Designated Funds

A Designated Fund provides you a wonderful way to give back to one or more specific organizations that have touched your life. Your gift provides more than just funding—your favorite organization will benefit from the Kalamazoo Community Foundation's investment stewardship and ability to manage endowment funds.

Abbey Farms Historical Fund
Academically Talented Youth Programs Endowment Fund
Alamo Township Parks Endowment Fund
Alexander Center Fund
Al-Van Humane Society Fund
Alzheimer’s Association Michigan Great Lakes Chapter Endowment Fund
American Red Cross Facilities Fund/Kalamazoo County
John Edward Armstrong Memorial Endowment Fund
Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo Fund
Arts Council Kalamazoo Cultural Center Building Endowment Fund
Arts Fund of Kalamazoo County Association of Fundraising Professionals West Michigan Fund
Asylum Lake Preservation Fund
Audubon Society of Kalamazoo Endowment Fund
Audubon Society of Kalamazoo Operations Fund
Bach Festival Society Endowment Fund
Michael Bailey Scholarship Fund
Bangor Area Community Fund
Bangor Viking Club Scholarship Endowment Fund
Batts-McColl Fund
Dr. Victor A. Berglund Memorial Fund
Bethany Christian Services of Kalamazoo Endowment Fund
Big Brothers Big Sisters, A Community of Caring Endowment Fund
Borgess Visiting Nurse and Hospice Non-Endowed Fund
Boy Scouts of Southwest Michigan Council Endowment Fund
Lewis A. and Mildred W. Briner Memorial Fund
Bronson Park Manger Scene Fund  
Constance Brown Estate Fund
Constance Brown Endowment Fund
Burge/Tindall Scholarship Fund
CARES Endowment Fund
Catholic Family Services Endowment Fund
Kevin P. Chao Memorial Fund
Cheff Center Endowment Fund
Lilia Chen Scholarship Fund for Ceramics
Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Fund
A Child at Heart; Endowment for Abused Children Fund
Child Care Services Fund
Patricia Coles-Chalmers Fund
Community Advocates for Persons with Developmental Disabilities Fund
Community Mental Health Endowment Fund
Comstock Public Schools Foundation Mary Roe Memorial Scholarship Fund
The Congregation of Moses/Andrew H. Levene Scholarship Fund
The Congregation of Moses/Cemetery Fund
The Congregation of Moses Etz Chaim Endowment Fund
Etz Chaim Gubin Education Fund
The Congregation of Moses/Israel Pilgrimage Fund
Congregation of Moses Etz Chaim Non-Endowed Fund
Congregation of Moses Parsonage Fund
Congregational Church/Dr. and Mrs. W.E. Upjohn Memorial Fund
Loretta and Charles Cooper/Michigan Maritime Museum Education Endowment Fund
Covenant Senior Day Program/SLK Fund
Creative Panther Alumni Scholarship Fund
Croyden Avenue School Building Fund
Croyden Avenue School Building Support Fund
Croyden Avenue School Student Support Fund
Bob Davis Memorial Endowment Fund
Day Bible Church Endowment Fund
Mary and Elliott DeMeyer Fund for Education
Robert and Marion Denison Endowment Fund
Disability Network Southwest Michigan Fund
Disability Network Southwest Michigan Support and Assistance Fund
Domestic and Sexual Assault Services Fund
Downtown Festival Place Fund
Education for the Arts Endowment Fund I
Education for the Arts Endowment Fund II
Education for the Arts Endowment Fund III
Education for the Arts Non-Endowed Fund I
Education for the Arts Non-Endowed Fund II
Family & Children Services Endowment Fund for YMCA Sherman Lake Camp Scholarships
Donald VanderKooy Executive Director’s Endowment, Family & Children Services Fund
Eugene Field Memorial Fund
First Baptist Church of Kalamazoo Endowed Fund
First Baptist Church of Kalamazoo Non-Endowed Fund
Five Senses Garden Endowment Fund
Fontana Chamber Arts Endowment Fund
Friendship Village Friends’ Fund
Galesburg-Augusta Schools Education Foundation Fund
Dr. Avison and Maude Gano Scholarship Fund
Gilchrist Family Education Fund
Diana Fell, James Stanley and Ruth Gilmore Cancer Fund
Gilmore Car Museum Fund
Gilmore Keyboard Festival Endowed Fund
Jim Gilmore Jr. Treatment Center Endowment Fund
Girl Scouts of Glowing Embers Council Endowment Fund
Goodwill Endowment Fund
Grandmother and CIG Endowment Fund
Great Lakes Burn Camp Fund 
Greater Kalamazoo Girls on the Run Endowment Fund
Greater Kalamazoo United Way Endowment Fund
