Quick Response Grant Awards

In 2026, we’ve awarded $13,500 in Quick Response Grants.

March Grants| Total Awarded: $5,500

Kaliseum Recreation Complex	$1,000	Learn to Skate Program with the local schools.
Kalkaska Area Interfaith Resources	$2,500	Store Front Walk Repair
Kalkaska Co. Veterans Affairs	$2,000	Veteran Outreach Program

February Grants| Total Awarded: $3,000

Face Addiction Now	$1,000	Food and Transportation Fulfillment
Leelanau Montessori Forever Foundation	$1,000	BATA Bus Transportation
Northwestern Michigan College Foundation	$1,000	Carolina Monnet Vinyl Installation

January Grants| Total Awarded: $5,000

Music for the Masses	$2,500	Musical Petting Zoo
Greenspire School	$2,500	AED's for The Greenspire School

In 2025, we’ve awarded $56,200 in Quick Response Grants.

December Grants| Total Awarded: $5,475.41

GTA Community Living Management Corp DBA: Brickways	$1,500	EOS Training
Michigan Indian Legal Services, Inc	$2,500	UM Law Alternative Spring Break to help GTB elders with estate planning
Step Up Northern Michigan	$1,475.41	Traverse City High School - Compass On-Line Pantry

November Grants| Total Awarded: $4,934.93

Antrim County Commission on Aging	$1,250	Commission on Aging Home Delivered Meals Program
Love Thy Neighbor Grand Traverse Region	$1,684.93	Critical Office Needs
Michael's Place	$2,000	Equipment Purchase - High-Performance Laser Printer for Michael's Place

October Grants| Total Awarded: $5,000

Glen Arbor Arts Center	$2,500	Furnace Replacement
Habitat for Humanity - Grand Traverse Region	$2,500	Critical Need for Space

September Grants| Total Awarded: $2,100

Rotary Charities

$2,100

Federal Funding Workshop Series

August Grants| Total Awarded: $6,000

Child and Family Services of NWMI	$2,000	Fixing the Flood
Church of the Living God	$2,000	Well Pump Replacement for Angel Care and Church of the Living God
Fife Lake Area ESA	$2,000	Emergency Scene Visibility and Responder Safety Enhancment Project

July Grants| Total Awarded: $7,500

Kalkaska Commission on Aging	$2,500	Kalkaska Senior Produce Program
Kalkaska County Library	$2,500	Kalkaska County Library - Elevator Repair
Leadership Learning Lab	$2,500	Leadership Learning Lab Second Cohort

June Grants | Total Awarded: $6,471.66

Free Rein Farm	$1,000	New Pony Saddle & Tack Equipment
Northwest Michigan Health Services, Inc.	$2,500	Bariatric Phlebotomy Chair
Old Mission Peninsula Historical Society	$600	Preservation of Archival Items documenting Old Mission Peninsula's early history
Single Momm	$1,121.66	Single MOMM - Emergency Plumbing Remediation
Traverse City Film Festival	$1,250	Stage Curtain Repair for Downtown TC's Historic State Theatre

May Grants | Total Awarded: $7,268

217 Recovery	$2,500	217 Recovery Rides
Benzie Senior Resources	$2,168	Parking Lot Remediation
Horse North Rescue	$1,600	Horse North Rescue Arena Fencing
Kandu Island	$1,000	Programming to Support Mental Health

April Grants | Total Awarded: $7,550

Angel Care Child Care	$2,500	Angel Care Move
Kalkaska Area Interfaith Resources	$1,000	Support for Services
Project Unity for Life	$2,500	Mattress and Mattress Cover replacement
Salvation Army - Traverse City	$1,550	Summer Day Camp/Year Round Youth Ministry