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Upcoming Grant Cycle: 
Community Good Grant Cycle
Application open: August 1, 2022
Submission due: August 31, 2022

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Congratulations to the 2022 Youth Advisory Council Grant Recipients! 

We are excited to announce the grant recipients from the 2022 Youth Advisory Council Grant Cycle. There was a total of $15,228.42 in funding to support youth program investments for our community. The funding was made possible by Youth Advisory Council. Learn more about the recipients below! 

​Branch District Library - Teen Book Club Display 
The funds will support a display to provide patrons with a visual to their book club book options. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, BDL wants, more than ever, to be able to assist our local schools and begin to bring people back together. This book display can show teachers the many sets of popular YA book sets that they can use in their classrooms; or, this can be a visual to show patrons the books that can be used for their start-up book clubs–our librarians would also be happy to assist and lead book clubs.​

​Bronson Community Schools - Therapy Dog 
The funds will be used to fully fund the therapy dog program for both the 2022-23 and 2023-24 school years. It is the hope that following two years of data collection, in addition to continued grant applications, both the school district and community see the value in the program and begin to support the program financially through donations. The bulk of the program’s start-up expenses (purchase of therapy K9, training, certification and initial vetting) have already been donated.

Children's Museum of Branch County - Construction Crane 
The construction crane will be a freestanding exhibit in the museum with construction blockades. They see the exhibit being a lot of fun while engaging potential future construction workers, architects, and engineers. 
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Coach Eby Youth & family Center - Friday Night Alive Monthly Planning 
The grant funds will be used to purchase items that will support their programming, such as a safety whistle, fitness items, clothing and other materials necessary to the success of the program. Funds will also be used to cover additional administrative expenses and special events.

ProMedica Coldwater Regional Hospital Telemedicine - Birthday Bags 
Funds will be used to purchase supplies and fill the birthday bags. These boxes will be filled with cake mix and frosting, disposable cake pan, can of soda (to replace eggs and oil), candles, disposable table settings, gift card for pizza and decorations. These boxes will then be distributed to students who fall into the McKenny Vento, foster, homeless or otherwise “less fortunate” as designated by school counselors and the Clinic staff.

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Grants Overview

In general, grants are made to projects that will benefit Branch County and/or Colon, Michigan. In making grants, the Community Foundation attempts to understand both the specific objectives of each grant request and the long-term benefits that the community will receive from the initiative. All eligible grant applications are carefully considered by review committees whose membership includes a broad representation of the community.

​Successful applications will be for projects which

• Promote development or strengthening of community assets,
• Will have a positive long-term impact on program participants and/or the community,
• Lead to prevention of recurring need,
• Promote cooperation among area organizations with related or supportive missions, and
• Will be financially sustainable without continuing grant funding.

​An expression of interest or the provision of an application should not be considered a guarantee of funding. All grant requests go through a complete review process before any funding decision is made.

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