Grants & Programs
Kalamazoo Community Foundation makes community investments in quality programs that we believe will make Kalamazoo County the most equitable place to live.
Kalamazoo Community Foundation awards grants to Kalamazoo County nonprofits throughout the year.
We collaborate and partner with Kalamazoo County nonprofits in a variety of sectors, including food, housing, health and more.
Additionally, many local nonprofits receive grants and distributions from Advised, Field-of-Interest and Designated Funds.
Each grant is made considering the impact it will have to support everyone in our county reaching their full potential, as well as alignment with our investment priorities of equity and education. Learn more about our grant application process on our Grants page.
Explore recent grants awarded
| Black Arts and Cultural Center | General Operating and Programming Support |
| Confident S.O.L.E. | Operation and Expansion |
| Count MI Vote Education Fund | Voters Not Politicians Education Fund |
| Crescendo Academy | Marvelous Music for Equity in Early Education |
| Disability Network Southwest Michigan | Independence for People with Disabilities |
| Douglass Community Association | Safe and Secure |
| Eastside Youth Strong | Empowering Youth to Excellence |
| Ecumenical Senior Center | Providing support and care to the most vulnerable and underserved senior citizens in Kalamazoo County |
| Family Health Center | Back to School Bash 2023 |
| Farmers Alley Theatre Inc | Farmers Alley Touring Education Program |
| Fire Historical and Cultural Arts Collaborative | Sustaining Fire Operations & Programming |
| Helen L. Fox Gospel Music Center | Music Education Program |
| Helping Other People Exceed (HOPE) thru Navigation | HOPE thru Transformation Capacity |
| Housing Resources Inc | Emergency Financial Assistance Network |
| Immigration Law & Justice Michigan (formerly JFON) | Operating and Capacity Building Grant |
| ISAAC | Cultivating the Beloved Community Through Transformation, Persistence and Advocacy |
| Issue Media Group | On The Ground Kalamazoo 2024 |
| Kalamazoo County Government | 9th Circuit Court Problem-Solving Courts |
| Kalamazoo Drop-In Child Care Center | Free Childcare for low-income families |
| Kalamazoo Eastside Neighborhood Association | KENA Stabilization |
| Kalamazoo Junior Girls Organization | Sustained Operational Capacity |
| Kalamazoo RESA Foundation | Targeted Assistance Grant Program |
| LIFT Foundation | Providing Interim Housing Subsidy at Lodge House |
| NowKalamazoo | Beyond Bullets – empowerment and accountability for Gen Z |
| Open Doors Kalamazoo | Operating Support |
| OutFront Kalamazoo | Growing, Growing, Growing |
| Planned Parenthood of Michigan | Addressing Inequities in Sexual and Reproductive Health through Access to Health Care and Education |
| Playworks Michigan | Nurturing positive interactions and creating an inclusive playground environment |
| Portage Community Center | General Operating/Capacity Building |
| Prevention Works, Inc. | Centering Youth Voices |
| Public Media Network | Amplify Kalamazoo |
| Residential Opportunities, Inc. | ROI Affordable Housing Operating Assistance |
| Salvation Army | Emergency Assistance Services |
| St. Luke's Episcopal Church - Partners in Housing Transition | General Operating |
| Startup Zoo | General Operating |
| The Arc Community Advocates | Advocacy for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities |
| UFW Foundation | General Operating Support to Continue Community Empowerment Efforts in Kalamazoo County |
| United for the Unsheltered of Kalamazoo | Providing Personal Care, Prepared Meals and Support to Kalamazoo’s Unhoused Community |
| United Way of South Central Michigan | Community Resilience Program Manager |
| United Way of South Central Michigan | 2023 Campaign Grant: Education, Income, Health & Basic Needs |
| United Way of South Central Michigan | Kalamazoo Continuum of Care 2023 Support |
| Wellspring/Cori Terry & Dancers | 15th Annual Midwest Regional Alternative Dance Festival (RAD Fest) |
| West Michigan Cancer Center | Clinician-to-Clinician Telemedical Consultation to Improve Access to Cancer Care |
| Western Michigan University Foundation | The Evaluation Lab at Western Michigan University |
| YMCA of Greater Kalamazoo | Northside Outreach |
| YWCA of Kalamazoo | Early Education + Equity: Prenatal-12 years and Parenting Families |
| Action Matters | Action Matters |
| African Community Kalamazoo | African Immigrant and Refugee Family Needs |
| AGW Dance Angel Network | Classical and Therapeutic Dance as a Means of Deactivating Severe Anxiety in BIPOC Children |
| American Red Cross of Southwest Michigan | Blood Saves Lives |
| Bangtown Studio On The Go | SOTG Youth Production Workshops |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwest Michigan | One to One Mentoring |
| Black Wall Street Kalamazoo | Black Wall Street Market Center |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Kalamazoo | General Operations |
| Building Blocks | Building Internal Capacity to Expand Community Impact |
| Campaign For Criminal Justice Transparency | CCJT Operational Funding |
| Can-Do Kalamazoo | Can-Do Kalamazoo Expansion for Entrepreneurs |
| Care Collective of Southwest Michigan | Community Partnerships to Distribute Diapers |
| Charlie's PLACE | Summer and Fall Programming |
