Deadline: 30-Jun-21
The Three Rivers Area Community Foundation is seeking applications for its Grant Program to supports effective programs and projects that improve the quality of life within their city and the surrounding townships.
The Three Rivers Area Community Foundation (TRACF) is a tax-exempt, public charity that allows them to put the charitable dollars back into the hands of the community. Since its incorporation in 1974 the foundation has been funding a variety of projects, programs and scholarships through your charitable giving.
Roles of Community Foundation
- The Foundation serves the greater Three Rivers Area.
- They proactively identify needs in their service area.
- They respond to identified needs by bringing together community members, by granting funds, and by leading and managing select initiatives.
- They steward the funds entrusted to them by the community.
Priorities
- To receive local donations and grant monies and then redirect those resources back into the community.
- To provide sound stewardship and growth of the resources that has been entrusted to their care.
- To provide leadership to assess the needs of their community, at least annually.
- To provide financial assistance to not-for-profit or 501(c) 3 organizations serving the broad based needs of area residents.
- To support activities that enriches and raises the general quality of life of area residents.
The Foundation Prefers to Support
- Community improvement – including large capital projects like a community center, river cleanup, youth recreation center, library, art museum, renovation of the downtown, etc., where the Foundation functions primarily as a collection house or provides initial seed or challenge money.
- Education – including lecture series, public and school libraries, Glen Oaks
- Community College, prevention programs, reading skills, etc.
- Health – including their community hospital, doctor recruitment, purchasing new medical or safety technology, etc.
- Recreation – including park facilities, development of river frontage, hiking trails, after school programs, summer camps, etc.
- Cultural programs – including community concerts, art and museum displays, dance or theatrical groups, art classes, etc.
The Foundation Prefers Not to Support
- Individuals (not permitted under IRS regulations).
- Special interest groups that appeal only to a narrow band of citizens, including a single church, unless their focus is a community wide program.
- Programs where alternative funding has not been aggressively explored or is already well funded.
- Programs that promote supremacy or division instead of equality and unity.
- For profit ventures.
Service Area of the Foundation
- Serving the people of Three Rivers and the surrounding townships with an emphasis on areas of townships included in the Three Rivers school district.
Eligibility Criteria
- They accept grant requests from public charities that are IRS determined 501(c) 3 organizations, educational non-profits and government units.
For more information, visit https://threeriversfoundation.com/grants/