Between June 11 – Dec. 16, 2016, Saginaw Community Foundation (SCF) granted $863,443.38 supporting 70 programs and projects via its designated, donor advised and competitive grant processes.
Organizations interested in applying for a grant through SCF can learn more at our Grants page, or contact Kendra Kempf, program officer, at (989) 755-0545 or via email.
The following SCF funds provided designated and donor advised (non-competitive) grants, June 11 – Dec.16, 2016:
A String Instrumental Program – $2,150
Saginaw Strings Program – Beginning Strings – program tuition assistance
Circle Michigan Foundation Fund – $500
Cheboygan- Otsego-Presque Isle Educational Service District – Transportation Grant
Citizen’s Bank Corporate Advised Fund – $500
Boys and Girls Club of the Great Lakes Bay Region – Night to Remember event
Dow communityGives – $8,000
Arthur Hill High School – $1,000 (Varsity Volleyball)
Arthur Hill High School – $1,000 (Junior Varsity Volleyball)
Birch Run High School – $1,000 (Robotics Team)
Freeland Youth Football – $1,000
Heritage High School Varsity Football Team – $1,000
New Beginnings Enrichment Center – $1,000 (Saginaw Jr. Gators Youth Basketball Team)
SCF – Saginaw Baseball Club Fund – $1,000
Saginaw High School – $1,000 (Marching Band)
Hemlock Semiconductor Hemlock Site Fund – $150,000
Richland Township – Fire Department – $50,000 (Turnout Gear)
Richland Township – $100,000 (new library building)
Heroes for Kids Fund – $1,179.85
Boys and Girls Club Great Lakes Bay Region (STEM Resources for Saginaw Club Site)
Aarol W. & Elaine M. Irish Family Foundation Fund – $2,079.04
St. Dominic Catholic Church
K.P. Karunakaran Family Foundation Fund – $13,000
Tri-City Hindu Temple
Don and Betty Nash Donor Advised Fund – $629.99
DonorsChoose.org (to help a classroom purchase supplies and equipment)
Virginia & Don Nash Fund – $2,500
SECU Family House at UNC Hospitals
National Association of Insurance & Financial Advisors Saginaw Fund – $5,000
Diaper Alliance – $2,000
Mid-Michigan Children’s Museum – $1,000
Salvation Army – $1,000
Children’s Zoo at Celebration Square – $1,000
Nexteer Community Improvement Fund – $27,038
Buena Vista Township Community Center and Rail Trail – $17,038
Buena Vista Township – $5,000 (Beautification and renovation efforts in partnership with Habitat for Humanity)
Buena Vista Township – $5,000 (to support renovations to homes within Buena Vista Township through a partnership with Saginaw-Shiawassee Habitat for Humanity)
Nexteer STEM Education Fund – $31,300
Carrollton Public Schools (Middle School Math Program)
SCF Unrestricted Fund – $5,224.50
Temple Theatre Foundation (Strategic Planning Capacity Building)
Saginaw Leadership Cares – $2,833
Sacred Heart Rehabilitation Center (support services for AIDS care clients living with HIV/AIDS in the Saginaw area)
Carl H., Jr. and Sandra Werth Fund – $350,000
SCF – Excellence in Education Program – $10,000
SCF – Saginaw Intermediate School District College Advisor Program – $250,000
SCF – Youth First Program – $90,000
Wolohan Enterprises, Inc. Fund – $3,500
Delta College Foundation – $2,500 (Possible Dream)
Saginaw Future – $1,000 (Annual Campaign)
The following organizations received grants to support programs/projects via various competitive grants available through SCF:
Angels Among Us – $7,000
(from the SCF Unrestricted Fund)
Project TNR Saginaw
Boys and Girls Clubs of the Great Lakes Bay Region – $1,200
(from the Nexteer Steering the Future Fund)
STEM Resources for Saginaw Club Site
Child & Family Services – $4,624
(from the Dow Corning Foundation Donor Advised Fund)
Support of the Sexual Assault Center SANE Program
Child & Family Services – $10,000
(from The Dow Chemical Company Donor Advised Fund)
Youth and Adult Sexual Assault Prevention Project
Child Abuse and Neglect Council Great Lakes Bay Region – $4,500
(from the Lulah C. McMullen & Family Endowment Fund)
Parenting Training
Emmaus House of Saginaw – $11,451