| City of Kalamazoo - Parks & Recreation | City of Kalamazoo SuperRec Summer Programming |
| Communities In Schools of Kalamazoo | Equitable Outcomes for Kalamazoo Students |
| Community Advocates for Parents and Students (CAPS) | Community Advocates for Parents and Students |
| Community AIDS Resource and Education Services (CARES) | General Operating Funds |
| Community Healing Centers, Inc. | 12th Annual Coming Together Conference |
| Community Healing Centers, Inc. | S.T.R.E.E.T. After School/Summer Program and Niñas Del Corazon Programa |
| Community Homeworks | Safe Start Critical Home Repair Program |
| CounterPunch Academy | General Operating Fund |
| Dream Of Kalamazoo Foundation | Dream Of Kalamazoo |
| Early Learning Neighborhood Collaborative (ELNC) | Kalamazoo Summer Learning |
| El Concilio/Hispanic American Council Inc | Fortaleciendo: La educacion, equidad y cultura (Strengthening: Education, Equity and Culture) |
| Face Off Theatre Company | 2023-24 Capacity Building |
| Fair Housing Center of Southwest Michigan | Fair Housing Engagement and Services |
| Family & Children Services | Children's Medical Needs Fund 2023 |
| Fatherhood Network | Organization and Programming Growth Support |
| First Day Shoe Fund | 2023 Pilot Spring and Fall Shoe Distributions. |
| Girls On The Run of Greater Kalamazoo | Spring 2023 GOTR Program |
| Goodwill Industries of SWMI | Life Guides/Guias de Vida |
| Gryphon Place | Empowering Latina Leaders and Advocates for Success (ELLAS) |
| Gryphon Place | New Walk-In Services and Office Conversion to Training Center |
| Healthy House | Healthy House for Women |
| Integrated Services of Kalamazoo | Step-Up Family Shelter |
| Intrepid Professional Women Network, Inc. | Supporting Women’s Journey to Self-reliance and Empowerment |
| Kalamazoo Children's Alliance | Kalamazoo CAN Program Expansion |
| Kalamazoo Chinese Academy | Operational Funding |
| Kalamazoo County Defender | Road to Restoration Financial Support - drivers license clinic |
| Kalamazoo County Defender | Client Equity Grant |
| Kalamazoo County Government | Kalamazoo County Identification Program |
| Kalamazoo County Juvenile Home Foundation | On Trac Residential Services: programming, youth and staff development proposal |
| Kalamazoo County Ready 4s | High-Quality Pre-K Experiences |
| Kalamazoo Literacy Council | Everyone Needs to Read Adult Literacy Initiative |
| Kalamazoo Loaves & Fishes | Alleviating Food Insecurity in Our Community |
| Kalamazoo Neighborhood Housing Services | Homeownership Services Operational Support |
| Kalamazoo Poetry Festival | Kalamazoo Poetry Festival |
| Kalamazoo Public Schools | Fostering safe, healthy and welcoming community |
| Kalamazoo Refugee Resource Collaborative | Project Echelle |
| Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra | KSO Youth Programs-Kalamazoo Kids In Tune & Orchestra Rouh |
| Kalamazoo Youth Development Network | Be The Domino to Create a More Equitable Future |
| Kid's International Home | Edison Early Childhood Education Career Pathway-Eastside Campus |
| Local Initiatives Support Corporation | Homeward Promise – A Community Housing Initiative |
| Men of Purpose Incorporated | Men of Purpose Programming |
| Michigan Center for Youth Justice | Creating a Pre– and Post-Arrest Diversion Continuum for Kalamazoo Youth |
| Michigan Immigrant Rights Center | Policy Advocacy and Direct Defense for Kalamazoo’s Immigrant Community |
| Ministry with Community | General Operating Funds |
| Mt. Zion Baptist Church | The Kidney Education, Donor and Resourse Project |
| My Sister's Healing, Inc. | Operational Support and Program Delivery |
| New/Nueva Opinion | Articles highlighting the Latinx community in Kalamazoo |
| Northside Association for Community Development | Residents Implementing Their Plan Collaborative |
| Open Roads Bike Program | General Operational Support |
| OutFront Kalamazoo | Gender Affirming Care Products |
| Parchment School District | Social Emotional Learning (SEL) programming |
| Participatory Defense Kalamazoo | Deepening Community Engagement, Empowerment and Advocacy through the work of Participatory Defense, to help lessen the impacts of Systemic Racism and Inequities |
| Peace During War | General Operating |
| Premier Athletics for Youth Development | Learning Lab Program |
| Pretty Lake Camp | First Time Campers |
| Read and Write Kalamazoo | RAWK: A Response to Data |
| Rootead Enrichment Center | Community Healing |
| Sisters In Business | Organizational Development |
| Smile Savers Mobile Dental Health Service | Healthy Smiles through Nutrition |
| Society For History and Racial Equity | General Operations/ Programming Support |
| St. Luke's - Partners in Housing Transition | Delivery Truck |
| The Gilmore | The Gilmore Piano Labs 2023 |
| Uplift Kalamazoo | Push Program |
| Urban Exposure Initiative | Urban Exposure Initiative General Operating |
| Vibrant Kalamazoo | Kalamazoo County Landbank Operational Funding |
| YWCA of Kalamazoo | Cradle Kalamazoo: Health Equity |
| American Heart Association | It Takes a City Kalamazoo |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwest Michigan | Kalamazoo County Youth LGBTQIA+ Collaborative |
| Black Arts and Cultural Center | BACC 2023 Operating |
| Community Advocates for Parents and Students | Community Advocates for Parents and Students (CAPS) |
