity and Benefits for Sustainable Conservation. 2025
  • Leelanau Conservancy, Leland, MI - $100,000. Suttons Bay Forest Natural Area. 2025-2026
  • Lower Town Riverfront Conservancy, Ann Arbor, MI - $200,000. Pavilion at Broadway Park West. 2025-2028
  • Michigan Association of Conservation Districts, Flint, MI - $120,000. A Link for Every Farmer: Statewide Access to Michigan Farm Link. 2025-2027

Health & Human Services

  • 211 Northeast Michigan, Midland, MI - $150,000. Bridging Access: Rural Resource and Social Navigation Project. 2025-2027
  • Bay County Habitat for Humanity, Bay City, MI - $25,000. Critical Home Repairs for Low-income Households. 2025
  • Bethany Christian Services of Michigan, Grand Rapids, MI - $20,000. Safe Families for Children. 2025
  • Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Great Lakes Bay Region, Midland, MI - $10,000. Igniting Potential Through One-to-One Mentoring. 2025
  • Changing Lives and Staying Sober (CLASS), Detroit, MI - $150,000. Safe House and Resilience Hub for Youth and Young Adults. 2024-2026
  • Child and Family Service of Saginaw County, Saginaw, MI - $40,000. Sexual Assault Center of Child and Family Services. 2025
  • Children’s Healing Center, Ann Arbor, MI - $15,000. Good Clean Fun in Southeast MI. 2025
  • Common Ground, Bingham Farms, MI - $25,000. Victims Assistance Program (Non Human) Trafficking. 2025
  • Corner Health Center, Ypsilanti, MI - $200,000. Operations. 2022-2025
  • Downtown Boxing Gym Youth Program, Detroit, MI - $15,000. DBG Detroit. 2025
  • ECHO His Love Inc., Manistee, MI - $20,000. Beyond Shelter. 2025
  • Great Lakes Recovery Centers Inc. Negaunee, MI - $25,000. Women’s New Hope House – Rebuilding Hope Nursery. 2025
  • Home of New Vision, Ann Arbor, MI - $50,000. Bridging Recovery: The Intensive Outpatient Domicile Program. 2025-2026
  • Homes Giving Home, Grand Rapids, MI - $10,000. HGH Planned Connection Programming. 2025
  • Hope Clinic, Ypsilanti, MI - $300,000. Hope for Tomorrow: A Campaign to Make Lives Better. 2022-2026
  • Humble Design Inc. Southfield, MI - $10,000. Humble Design Detroit Home Transformations. 2025
  • IHN at Alpha House, Ann Arbor, MI - $500,000. Towsley Temporary Housing Program. 2025-2029
  • Jubilee Ministries, Inc., Holland, MI - $50,000. Midtown Center Capital Campaign. 2024-2025
  • LACASA, Howell, MI - $500,000. Future Home for LACASA, Inc. 2022-2026
  • Livingston County Catholic Charities, Howell, MI - $20,000. Be Our Guest Adult Day Program (BOGADS). 2025
  • The M.A.D.E. Institute, Flint, MI - $125,000. Self-Made Ventures. 2023-2025
  • Many Hands Lifesharing Community, Dexter, MI, $300,000. Building From the Heart. 2025-2027
  • Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital, Grand Rapids, MI - $800,000. A Shared Vision for Brighter Futures – Building a Pediatric Rehabilitation Hospital. 2024-2031
  • Michael’s Place, Traverse City, MI - $32,000. Strengthening Regional Access to Specialized Bereavement Programs for Youth, Families and Educators. 2025
  • Michigan Advocacy Program/Legal Services of South-Central Michigan -Mid-Michigan/13 county area - $75,000. Increasing Access to Expungement Legal Services. 2024-2026
  • Michigan Foster Care Closet, Ann Arbor, MI/19 counties in Michigan - $55,000. Michigan Foster Care Closet – Transportation. 2025
  • North Star Reach – Serious Fun Children’s Network, Norwalk, CT - $40,000. 2025 Family Camps. 2025
  • Per Scholas, Detroit, MI - $15,000. Per Scholas Detroit IT Job Training. 2025
  • Planned Parenthood, Ann Arbor, MI - $100,000. The Patient Care Fund. 2025-2026
  • Pope Francis Center, Detroit, MI - $50,000. Providing Vital Services to Detroiters in Need. 2023-2025
  • St. Louis Center for Exceptional Children and Adults, Chelsea, MI - $200,000. Fullness of Life at St. Louis Center. 2025-2026
  • Sacred Beginnings, Grand Rapids, MI - $40,000. Street Team Sponsorship. 2025
  • Shelter Association of Washtenaw County, Ann Arbor, MI - $50,000. Shelter Solutions for Seniors. 2024-2025
  • Starfish Family Services, Inkster, MI - $55,000. Enhancing Speech Language Services in Detroit’s Early Childhood Education Centers. 2025-2026
  • West Midland Family Center, Midland, MI -$80,000. Serving Midland County Youth: WMFC Out of School Time Programs. 2025-2026
  • Women’s Resource Center of Northern Michigan, Petoskey, MI - $25,000. Empowering Bright Futures. 2024-2025
  • Volunteers of America – Michigan, Alexandria, VA - $15,000. Operation Backpack. 2025

