Diversity Equity Inclusion Fund Grant Awards
- 2024
In 2024, we’ve awarded $30,725 in grants; the following are summaries of the grants awarded.
* Child and Family Services of NWMI $2,500 Improving Inclusion: A multi-pronged approach Crooked Tree Arts Center $1,700 ART/able * Crosshatch Center for Art & Ecology $2,500 The Long Memory Project: Pride Grand Traverse Area Children’s Garden $1,000 Project HEART - Harvesting Equity and Agricultural Resilience Together Grand Traverse Dyslexia Association $1,000 Tuition Assistance Grand Traverse Industries $1,000 Support for Field of Dreams project Groundwork Center for Resilient Communities $500 Ongoing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Support Kewadin Indian Mission Church $2,000 General operating support/tech support Leelanau Conservancy $1,250 Indigenous Knowledges Project Stipend Mashup Rock and Roll Musical $500 Support 2024 Slate of Productions Michigan Indian Legal Services $2,500 Project for Tribal Survivors of Domestic Violence Through Education and Outreach Montessori Children’s House GT $1,725 Understanding Early Development of Gender Identity National Writers Series $2,500 Kaveh Akbar Event & Battle of the Books Northwestern Michigan College Foundation $1,250 Halloween for All 2024 Remain in Touch $500 General Operating Support St. Philip’s Episcopal Church $1,500 Benzie Area Pride Network Operating Support Suttons Bay Public Schools $2,000 Support for Cultural and Pep Clubs Title Track $2,300 Water Protectors Training Camp Up North Pride $2,500 General Operating Support *Grant was awarded from the Marsha J. Smith Community Leadership Fund
- 2023
In 2023, we’ve awarded $65,450 in grants; the following are summaries of the grants awarded.
Arts for All of Northern MI $2,050 Arts Escapes Program & Art in the Garden Child & Family Services of NW MI $2,000 Expansion of DEI efforts *Commonplace $1,500 Support for Second Chance Employers *Crystal Community Ski Club $1,000 Support for strategic planning process with a DEI focus El Grupo Norte Youth Cycling $1,300 More Girls on Bikes program Experiential Ink $2,500 Camp4All General Operating Support Friends of Sleeping Bear Dunes $2,300 Anishinaabe Programs at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore Grand Traverse Dyslexia Association $2,500 Tuition Assistance Project for low-income families Grand Traverse Industries $2,000 GTI Community Engagement Activity Program Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy $750 Enhancing nature access for individuals with mobility impairments Grass River Natural Area, Inc. $2,000 DEI Assessment for Grass River Housing North $1,000 Housing North DEI Plan Immigration Law & Justice Michigan $2,500 Supporting legal capacity to serve immigrants, refuges and asylum seekers in the Grand Traverse Region Kids on the Go- Traverse City $2,000 Therapy Camp Program Development Leelanau Montessori Public School Academy $2,500 Universal Design and Access Infrastructure and Play Mashup Rock & Roll Musical $1,500 Grimm’s Alternative Fairytales production $1,000 Look Who’s Talking Heads production Michigan Indian Legal Services, Inc. $1,450 Legal self-help and educational materials on MILS website Mindimooyenh Healing Circle $2,500 Three Fires Midewiwin Winter Ceremonies *National Alliance on Mental Illness Grand Traverse $2,500 Northwest Michigan Youth Mental Health Initiative Northport Indian United Methodist Church $2,400 Start up installation and 1 year operation of Star Link Internet Northwest Education Services $1,250 North Ed DEIB Committee support Pathfinder School $2,000 DEI Framework Development Planned Parenthood of Michigan $1,450 Provider education to center needs of 2SLGBTQ+ people PoWeR! Book Bags $2,500 Educational equity at Mancelona schools Remain in Touch $1,500 General Operating Support The Dream Team Northern MI $1,250 Field of Dreams Dugout Project The ROCK of Kingsley Youth Center $1,000 The Rock: You Matter Programming Title Track $2,500 BIPOC Healing Ourselves Traverse Area Historical Society $2,000 Kchi Wiikwedong Anishinaabe History Project Traverse Bay Children’s Advocacy Center $750 DEI library for clients and staff Up North Pride $2,500 Pride Week Celebration 2023 Utopia Foundation $2,500 Northern MI E3 Strategic Plan Utopia Foundation $1,000 Two-part event series for Grand Traverse AAPI Month 2023 Writers Series of Traverse City $2,500 Alvin Hall author event *Grant was awarded from the Marsha J. Smith Community Leadership Fund
- 2022
In 2022, we’ve awarded $48,250 in grants; the following are summaries of the grants awarded.
Arts for All of Northern Michigan $2,500 General Operating Support Autism Alliance of Michigan $2,500 Upbound at Work BrickWays $1,000 Supportive Housing and Community Inclusion Crosshatch Center for Art & Ecology $2,000 BIPOC Artist Stipends Crystal Community Ski Club $1,500 Hamtramck High School visit to Crystal Discovery Center Great Lakes $2,000 Transforming TC’s Old Coal Dock into a Barrier-Free Public Park Friends of Sleeping Bear Dunes $2,500 Anishinaabe Programs at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore Goodwill Industries of Northern MI $2,500 NW Michigan Coalition to End Homelessness Advisory Committee for People with Lived Experience Great Lakes Children’s Museum $2,500 GLCM Artist-led Experience: “Isn’t Everyone Like Me? I See YOU: Through the Eyes of a Child” Inland Seas Education Association $1,000 Building Bridges to Address Infrastructural Barriers and Diversify Environmental Professionals Justice for our Neighbors $2,250 Expanding legal capacity to serve immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers Kids on the Go- Traverse City $2,500 Traverse City Program Development Leelanau Montessori $1,750 Staff and Stakeholder Training with Justice Leaders Collaborative Michigan Indian Legal Services, Inc. $2,500 Expungement Project Norte $2,000 Bikes for All Northwest Michigan Arts & Culture Network $2,000 DEI Training with The Journey Theatre Project PEACE Ranch $2,500 General operating support SEEDS $1,500 Urban-Rural Eco-Exchange Suttons Bay Public Schools $2,500 HumanKind Elementary & Middle School General Support Traverse City Dance Project $1,000 New Voices in Music and Dance (NewVo) Initiative Traverse Area Public Schools $500 Books Unite Us United Way of NW MI $2,500 Raven & Lotus- Textured Hair Support Project Up North Pride $1,750 General operating support Up North Pride $2,500 Up North Pride 2022 Festival Utopia Foundation $500 Northern Michigan E3/ AAPI event support