| Community Living Options | Facilitating Community Membership |
| Confident S.O.L.E. | Operation and Expansion |
| Count MI Vote Education Fund | Kalamazoo Clerk and Civic Engagement |
| Crescendo Academy | Marvelous Music for Equity in Education |
| Eastside Neighborhood Association | Building the Eastside Neighborhood sense of Community |
| Eastside Youth Strong | Empowering Youth to Excellence |
| Ecumenical Senior Center | Providing support and care to the most vulnerable and underserved senior citizens in Kalamazoo County |
| El Concilio/Hispanic American Council Inc | Promesa Para Todos! |
| ERACCE | Pandemic Recovery & Staff Support |
| Fire Historical and Cultural Arts Collaborative | Sustaining Fire’s Vision / Nurturing Neurodivergent Queer, Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) Leadership |
| First United Methodist Church of Kalamazoo | Helping Our Neighbors – Phone Ministry Project |
| Friends With Disabilities | Building Connections |
| Guardian Finance and Advocacy Services | Guardianship for Individuals of Color in Poverty |
| Helen L. Fox Gospel Music Center | Music Education Program |
| Helping Other People Exceed (HOPE) thru Navigation | HOPE thru Transformation Capacity / TEAR of HOPE |
| Integrated Services of Kalamazoo | Restarting a Peer Support Group for Mental Health |
| ISAAC | Building the Beloved Community during difficult times |
| Issue Media Group (Southwest Michigan Second Wave) | On The Ground Kalamazoo 2022 |
| Justice for Our Neighbors-Michigan | Free Immigration Legal Services for low-income immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers in Kalamazoo County |
| Kalamazoo County Government | Problem-Solving Courts |
| Kalamazoo Drop-In Child Care Center | Free part-time childcare for low-income families |
| Kalamazoo Institute of Arts | Equity and Access through Education and Outreach at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts |
| Kalamazoo Public Schools | Milwood GSA (Gay Straight Alliance) |
| Kalamazoo Public Schools | Linden Grove STOMP |
| Kalamazoo RESA Foundation | Challenging Behavior Support Team |
| Kalamazoo RESA Foundation | KRESA Targeted Assistance Grant Program |
| League of Women Voters of the Kalamazoo Area Education Fund | Kalamazoo County 2022 Election Protection and Voter Access Program |
| LIFT Foundation | Providing Supportive Services for Housing Success at Lodge House |
| Michigan League for Public Policy | Kalamazoo Community Engagement Expansion Project |
| Open Doors Kalamazoo | 2023 General Operating |
| OutFront Kalamazoo | Organizational Programming Services Growth / #hatewontwin Kalamazoo County |
| Parchment School District | Middle School - Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS) Tier 1 Supports |
| Parents for Transition | Parents For Transition |
| Participatory Defense Kalamazoo | Participatory Defense |
| Planned Parenthood of Michigan | Centering Race Equity in Sexual Health Care and Education / IN*clued |
| Playworks Michigan | Healing Trauma in Underserved Kalamazoo County Children by Improving their Health and Well-being Through Tier 1 Intervention Play Programs |
| Portage Community Center | Capacity Building/General Operations |
| Portage Public Schools | Portage Public School Grow Our Own Program |
| Premier Athletics for Youth Development | Premier Summer Program Project |
| Prevention Works, Inc. | KPS Program Expansion |
| Public Media Network | Media Driven Narrative Change to Advancing Voices for Justice, Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion |
| Residential Opportunities, Inc. | Affordable Housing Operating Assistance |
| Speak it Forward | General Operating Funds |
| St. Luke's - Partners in Housing Transition | Partners in Housing Transition 2023 Funding |
| The Arc Community Advocates | Operational Support |
| UFW Foundation | Kalamazoo County Rural Farm Worker Outreach & Education Project |
| United for the Unsheltered of Kalamazoo | Providing Personal Care, Prepared Meals and Support to Kalamazoo’s Unhoused Community |
| United Way of South Central Michigan | Campaign Grant: Education, Income, Health & Basic Needs |
| Urban Alliance | Momentum Employment Initiative |
| Western Michigan University Foundation | WMU CAMP Continuing Scholars |
| Western Michigan University Foundation | WMU LBGT Student Services Programming |
| WMU Homer Stryker School of Medicine | Street Medicine Kalamazoo: Advocating for better health care for the unhoused community |
| Young Kings and Queens, Inc. | Gloves up Guns Down Boxing Heavy Hittas Boxing program |
| YWCA of Kalamazoo | Early Education at the Intersection of Education and Equity / Reproductive Health Fund - Gender Affirming Products and Care |
| Action Matters | Father Inspiring Sons Together |
| African Community Kalamazoo | Africans immigrant and refugee Families Need |
| AGW Dance Angel Network | Classical and Therapeutic Dance as a Means of Deactivating Severe Anxiety in BIPOC Children |
| Allen Chapel A.M.E. | Summer Justice Series |
| Bethany Christian Services, Inc. | Educational Support Specialist |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwest Michigan | One-to-One Mentoring |
| Black Wall Street Kalamazoo | BWSK Incubator Hub |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Kalamazoo | General Operations |
| Building Blocks | Building Blocks Programming 2022 |
