A Mini Grant helped EJPS make improvements to Camp Willie, a school camp area that is used every year for outdoor education and a yearly campout.

A new sculpture has been installed in Horton Bay (Bay Township), thanks to the work of many dedicated citizens, and with support from a recent Arts & Culture grant.

Summertime in Michigan is always full of fun, festivities, and vacations!

Recently, funding from a C3F Environmental grant and a Student Success grant helped sixty fourth-grade students from Charlevoix Public Schools Elementary participate in the REYS (Restoration Ecology for Young Students) program.

A recent C3F Community Priorities grant supported the Boyne Falls Dam feasibility study, the essential first step in the dam removal process.

Last year, an Arts & Culture grant helped the Great Lakes Chamber Orchestra to put on a meaningful and unforgettable program. The concert, featuring Stravinsky’s groundbreaking “Rite of Spring,” included a professional orchestra performance, coupled with a ballet performance. 

Grants are great, because they allow organizations to try new things, run special projects and programs, or access even larger pools of funding. But what if there were also other ways we could help strengthen and support nonprofits? We’ve been testing this idea for years -  to find meaningful ways to support nonprofit partners “beyond the grant check.”  

C3F Mini Grants are designed to fund projects that are small in scale, meet an unanticipated need or opportunity, help an organization with capacity building, or fall outside the timeline for our other responsive grant cycles.

The 2026 Youth Grantmakers Summer Leadership Conference was hosted at Saginaw Valley State University in June.

Recently, Communications and Development staffer Pam Decker attended the ribbon cutting for new sculptures at the Jordan Art Walk.