2024

4Front Credit Union

910 Media Group

Amar-Fox Family Fund of the Otsego Community Foundation

Baiardi Family Foundation

The Bay Theatre

Beaver Island Historical Society

Benzie Sunrise Rotary Foundation

Birth to Five Literacy Network - Northeast

Books by the Bushel

Cadillac Elks Lodge

Cary Stamp & CO

Charlevoix County Community Foundation

Cheboygan County Health and Education Fund

Cheboygan, Otsego, Presque Isle Great Start Collaborative and Family Coalition

Church Women United of Mason County

Community Foundation of Mason County YAC

Community Foundation for Northeast Michigan Community Impact Fund

Community Foundation for Northeast Michigan Women's Giving Fund

Communities in Schools

COOR/Iosco Great Start Collaborative 

Tom and Julie Carruthers Fund of the Petoskey-Harbor Springs Community Foundation

The Divas Quilting Club

DTE

Elk Rapids Area Educational Endowment of the GTRCF

Ted and Brenda Frey Donor Advised Fund of the Petoskey-Harbor Springs Community Foundation

Friends of the Otsego Library​​

Gaylord  Community School

Glen Lake Women’s Club​

Grace Episcopal Church

Grand Traverse Regional Community Foundation – DEI Fund

Grand Traverse Regional Community Foundation Rotary Endowment

Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians

Great Start Collaborative Mason, Lake , and Oceana

Great Lakes Energy People Fund  

The  Hees Family Foundation

HELP Ministries    

Hestia Women’s Giving Circle

Kiwanis Club of Kalkaska           

Kiwanis Club of Traverse City 

Koro Family Charitable Fund of the Community Foundation for South East Michigan

Lake Ann Lion's Club

L'Arbre Croche Fund of the Petoskey Harbor Springs Community Foundation

Lake County Community Foundation

Lampert Family Fund of the Otsego Community Foundation

​Leland Women’s Civic Club    

Livonia Elks Lodge  2246                                         

Ludington Area Schools

Manistee Rotary Education Fund of the Manistee County Community Foundation 

Mawby Green Giving

Meijer Store of Ludington

Midwest Veterinary Partners

Mission Graphics of Ludington                                                                                              

Muskegon Lodge 247 B.P.O. Elks  

MSU FCU  

Northeast Michigan Women's Giving Circle Fund        

Northwest Michigan Community Action Agency                                         

Otsego Community Foundation

PNC Bank Fund of the Muskegon County Community Foundation

Parenting Communities (Leelanau County)   

Patchwork Ministries

Petoskey-Harbor Springs Community Foundation - Youth Endowment

Plymouth Ann Arbor Michigan Elks Lodge                                   

Robet Foundation

Barbara and Frank Rock Family Fund                                                                           

Rotary Club of Traverse Bay Sunrise Foundation      

Doug Schlaff Youth Fund of the Manistee County Community Foundation

Shady Lane Cellars

Sisters of Beta Sigma Phi Sorority Preceptor Kappa Chapter of Ludington   

Skerratt Family Fund of the OtsegoCommunity Foundation                                                       

Traverse City Elks Lodge 323  

West Bay Family Dental

Westshore ISD Great Start Collaborative                                                                       

Wexford-Missaukee ISD

Wexford-Manistee-Missaukee Great Start Collaborative

VMware

Zonta Club of Traverse City

 

2023

Amar-Fox Family Fund of the Otsego Community Foundation                     

Baiardi Family Foundation

Beaver Island Elks Lodge 2886

Benzie Sunrise Rotary

Birth to Five Literacy Network - Northeast

Bui Family Foundation

Cadillac Elks Lodge

Campbell Endowment of the GTRCF

Charlevoix County Community Foundation

Cheboygan County Health and Education Fund

Cheboygan, Otsego, Presque Isle Great Start Collaborative and Family Coalition

Church Women United of Mason County

Community Financial Credit Union

Community Foundation for Northeast Michigan Community Impact Fund

Community Foundation for Northeast Michigan Women's Giving Fund

COOR/Iosco Great Start Collaborative 

Tom and Julie Carruthers Fund of the Petoskey-Harbor Springs Community Foundation