| Can-Do Kitchen | Becoming Can-Do Kalamazoo |
| Changes and Beyond | People of Change |
| Communities In Schools of Kalamazoo | Integrated Student Supports |
| Community AIDS Resource and Education Services | General Operating Funds |
| Community Healing Centers, Inc. | S.T.R.E.E.T. After School/Summer Program& Niñas Del Corazon Programa |
| Community Healing Centers, Inc. | Early Intervention Program |
| Community Homeworks | Safe Start Critical Home Repair Program |
| Comstock Public Schools | Bridging the gap |
| Disability Network Southwest Michigan | Independent Living Services – Kalamazoo County |
| Douglass Community Association | General Operations |
| Early Learning Neighborhood Collaborative | Kalamazoo Program Support for Summer Learning |
| Family & Children Services | Children's Medical Needs Fund |
| Fatherhood Network | Kalamazoo Community Fatherhood Health Equity Initiative |
| First Day Shoe Fund | Fall Shoe Distribution 2022 |
| Goodwill Industries of SWMI | Life Guides/Guias de Vida |
| Gryphon Place | ELLAS - Cohort 2 and Sustainability Planning |
| Healthy House | Healthy House Program Expansion |
| Integrated Services of Kalamazoo | Step-Up Family Shelter |
| Intrepid Professional Women Network, Inc. | Refugee Empowerment & Community Integration |
| Irving S. Gilmore International Keyboard Festival | The Gilmore Piano Labs in Kalamazoo |
| Kalamazoo Black Male Alliance | The Kalamazoo Black Male Alliance |
| Kalamazoo County Defender | Client Advocate Office |
| Kalamazoo County Government | Kalamazoo County Identification Program |
| Kalamazoo County Juvenile Home Foundation | Youth In Transition |
| Kalamazoo County Ready 4s | High-Quality Pre-K Experiences |
| Kalamazoo Junior Girls Organization | Investment in Kalamazoo Junior Girls Organization |
| Kalamazoo Literacy Council | Everyone Needs to Read Adult Literacy Initiative |
| Kalamazoo Loaves & Fishes | Alleviating Food Insecurity in Our Community |
| Kalamazoo Neighborhood Housing Services | Homeownership Access and Sustainability |
| Kalamazoo Public Schools | Kalamazoo Public Schools Equity Task Force |
| Kalamazoo Refugee Resource Collaborative | Project Échelle |
| Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra | KSO Youth Programs: Orchestra Rouh, Kalamazoo Kids In Tune |
| Kalamazoo Youth Development Network | Be The Domino to Create a More Equitable Future |
| Kids Moving & Thriving | Kids Moving & Thriving General Operating |
| Local Initiatives Support Corporation | 2022 – 2023 Operational Support |
| Men of Purpose Incorporated | Men of Purpose Programming |
| Michigan Immigrant Rights Center | Policy Advocacy and Direct Defense for Kalamazoo’s Immigrant Community |
| Milestone Senior Services | New Home New Hope Capital Campaign |
| Ministry with Community | General Operating Funds & Restorative Practices Training |
| MRC Industries, Inc. | McKercher Skill-Building Program |
| Northside Association for Community Development | Residents Implementing Their Plan Collaborative |
| ONEplace@kpl | Capacity Building Program |
| Open Roads Bike Program | General Operational Support and Capacity Building |
| Parchment School District | Diversity, Equity and Inclusion through Social Emotional Learning |
| Pretty Lake Camp | First Time Campers |
| Read and Write Kalamazoo | RAWK: A Response to Data |
| Rootead Enrichment Center | Rooting in Equity |
| Sisters In Business | Sisters In Business Organizational Development |
| Smile Savers Mobile Dental Health Service | New Smiles |
| Steps to Victory | Steps to Victory |
| United Way of South Central Michigan | Kalamazoo Continuum of Care 2022 Support |
| United Way of South Central Michigan | Community Resilience Program Manager |
| Uplift Kalamazoo | Uplift Kalamazoo Push Program |
| Urban Arts Exploratory | The Hot Pink Graffiti Project-Phase II |
| Urban Exposure Initiative | Urban Exposure Initiative |
| Vibrant Kalamazoo | KalaCommunity Engagement |
| Vicksburg Cultural Arts Center | Mapping Kalamazoo and Vicksburg: MAPEA 2022 |
| Western Michigan University Foundation | WMU Office of Lesbian, Bisexual, Gay and Transgender Services Coordinator |
| YMCA of Greater Kalamazoo | YMCA Achievement Gap programs at Lincoln International Studies School |
| YWCA of Kalamazoo | Cradle Kalamazoo: Health Equity |
- Black Arts and Cultural Center
- Community Promise Federal Credit Union
- Confident S.O.L.E.
- Count MI Vote Education Fund
- Eastside Youth Strong
- Ecumenical Senior Center
- Fair Housing Center of Southwest Michigan
- Family & Children Services
- Fire Historical and Cultural Arts Collaborative
- Gryphon Place
- Helping Other People Exceed (HOPE) thru Navigation
- Interfaith Strategy for Advocacy & Action in Community
- Justice for Our Neighbors-Michigan
- Kalamazoo Drop-In Child Care Center
- Kalamazoo Institute of Arts
- Kalamazoo Refugee Resource Collaborative
- Michigan Center for Youth Justice
- New/Nueva Opinion
- Open Doors Kalamazoo
- OutFront Kalamazoo
- Planned Parenthood of Michigan
- Portage Community Center
- Prevention Works, Inc.
- Public Media Network
- Residential Opportunities, Inc.
- Rootead Enrichment Center
- Society for History and Racial Equity (SHARE)
- Speak it Forward
- Urban Alliance
- Western Michigan University Foundation
- WMU Homer Stryker School of Medicine
- Young Kings and Queens, Inc.
