Program areas at Grand Traverse Regional Community Foundation
The Foundation provides Community service and support by providing grants to 501(c)(3) nonprofit, municipal, tribal and educational partners with a focus on local impact in the communities throughout its region. The Foundation serves antrim, benzie, Grand Traverse, kalkaska, and leelanau counties, as well as the Grand Traverse band of ottawaw and chippewa indians, a federally recognized tribe. In 2023, the Foundation provided grants to 119 organizations.
In recent years, the Foundation has increasingly played a collaborative leadership role in the region. This includes convening cross-sector leaders to develop and implement a Community development strategy. With partners across the region, the Foundation is working to move the needle in areas of greatest need by working together. In 2023, this work included convening and facilitating a youth wellness initiative, focused on identifying needs and opportunites for support related to youth mental health and well-being.
The Foundation provides scholarship awards to students to help them pursue continuing education opportunities in either a traditional college environment or at a technical or trade school. Scholarships help promote the Foundation's focus areas of education and youth. In 2023, there were 192 scholarship recipients.