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.”
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...
MICHAEL’S PLACE
2020 Impact100 TC $105,333.34 Grant Recipient. The initiative is focused on the mitigation and prevention of Trauma, Suicide, and Childhood Bereavement. Their proposed program, Tending the Wounds, is designed to help children and...