($5,725 from The Dow Chemical Company Donor Advised Fund; $3,362.25 from the Lulah C. McMullen & Family Endowment Fund; $2,363.75 from the YWCA Fund for Women and Children)
Asbestos Removal and Flooring Replacement
First Ward Community Center – $7,717
($5,717 from the Lulah C. McMullen & Family Endowment Fund; $2,000 from the YWCA Fund for Women and Children)
Getting Ahead in a Just Gettin’-By World
First Ward Community Center – $9,986
(from the Senior Citizens Enrichment Fund)
First Ward Senior Citizen Center – Coordinator
Get Outside for a Healthy Inside (SCF) – $10,000
(from the SCF Unrestricted Fund)
Revitalization of Wickes Park
Hemlock Public School District – $15,000
($10,000 from the SCF Unrestricted Fund; $5,000 from the FORCE Youth Advisory Committee Fund)
Hemlock Soccer Field Lighting
Japanese Cultural Center – $2,500
(from the Nexteer Steering the Future Fund)
Sister City 55th Anniversary Celebration
Junior Achievement North Central Michigan – $6,600
($5,000 from the FORCE Youth Advisory Committee Fund; $1,600 from the YWCA Fund for Women and Children)
Junior Achievement Explorer Post
Mustard Seed Shelter – $10,000
($7,500 from the FORCE Youth Advisory Committee Fund; $1,500 from the Lulah C. McMullen & Family Endowment Fund; $1,000 from the YWCA Fund for Women and Children)
Emergency and Transitional Housing
Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum (SVSU) – $10,500
(from the SCF Unrestricted Fund)
2017 Exhibition Project
Old Saginaw City, Inc. – $2,500
(from the Nexteer Steering the Future Fund)
Lawn Chair Film Festival: Save Our Screen (S.O.S.) Initiative
Open Table – $22,500
($9,261 from the Lulah C. McMullen & Family Endowment Fund; $7,500 from the FORCE Youth Advisory Committee Fund; $5,739 from the At-Risk Youth Fund)
Juvenile Justice Demonstration Project
Rauchholz Memorial Library – $3,164
(from the Dow Corning Foundation Donor Advised Fund)
STEM Programming in the Library
Saginaw Arts & Enrichment Commission – $2,000
(from the Nexteer Steering the Future Fund)
Celebrating Saginaw’s Cultures – Building Unity
Saginaw Basin Land Conservancy – $20,000
(from the SCF Unrestricted Fund)
Outdoor Urban Recreation (O.U.R.) Saginaw
Saginaw County Community Mental Health Authority (SCCMHA) – $10,000
($4,066 from the Carl Werth, Sr. & Ruth Werth Memorial Fund; $4,806 from the Lulah C. McMullen & Family Endowment Fund; $1,128 from the Mental Health Fund)
Hoarding Services
Saginaw Public Schools – $7,995
(from the Dow Corning Foundation Donor Advised Fund)
Saginaw Arts & Sciences Academy (SASA) Calculator Upgrade
Saginaw-Shiawassee Habitat for Humanity – $15,000
(from the Senior Citizens Enrichment Fund)
Neighborhood Revitalization
Saginaw Valley State University – $12,672
($10,308.25 from the SCF Unrestricted Fund; $2,363.75 from the YWCA Fund for Women and Children)
Great Lakes Bay Regional Youth Leadership Institute 2016-17
Sexual Assault Center of Child & Family Services – $1,500
(from the Nexteer Steering the Future Fund)
Advocate Acknowledgment and SANE Support
Underground Railroad – $1,300
(from the Nexteer Steering the Future Fund)
Girls on the Run Saginaw Bay: Curriculum for Program
The following school districts received Grants for Excellence Teacher Mini-Grants (a competitive grant program at SCF) to support educational programs at specific schools:
Frankenmuth School District – $6,591
Frankenmuth High School – $2,315 (Greenhouse Innovator)
Rittmueller Middle School – $2,276 (Building Tomorrow’s Solar Technology Today)
Frankenmuth High School – $2,000 (Making Outstanding Commodities Kickstarted by Utilizing Partnerships [MOCK-UP])
Hemlock Public School District – $2,500
Ling Elementary School (Introduction to 3D Modeling and 3D Printing for Elementary School Students)
Saginaw Intermediate School District – $970
Hartley Outdoor Education Center (Wildlife Viewing and Tagging Program)
Swan Valley School District – $689
Swan Valley High School (Vikingbots 5538)