Community Foundation of Marquette Announces 2020 Grant Recipients August 10, 2020
Marquette, Michigan – The Community Foundation of Marquette County, including four affiliate funds – Negaunee,
Greater Ishpeming, Marquette, and Gwinn Area – granted a total of $58,334 this year in the annual competitive grant
cycle.
Forty-one percent ($24,000) was awarded to programs that involved Youth and Education, including: Forsyth Township
Public Library for a summer reading program, Big Brothers Big Sisters for the Big Neighbors program, Girl Scouts
Leadership Experience, and Lake Superior Village’s summer programming, among others.
A quarter of granted funds ($15,300) were awarded to programs related to human services, including: Feeding America’s
food pantries, Lake Superior Hospice Association’s bereavement program, SAIL’s steppingstones to housing
independence program, and emergency needs for the Women’s Center, among others.
Eleven percent (over $6,000) was awarded to health programs, including: resident care equipment for Trillium House,
CPR and first aid training for the Caregiver Incentive Project, and patient care services for Cancer Care of Marquette
County, among others.
Eight percent of funding ($4,825) went toward environmental and recreation programs, including: Marquette Senior
Center’s Senior Sampler, Courage Inc.’s 2020 Summer Adventure Season, U.P. Land Conservancy’s Peshekee Headwaters
Nature Preserve Partnership Trail, and Yellow Dog Watershed Preserve’s Community Forest Trail Improvement and
Stream Bank, among others.
Eight percent ($4,700) funded community improvement programs, including: Ishpeming’s Hematite Art Park, United
Way’s Service Leaders, Marquette Beautification Committee’s Project Sparkle, and the Michigamme Township DDA to
install handicap accessibility in their library, among others.
Six percent ($3,325) was granted to programs that involve art, culture, and music, including: Marquette Regional History
Center for an archaeology heritage program, Superior Arts Youth Theater for 2021 winter program, and Cliffs Shaft Mine
Museum to open a gift shop, among others.
In addition, $10,000 was awarded to MAPS Education Foundation for the 1st to Finish Childhood Savings Accounts
Program from the Marquette Area Community Fund. Each affiliate fund also granted funds to the COVID-19 Community
Response Fund for efforts in their area. To view a full list of grants, visit the Community Foundation of Marquette
About the Community Foundation for Marquette County:
The Community Foundation of Marquette County is a tax-exempt, nonprofit, publicly supported philanthropic
organization with the long-term goal of building permanent, endowed funds, for the broad-based public benefit. An
effective steward of the community’s charitable resources since 1988, the Foundation works with donors to establish
charitable funds and supports non-profit organizations through a variety of grant-making efforts. The Community
Foundation connects people, resources, and causes to promote sustainable impact towards the betterment of
Marquette County. Currently the Community Foundation holds over 160 different funds that benefit worthy charities
and charitable causes in Marquette County. For more information, please visit or call (906) 226-7666.
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