Community Foundation for Muskegon County: Strategic Grants

The Community Foundation for Muskegon County (CFMC) empowers local initiatives through strategic grants aimed at fostering educational attainment, enhancing economic development, and promoting community trust. By supporting diverse projects, CFMC envisions a vibrant, inclusive future for Muskegon County, where every resident can thrive. The foundation prioritizes collaboration and opportunities for youth, ensuring that community voices are heard and valued, ultimately leading to a better quality of life for all.

Community Foundation for Muskegon County (CFMC)
At the Community Foundation for Muskegon County (CFMC), we’re dedicated to giving voice and resources to programs with the potential to create lasting, positive change for our community. Through grantmaking, we partner with area organizations, supporting projects that reflect the needs and diversity of our region, and serve our donors’ shared desire to enhance the quality of life for people in Muskegon County, now and far into the future.
Our Values & Priorities
All grants from the Community Foundation will reflect our values:
Hope and opportunity, particularly for youth: Empowering our community members to have aspirations for a bright future and creating opportunities for them to realize their dreams.Collaborative community goals and decision-making: Supporting active partnerships that are working together sharing power, resources, and decision-making for the common good.An inclusive community: Building a welcoming, accepting community that respects difference and actively promotes full participation by all people; a place where everyone has the opportunity to share their voice, to participate in decisions that affect their lives, and to have access to all the community has to offer.
The Community Foundation’s vision was reaffirmed and when the Community Foundation began a strategic planning process to guide where we could make the largest impact with our investments of grant dollars, community engagement, and advocacy. The planning process resulted in three strategic goals:

• Advancing Educational Attainment (Education):Lifelong literacy, including STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics) and financial literacy

Educational equity (opportunities for every student to achieve their full potential)Fostering a Dynamic, Local Economy (Community and Economic Development):Workforce supports, including affordable daycare, housing, job training, and access to skilled trades
Business supports, such as entrepreneurship development and capacity of local community and economic development partnersEnhancing Community Trust and Promoting Prosperity for all (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion):Cultural competency