Funds

Established to provide support for charitable, benevolent and other public purposes in Marquette County.

• Cary and Sharon Bjork Family Fund
• C. John Peterson Family Fund
• Community Advised Big Bay Fund
• Fund for Marquette
• Greater Ishpeming Area Community Fund
• Greater Ishpeming Area Community Operating Fund
• Gwinn Area Community Fund
• Gwinn Area Community Fund Operating
• Negaunee Community Fund
• Negaunee Area Community Fund - Operating
• Pam Benton Memorial
• Raymond J. Jason Memorial Fund
• Robert and Lottie Clark Fund
• Rod and Holly Aldrich Family Fund
• Stien Family Fund

Allows support of a special area of interest while taking advantage of the Foundation’s community expertise.

• Adult Amateur Arts, Music and Culture Fund
• Arts Fund
• City Skateboard Park Fund
• Community Environmental Monitoring Program
• Education Enhancement Fund for MAPS Elementary Students
• Elderly Fund
• Exchange Club of Marquette Fund
• Fred and June Schaefer Legacy Fund for Persons with Special Needs
• George W. Romney Volunteer Fund
• Greater Ishpeming Area Community Operating Endowment Fund
• Gwinn Area Community Fund Operating Endowment
• Health and Wellness Fund
• Helen Campbell Schillinger Youth Music Fund
• Negaunee Area Community Fund Operating Endowment
• Negaunee Lions Community Enrichment Fund
• Negaunee Public Schools Enrichment Fund
• Operating Endowment
• Paul F. Blewett Legacy Funds
• Seavoy Family Fund
• The Johanna Pohjala Fund for Weavers
• The William & Mildred Andrews Youth Fund
• Unsung Heroes Fund
• Women’s Center Fund
• Youth Fund for Greater Ishpeming Area
• Youth Fund for Marquette
• Youth Fund for Negaunee Community Fund
• Zonta Club Fund

Provides benefit to a selected organization or program.

• Aniket Dhadphale Marquette Junior Hockey Designated Fund
• Bernadette Reider UPAWS Fund
• Bernadette Reider’s St. Christopher’s Catholic Church Designated Fund
• Eagle Mine Technical Middle College Endowment
• Excellence in Education Week Endowment
• Greater Ishpeming Area Community Fund Operating Endowment
• Homelessness Prevention Endowment
• Marquette Regional History Center Designated Fund
• Sisters of St. Paul De Chartres Designated Fund
• Snyder Drug Fund for the Benefit of Bay Cliff
• The Clark Lambros Beach Park Fund
• The Charles and Lois Smith IHS Sports Endowment
• The Gwinn Area Community Schools and Brian Watson Excellence in Education Day Endowment
• The Gwinn Community Schools Alumni Fund
• The Martha Konster Christensen Youth Ministry Fund
• The Norman and Dolores Jacobson Family Music Endowment
• Robert Eric Daniel Soderberg Fund

Established by an organization, individual or family to support the costs of a designated organization.

• Big Brothers/Big Sisters Agency Fund
• City Gift Program Endowment
• Great Lakes Center for Youth Development
• Great Lakes Center for Youth Development Technical Assistance Fund
• Ishpeming School District Alumni Agency Fund
• Ishpeming School District Educational Fund
• Kids Cove Endowment Fund
• Marquette County Fair Fund
• Marquette County Health Department Fund
• Marquette Junior Hockey Fund
• Marquette Symphony Orchestra Fund
• Medical Care Access Coalition Inc. Fund
• Minde Glenn Browning Endowment Fund
• Peter White Public Library Development Fund
• Planned Parenthood Northern Michigan Fund
• Powell Township Education Fund
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Marquette Endowment Fund
• Stephen Blondeau Memorial Fund
• Superior Watershed Partnership
• Teaching Family Homes
• The Upper Peninsula Children’s Museum
• United Way of Marquette County Endowment
• UPAWS Agency Fund
• Upper Peninsula Environmental Coalition
• Upper Peninsula Land Conservancy Stewardship Agency Fund
• YMCA Agency Fund

Established to make grants according to the charitable interest of their founders.

