NEWS & BLOG
Being a Champion
Being a Champion GRANTEE: Saginaw Intermediate School District AMOUNT: $13,000 High school guidance counselors are overloaded. Reduced operating budgets in our schools have made doing more with less the status quo. Counselors help all students in the areas of academic...
Helping Children
Helping Children GRANTEE: CAN Council Great Lakes Bay Region AMOUNT: $50,000 Crammed onto a corner lot in the City of Saginaw, the CAN Council Great Lakes Bay Region occupied an undersized office building and a centuries-old two-story house separated by a small...
Serving Families
Serving Families GRANTEE: Saginaw-Shiawassee Habitat for Humanity AMOUNT: $12,000 “You are my angels. You do the most beautiful work. You’ve changed my life … my world.” – Freeland homeowner During the summer of 2014, Saginaw-Shiawassee Habitat for Humanity held its...
Continuity of Care
Continuity of care GRANTEE: Covenant Healthcare AMOUNT: $4,979.64 Angela Dinninger, physical medicine and rehabilitation manager at Covenant HealthCare, had an idea and a vision. “I had an idea for an exercise program specific to our oncology patients. I was taking a...
Carrie B. Hines Endowment Scholarship
Carrie B. Hines was born March 2, 1937 in Selma, Ala. She is the mother of Booker, Virginia, Herman and Sonny Hines. Carrie was married to Henry Hines for 48 years. She was an entrepreneur who spent many years selling Watkins Products. Carrie was a member of the...
“The Birdman” Donald R. McGee
Donald R. McGee Memorial Scholarship Don “The Birdman” McGee was Saginaw’s first pilot, making the first flight ever over the city on August 21, 1915. He took off from Merrill that morning and 20 minutes after take-off, landed in a field near Gratiot, before resuming...
Sherrill L. Smith Music Scholarship
Biography to comeQualifications Minimum 3.0 GPA Resident of Saginaw County Music majors attending any Michigan college or university Pursuing an undergraduate degree Part- or full-time enrollment Demonstrated involvement in music Merit-based Evaluation Criteria...
Saginaw receives $500,000 in federal funding to reduce crime
Saginaw Partners, including members of city and state law enforcement, health and human service agency representatives, Saginaw Future representatives, community members, Saginaw Valley State University researchers and Saginaw Community Foundation representatives,...
St. Charles Community Foundation Scholarship
Established in 2015, the St. Charles Community Foundation Scholarship will provide an opportunity for St. Charles High School graduating seniors to advance their post-graduate training. The scholarship will offer tuition-only support for as many senior graduates from...
Saginaw Community Foundation grants $521,659 in first quarter 2015
The Saginaw Community Foundation (SCF) granted $521,659.10 in the first quarter of 2015, supporting 47 programs and projects via its administrative and competitive grant processes. “We strive to grant funds to support programs that will truly make a difference in...