The Sally E. Grushon Endowment for Hilltop Preschool
David K. Hilmert/Gryphon Place Endowment Fund
Gull Lake Commmunity Schools Foundation Endowment Fund
Hackett Catholic Central High School Endowment Fund
Nancy Haner Memorial Fund for Nature, Arts and Literacy Haven Church Mission Outreach Fund
Dr. Frank Heath Memorial Scholarship Fund
Ellen M. and H. Sidney Heersma Endowment Fund
Heersma Family Fund
Dr. Sidney Heersma Endowment Fund
Heritage Senior Citizens Endowment Fund
Marcia C. Hinson Youth Ministry Fund
Hospice Care of Southwest Michigan Endowment Fund
Hospital Hospitality House of Southwest MI Endowment Fund
Housing Resources, Inc. Development Fund
Housing Resources, Inc. Endowment Fund
Margaret and Edward Huber Fund
Lauren D. Hughes Environmental Scholarship Fund
Norm Johnson Scholarship Fund
Junior Achievement Evergreen Fund
Junior League of Kalamazoo, Inc. Endowment Fund
K College Shepherd Family Fund
KAAAP Endowment Fund
Endowment Fund for Kairos Dwelling – A Home for the Terminally Ill
Kalamazoo Academy Appreciation Fund
Kalamazoo Academy Foundation Fund
Kalamazoo Amateur Athletic Endowment Fund
Kalamazoo AMBUCS Endowment Fund
Kalamazoo Area Math and Science Center Endowment Fund
Kalamazoo Area Parkinson’s Support Group Endowment Fund
Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum Educational Endowment Fund
Kalamazoo Boys and Girls Club Endowment Fund
Kalamazoo Christian School Foundation Bushhouse Business Scholarship Fund
Kalamazoo Christian School Foundation Endowment Fund
Kalamazoo Christian School Foundation Chris and Esther Kamminga Financial Aid Endowment Fund
Kalamazoo Christian School Foundation KCHS Technical Achievement Scholarship Fund
Kalamazoo Christian School Foundation Albert Klosterman Financial Aid Endowment Fund
Kalamazoo Christian School Foundation Molenaar Family Endowment Fund
Kalamazoo Christian School Foundation Michael A. Pinto II Special Education Endowment Fund
Kalamazoo Christian School Foundation Bonnie van Lonkhuyzen Financial Aid Endowment Fund Kalamazoo Christian School Foundation VanderSteen Scholarship Fund
Kalamazoo Civic Theatre Building Endowment Fund
Kalamazoo Civic Theatre Operations Endowment Fund
Kalamazoo College Fund
Kalamazoo Community Hospital Oncology Program Fund
Kalamazoo Concert Band/Richard S. Swinsick Endowment Fund
Kalamazoo County Parks Endowment Fund
Kalamazoo Deacons Conference Foundation Endowment Fund
Kalamazoo Humane Society Endowment Fund
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts W.E. Upjohn Kalamazoo Foundation Fund
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts W.E. Upjohn Estate Fund
Kalamazoo Junior Girls Endowment Fund
Kalamazoo Model Railroad Historical Society Endowment Fund
Kalamazoo Municipal Recreation Endowment Fund
Kalamazoo Nature Center Endowment Fund
Kalamazoo Neighborhood Development Fund
Kalamazoo Optimist Hockey Association Memorial Fund
Kalamazoo Public Housing Endowment Fund
Kalamazoo Public Library Local History and Community Information Service Fund
Kalamazoo Public Schools Early Literacy Fund
Kalamazoo Public Schools Endowment Fund for World Peace 
Kalamazoo Regional Catholic Schools Foundation Endowment Fund
Kalamazoo River Valley Trailway Endowed Fund
Kalamazoo River Valley Trailway Fund
Kalamazoo Rotary Stage Endowment Fund
Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra Artists in Residence Fund
Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra/M. Jane Baley Education Fund
Kalamazoo Symphony Society Trust Fund (GUG)
Kalamazoo Symphony Society Trust Fund (WEU)
Kalamazoo Valley Habitat for Humanity Endowment Fund
Kazoo School General Endowment Fund
Kazoo School Fund
Kalamazoo Communities in Schools Endowment Fund
KCIS/Timothy John Cain Memorial Fund
KCIS/Jack Hamilton Fund 
KCIS/Clara Harbeck Memorial Fund
KCIS/Judy Johnson Memorial Fund 
KCIS/KAAAP Operations Fund
KCIS/Kay LaBonte Memorial Fund
KCIS/Nathaniel McCaslin Education Fund
KCIS/Richard Percy Memorial Fund
Kindleberger Stage Fund
Martin Luther King Park Fund
Dr. George Klein Lecture Series and Scholarship Fund
K/RESA Foundation Endowment Fund
Lakeside Treatment and Learning Center Endowment Fund
Laureate Fund
