The Greater South Haven Area Community Foundation has awarded $55,000 to 18 local nonprofits to help support educational, cultural, art, and youth programs and projects servicing the greater South Haven area.
This year’s recipients include Safe Harbor Children’s Advocacy Center, South Haven Speakers Series, South Haven Steelheaders Sport Fishing Association, Beautify Pullman, South Haven Project CURB, South Haven Theater Series, We Care, Foundry Hall – Jazz Fest and Riverfront Concert Series, Scott Club Piano Series, Liberty Hyde Bailey Annual Conference, Boys & Girls Club of South Haven, Mitten Children’s Museum, YDC/PAL, South Haven Center for the Arts, South Haven Performance Series and South Haven Boating Foundation.
These organizations are doing great work in our community and we are thrilled to support them and their projects. We look forward to seeing the result of their efforts.
Last year, The Foundation granted $41,000 to local nonprofits to support local programming, raised $94,000 for the Michigan Maritime Museum construction project and donated $65,000 to Southwest Michigan Cares Fund providing financial relief to nonprofits struggling in the wake of COVID. In addition to financial contributions, the Foundation, in partnership with South Haven Public Schools, launched an aggregated scholarship application platform simplifying the process for South Haven High School students.