33 YEARS OF LOCAL PHILANTHROPY
Total Community Foundation Assets: $21.7 Million
New endowed funds established in 2020
Total endowed funds held by CFMC
Local affiliates collaborating in Marquette County
$ in grants given in Marquette County in 2020
$ million in grants awarded since 1988
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2021 Annual Celebration Honors Community Who Make a Difference
The 2021 Annual Celebration will take place at NMU on Wednesday, September 22. The evening will include Catalyst Awards presentations, prize drawings from Donckers and the Delft, the first Range Bank Clean Energy Grant award, and...
Johanna Pohjala Fund for Weavers : Fund Spotlight
A loom made by Matt Riihinen in Negaunee during the winter of 1945-1946. Photo courtesy of Christine Simonen This loom has a fascinating history, and helped inspire the Johanna Pohjala Fund for Weavers, a field of interest fund established at the Community Foundation...
COVID-19 Community Response Fund Grant Provides Support for PPE Needs in Marquette County Schools
COVID-19 Community Response Fund Grant Provides Support for PPE Needs in Marquette County Schools Through a collaborative effort with local school districts, the Community Foundation of Marquette County and United Way of Marquette County recently announced a grant to...
Jackson Mine Park Pavilion Opens : Grant Spotlight
Jackson Mine Park Pavilion Opens : Grant Spotlight This past month the City of Negaunee held a ribbon cutting ceremony celebrating the completion of the pavilion building in Jackson Mine Park. The project has been in the works since 2012, with a total cost of...
Schenk Scholarship Legacy Fund : Fund Spotlight
Schenk Scholarship Legacy Fund : Fund Spotlight The children of Wilbur and Catherine T. Schenk wanted a way to honor their parent’s memories and support the educational pursuits of Forest Park High School’s graduating seniors. Wilbur Schenk was principal, then...
Community Foundation CEO Zosia Eppensteiner Presents at Michigan Association of Counties Regional Summit
Community Foundation CEO Zosia Eppensteiner Presents at Michigan Association of Counties Regional Summit With close to $11 billion dollars of emergency funding being directed to Michigan to support communities affected by the pandemic, the Council of Michigan...
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906 Adventure Team
“We submitted for a grant for the 906 Bench Team to help put together a bike team for the Marquette County kids.The grant has given us the opportunity to go out and purchase a trailer that basically made our whole operation mobile so the kids don’t necessarily come to us. We can get to the kids…The transformation you see in them physically, emotionally, socially is amazing.”