- YWCA of Kalamazoo
- Big Brothers Big Sisters | One to One Mentoring
- Black Wall Street | Black Business Hub
- Can-Do Kitchen | Rising to the Needs of Food Entrepreneurs
- Communities In Schools of Kalamazoo | Integrated Student Services
- Community Healing Centers, Inc. | Early Intervention Program
- Community Healing Centers, Inc. | STREET After School Program & Niñas Del Corazon
- Douglass Community Association | Fulfilling our Promise to Our Community
- Emergent Justice | Emergent Justice
- Goodwill Industries of SWMI | Life Guides/Guias de Vida
- Healthy House | Healthy House Extended Stay Program
- Helen L. Fox Gospel Music | Music Education Program
- Kalamazoo Collective Housing | Affordable Housing Cooperative
- Kalamazoo County Ready 4s | Kalamazoo County Ready 4s
- Kalamazoo Defender | Client Advocate Office
- Kalamazoo Literacy Council | Everyone Needs to Read Adult Literacy Initiative
- Kalamazoo Neighborhood Housing Services | Homeownership Access and Sustainability
- Kalamazoo RESA | Valley Center
- Kalamazoo RESA | Building County-wide Capacity in School Climate
- Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra | Marvelous Music
- Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra | Kalamazoo Kids in Tune & Orchestra Rouh
- Kids International Home (PreK International) | Summer Learning/Operational Support
- Local Initiatives Support Corporation | Strategic Planning/Operating
- Michigan Immigrant Rights Center | Policy Advocacy and Direct Defense for Kalamazoo’s Immigrant Community
- Michigan State AFL-CIO | Access for All Apprenticeship Readiness Program
- Michigan United | Leadership Development for Criminal Justice Reform
- Ministry with Community | Drop-In, Resource Center, and Member Safety Project Lives Project
- MRC Industries, Inc. | McKercher Skill-Building program
- Northside Preschools | Northside Preschools
- Seeds for Success | Seeds for Success Sustainability
- Vibrant Kalamazoo | Community Engagement
- YMCA of Greater Kalamazoo | Operational Support
- YWCA of Kalamazoo | Cradle Kalamazoo
- AGW Dance Angel Network | Dance Arts & Culture
- Alzheimers Association | Kalamazoo County African American Dementia Outreach Program
- American Heart Association | Have Faith in Heart/ Target Blood Pressure and Check Change Control
- Bangtown Studio On The Go | Studio On The Go Community expansion
- Black Arts and Cultural Center | Annual operations of programs and support
- Black Wall Street Kalamazoo | Black Business Incubator
- Changes and Beyond | People of Change
- Community Healing Centers, Inc. | Mental Health as a Continuum of Care, amidst COVID-19
- Community Living Options | Community Living Options-Camp Amigo 2020
- Community Promise Federal Credit Union | Operational support
- Confident SOLE | Operational support
- Count MI Vote Education Fund | Community mapping for community of interest in Kalamazoo County
- Eastside Youth Strong | Paradigm shift in academic SEL and Out-of-School-Time for vulnerable students
- Ecumenical Senior Center | Supporting the underprivileged and impoverished senior citizens of Kalamazoo County
- ERACCE | Operating budget support for ERACCE
- Fair Housing Center of Southwest Michigan | Fair housing engagement and services
- Fire Historical and Cultural Arts Collaborative | Operations
- Friends With Disabilities | BUILDING CONNECTIONS
- Gryphon Place | Restorative Justice Program
- Guardian Finance and Advocacy Services | Infrastructure improvements
- Helping Other People Exceed (HOPE) thru Navigation | HOPE thru Transformation (HOPEtT)
- Justice For Our Neighbors - Kalamazoo | Immigration legal services, education and advocacy
- Kalamazoo County Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Council Inc. | Kids Are Special Classroom Program, Family Help Book, mandated reporter training
- Kalamazoo Drop-In Child Care Center | Free part-time child care for low-income families
- Kalamazoo Institute of Arts | Pandemic response: Equity and access through education and outreach at the KIA
- Kalamazoo Poetry Festival | Kalamazoo Poetry Festival
- Kalamazoo Public Library | Ready to Read Kits for at home learning
- Kalamazoo RESA | Addressing challenging behavior in early childhood settings
- Kids International Home (Pre K International) | Breaking the educational gap for the Eastside Kids (distance learning COVID-19)
- Michigan Center for Youth Justice | Closing the Gate: Creating a model anti-racist juvenile justice system
- OutFront Kalamazoo | Organizational, programming, support and related expenses
- Parchment School District | Parchment Middle School - PBIS/SEL for the 2020-2021 school year
- Parchment School District | Parchment Northwood Elementary - Social Emotional Learning
- Portage Community Center | Portage Community Center 2020 capacity building and general operating
- Prevention Works, Inc. | Diving deeper into Kalamazoo Public Schools Program Expansion Project
- Public Media Network | Media-driven narrative change
- Queer Theatre, Inc. | Name-Your-Price, operating, production
- Residential Opportunities, Inc. | ROI affordable housing operating assistance
- Rootead Enrichment Center | Kalamazoo Black & Brown Therapy Collective
- Rootead Enrichment Center | Rootead sustainability
- Speak it Forward | Operations
- Society for History and Racial Equity (SHARE) | Racial Healing Initiative
- St. Barnabas Episcopal Church | Diapers, etc.
- St. Luke's Episcopal Church | Partners in Housing Transition
- The Arc Community Advocates | Adult Advocacy Services
- Urban Alliance Inc. | Momentum Urban Employment Initiative
- West Michigan Cancer Center | Patient Care Services & Survivorship Program (PCSP)
- Western Michigan University Foundation | WMU CAMP Continuing Scholars
- Young Kings and Queens, Inc. | B.R.I.D.G.E.S. programming
- YWCA Kalamazoo | YWCA Kalamazoo Ready to Learn and Grow Program
- African Community Kalamazoo | African Community project