The Divas Quilting Club

DTE

Edson Farms Market & Deli

Elk Rapids Area Educational Endowment of the GTRCF

Ted and Brenda Frey Donor Advised Fund of the Petoskey-Harbor Springs Community Foundation

Friends of the Otsego Library

GFL Environmental

Gaylord Chamber of Commerce

Genuine Leelanau Charitable Endowment of the GTRCF

Glen Lake Women’s Club

Grand Traverse Band Economic Development Corporation  

Grand Traverse Regional Community Foundation – DEI Fund

Grand Traverse Regional Community Foundation Rotary Endowment

GTRCF: Antrim YAC

GTRCF: Kalkaska YAC

GTRCF: Leelanau YAC

Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians

Great Start Collaborative Mason, Lake , and Oceana

Great Lakes Energy People Fund  

HELP Ministries    

Hestia Women’s Giving Circle            

Kiwanis Club of Traverse City 

Koro Family Charitable Fund of the Community Foundation for South East Michigan

Lake County Community Foundation

Lampert Family Fund of the Otsego Community Foundation

Leland Schools

Leland Women’s Civic Club    

Livonia Elks Lodge  2246                                         

Ludington Schools

Manistee Rotary Education Fund of the Manistee County Community Foundation 

Mawby Green Giving

Mission Graphics of Ludington                                                                                              

Muskegon Lodge 247 B.P.O. Elks    

Northeast Michigan Women's Giving Circle Fund        

Northwest Michigan Community Action Agency                                         

Oryana Natural Foods Market

Parenting Communities (Leelanau County)   

Patchwork Ministries

Petoskey-Harbor Springs Community Foundation - Youth Endowment

PIE&G Communities First Fund                                       

PNC Foundation

Robet Foundation

Barbara and Frank Rock Family Fund                                                                        

Rotary Club of Cheboygan     

Rotary Club of Traverse City Sunrise Foundation      

The Art and Mary Schmuckal Family Foundation

Doug Schlaff Youth Fund of the Manistee County Community Foundation

Sisters of Beta Sigma Phi Sorority Preceptor Kappa Chapter of Ludington   

St. Christophers Episcopal Church

Straits Areas Community Foundation

Suttons Bay Bingham Endowment of the GTRCF                                                        

Traverse City Elks Lodge 323  

Westshore ISD Great Start Collaborative                                                                       

Wexford-Missaukee ISD

Wexford-Manistee-Missaukee Great Start Collaborative

VMware

Zonta Club of Traverse City

               

