Stephen E. Upton Love Your Community Grant
Funding Amount
Up to $50K
Deadline
Expected ~June
Based on past cycles
Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- Annual
- Current deadline
- June 1, 2027
- Tracked since
- September 2026
Deadlines typically fall in: June
From the program guidelines: “Upton Love Your Community Grant (Berrien Community Foundation, MI) is a $50,000 grant awarded annually to a Berrien County nonprofit that demonstrates how its program or project will 'Love Your Community'; process begins with an LOI due June 1, announced at the fall annual…”
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Eligible organizations
- Organizations
Geography
- Michigan
Overview
The Stephen E. Upton Love Your Community Grant (Berrien Community Foundation, MI) is a $50,000 grant awarded annually to a Berrien County nonprofit that demonstrates how its program or project will 'Love Your Community'; process begins with an LOI due June 1, announced at the fall annual meeting. Next LOI deadline June 1, 2027. Recurrence annual.
How to Apply
Begin with a Letter of Intent due June 1 via the BCF grant portal; award announced at the BCF Annual Meeting in the fall.
What Berrien Community Foundation Inc actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 201
- Total given
- $9.24M
- Median grant
- $18K
- Range
- $5,290–$872K
- 76% of its 2025 grant dollars went to recipients in Michigan, where this grant's project is located.
- By dollars: Michigan 76%, Ohio 6%, Indiana 4%. Top recipient cities: Benton Harbor, MI; St Joseph, MI; Stevensville, MI.
- 46% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 31% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
St Joseph Community Park Foundation · St Joseph, MI
General support, kaleidoscope playground at kiwanis park
$872K
Curious Kids' Museum · St Joseph, MI
General support, capital campaign, curious kids' museum on main street, outdoor garden…
$578K
The University of Toledo Foundation · Toledo, OH
Capital campaign
$575K
New Buffalo Area Schools · New Buffalo, MI
Gelli printmaking art project, empowering young students: access to feminine hygiene…
$365K
Project Hope - the People to People Health Foundat · Washington, DC
General operations
$350K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Nonprofits
- Community services
Project Locations
- MI
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