Trustee-Directed Grants

  • American Heart Association, Dallas, TX - $2,500
  • Avalon Housing, Ann Arbor, MI - $15,000
  • Big Brothers Big Sisters of Great Lakes Region, Midland, MI -. $1,000
  • Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southeastern Michigan, Ypsilanti, MI - $1,000
  • Birthday Smiles for Kids, Ann Arbor, MI -$2,000
  • The Bishop’s School, La Jolla, CA - $2,500
  • Build a Team of Hope – Beautiful You Program, Kalamazoo, MI - $5,000
  • Clements Library University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI - $2,500
  • Cleveland Manor, Inc. – Resident Life Enhancement Fund, Midland, MI - $1,000
  • Children’s Literacy Network, Ann Arbor, MI - $5,000
  • Community Action Network, Ann Arbor, MI - $2,000
  • Creative Washtenaw – Murals That Bridge, Ann Arbor, MI - $10,000
  • Culver Educational Foundation, Culver, IN - $5,000
  • Delta College Foundation – Public Media, University Centre, MI - $7,500
  • Detroit Dog Rescue, Detroit, MI - $2,500
  • Ele’s Place Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI - $2,000
  • Family Learning Institute, Ann Arbor, MI - $2,000
  • Food Gatherers, Ann Arbor, MI - $5,000
  • Girls Group, Ann Arbor, MI - $5,000
  • His Eye Is On The Sparrow/Sparrows Place, Saline, MI - $5,000
  • Home Start, San Diego, CA - $25,000
  • Hope Clinic, Ypsilanti, MI - $1,500
  • Interlochen Center for the Arts, Interlochen, MI - $19,500
  • Interlochen Public Radio, Interlochen, MI - $2,500
  • The Leelanau School, Glen Arbor, MI - $17,500
  • Little Forks Conservancy, Midland, MI - $7,500
  • Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA - $1,000
  • Michigan Environmental Council, Lansing, MI - $5,000
  • Michigan League of Conservation Voters Education Fund, Ann Arbor, MI - $6,500
  • Midland Area Community Foundation – Public Schools, Midland, MI - $1,000
  • Midland Area Community Foundation – Midland Symphony, Midland, MI - $4,000
  • Midland Area Community Foundation – Scholarship, Midland, MI - $2,000
  • Midland Center for the Arts, Midland, MI - $8,000
  • Our House, Ypsilanti, MI - $2,000
  • Planned Parenthood of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI - $27,000
  • Pope Francis Center, Detroit, MI - $5,000
  • The Public Broadcasting FDN of NW Ohio/WGTE Public Media, Toledo, OH - $7,000
  • Rollins College, Winter Park, FL - $2,000
  • Saginaw Valley State University Foundation, University Center, MI - $2,000
  • Shelter Association of Washtenaw County, Ann Arbor, MI - $2,000
  • Top of Michigan Trails Council, Petoskey, MI - $5,000
  • Torch Conservation Center, Bellaire, MI - $5,000
  • Trevor Project, West Hollywood, CA - $25,000
  • United Way of Southeastern Michigan, Detroit, MI - $5,500
  • WTVS Detroit Public Television/Detroit Public Media, Wixom, MI - $7,000