2022

4Front Credit Union

Amar-Fox Family Fund of the Otsego Community Foundation

American Association of University Women - Gaylord

Antrim County Baby Pantry

Beaver Island Elks Lodge

Believe in Reading

Benzie County Central Schools Educational Foundation

Benzie Sunrise Rotary

Bui Family Foundation

Cadillac Elks Lodge

Cadillac Area Community Foundation

Cheboygan-Otsego-Presque Isle Great Start Collaborative/Literacy Hub Grant/MDE

Community Foundation for Northeast Michigan

Community Foundation for Oceana Youth Fun

Community Foundation for Oceana Grandma Pete Memorial Fund 

Cwik Holly by Golly Fund of the Otsego Community Foundation

Deerfield Computer Associates Otsego Community Foundation

Dollar General Literacy Foundation

Friends of the Otsego County Library

Grand Traverse Elks Lodge

Grand Traverse Regional Community Foundation (GTRCF): Campbell Endowment

GTRCF: Elk Rapids Area Community Endowment

GTRCF: Elk Rapids Area Education Endowment

GTRCF: Genuine Leelanau Charitable Endowment

GTRCF: Kingsley Community Foundation

GTRCF: Suttons Bay Bingham Endowment

GTRCF: Antrim YAC

GTRCF: Benzie YAC

GTRCF: Kalkaska YAC

GTRCF: Leelanau YAC

Great Lakes Energy People Fund

Hardman Construction Fund

Hees Family Foundation of the Otsego Community Foundation

Hestia Women's Giving Circle

Immaculate Conception Church

Kiwanis Club of Gaylord Foundation

Just Give

Lake County Community Foundation

Leelanau Parenting Communities

Leelanau Township Community Foundation

Leelanau Township Community Foundation Youth Advisory Council

Leland Public Schools

Leland Women’s Civic Club

Livonia Elks Lodge

Ludington Area Schools

Mancelona United Methodist Women

Manistee County Community Foundation

Manistee County Community Foundation -The Doug Schlaff Youth Fund

Muskegon Elks Lodge

Northwest Community Action Agency (NWCAA)

Optimist Youth Foundation of Traverse City

Otsego Community Foundation

Otsego County United Way

Patchwork Ministries

Pennies From Heaven Foundation

Petoskey-Harbor Springs Area Community Foundation

Steve and Loree Potash Family Foundation

Precision Cares

Robet Foundation

Barbara and Frank Rock Family Foundation of the Otsego Community Foundation

Rotary Charities of Traverse City SEED Grant

Rotary Club of Traverse City Sunrise Foundation

Straits Area Community Foundation
St. Paul's Episcopal Church

Traverse City Elks Lodge

Traverse City Optimist Youth Club

VMware

Westshore ISD Great Start Collaborative

Wexford-Missaukee-Manistee ISD Great Start Collaborative

Women's Giving Circle Cadillac Area Community Foundation

Women's Giving Circle for Presque Isle and Montmorency

Youth Fund of the Otsego Community Foundation

Zonta Club of Traverse City

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2021

4Front Credit Union

The Amar-Fox Family Fund of the Otsego Community Foundation

Baiardi Family Foundation

Beaver Island Elks Lodge

Benzie County Central Schools Educational Foundation

Benzie Sunrise Rotary

Bright Funds

Bui Family Foundation

Charlevoix County Community Foundation

Cheboygan-Otsego-Presque Isle Great Start Collaborative

Community Foundation Child Neglect and Abuse Prevention Fund

Community Foundation for Mason County

Community Foundation Little Point Sable-Arts for Oceana County Fund

Community Foundation of Grand Traverse Areas, Focus Fund Grant

Consumers Energy Foundation

COOR/Iosco Great Start Collaborative 

Crystal Mountain

Cwik Holly by Golly Fund of the Otsego Community Foundation

Dominos

Gaylord Community Schools

Genuine Leelanau Charitable Endowment

Tom Gill Memorial Fund of the Otsego Community Foundation

Good Works Grant, Rotary Club of Traverse City

Grand Traverse Regional Community Foundation Youth Advisory Council for Antrim

Grand Traverse Regional Community Foundation Youth Advisory Council for Benzie

Grand Traverse Regional Community Foundation Youth Advisory Council for Kalkaska

Grand Traverse Regional Community Foundation Youth Advisory Council for Grand Traverse

Grand Traverse Regional Community Foundation Youth Advisory Council for Leelanau

Grand Traverse Department of Health and Human Services Grant

Great Lakes Energy People Fund

Hardman Construction Fund of the Community Foundation for Mason County

Hestia Women's Giving Circle

Nancy Hesting Fund of the Community Foundation for Mason County

Immaculate Conception Catholic Church

ITC

The Kohnert Family Fund of the Otsego Community Foundation

Kiwanis Club of Gaylord Foundation

Kiwanis Club of Traverse City

Kiwanis Foundation of Traverse City

Kuehlenthal Beyer Family Fund of the Otsego Community Foundation

Lake County Community Foundation Grant (For Community)

Lake County Community Foundation Grant (For Baldwin School)

