The Greater Ishpeming Area
Community Fund
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Board
Members
Jim Steward, Chair
Terri Smith, Vice-Chair
Marilyn Andrew, Secretary
Glenn Adams, Trustee
Shannon Edmark, Trustee
Anne Giroux, Trustee
Vicki Kulju, Trustee
Donation and Grant
Information
• DONATION FORM
The Greater Ishpeming Area
Community fund has two grant cycles per year; one in the
spring and another in the fall.
Below is a link to their grant
guidelines and grant
application form.
• GRANT GUIDELINES
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The Greater Ishpeming Area Community Fund was established in 1994 with matching funds from the Kellogg Foundation as an affiliate of the Marquette Community Foundation. Grants from the GIACF serve the people of Western Marquette County including, the City of Ishpeming, Ishpeming Township, Ely Township, Tilden Township, Champion, Michigamme and Republic.
Currently the Fund has assets of $950,000 and has distributed $143,000 in grants and scholarships.
Click here to download the 2010
Ishpeming Community Foundation Newsletter.
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CHAMP
Communities Hosting Alternatives to Minors Partying
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CHAMP is a group of school officials, parents, and students that schedule and coordinate activities on weekends through out the school year. The events are planned by and for students from Negaunee, Ishpeming, NICE and Republic. Their goal is to reduce the number of kids going to parties where alcohol and drugs are available.
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Girl Scouts
Leadership Experience Program
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Emily Bartanen and Jaclyn Holli, of the Greater Ishpeming Area Community Fund, present a grant check to Leslie Bek, from the Girl Scouts Northwestern Great Lakes. This money will be used to support local girls in the Girl Scout Leadership Experience program.
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Ishpeming Strings Program
Recieves grant from the Greater Ishpeming Area Community Fund
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Recently the Ishpeming Strings Program received a $750 grant from the Greater Ishpeming Area Community Fund. These funds will be used to purchase polo shirts embroidered with “Ishpeming Strings” that the students will wear when performing for school programs as well as outside engagements. The Ishpeming Strings Players are orchestra students from the Birchview Elementary School and the Ishpeming Middle School under the direction of teacher Anne Asplund.
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The Ishpeming Strings performing at the recent Ishpeming and Negaunee Donor Celebration Event |
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Jordan Dault and Josie Gaboury presenting the grant check to Anne Asplund |
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Fund
List
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Scholarship Funds
Gerald J. Anderson Scholarship Fund
Edna Arsenault Memorial Scholarship Fund
Bob Hart / Bill Tuohimaa Memorial Scholarship Fund
Gordon Chinn Scholarship Fund
Ishpeming High School Student Citizenship Scholarship
Walter J. Crimmins Scholarship Fund
Patricia DeVold Scholarship Fund
Paul W. and Pearl K. Goodman Music Fund Scholarship Fund
William and Jean Hocking Memorial Scholarship Fund
Independent Order of Odd Fellows Turn-Around Scholarship Fund
Carolyn Lalas Music Scholarship
Douglas & Elizabeth Larson Scholarship Fund
Andy Nault Memorial Scholarship Endowment Fund
Father Vincent L. Ouellette Scholarship Fund
Mossimo James Romeli Memorial Scholarship Fund
Susan M. Chinn Memorial Scholarship Fund
The Dr. William "Bee" Sivula Scholarship Fund
Anna L. Tobin Scholarship Endowment Fund
Westwood High School Scholarship Fund
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Donor-Advised Funds
Holman Family Fund - Distribution from the fund provide financial support for scholarships and research grants for the purpose of studying the mining industry, lighthouses, biology, fishery, environmental or research of Lake Superior.
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Designated Funds
Ishpeming School District Alumni Agency - Annual Distribution supports the IHS Alumni Association
Ishpeming School District Educational Fund-
Annual Distribution supports the Ishpeming School District as decided upon by the School Board
The Norman and Dolores Jacobson Family Music
Endowment - Annual Distribution supports the Music Curriculum of the Ishpeming School District
The Charles and Lois Smith IHS Sports Endowment-
Annual Distribution support the IHS Athletic
Program
Greater Ishpeming Area Community Fund
Operating Endowment-
Annual Distribution supports the operations of the GIACF
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Unrestricted Funds
Ishpeming Community Fund - Grants are distributed to non-profit organizations for projects or programs that improve the quality of life for the people of the Greater Ishpeming Area.
Youth Fund For Greater Ishpeming Area - Grants are distributed to non-profit organizations for projects or programs that are youth oriented. |
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Greater Ishpeming Area Community Fund