Warren and Jacqueline Lawrence Family Fund
Legal Aid of Western Michigan Fund
Legal Aid of Western Michigan Endowment Fund
Christopher and Margo Light Endowment Fund
The Kalamazoo LINKS Endowment Fund
The Rosalie Clauwaert Lloyd Memorial Scholarship Fund for Nursing Education
Kathryn Loew Memorial Fund of the Southwest MI Chapter of the American Guild of Organists
Adelaide T. and Charles Luley Jr./WMU Fund C.L. and Ruth Mahoney Fund
Harold J. Maloney Fund for Persons with Visual Impairments
Helen W. Manby Fund
Dr. Frederick and Mrs. Elizabeth Margolis Fund
Markin Glen Park Endowment Fund
Ann Mason Wildlife Fund
Mayors’ Riverfront Park Capital Fund
Mayors’ Riverfront Park Endowment Fund
McKercher Endowment Fund
Michaelangelisa Fund for Gryphon Place
Michigan Commission for the Blind Endowment Fund
Michigan Flywheelers Museum Endowment Fund
Michigan Historical Center Foundation Endowment Fund
Michigan Lake and Stream Associations, Inc. Endowment Fund
Michigan Maritime Museum Endowment Fund
Michigan Maritime Museum – Reams Family Endowment Fund
Ministry With Community Endowment Fund
Ministry with Community – Carole E. Hawk Member Assistance Fund
Harry and Rhoda Mohler Memorial Scholarship Fund
The Montessori School Endowment Fund
Judy Moore Leadership Scholarship Endowment Fund
David and Priscilla Morris Education Fund
Dr. Roy Morter Estate Fund
MSU/KCMS Dental Education Endowment Fund
Mt. Zion Baptist Church of Kalamazoo Michigan Fund
Alice Mullen Distinguished Pianists Endowment Fund
Letha Munn Memorial Scholarship Fund
Kay Myrkle Fund
New Day Endowment Fund
New Vic Endowment Fund
Nielsen/Wells Maritime Museum Fund
Ross L. Normington Scholarship Fund
Northside Association for Community Development Fund
O’Connor Fund for Historic Preservation in the City of Kalamazoo
Olivet College Alumni Scholarship Fund
Open Door and Next Door Shelters Endowment Fund
Oshtemo Township Parks and Recreation Endowment Fund
Parchment Community Library – Stanley Stevens Memorial Endowment Fund
James R. Pence Endowment Fund
Connie and Gene Phipps Endowment Fund
John G. and Kathryn S. Polzin Fund for the Musical and Dramatic Arts
Portage Education Foundation – Beam Family Elementary Reading Endowment Fund
Portage Education Foundation – Board of Education Endowed Scholarship Fund
Portage Education Foundation – George L. Conti Endowment Fund for Vocal Music
Portage Education Foundation – General Endowment Fund
Portage Education Foundation – Scott Hammond Education for Employment Endowment Fund
Portage Education Foundation – Dwight Hodgin Memorial Endowed Scholarship Fund
Portage Education Foundation – Glen Leadley DECA Endowment Fund
Portage Education Foundation – Non-Endowed Fund
Portage Education Foundation – Northern High School Communications Endowment Fund
Portage Rotary Club Endowment Fund
Friends of the Portage Senior Center Endowment Fund
Portage United Church of Christ Endowment Fund
Planned Parenthood Advocates for the Future Endowment Fund
Dr. George and Virginia Hoekzema Endowment Fund
Planned Parenthood Louise D. Safron Director Fund
Planned Parenthood of South Central Michigan Education Fund
Planned Parenthood of South Central Michigan Fund
Pretty Lake Vacation Camp Endowment Fund
Prince of Peace Extended Ministries Fund
Project Downtown – Private Campaign Fund
Providence Christian School – Jacob and Nellie Nieuwenhuis Memorial Fund
Reading Recovery Endowment Fund
Louise Reed Memorial Scholarship Fund
Residential Opportunities, Inc. Endowment Fund
Richland Area Community Center Fund
Richland Community Library – Carole E. Hawk Children Services Fund
Katharine D. and Frederick J. Rogers Fund
Rose Park Veterans Memorial Endowed Fund
Safe and Affordable Housing Fund
David and Barbara Kruse Fund for The Salvation Army
Neill Sanders Endowment for New Music Fund
Schensul Memorial Fund for Jewish Religious Education
Schoolcraft Community Foundation Fund
Second Harvest Food Bank of South Central Michigan Endowment Fund
Senior Services, Inc. Helen I. Coover and Joseph J. Dunnigan Emergency Endowment Fund
Senior Services, Inc. Endowment Fund
Senior Services, Inc. Robert W. Littke Kitchen Fund
Robert W. Littke Endowment Fund for Senior Services, Inc.
