Innovative Program Grants
Funding Amount
Up to $10,000
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Overview
Innovative Program Grants fund programming that increases college readiness, enrollment, and completion in communities across the state.
Geographic Scope: Michigan
Focus Areas:
- College readiness
- College enrollment
- College completion
- Community-based programming
Contact:
- Phone: 517-316-1713
- Email: info@micollegeaccess.org
- Address: 200 N Washington Square Suite 420, Lansing, MI 48933
How to Apply
Application Process
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Past recipients of this program
Recent awards under this program (from Michigan College Access Network's IRS filings)
Community Foundation for Oceana County
Pentwater, MI · 2025
$39K
Mount Pleasant, MI · 2025
$20K
Benzonia, MI · 2025
$18K
Muskegon, MI · 2025
$15K
Vanderbilt Area School
Vanderbilt, MI · 2025
$11K
57 grants in Michigan College Access Network's 2019–2025 filings reference “Innovative Program Grants” in their stated purpose. Amounts and places as reported by the funder.
What Michigan College Access Network actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 75
- Total given
- $1.06M
- Median grant
- $10K
- Range
- $5,500–$166K
- By dollars: Michigan >99%, Connecticut <1%. Top recipient cities: Detroit, MI; Flint, MI; Muskegon, MI.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 55% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
Michigan State University · East Lansing, MI
College advising grant
$166K
Genesee Intermediate School District · Flint, MI
Lcan implementation grant
$80K
Community Foundation for Oceana County · Pentwater, MI
Lcan continuous improvement grant, summer melt grant, innovative program grant
$39K
Bay City Public Schools · Bay City, MI
College planning course grant, cbmi mini grant, align grant, activate grant
$36K
Central Michigan University · Mount Pleasant, MI
Innovative program grant
$20K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Education
- College prep
- Youth programs
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