KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — The Kalamazoo Community Foundation (KZCF) has announced the distribution of $2 million in grants to local Kalamazoo organizations.
KZCF says that the programs selected for grants “align with KZCF’s investment priorities of equity and education.” Additionally, Kalamazoo nonprofits will also receive grants and distributions from the KZCF Advised and Designated Funds.
“We are collaborating with local nonprofits that are developing more equitable approaches to meeting complex needs within our community,” vice-president of Community Investment of KZCF Martha Gonzalez-Cortes said in a statement. “It takes community commitment to make an impact and we thank each one of our partners and donors for making Kalamazoo County a place where every adult and child can reach full potential.”
35 organizations have been selected to receive the grants, all of which can be viewed in full below:
- AACORN FARM INC. | AACORN Skill-Building Program Expansion
- Black Arts and Cultural Center | Black Arts & Cultural Center
- Bronson Health Foundation | Community Health, Equity, and Inclusion work
- Community Healing Centers | Niñas del Corazon Programa
- Community Promise Federal Credit Union | Community Promise FCU
- Confident S.O.L.E. | Confident S.O.L.E.
- Count MI Vote Education Fund | Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission Implementation
- Eastside Youth Strong | Igniting Their Greatness – Eastside Youth Academic Success, Racial Equity, and Social Emotional Learning
- Ecumenical Senior Center | Support to Assist Kalamazoo’s Underprivileged Senior Citizen Population
- Fair Housing Center of Southwest Michigan | Fair Housing Engagement and Services
- Fire Historical and Cultural Arts Collaborative | Fire organizational development and programming
- Girls On The Run of Greater Kalamazoo | Girls on the Run 2020
- Gryphon Place | The Gatekeeper Program (Youth Suicide Prevention Program)
- Helen L. Fox Gospel Music Center | Music Education Program
- Helping Other People Exceed (HOPE) thru Navigation
- ISAAC | Living into & Becoming the Beloved Community
- Justice for Our Neighbors-Michigan | Justice for Our Neighbors Kalamazoo Project
- Kalamazoo County Government | FY19 Drug Treatment Court Programs
- Kalamazoo Drop-In Child Care Center | Free Part-Time Child Care for Low-Income Families
- Kalamazoo RESA | Building Capacity in Early Childhood Around Challenging Behaviors While Examining Racial and Gender Bias in Discipline Practices
- Kalamazoo RESA/Valley Center | Supporting Social and Emotional Learning Throughout the School and Community Setting by Empowering Paraprofessionals to Systematically Respond to Student Behavior
- Kalamazoo RESA/Youth Opportunities Unlimited | YOU Career Pathway Initiative
- ONEplace@kpl | ONEplace
- OutFront Kalamazoo | Surviving, Living, Thriving
- Parents for Transition | Parents for Transition (P.F.T)
- Playworks Michigan | Playworks TeamUp
- Portage Community Center | General Operating/Capacity Building and Capital Improvement
- Prevention Works, Inc. | Kalamazoo Public Schools Program Expansion Project
- Rootead Enrichment Center | Operations & Strategic Planning
- Salvation Army | Emergency Financial Assistance Network-Emergency Assistance Fund 2019
- Seeds for Success | Seeds for Success, Parents as Teachers program
- Society for History and Racial Equity (SHARE) | The Racial Healing Initiative
- Speak it Forward | Speak It Forward Operations
- Western Michigan University Foundation | Office of LBGT Student Services Program Assistant
- YWCA of Kalamazoo | YWCA Equity and Education Programs
KZCF encourages all local nonprofit organizations that are interested in receiving a grant to take a look at the requirements and distribution cycles.
More information, including how to submit a letter of inquiry, can be reviewed online at https://www.kalfound.org/.
KZCF was originally founded in 1925 with the goal of “removing barriers through building relationships and connecting resources so people can reach full potential.”
