2016 Approved Grants

Children’s Healthcare

Beaumont Health Foundation (Royal Oak, MI)
Support for the completion of the Pediatric Rehabilitation Center.
$462,050
Center for Family Health, Inc. (Jackson, MI)
Capital support for the renovation and expansion of the Pediatric Clinic in Jackson.
$200,000
Hurley Foundation (Flint, MI)
Purchase of newborn hearing screening equipment for the Birthing Unit and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
$30,900
Munson Healthcare Regional Foundation (Traverse City, MI)
Support for the replacement of the Mobile Ear Lab.
$164,645
Oakwood Healthcare System Foundation (Dearborn, MI)
Provide support for the renovation of the NICU at Beaumont – Dearborn.
$1,000,000
Ronald McDonald House of Ann Arbor (Ann Arbor, MI)
Support for the Hope Away from Home Main House Renovation Project.
$100,000
Ruth Ellis Center, Inc. (Highland Park, MI)
Support for the construction of the new Health and Wellness center.
$36,000
Sturgis Hospital (Sturgis, MI)
Support for purchase of ALGO hearing screening equipment.
$18,908
St. Joseph Mercy Oakland (Pontiac, MI)
Purchase of newborn hearing screening equipment for the Mother Baby Unit.
$25,370
Variety: The Children’s Charity (Birmingham, MI)
Support for Myoelectric Center at the Beaumont Pediatric Rehabilitation Center.
$25,000

Children’s Human Services

Alternatives for Girls (Detroit, MI)
Support expanded services for the walk-in/call-in-crisis center and shelter nursery/toddler services programs.
$100,000
Bound Together (Pontiac, MI)
Support for the new Kids in the Kitchen program
$2,500
Cultural Detroit Christian Community Development Corporation (Detroit, MI)
Capital support for renovation of building to house programs, meeting spaces and administrative offices.
$300,000
Crossroads of Michigan (Detroit, MI)
Support for the Parenting Support Program.
$50,000
D.A. Blodgett – St Johns (Grand Rapids, MI)
Purchase of replacement living room and den furniture in eight residential homes for abused and neglected children.
$10,790
Downtown Boxing Gym (Detroit, MI)
Support for expansion of academic and athletic programs.
$50,000
The Guidance Center (Detroit, MI)
Support for Phase II of the Kids TALK Children’s Advocacy Center.
$250,000
Humble Design (Pontiac, MI)
Purchase of a delivery vehicle to transport furnishings to clients.
$32,000
Judson Center, Inc. (Royal Oak, MI)
Capital support for expansion of the Autism Connections Program.
$100,000
Lenawee County Educational Foundation (Adrian, MI)
Purchase of FM amplification systems for classrooms with special education staff and students.
$25,000
Michigan Hands & Voices (Lansing, MI)
Support for the ASTRA program, an educational training and support program for parents and professionals working with students who are deaf and hard of hearing.
$27,780
New Day Foundation for Families (Rochester, MI)
Support for patients and their families dealing with cancer within the McClaren Cancer Institute and Beaumont Health Systems.
$90,000
Student Advocacy Center of Michigan (Ypsilanti, MI)
Support for student advocate program in Wayne County
$28,461

Preservation of Open Space

Chippewa Watershed Conservancy (Weidman, MI) 
Support 1:1 challenge for the purchase of Bundy Hill property.
$50,000
Heart of the Lakes Center for Land Conservation Policy (Bay City, MI)
Support for the Mind the Gaps project, a Land Conservancy Capacity Dashboard.
$25,000
Huron Pines (Gaylord, MI)
Support, over 3 years, for capacity building for land protection in Northeast MI.
$120,000
Keweenaw Land Trust (Handcock, MI)
Support for the purchase of parcels on the Abbaye Peninsula.
$100,000
Land Conservancy of West Michigan (Grand Rapids, MI)
Support, 1:1 challenge, for the Pere Marquette Wild project, a conservation effort to protect stretches of the Pere Marquette River system.
$50,000
Legacy Land Conservancy (Ann Arbor, MI)
Support for the purchase additional parcel for the Reichert Nature Preserve.
$60,000
Little Traverse Conservancy (Harbor Springs, MI)
Support for the purchase additional parcel for the Reichert Nature Preserve.
$80,000
Six Rivers Regional Land Conservancy (Rochester, MI)
Support, 1:1 challenge, for land projects and capacity building
$178,500
Southwest Michigan Land Conservancy (Galesburg, MI)
Support, 1:1 challenge, for the purchase and protection of the Portman Property in the Paw Paw River watershed.
$75,000
Yellow Dog Watershed Preserve, Inc. (Big Bay, MI)
Support for the purchase of the riparian corridor along the Yellow Dog River
$150,000