Senior Services, Inc. Operational Fund
Shalom Inc. Endowment Fund
Shepherd Family Fund
Sherman Lake YMCA Outdoor Center Endowment Fund
Lucyle N. Sieberg Fund
SLD Learning Center/Bonnie Butera Scholarship Fund
SLD Learning Center/Jack Gilman Endowment Fund
The James MacVicar SLD Center Educational Fund
SLD Learning Center/Joan Armour Mason Scholarship Fund
SLD Learning Center/Joyce Melvin Endowment Fund
SLD Learning Center/VanDomelen Foundation Fund
SLD Learning Center Endowment Fund
William Erby Smith Land Preservation Fund
South County Community Services Endowment Fund
South Haven Center for the Arts Endowment Fund
South Haven Community Foundation Fund
Southwest Michigan Land Conservancy Endowment Fund
Mary M. Spradling African American Book Collection Endowment Fund
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church Endowment Fund
Barbara Stewart Memorial Fund
Carson Stewart Fund
James and Winifred Stewart Endowment Fund
Stuart Area Restoration Association Fund
Naomi Stucki Civic Theatre Fund
Naomi Stucki Scholarship Fund
Stulberg International String Competition Endowment Fund
Summer Youth Employment Program Endowment Fund 
Robert L. and Elizabeth J. Thompson Fund
Tillers Growth Fund
Katheryn Tindall Angel Fund
Katheryn Tindall Nature Awareness Fund
Posie Tomlinson Scholarship Fund
Giselda Torres Memorial International Education
Endowment Fund
Troop 205 Memorial Endowment Fund
Troop 205 Operations Fund
United Campus Ministry in Kalamazoo, MI Fund
United Soccer Foundation Endowment Fund
Burton H. Upjohn Merit Award Fund
Violet M. Van Sickler Fund
James M. VanConant Endowment Fund for International Education
Vicksburg Athletic Boosters Endowment Fund
Vicksburg Community Schools Foundation Bardeen Teacher Incentive Grant Endowment Fund
Vicksburg Community Schools Foundation Ana Resseguie Barnes Memorial Scholarship Fund
Vicksburg Community Schools Foundation Lloyd (Todd) Cantwell Endowment Fund
Vicksburg Community Schools Foundation Ellen and Joseph Cashion Memorial Scholarship Fund
Vicksburg Community Schools Foundation Gordon and Dorothy Daniels Memorial Scholarship Fund
Vicksburg Community Schools Foundation Endowment Fund
Vicksburg Community Schools Foundation John W. Fritz Memorial Scholarship Fund
Vicksburg Community Schools Foundation Lewis W. Maher Fund
Vicksburg Community Schools Foundation Reeves Exemplars of Service Recognition Fund
Vicksburg Community Schools Foundation Scholarship Fund
Vicksburg Community Schools Foundation Jeremy Smith Memorial Scholarship Fund
Vicksburg Community Schools Foundation – Tribute Fund
Vicksburg Community Schools Foundation Patrick and Lynn Vallier Memorial Scholarship Fund Vicksburg District Library Endowment Fund
Vicksburg Foundation Endowment Fund
Vicksburg Foundation Scholarship Fund
Vicksburg Historical Society Endowment Fund
Vine Neighborhood Association Fund
Vine Neighborhood Association Endowment Fund
Vine Parks Fund
Vine Ventures Fund
Visiting Nurse Association/Sylva Gerstner Endowment Fund
Volunteer Center George Romney Endowment Fund
Patrick Otto Watkins Fund
Stanley Weinberg Scholarship Fund
Wellspring/Cori Terry and Dancers Endowment Fund
West Michigan Cancer Center Endowment Fund
Western Gateway Projects
Terri Lynn Wilson Fund
J. A. Woollam Endowment Fund
Wright Coating Company Scholarship Fund
YMCA Endowment Fund
Youth Employment and Related Learning Endowment Fund
Youth for Christ/Portage Exchange Club Endowment Fund
YWCA (GUG) Fund
YWCA Building Operations Endowment Fund
YWCA General Endowment Fund
YWCA of Kalamazoo, Jennifer Shoub Executive Director’s Endowment Fund
H. Lorraine and Sharon K. Zimmerman Memorial Fund