Thompsonville Area Revitalization Project
2024 Impact100 TC $116,000 Grant Recipient. The mission of TARP is to undertake projects which will enhance the quality of life for all people in the greater Thompsonville area. TARP’s keystone project is the creation of a bicycle trailhead, and an ADA compliant visitor’s pavilion and campground...
Northwestern Michigan College
2024 Impact100 TC $116,000 Grant Recipient. Northwestern Michigan College (NMC) is seeking funding to purchase a 3D printing arm. This 3D printer will revolutionize the construction industry in our region by leveraging cutting-edge technologies to construct homes more efficiently, with smaller...
Friendship Community Center
2024 Impact100 TC $116,000 Grant Recipient. Leelanau Investing For Teens (LIFT) is the only no-cost, out-of-school program for 6th through 12th graders in Leelanau County. Over 400 middle and high schoolers join LIFT programming 230 days of the year to connect with community mentors and...
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library GTR
2023 Impact100 TC $113,000 Grant Recipient. Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library and Sunrise Rotary’s Born to Read are working with Munson Medical Center to increase kindergarten readiness across the Grand Traverse Region. Just 44% of local children start kindergarten with the literacy skills needed...
United Way of Northwest Michigan
2023 Impact100 TC $113,000 Grant Recipient. United We Smile is a free dental center for children, pregnant women, veterans, and those with cognitive or developmental disabilities. Local volunteer dentists oversee dental interns from U of M School of Dentistry and NMC Dental Assisting School while...
Freedom Builders of America
2023 Impact100 TC $113,000 Grant Recipient. For over 22 years, Freedom Builders has met critical housing needs in northern Michigan. Utilizing a dedicated group of volunteers of all ages, Freedom Builders facilitates service projects that meet needs and connect struggling families with people who...
North Country Trail Association
2022 Impact100 TC $112,000 Grant Recipient. Since 2016, the Kalkaska Trail Town Partners began their efforts to bring a non-motorized, ADA accessible Trailhead to Downtown Kalkaska and eliminate “road walk” sections of the North Country National Scenic Trail (NCT) to a safer and more natural...
Friends of the Garden Theater
2022 Impact100 TC $112,000 Grant Recipient Friends of the Garden Theater seeks an Impact100 Grant to fund their Performing Arts Project. This will allow for the theater to offer a wider variety of artistic and educational performances to substantially strengthen the cultural richness in Northern...
Single Momm
2022 Impact100 TC $112,000 Grant Recipient. Single MOMM focuses on guiding single moms to healthy independence. In their 2021-2022 fiscal year they served 1,932 families. 80% of the families they serve are living at or below the poverty line. As the price of living has skyrocketed, their families...
Grass River Natural Area, Inc.
2021 Impact100 TC $110,000 Grant Recipient Grass River Natural Area, Inc uses Impact100 TC grant funds to replace an aging section of existing boardwalk with a six-foot wide barrier-free pathway, free span bridges across the cold water creeks, ADA accessible observation platforms for views of...