The mission focuses on addressing community needs across Antrim, Benzie, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, and Leelanau counties. Through a variety of endowments, they aim to support philanthropic approaches to meeting basic needs, promoting self-sufficiency, and helping individuals achieve independence across these regions.
The Land Use and Conservation Planning Endowment, established in 1997, focuses on providing support for land use planning or land use stewardship activities within the specified counties. The grant aims to fund programs or projects that include conducting seminars and workshops, developing school programs that promote regional environmental or land use issues, assisting government units in creating land conservation programs, and supporting watershed and wetlands conservation. Additionally, it supports researching the economic, environmental, and social impacts of land use and conservation planning.
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