Elizabeth Ruthruff Wilson Foundation Grant

The Elizabeth Ruthruff Wilson Foundation Grant aims to enhance the cultural life of Lenawee County, Michigan by supporting music and performing arts programs. As a private non-profit, the foundation provides funding to organizations that promote self-reliance and education in the arts. Eligible applicants must have 501(c)(3) status and align with the foundation's mission. The foundation does not fund endowments, salaries, or projects that discriminate based on ethnicity, gender, or other factors.

The foundation’s primary focus is on music and performing arts programs that benefit the Lenawee County community and/or students in the County’s primary and secondary education programs (including post-secondary scholarships in music and performing arts).
This non-profit foundation:
Perpetuates the charitable vision of Elizabeth Wilson in its assistance to music and the performing arts.Serves the Lenawee County region as an important resource by awarding grants to qualified non-profit organizations with specific, identifiable needs in the areas the Foundation targets.Values self-reliance and encourages the use of matching funds for proposed projects.

Eligibility

An organization must have current 501(c) (3) Public Charity status from the Internal Revenue Service or be a government entity.Organizations must be located in, or serve populations of Lenawee County, Michigan.
Proposals must relate to music or the performing arts.

Ineligibility

The Elizabeth R. Wilson Foundation does not fund:

• Endowments
• Salaries
• Travel expenses
• Loans or debt retirement
• Contributions to religious organizations whose principal activity is for the benefit of their own members
• Athletic fields, parks, playgrounds or recreational facilities
• Emergency funding
• Projects from organization whose policies or practices discriminate on the basis of ethnic origin, gender, race, religion or sexual orientation
• Political organizations or organizations whose purpose is to influence legislation