Our Impact
2024 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.”
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...
NEWTON’S ROAD NORTHWEST
2020 Impact100 TC $105,333.34 Grant Recipient. Newton’s Road proposed a Community Liaison Program to connect communities to a toolkit of low or no cost, high quality, hands-on, STEM-related experiences. By recruiting and training a Community Liaison in each of the 20...
CHILD & FAMILY SERVICES OF NORTHWEST MICHIGAN
2019 Impact100 TC $101,333.34 Grant Recipient. This initiative provides job skill training and confidence building to youth ages 17-25 in an environmental stewardship atmosphere through the Youthworks Conservation Corps. Since...
KALKASKA AREA INTERFAITH RESOURCES
2019 Impact100 TC $101,333.34 Grant Recipient. K.A.I.R is a community-based volunteer organization that assists residents of the Kalkaska County area in need. K.A.I.R.’s existing programs, such as the food pantry and utility assistance, were significantly bolstered...
TRAVERSE BAY CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER
2019 Impact100 TC $101,333.34 Grant Recipient Home is not a safe place for everyone. Children’s Advocacy Centers (CACs) are community-based, child-focused and child-friendly facilities where representatives from many disciplines meet to discuss and make decisions...
ADDICTION TREATMENT SERVICES
2018 Impact100 TC $123,500 Grant Recipient Addiction Treatment Services will expand their newest program, PORCH (Providing Opportunities for Recovery and Community Health) – a program that will be Michigan’s first community-based effort to address the opioid crisis...
COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS
2018 Impact100 TC $123,500 Grant Recipient Communities in Schools (CIS) will continue helping at-risk high school students stay in school by addressing both academic and nonacademic barriers to their success. Their 2018 Impact100 TC grant will help create a feeder...