KZCF Doles Out Over $2 Million To 57 Local Non-Profits

The Kalamazoo Community Foundation announced grants to 57 local non-profit organization, totaling $2.3 million dollars.

KZCF says the programs all align with the Foundation's stated goal of equity and education. All aspects of the Kalamazoo community appear on the list of recipients.

• Action for Liberation | From leadership to liberation
• Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo | Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Training for the arts sector
• Big Brothers Big Sisters | One-to-One Mentoring
• Boy Scouts of America, Southern Shores Field Service Council | HEROES
• Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Kalamazoo | General operating request
• Can-Do Kitchen | Access to Food Entrepreneurship
• Christian Neighbors | Neighbors Caring for Neighbors
• City of Kalamazoo | Emergency warming shelters
• City of Kalamazoo Parks & Recreation | 2019 SuperRec Program
• Communities In Schools | Integrated student support and Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI) work
• CARES | General support
• Community Healing Centers, Inc. | S.T.R.E.E.T. After School Program
• Community Homeworks | Critical Home Repairs
• Community Living Options | 2019 Camp Amigo
• Disability Network Southwest Michigan | Independent Living Program
• El Concilio | Multi-year funding for Por un mejor Futuro: Educación, Equidad y Cultura (For a better Future: Education, Equity and Culture)
• Equality Michigan | Equality Michigan 2019 Integrated Voter Engagement
• Goodwill Industries of SWMI | Guias de Vida (Life Guides)
• Healthy House | Healthy House Resident Extension Program
• Heritage Community of Kalamazoo | The Memory Care Learning Center
• InterAct of Michigan, Inc. | Substance Abuse Services Medication Clinic
• InterFaith Homes | Youth Summer Field Trip
• Intrepid Professional Women Network, Inc. | Professional Women Network
• Kalamazoo County Ready 4s | Kalamazoo County Ready 4s
• Kalamazoo Institute of Arts | General operating funds
• Kalamazoo Loaves & Fishes | Multi-year funding for Food Security in Kalamazoo County
• Kalamazoo Neighborhood Housing Services | Homeownership Service, Lead-based Paint Hazard Reduction Program
• Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra | Kalamazoo Kids In Tune & Orchestra Rouh
• Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra | Marvelous Music
• KYDNet | Equity, Quality, and Social Emotional Learning; Ensuring all Kalamazoo County youth are "Ready by 21"
• KPEP | Hospitality vocational training
• Leader Dogs for the Blind | Guide dog and mobility programs
• Michigan Nonprofit Association | Michigan Nonprofits Count Campaign
• Michigan United | Community organizing to support Immigrants & returning citizens
• Milwood United Methodist Church | Milwood Community Pantry
• Ministry with Community | Drop-In, Resource Center, and Rebuilding Lives Project
• Muscular Dystrophy Association | 2019 MDA Summer Camp Program
• Northside Association for Community Development | Multi-year funding for Residents Implementing Our Plan
• Northside Preschools | General support
• Open Roads Bike Program | Leadership Programs & Youth Lounge Resource Access
• Pine Rest Foundation | CenterPointe Crisis Residential Treatment
• Planned Parenthood of Michigan | Sexual Health Equity through Education and Care
• Pretty Lake Camp | First Time Campers Program
• Queer Theatre, Inc. | Queer Theatre Kalamazoo Expansion
• Read and Write Kalamazoo | RAWK On! Program Maximization
• Renaissance Enterprises | Kalamazoo County Senior Outreach
• Residential Opportunities, Inc. | ROI Affordable Housing Program
• Seeding Change | Great Lakes PeaceJam capacity expansion
• Senior Services | Project Fresh
• SLD Read |General support
• State of Michigan Department of Health & Human Services | Pathways to Potential
• The Arc Community Advocates | Educational advocacy in Kalamazoo County
• Urban Alliance | Momentum Urban Employment Initiative
• Vibrant Kalamazoo (Kalamazoo County Land Bank) |  Repurposing Abandoned Land & Land Bank Equity Training
• Western Michigan University Foundation | College Assistance Migrant Program
• YMCA of Greater Kalamazoo | Youth development and organizational capacity-building initiatives
• Young Kings and Queens, Inc. | Increase capacity

(Source: Kalamazoo Community Foundation)