- Big Brothers Big Sisters | One to One Mentoring
- Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Kalamazoo | General Operating Funding
- Building Blocks | Building Resident Leaders
- Can-Do Kitchen | Rising to the Needs of Food Entrepreneurs
- Christian Neighbors | Neighbors Helping Neighbors
- City of Kalamazoo - Parks & Recreation | 2020 SuperRec Youth Development Program
- Communities In Schools of Kalamazoo | Integrated Student Services
- Community AIDS Resource and Education Services | CARES General Support
- Community Healing Centers, Inc. | STREET After School Program & Niñas Del Corazon
- Community Healing Centers, Inc. | Early Intervention Program
- Community Healing Centers, Inc. | 12th annual Coming Together Conference on Addiction and Recovery
- Community Homeworks | Housing Equity through Critical Repairs: Raising the standard of living of low-income homeowners
- Community Homeworks | Leadership Transition
- Disability Network Southwest Michigan | Independent Living programs
- Douglass Community Association | Douglass Parking Lot
- Eastside Neighborhood Association | Operational Support
- El Concilio/Hispanic American Council Inc | La Escuelita Nuevo Horizonte Summer learning program
- Family & Children Services | 2020 January-December - Children's Medical Needs
- Goodwill Industries of SWMI | Life Guides/Guias de Vida
- Healthy House | Healthy House Extended Stay Program
- Helping Other People Exceed (HOPE) thru Navigation | HOPE thru Transformation - basic needs for returning individuals expected to be released on parole
- Inner City Youth for Change | Inner City Youth for Change
- Integrated Services of Kalamazoo | Step up Shelter
- Integrated Services of Kalamazoo | ISK Organizational Anti-Racism Transformation
- InterAct of Michigan, Inc. | Operational Costs
- Intrepid Professional Women Network, Inc. | Dressing for Success
- Irving S. Gilmore International Keyboard Festival | Gilmore Piano Labs in Kalamazoo
- Kalamazoo Collective Housing | Affordable Housing Cooperative
- Kalamazoo County Government | Kalamazoo County Identification Card Program
- Kalamazoo County Juvenile Home Foundation | Youth in Transition
- Kalamazoo County Public Housing Commission | LGBTQ+ House for homeless LGBTQ+ youth 18-24
- Kalamazoo County Ready 4s | Kalamazoo County Ready 4s
- Kalamazoo County Ready 4s | Community Resiliency Model Training
- Kalamazoo Covenant Academy | Technology / Transportation
- Kalamazoo Defender | Client Advocate Office
- Kalamazoo Neighborhood Housing Services | Homeownership Access and Sustainability
- Kalamazoo Public Schools | Social Emotional Learning Centers
- Kalamazoo Public Schools | Getting Back to School in Fall 2020 during COVID-19
- Kalamazoo Refugee Resource Collaborative | KRRC Summer School Program: summer school for refugee teenagers living in Kalamazoo
- Kalamazoo RESA | Building County-wide Capacity in School Climate
- Kalamazoo RESA | Targeted Assistance Grant Program
- Kalamazoo RESA/Valley Center | Integrated & Comprehensive Supports for Children with Mental Health, Social, and Behavioral Challenges and Their Families
- Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra | Kalamazoo Kids in Tune & Orchestra Rouh
- Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra | Marvelous Music
- Kalamazoo Youth Development Network (KYD Network) | KYD Network: Equity, Quality, and Social Emotional Learning; Ensuring all Kalamazoo County youth are Ready by 21
- Kids International Home (Pre K International) | Covid-19 Early Childhood relief for Families
- Kids Moving & Thriving | KMT 5K & Fun Run, Spring Break Enrichment, Summer Triathlon Training and Strategic Planning
- Leader Dogs for the Blind | Guide Dog and Mobility Programs for the Blind and Visually Impaired
- Legal Aid of Western Michigan | LAWM comprehensive needs assessment
- Michigan Immigrant Rights Center | Policy Advocacy and Direct Defense for Kalamazoo’s Immigrant Community
- Michigan Organizing Project | Leadership Development for Criminal Justice Reform
- Milwood United Methodist Church | Milwood Community Pantry
- Ministry with Community | Drop-In, Resource Center, and Member Safety Project Lives Project
- MRC Industries, Inc. | McKercher Skill-Building program
- Muscular Dystrophy Association | 2020 MDA Summer Camp Program
- New Direction Outreach Center | Building Clean up
- Northside Preschools | Northside Preschools
- ONEplace@kpl | ONEplace
- ONEplace@kpl | Capacity Building to provide additional educational workshops/presentations in 2020
- Open Roads Bike Program | Operational Support 2020
- OutFront Kalamazoo | Capacity, Fund Development and Strategy Expansion, Diversification and Revision
- Paw Paw Public Schools | Paw Paw Community Chorus-Free Concerts
- Pretty Lake Camp | First Time Campers
- Read and Write Kalamazoo | RAWK 2020 Vision Expansion
- Rende Progress Capital | RPC Planning and Assistance to Kalamazoo Excluded Entrepreneurs [KE2]
- SLD Read | General Programming and Operational Expense
- South County Community Services | Wednesday Winners
- State of Michigan Department of Health & Human Services | Pathways to Potential (P2P)
- The Urban Folk Art Exploratory | Zoo City Food and Farm Network
- United Way of the Battle Creek and Kalamazoo Region | Continuum of Care Support
- United Way of the Battle Creek and Kalamazoo Region | Community Resilience Program Manager
- Vibrant Kalamazoo | Community Engagement on the Eastside, Land Bank Board and Staff Equity Training Investment
- Western Michigan University Foundation | Office of LBGT Student Services Program Assistant Position
- YMCA of Greater Kalamazoo | Operational Support
- AACORN FARM INC. | AACORN Skill-Building Program Expansion
- Black Arts and Cultural Center
- Bronson Health Foundation | Community Health, Equity, and Inclusion work
- Community Healing Centers | Niñas del Corazon Programa
- Community Promise Federal Credit Union | Community Promise FCU
- Confident S.O.L.E.
