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.