Susan and Noah from Berrien Community Foundation join us to talk about grantmaking, and about Noah’s internship assisting the TEAM Program, as well as how your teenager can sign up to be a member of TEAM! Get details at berriencommunity.org.... [Read Full Story]
BCF is a place where resources meet needs. Scholarships are a great example of those resources. Most scholarships are for college. The Willging-Reed Scholarship is a special scholarship for orchestra students from St. Joe High School who are going to a summer music camp. Get more details at berriencommunity.org.... [Read Full Story]
Jonny fills in for Zack speaking with Susan at Berrien Community Foundation about Mini-Classroom Grants for area teachers and education professionals. Get details at berriencommunity.org.... [Read Full Story]
Susan Matheny from Berrien Community Foundation and Kortney Moore from Calling All Colors join Zack on the Coast Social Network this morning to talk about BCF’s “For Good” Grants, and how Calling All Colors used their grant to continue connecting St. Joseph and Benton Harbor students together. Find more details on grants at berriencommunity.org.... [Read Full Story]
Lisa Cripps-Downey from the Berrien Community Foundation and Amy Zapal from St. Joseph Today join Zack to talk about Berrien Community Foundation’s “For Good” Grants. Hear how BCF is making a difference for local non-profits in the community, and get more details at berriencommunity.org.... [Read Full Story]
Today, Lisa from Berrien Community Foundation joins us to talk about For Good grants from BCF. She is joined by Laura Jolly from The Acorn Theater in Three Oaks, who talks about the use of their For Good grant to establish an outdoor performance space. Get details on For Good grants from BCF at berriencommunity.org.... [Read Full Story]
This week, Susan from BCF joins Zack to talk about the Stephen E. Upton “Love Your Community” Grant. Steve Upton is known for his charitable heart and love for Berrien County. A few years ago, he decided that one way he wanted to leave a legacy for Berrien County was to create a grant program at the Berrien Community Foundation. So, the Stephen E. Upton Love Your Community Grant was born!... [Read Full Story]
Lisa Cripps-Downey from Berrien Community Foundation is joined by Stephen Rockette & Zech Hoyt from the YMCA of Greater Michiana to talk about the Benton Harbor Summer Impact Project. If you have a great idea to help the community, start at berriencommunity.org.... [Read Full Story]
Lisa Cripps-Downey from the Berrien Community Foundation joins Zack to chat about the William J. Deputy Fund for Harbor Country municipalities. Find out about this fund application, and how you can establish your own fund, at berriencommunity.org.... [Read Full Story]
Susan Matheny, Program Manager at Berrien Community Foundation and Linnea Berg, Program Manager, Neighbor By Neighbor in Harbor Country join Zack to discuss the Alamar Nonprofit Sustainability Grant, how it benefits area nonprofits, and how to apply. Details are at berriencommunity.org.... [Read Full Story]
Lisa Cripps-Downey from Berrien Community Foundation joins Zack, along with Dick Bartz from the Berrien Springs community, to discuss the “Give Where You Live” fund in the Berrien Springs community, and how you can start your own endowment fund with the BCF focused on an area of interest or location. Details at berriencommunity.org.... [Read Full Story]
Susan from Berrien Community Foundation is joined by Mike from Community Healing Centers to discuss a new grant Berrien Community Foundation secured that will help the Carol’s Hope drug crisis intervention center right here in Berrien County.... [Read Full Story]
Zack is joined by Lisa Cripps-Downey from the Berrien Community Foundation, alongside Bob Rowe of Renaissance Enterprises, to talk about Grantmaking at Berrien Community Foundation and their Senior Empowerment Endowment fund. To find out more information on Berrien Community Foundation, visit berriencommunity.org.... [Read Full Story]
Zack speaks with Lisa Cripps-Downey from the Berrien Community Foundation and Berrien County Commissioner Teri Freehling about the Berrien County Broadband Survey. You can help determine where the most needed broadband internet access should go in the county by taking the survey here: https://www.merit.edu/berrien/... [Read Full Story]
Zack speaks with Lisa from the Berrien Community Foundation, and Cortez, a community volunteer, about the importance of volunteering. You can volunteer at berriencommunity.org!... [Read Full Story]
Zack is joined by Susan Matheny from Berrien Community Foundation alongside scholarship winner Noah Hayden to discuss the upcoming Friday scholarship deadline, establishing a local scholarship program, and applying right now at berriencommunity.org.... [Read Full Story]
Zack speaks with Berrien Community Foundation Program Manager Susan Matheny about the Help4Her.org website, which features local organizations helping those in the community with critical needs, food and shelter, childcare information, family recreation, and more.... [Read Full Story]
Zack speaks with Susan Matheny, the Program Manager of the Berrien Community Foundation, and Bill Downey, the Cook Plant/Heart of Cook Foundation Communications Manager, about the new Heart of Cook Foundation Earth Day Grant program, now accepting applications through March 10 at berriencommunity.org.... [Read Full Story]
Lisa Cripps-Downey from the Berrien Community Foundation talks to Zack about connecting resources with needs to be met in the community.... [Read Full Story]
Susan Matheny from the Berrien Community Foundation, and Bill Downey, Communications Manager of the Cook Plant/Heart of Cook Foundation, join Zack to talk about the Heart of Cook Competitive Grant Program, which is now taking applications through February 10th at berriencommunity.org/HOC.... [Read Full Story]
Zack is joined by Lisa Cripps-Downey from the Berrien Community Foundation, as well as John Sams from the Boys & Girls Club of Benton Harbor to talk about the Youth Advisory Council, the TEAM program, and the establishment of the new pilot program, Drive Safe.... [Read Full Story]
Lisa Cripps-Downey from the Berrien Community Foundation joins Zack to discuss the many local scholarships available to Berrien County students, including the David A. Hicks Scholarship for the Arts. Get more details on Scholarships at the BCF by going to berriencommunity.org, and the David A. Hicks Scholarship for the Arts at davidhicksscholarship.com.... [Read Full Story]
Berrien Community Foundation Program Manager Susan Matheny joins Zack to talk about Competitive Grants, how non-profits can apply, and how dollars awarded to community organizations are determined.... [Read Full Story]
Zack talks with Lisa Cripps-Downey from the Berrien Community Foundation, along with Anna Murphy from United Way of Southwest Michigan, about the Southwest Michigan CARES Fund, which has raised over $1.1 Million in 2020 and disbursed over $700,000 in to the community to assist with COVID relief.... [Read Full Story]
Zack speaks with Berrien Community Foundation program manager Susan Matheny and TEAM program member Jack Jollay about the TEAM program, and the local impact these young people are making in Berrien County.... [Read Full Story]
Zack speaks with Susan Matheny, the Program Manager at Berrien Community Foundation, about yesterday’s big Giving Tuesday project, how to sign up for future volunteer opportunities, and how to nominate a teacher and donate to the Golden Acorn Award Grant program.... [Read Full Story]
Susan Metheny, Program Manager at the Berrien Community Foundation, joined Zack to talk about the many scholarships available to Berrien County Students.... [Read Full Story]
Zack speaks with Lisa from the Berrien Community Foundation, Julia from the Krasl Art Center, and Sue from the Southwest Michigan Symphony Orchestra, about the BCF Arts Challenge and the great support received by the community.... [Read Full Story]