- Count MI Vote Education Fund | Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission Implementation
- Eastside Youth Strong | Igniting Their Greatness - Eastside Youth Academic Success, Racial Equity, and Social Emotional Learning
- Ecumenical Senior Center | Support to Assist Kalamazoo's Underprivileged Senior Citizen Population
- Fair Housing Center of Southwest Michigan | Fair Housing Engagement and Services
- Fire Historical and Cultural Arts Collaborative | Fire organizational development and programming
- Girls On The Run of Greater Kalamazoo | Girls on the Run 2020
- Gryphon Place | The Gatekeeper Program (Youth Suicide Prevention Program)
- Helen L. Fox Gospel Music Center | Music Education Program
- Helping Other People Exceed (HOPE) thru Navigation
- ISAAC | Living into & Becoming the Beloved Community
- Justice for Our Neighbors-Michigan | Justice for Our Neighbors Kalamazoo Project
- Kalamazoo County Government | FY19 Drug Treatment Court Programs
- Kalamazoo Drop-In Child Care Center | Free Part-Time Child Care for Low-Income Families
- Kalamazoo RESA | Building Capacity in Early Childhood Around Challenging Behaviors While Examining Racial and Gender Bias in Discipline Practices
- Kalamazoo RESA/Valley Center | Supporting Social and Emotional Learning Throughout the School and Community Setting by Empowering Paraprofessionals to Systematically Respond to Student Behavior
- Kalamazoo RESA/Youth Opportunities Unlimited | YOU Career Pathway Initiative
- ONEplace@kpl | ONEplace
- OutFront Kalamazoo | Surviving, Living, Thriving
- Parents for Transition | Parents for Transition (P.F.T)
- Playworks Michigan | Playworks TeamUp
- Portage Community Center | General Operating/Capacity Building and Capital Improvement
- Prevention Works, Inc. | Kalamazoo Public Schools Program Expansion Project
- Rootead Enrichment Center | Operations & Strategic Planning
- Salvation Army | Emergency Financial Assistance Network-Emergency Assistance Fund 2019
- Seeds for Success | Seeds for Success, Parents as Teachers program
- Society for History and Racial Equity (SHARE) | The Racial Healing Initiative
- Speak it Forward | Speak It Forward Operations
- Western Michigan University Foundation | Office of LBGT Student Services Program Assistant
- YWCA of Kalamazoo | YWCA Equity and Education Programs
- Action for Liberation | From leadership to liberation
- Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo | Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Training for the arts sector
- Big Brothers Big Sisters | One-to-One Mentoring
- Boy Scouts of America, Southern Shores Field Service Council | HEROES
- Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Kalamazoo | General operating request
- Can-Do Kitchen | Access to Food Entrepreneurship
- Christian Neighbors | Neighbors Caring for Neighbors
- City of Kalamazoo | Emergency warming shelters
- City of Kalamazoo Parks & Recreation | 2019 SuperRec Program
- Communities In Schools | Integrated student support and Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI) work
- CARES | General support
- Community Healing Centers, Inc. | S.T.R.E.E.T. After School Program
- Community Homeworks | Critical Home Repairs
- Community Living Options | 2019 Camp Amigo
- Disability Network Southwest Michigan | Independent Living Program
- El Concilio | Multi-year funding for Por un mejor Futuro: Educación, Equidad y Cultura (For a better Future: Education, Equity and Culture) *
- Equality Michigan | Equality Michigan 2019 Integrated Voter Engagement
- Goodwill Industries of SWMI | Guias de Vida (Life Guides)
- Healthy House | Healthy House Resident Extension Program
- Heritage Community of Kalamazoo | The Memory Care Learning Center
- InterAct of Michigan, Inc. | Substance Abuse Services Medication Clinic
- InterFaith Homes | Youth Summer Field Trip
- Intrepid Professional Women Network, Inc. | Professional Women Network
- Kalamazoo County Ready 4s | Kalamazoo County Ready 4s
- Kalamazoo Institute of Arts | General operating funds
- Kalamazoo Loaves & Fishes | Multi-year funding for Food Security in Kalamazoo County *
- Kalamazoo Neighborhood Housing Services | Homeownership Service, Lead-based Paint Hazard Reduction Program
- Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra | Kalamazoo Kids In Tune & Orchestra Rouh
- Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra | Marvelous Music
- KYDNet | Equity, Quality, and Social Emotional Learning; Ensuring all Kalamazoo County youth are "Ready by 21"
- KPEP | Hospitality vocational training
- Leader Dogs for the Blind | Guide dog and mobility programs
- Michigan Nonprofit Association | Michigan Nonprofits Count Campaign
- Michigan United | Community organizing to support Immigrants & returning citizens
- Milwood United Methodist Church | Milwood Community Pantry
- Ministry with Community | Drop-In, Resource Center, and Rebuilding Lives Project
- Muscular Dystrophy Association | 2019 MDA Summer Camp Program
- Northside Association for Community Development | Multi-year funding for Residents Implementing Our Plan *
- Northside Preschools | General support
- Open Roads Bike Program | Leadership Programs & Youth Lounge Resource Access
- Pine Rest Foundation | CenterPointe Crisis Residential Treatment
- Planned Parenthood of Michigan | Sexual Health Equity through Education and Care
- Pretty Lake Camp | First Time Campers Program
- Queer Theatre, Inc. | Queer Theatre Kalamazoo Expansion
- Read and Write Kalamazoo | RAWK On! Program Maximization
- Renaissance Enterprises | Kalamazoo County Senior Outreach
- Residential Opportunities, Inc. | ROI Affordable Housing Program
- Seeding Change | Great Lakes PeaceJam capacity expansion
- Senior Services | Project Fresh
- SLD Read |General support
- State of Michigan Department of Health & Human Services | Pathways to Potential
- The Arc Community Advocates | Educational advocacy in Kalamazoo County
- Urban Alliance | Momentum Urban Employment Initiative
- Vibrant Kalamazoo (Kalamazoo County Land Bank) | Repurposing Abandoned Land & Land Bank Equity Training
- Western Michigan University Foundation | College Assistance Migrant Program
- YMCA of Greater Kalamazoo | Youth development and organizational capacity-building initiatives
- Young Kings and Queens, Inc. | Increase capacity
* Multi-year funding recipient, a KZCF pilot program. Click here to learn more about multi-year funding process.
- AACORN FARM INC. | AACORN Skill-building Program
- Black Arts & Cultural Center
- Building Blocks | Building Blocks Neighborhood Leader Academy
- Community Homeworks | Critical Home Repair
- Confident S.O.L.E
- Eastside Youth Strong | Standing in Their Power - Eastside Youth Academic Success, Racial Equity, and Social Emotional Learning
- Ecumenical Senior Center | Expansion of resources and services for Kalamazoo's most underserved senior citizens
- ERAC/CE | Capacity building
- Family & Children Services | Brain Connect
- Fire Historical & Cultural Arts Collaborative
- Girls On The Run of Greater Kalamazoo | Girls on the Run 2019
- Gryphon Place | Gatekeeper Program (Youth Suicide Prevention Program)
- Gryphon Place | Empowering Latina Leaders Advocates for Success (ELLAS)
- Gurlz of Color: Set 4 Life!
