Our Impact
2023 Finalists“Our collective impact is much greater than even the sum of our individual gifts. While our grants are making our community better, I also believe working together is making each of us better.”
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Crosshatch Center for Art & Ecology
2021 Impact100 TC $110,000 Grant Recipient Crosshatch and Commongrounds uses Impact100 TC grant funds to develop a dedicated 150-seat performance venue to be housed within the community-owned walls of Commongrounds Cooperative. The partnerships’ Music and Events Venue...
Cognition Science & Discovery Center
2021 Impact100 TC $110,000 Grant Recipient. Cognition uses Impact100 TC grant funds as an initiative to transform a portion of its expanded facility into a cutting-edge Earth and Space Lab. A portable planetarium, with inflatable dome theater and expansive science...
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY
2020 Impact100 TC $105,333.34 Grant Recipient. This initiative uses Impact100 TC grant funds as revolving capital in order to accelerate the building process and increase the capacity for new builds. Once a low-income family closes on their home, HFHGT would be...