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IRON/DICKINSON COUNTIES - The Dickinson Area Community Foundation (DACF) and its two affiliates, the Crystal Falls Area Community Foundation (CFACF) and the Norway Area Community Foundation (NACF), will be paying out up to $590,515 in grants and scholarships for 2024.
Up to $248,180 in scholarships will be awarded in 2024 through the following schools: Iron Mountain, Kingsford, Norway, North Dickinson, Crystal Falls, Niagara, Florence, Pembine and West Iron High Schools. Graduating seniors should check with their scholarship coordinator for the applications and criteria for the DACF scholarships offered at their school. Applications and criteria will be available on the DACF website starting in January 2024.
$342,335 is available for agency and field of interest grants in 2024. Grant application forms for field of interest grants are now available on DACF’s website at www.dickinsonareacf.org . If you are interested in applying for any of the grant funds listed below or require additional information, please contact the Dickinson Area Community Foundation office at 906-774-3131 for more information or to request the appropriate application forms and instructions.
Deadline for application submission to the Foundation is October 27, 2023. Grant funds will be awarded in the first quarter of 2024.
$67,676 is available for field of interest program grants during the 2024 Grant Cycle. Grants are available from the following funds to 501(c)3 non-profit organizations and agencies or organizations that are affiliated with non-taxable organizations (i.e., schools, churches, cities) located in or servicing people in the Dickinson County area and surrounding Michigan and Wisconsin areas:
Community Health Fund: $2,212 Funds available for grants for youth and senior health related programs (i.e., programs designed to reduce behavioral risk factors such as substance abuse, alcohol/binge drinking, smoking, and depression; and to encourage healthy activities).
Environmental Fund: $4,537 Funds available for grants for projects that improve or create methods of enhancing natural resources in the region.
Fine Arts Fund: $2,438 Funds available for grants for projects in the area of theatrical, musical and performing arts.
Health Care Fund: $2,415 Funds available for grants for programs involved in prevention, primary physical health care, educational and other health related services.
Homeless Prevention Fund: $3,034 Funds available for grants for programs that provide assistance to people in need to prevent loss of homes.
Hunger Fund: $2,417 Funds available for grants to organizations that provide food to people in need.
The Norway Area Community Foundation and the Crystal Falls Community Foundation will be funding $24,639 in field of interest grants for 2024. Non-profit organizations and agencies in the Norway and Crystal Falls communities may apply for grants in the following fields of interest:
Forest Park Youth Fund: $16,629 in funds is available for granting by the Forest Park Youth Advisory Committee (YACs) for youth-related programs in the Crystal Falls area.
Crystal Falls Community Project Fund: $920 in funds is available for granting for community projects in the Crystal Falls area.
$243,673 in grant funds will be paid out to the following Dickinson area non-profit agencies: Adult Basic Education, Almost Home Animal Shelter, Bay Cliff Health Camp, Crystal Lake Senior Center, Dickinson County Bike Path (DTN), Dickinson County Cancer Loan Closet, Dickinson Conservation District, Northern Lights YMCA, Menominee Range Historical Foundation, Northwoods Air Lifeline, Friends of the Braumart, Friends of Camp Batawagama, NorthPointe, Light at the Inn, Champion Romney (DICSA), Dickinson Hospitals’ Foundation Administration Fund, Dickinson Hospitals’ Foundation Benevolent Fund, Dickinson Hospitals’ Foundation Community Fund, Dickinson Hospitals’ Foundation Capital Fund, Dickinson Hospitals’ Foundation Newberg Living Endowment Fund, Visual Arts Fund (Association of Student Artists), DACF Administrative Fund, DACF Unrestricted Fund, and the Salvation Army which have established agency funds with the Foundation.
In addition, $3,363 in agency grant funds will be paid out to the following Crystal Falls area non-profit agencies which have established agency funds with the Foundation: Harbour House (Crystal Falls Koob Historic Fund) and the Contemporary Center (Crystal Falls Koob Youth Fund).
Earnings from the individual organizations’ agency funds are disbursed annually to the designated agency or organization, in accordance with the Dickinson Area Community Foundation spending policy.