• Christine Pesola Donor Advised Fund
• Emerick Family Fund
• Emil and Elizabeth Vajda Charitable Endowment
• Friends and Family of Renee Thomas Endowment
• Friends of Presque Isle Park Playground Fund
• Holman Family Fund
• Huron Mountain Club Fund
• Mark and Christine Troudt Donor Advised Fund
• Marion C. Vander Veen Family Great Lakes Education Donor Advised Fund
• Martha and Michael Conley Family Fund
• Reijo Aho Fund
• Robert Cowell and Kathleen Olivier Donor Advised Fund
• The DellAngelo Family Fund
• The Janet Haynes and Erin Verigin Fund
• The Karl Stien and Leah McCabe Fund
• TriMedia Foundation
• Wiseman Donor Advised Fund

Established to inspire community members to pursue their desire for post-secondary education.

• Andy Nault Memorial Scholarship Endowment Fund
• Anna L. Tobin Scholarship Endowment Fund
• Barbara Hammerberg Memorial Scholarship Fund
• Bernadette Reider Scholarship Fund
• Betty Holman Memorial Scholarship
• Carolyn Lalas Music Scholarship Endowment Fund
• Douglas & Elizabeth Larson Scholarship Fund
• Evergreen Award of Marquette County Scholarship Fund
• Father Vincent L. Ouellette Scholarship Endowment Fund
• George and Jonelle Collins Scholarship
• Gerald J. Anderson Scholarship Fund
• Henrietta Nardi Scholarship Fund
• Hunter Negri Memorial Bowling Scholarship
• Independent Order of Odd Fellows
• Ishpeming High School Student Citizenship Scholarship
• John Basolo NIT Service Scholarship Fund
• John M. Croze Memorial Scholarship
• Leah Andrews Choral Scholarship Fund
• Matt Davidson Memorial Scholarship Fund
• Marquette Senior High School Class of 1977 Scholarship Fund
• Mary Beth Lorsbach Scholarship
• Meggan Eiben Memorial Scholarship Fund
• Mossimo James Romeli Memorial Scholarship Endowment Fund
• Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 25 Memorial Scholarship
• Negaunee Environmental Scholarship Fund
• Negaunee Public Schools Citizenship Scholarship Fund
• Patricia DeVold Scholarship Fund
• Philip A. Spade and Ruth M. Spade Scholarship Fund
• Robert and Mary (Romback) Prudom Negaunee High School Scholarship
• Rudy and Darley Kemppainen Scholarship Fund
• Saint Pauls School Commemorative Fund
• Stuart L. Sundblad Memorial Scholarship Endowment Fund
• Sydney W. Northey Scholarship Fund
• The Saima Kuivila Education Scholarship Fund
• The Saima Kuivila Salutatorian Scholarship Fund
• The Bernhardt L. Pederson Scholarship Fund
• The Bob Hart/Bill Tuohimaa Memorial Scholarship Fund
• The Dr. E. William & Dorothy A. Sivula Scholarship Fund
• The Dr. William Bee Sivula Scholarship Fund
• The Elliot Family Memorial Scholarship Fund
• The Francine L. Malindzak Scholarship Fund
• The Fred Waara Chapter of Trout Unlimited/Cynthia Kitzman-Fred Waara Memorial Scholarship
• The Levine Family Scholarship Fund
• The Mark Ulrickson Memorial Scholarship Fund
• The Nelson Family Foundation
• The NHS Class of 1987 Scholarship Fund
• The Paul W. and Pearl K. Goodman Music Scholarship Fund
• The Raymond Pajula Scholarship Fund
• The Schenk Scholarship Legacy Fund
• The William and Jean Hocking Memorial Scholarship Fund
• Tsu Ming and Joy L. Han Scholarship
• Robert and Mary (Romback) Prudom Negaunee High School Scholarship
• Waino and Joanne Liuha Scholarship Fund
• Walter J. Crimmins Scholarship Fund
• Westwood High School Scholarship Fund
• William B. Larson Memorial Scholarship

Unrestricted Funds:
• Cary and Sharon Bjork Family Fund
• C. John Peterson Family Fund
• Community Advised Big Bay Fund
• Fund for Marquette
• Raymond J. Jason Memorial Fund
• Robert and Lottie Clark Fund
• Rod and Holly Aldrich Family Fund
• Stien Family Fund

