Our Impact
Impact100 TC celebrates 10 years of collective giving and surpasses $3 million invested in Northern Michigan nonprofits.
As Impact continues to grow, we aspire to fund five $100,000 grants, one for each of our focus areas.
Arts & Culture
Charitable initiatives that cultivate, develop, educate, and improve the cultural climate within those five counties.
Education
Charitable initiatives that further the ability to educate and improve education within those five counties.
Environment & Recreation
Charitable initiatives that preserve, enhance, revitalize, or restore facilities and surroundings within those five counties.
Family
Charitable initiatives that strengthen and enhance the lives of children and families within those five counties.
Health & Wellness
Charitable initiatives that positively impact the mental or physical health and wellness of the people within those five counties.
“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.”
Friends of Fife Lake Public Library
2026 Impact100 TC $120,000 Grant Recipient. In Fife Lake, the public library is one of the few places where rural residents can walk in without cost, appointment, or judgment and find what they need to keep moving forward. On any given day, a child hears a story that...
The Bay Community Theatre
2026 Impact100 TC $120,000 Grant Recipient. The Bay Community Theatre has been a cherished movie house for over 75 years and will continue to show great movies to thousands of community members for years to come. The reality, however, is The Bay faces the same major...
5Loaves2FishNMI
2026 Impact100 TC $120,000 Grant Recipient. 5Loaves2FishNMI Co-Founders Michelle and Bill White, with dedicated volunteers, came together in 2020 with a mission “to promote compassion by providing nourishing meals, infused with love, to those experiencing food...
Groundwork Cener for Resilient Communities
2025 Impact100 TC $116,000 Grant Recipient. Groundwork Center for Resilient Communities is advancing Phase II of the Esperance Community Teaching Kitchen with a transformative initiative: expanding access to food-as-medicine education across Northwest Lower Michigan....
Women’s Resource Center
2025 Impact100 TC $116,000 Grant Recipient. The Women’s Resource Center mission is to protect, shelter and empower people impacted by domestic and sexual violence. Since 1999, we have operated our transitional house, offering stability for survivors rebuilding their...
Goodwill Northern Michigan Food Rescue
2025 Impact100 TC $116,000 Grant Recipient. Goodwill Northern Michigan’s Food Rescue program is transforming food access across the region. Since 2008, the program has recovered and redistributed 2.2 million pounds of food annually—enough for 6,500 meals each day—to...
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...
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...
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...
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...