Program areas at Fremont Area Community Foundation
Community responsive grantmaking: administering and distributing funds received exclusively for charitable purposes through grants to nonprofit organizations that provide services for the benefit of the people of newaygo county, Michigan and the surrounding Area of western Michigan. Categories of funding include charitable purposes across many sectors, including but not limited to health, education, Community development, and services to vulnerable populations.
Poverty to prosperity: to reduce poverty to at or below the national average in newaygo county, Michigan. Includes the administration and distribution of funds for charitable purposes through grants to nonprofit organizations that provide programs in self-sufficiency, asset development and social capital/empowerment of individuals.
Education: to increase proportion of residents with college, credentials, or certifications in newaygo county, Michigan. Includes the administration and distribution of funds for charitable purposes through grants to nonprofit organizations that provide educational services. Categories of funding include kindergarten readiness, steam, literacy, remediation and activities that create a positive college and career-oriented culture. Also includes scholarships to educational institutions serving residents of newaygo county, Michigan and the surrounding Area of western Michigan.
Community & economic development: to reduce and maintain the unemployment rate below the national average while preserving our rural character in newaygo county, Michigan and the surrounding Area of western Michigan. Includes the administration and distribution of funds for charitable purposes through grants to nonprofit organizations that provide workforce, small business and entrepreneurship development designed to hire unemployed and underemployed residents of newaygo county, Michigan; increase capactiy of local Community and economic development partners; natural resources prmotion and utilization.