- Healthy House
- Helen L. Fox Gospel Music Center
- Housing Resources Inc. | Coordinated Entry/Every Heart Deserves a Home
- ISAAC | Cultivating the Beloved Community
- Justice for Our Neighbors - Michigan | Justice for Our Neighbors Kalamazoo Clinic
- Kalamazoo Collective Housing | Affordable Housing Cooperative Property Purchase
- First Congregation Church | Free part-time child care for low-income families
- Kalamazoo Loaves & Fishes | Kalamazoo County Hunger-Free Community Coalition
- Kalamazoo RESA | Kalamazoo County Career Readiness Initiative
- Kalamazoo RESA | Building capacity in Early Childhood
- Kalamazoo RESA/Valley Center | Social and emotional learning (SEL) curriculum
- Kalamazoo RESA/Woodsedge Learning Center | The Artist in Residency Program
- Lutheran Church of the Savior | Socioeconomic integration of African immigrants
- Michigan Immigrant Rights Center | Legal Resource and Advocacy Center
- Northside Association for Community Development | Aging Gracefully & Earning a Living
- Kalamazoo Public Library | ONEplace@kpl
- Open Doors Kalamazoo | Housing Without Borders
- OutFront Kalamazoo | Building an intentional inclusive community *
- Portage Community Center | Capacity building and youth program support
- Project X
- Seeds for Success | Parents as Teachers program
- SHARE | The Racial Healing Initiative
- Vibrant Kalamazoo | Activating Vacant Land: Side Lot & Adopt-A-Lot program
- WMU Homer Stryker School of Medicine | Educational program to address health disparities in the LGBTQ+ population with focus on transgender population
- YWCA | Early learning and racial equity projects
* Multi-year funding recipient, a KZCF pilot program. Click here to learn more about multi-year funding process.
- AGW Dance Angel Network | Dance Arts & Culture in Kalamazoo County
- Big Brothers-Big Sisters | One to One Mentoring
- Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Kalamazoo | Northeastern Unit Operations
- Can-Do Kitchen | Inclusive Incubation Continued
- Center for Transformation | Mentoring Formerly Incarcerated Individuals
- Christian Neighbors | Neighbors Caring for Neighbors
- City of Kalamazoo - Parks & Recreation | 2018 SuperRec Youth Summer Program
- Communities In Schools of Kalamazoo | Integrated Student Services
- Community Healing Centers, Inc. | Children’s Program Case Management
- Community Healing Centers, Inc. | S.T.R.E.E.T. After School Program
- Community Living Options | Camp Amigo 2018
- Community Promise Federal Credit Union | Community Promise Federal Credit Union
- Disability Network Southwest Michigan | Advocacy Academy
- Douglass Community Association | Fulfilling our Promise to Our Community *
- El Concilio | Nuevo Horizonte Grant
- Fair Housing Center of Southwest Michigan | Fair Housing Engagement and Services
- First Day Shoe Fund | 2018 Shoe Distribution
- Generous Hand | Strategic Planning Project
- Goodwill Industries of SWMI | Pathways to Equity II
- Guardian Finance and Advocacy Services | Road to Sustainability
- Healthy House | Healthy House
- Heritage Community of Kalamazoo | Music Therapy in Assisted Living Communities
- Intrepid Professional Women Network, Inc. | Dressing for Success, 2018
- Kalamazoo County Public Housing Commission | Homeless millage evaluation
- Kalamazoo County Ready 4s
- Kalamazoo Covenant Academy
- Kalamazoo Institute of Arts | Building a More inclusive Community Arts Resource
- Kalamazoo Literacy Council | 2018 Everyone Needs to Read Adult Literacy Initiative *
- Kalamazoo Loaves & Fishes | Food Security in Kalamazoo County
- Kalamazoo Nature Center | Seeds to Cedars
- Kalamazoo Neighborhood Housing Services | Homeownership Services for Low and Moderate Income Households
- Kalamazoo RESA | Anti-Racism Education Capacity Building
- Kalamazoo RESA | STEM Education in Kalamazoo County
- Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra | Marvelous Music/Kalamazoo Kids In Tune/Orchestra Rouh
- Leader Dogs for the Blind | Guide Dog and Mobility Programs for the Blind and Visually Impaired
- Ministry with Community | Resource Center & Drop-In Program
- Northside Best Babies Zone/Preschools | Northside Best Babies Zone/Preschools
- Open Roads Bike Program | Youth-Driven Spaces: Capacity Expansion
- Pretty Lake Camp | First-Time Campers Program
- Read and Write Kalamazoo | 2017 – 18 Capacity Building & Project 802 Capital Request
- Rootead Enrichment Center | Doula Support
- Seeding Change (Great Lakes PeaceJam) | Compassion in Action - Anti-bullying Education
- SLD Read
- South County Community Services | Wednesday Winners: Program for Adults with Disabilities
- Southwest Michigan Land Conservancy | Kalamazoo Eastside Hike Our Preserves (HOP!) Program
- Speak it Forward | Speak It Forward, Speaks It Farther 2018
- The Arc Community Advocates | FIND – Families and Individuals Navigating Decisions
- United Way of the Battle Creek and Kalamazoo Region | KYD Network
- Urban Alliance | Urban Alliance
- YMCA of Greater Kalamazoo | Summer Achievers
- Young Kings and Queens | R.O.Y.A.L. program
- YWCA of Kalamazoo | Cradle Kalamazoo *
* Multi-year funding recipient, a KZCF pilot program. Click here to learn more about multi-year funding process.