2019 First round grants

Kalamazoo Community Foundation (KZCF) awarded $2.3 million in grants to 57 nonprofit programs in the first round of grantmaking in 2019. The nonprofit programs supported by these grants align with the Community Foundation’s giving priorities: equity and education. Grants were made to nonprofits serving Kalamazoo County in a variety of sectors including youth development, housing and healthcare. Local nonprofits also received grants and distributions from Advised and Designated Funds held at KZCF. For more details on the nonprofits programs funded, visit kalfound.org/Grants/GrantsAwarded.

• Action for Liberation

• Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo

• Big Brothers Big Sisters

• Boy Scouts of America

• Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Kalamazoo

• Can-Do Kitchen

• Christian Neighbors

• City of Kalamazoo

• City of Kalamazoo Parks & Recreation

• Communities In Schools

• CARES

• Community Healing Centers, Inc.

• Community Homeworks

• Community Living Options

• Disability Network Southwest Michigan

• El Concilio*

• Equality Michigan

• Goodwill Industries of SWMI

• Healthy House

• Heritage Community of Kalamazoo

• InterAct of Michigan, Inc.

• InterFaith Homes

• Intrepid Professional Women Network, Inc.

• Kalamazoo County Ready 4s

• Kalamazoo Institute of Arts

• Kalamazoo Loaves & Fishes*

• Kalamazoo Neighborhood Housing Services

• Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra

• KYDNet

• Kalamazoo Probation Enhancement Program (KPEP)

• Leader Dogs for the Blind

• Michigan Nonprofit Association

• Michigan United

• Milwood United Methodist Church

• Ministry with Community

• Muscular Dystrophy Association

• Northside Association for Community Development*

• Northside Preschools

• Open Roads Bike Program

• Pine Rest Foundation

• Planned Parenthood of Michigan

• Pretty Lake Camp

• Queer Theatre, Inc.

• Read and Write Kalamazoo

• Renaissance Enterprises

• Residential Opportunities, Inc.

• Seeding Change

• Senior Services

• SLD Read

• State of Michigan Department of Health & Human Services

• The Arc Community Advocates

• Urban Alliance

• Vibrant Kalamazoo (Kalamazoo County Land Bank)

• Western Michigan University Foundation

• YMCA of Greater Kalamazoo

• Young Kings and Queens, Inc.

*multi-year funding