Field of Interest Funds:
• Arts Fund
• City Skateboard Park Fund
• Community Environmental Monitoring Program
• Education Enhancement Fund for MAPS Elementary Students
• Elderly Fund
• Exchange Club of Marquette Fund
• Fred and June Schaefer Legacy Fund for Persons with Special Needs
• George W. Romney Volunteer Fund
• Health and Wellness Fund
• Helen Campbell Schillinger Youth Music Fund
• Operating endowment
• Paul F. Blewett Legacy Funds
• Seavoy Family Fund
• The Johanna Pohjala Fund for Weavers
• Unsung Heroes Fund
• Women’s Center Fund
• Youth Fund for Marquette
• Zonta Club Fund

Designated Funds:
• Adult Amateur Arts, Music and Culture Fund
• Aniket Dhadphale Marquette Junior Hockey Designated Fund
• Bernadette Reider UPAWS Fund
• Bernadette Reider’s St. Christopher’s Catholic Church Designated Fund
• Eagle Mine Technical Middle College Endowment
• Excellence in Education Week Endowment
• Homelessness Prevention Endowment
• Snyder Drug Fund for the Benefit of Bay Cliff
• The Clark Lambros Beach Park Fund

Agency Funds:
• Big Brothers/Big Sisters Agency Fund
• City Gift Program
• Great Lakes Center for Youth Development
• Great Lakes Center for Youth Development Technical Assistance Fund
• Kids Cove Endowment Fund
• Marquette County Fair
• Marquette County Health Department Fund
• Marquette Junior Hockey Fund
• Marquette Symphony Orchestra Fund
• Medical Care Access Coalition Inc. Fund
• MI Energy Options for Greenways Trails Fund
• Minde Glenn Browning Endowment Fund
• Peter White Public Library Development Fund
• Planned Parenthood Northern Michigan Fund
• Powell Township Education Fund
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Marquette Endowment Fund
• Stephen Blondeau Memorial Fund
• Superior Watershed Partnership
• Teaching Family Homes
• The Upper Peninsula Children’s Museum
• United Way of Marquette County Endowment
• UPAWS Agency Fund
• Upper Peninsula Environmental Coalition
• Upper Peninsula Land Conservancy Stewardship Agency Fund
• YMCA Agency Fund

Donor Advised Funds:
• Christine Pesola Donor Advised Fund
• The DellAngelo Family Fund
• Emerick Family Fund
• Emil and Elizabeth Vajda Charitable Endowment
• Friends of Presque Isle Park Playground Fund
• Huron Mountain Club Fund
• The Janet Haynes and Erin Brooks Fund
• The Karl Stien and Leah McCabe Fund
• Mark and Christine Troudt Donor Advised Fund

• Marion C. Vander Veen Family Great Lakes Education Donor Advised Fund
• Martha and Michael Conley Family Fund
• Reijo Aho Fund
• Robert Cowell and Kathleen Olivier Donor Advised Fund
• TriMedia Foundation
• Wiseman Donor Advised Fund

Unrestricted Funds:
• Negaunee Community Fund
• Negaunee Area Community Fund- Operating

Field of Interest Funds:
• Negaunee Area Community Fund Operating Endowment
• Youth Fund for Negaunee Community Fund
• Negaunee Lions Community Enrichment Fund
• Negaunee Public Schools Enrichment Fund

Donor Advised Funds:
• Friends and Family of Renee Thomas Endowment

Donor Advised Funds:
• Holman Family Fund

Agency Funds:
• Ishpeming School District Alumni Agency Fund
• Ishpeming School District Educational Fund

Designated Funds:
• The Norman and Dolores Jacobson Family Music Endowment
• The Charles and Lois Smith IHS Sports Endowment
• Greater Ishpeming Area Community Fund Operating Endowment

Unrestricted Funds:
• Ishpeming Community Fund
• Greater Ishpeming Area Community Operating Fund

Field of Interest Funds:
• Greater Ishpeming Area Community Operating Endowment Fund
• Youth Fund For Greater Ishpeming Area

Unrestricted Funds:
• Gwinn Area Community Fund
• Gwinn Area Community Fund Operating

Field of Interest Funds:
• Gwinn Area Community Fund Operating Endowment
• The William & Mildred Andrews Youth Fund

Designated Funds:
• The Gwinn Community Schools Alumni Fund
• The Gwinn Area Community Schools and Brian Watson Excellence in Education Day Endowment