Lampert Family Fund of the Otsego Community Foundation

Leelanau Parenting Communities Grant

Leelanau Township Community Foundation

Ludington Area Schools

Manistee County Community Foundation

Mason-Lake-Oceana Great Start Collaborative

Meijer

Muskegon Elks Lodge

Network for Good

Northeast Community Youth Advisory Council

Northeast Michigan Community Foundation Northeast Women's Giving Circle Fund

Otsego County Cops Fund of the Otsego Community Foundation

Otsego County Community United Way

PNC 

Petoskey-Harbor Springs Area - Youth Endowment (for Emmet County)

Rock Family Foundation

Rotary Club of Gaylord Fund of the Otsego Community Foundation

The Art and Mary Schmuckal Family Foundation

SEED Grant Rotary Charities Traverse City (with the Northwest Literacy Alliance)

Straits Area Community Foundation 

David K. Stites Fund of the Community Foundation for Mason County

Suttons Bay and Bingham Endowment

Suttons Bay-Leelanau County Rotary Club

Traverse Bay Sunrise Rotary Foundation

Traverse City Elks Lodge

UBS Business Solutions

VMware

Wexford-Missaukee-Manistee Great Start Collaborative

Youth Fund of the Otsego Community Foundation 

Symantec Software Company

Veritas

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2020

Antrim Community Foundation

Bright Funds

Bui Family Foundation

Grand Traverse Community Foundation Urgent Needs Grant

Grand Traverse Health and Human Services Grant

Grand Traverse Rotary Matching Funds

Grand Traverse Department of Health and Human Services 

Immaculate Conception Church

Kiwanis Foundation of Traverse City

Lake County Community Foundation

Leelanau Township Community Foundation 

Otsego Community Foundation/United Way

Peace and Justice Group of St. Andrews Presbyterian Church

The Art and Mary Schmuckal Family Foundation

Suttons Bay-Bingham Foundation

Traverse Bay Sunrise Rotary Foundation

VMWare

Youth Advisory Council Antrim County

Youth Advisory Council Benzie County

Youth Advisory Council Grand Traverse County

Youth Advisory Council Leelanau County

Youth Advisory Council Kalkaska County

Youth Advisory Council of Leelanau Township

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2019

Bui Family Foundation

Community Foundation for Mason County

Grace Episcopal Church

Immaculate Conception Church

Kiwanis Club of Traverse City

Patchwork Ministries

Pour for More

Traverse Bay Twilight Rotary Club 

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2018

Bui Family Foundation

Community Foundation Suttons Bay Bingham Endowment

Community Foundation Boys and Girls Club Endowment

Community Foundation Youth Endowment (YAC)

Community Foundation Endowment for Leelanau

Community Foundation for Mason County

Immaculate Conception Church

The Art and Mary Schmuckal Family Foundation

 

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2017

Good Works Grant, Rotary of Traverse City

The Art and Mary Schmuckal Family Foundation

Bui Family Foundation

Immaculate Conception Church

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2016

Traverse Bay Sunrise Rotary Foundation

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Thank you to Local Businesses:

 

Bay Books

Bayside Coffee & Tea

Book Mark

The Business Helper Suttons Bay

Blue Vase Book Exchange

Mission Graphics

Gordys Skate Company of Ludington

Horizon Books

Cottage Books

Sweet Tartlette

Chimoski Bakery of Suttons Bay

The Little Fleet

The Q Smokehouse

Maxbauer's Meat Market

Little Bee's Italian Ice of Suttons Bay

Suttons Bay-Bingham District Library

Goodwill Industries of Northern Michigan

Mason County District Library

Traverse Area District Library

Suttons Bay-Bingham District Library

Leelanau Township Library

Leland Library

Glen Lake Library

Benzie Shores District Library

Benzonia Public Library

Darcy Library of Beulah

National Writers Series

Oryana Community Co-Op

4Front Credit Union

Jelinek Orchards

Crystal Mountain Resort

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