We are home to more than 90 funds because of our generous community.
Thanks to the generosity of many individuals, families, businesses, and organizations, the Community Foundation is home to the funds listed below. We are honored to serve as the steward of these gifts and impact our community for generations to come.
Scott D. Anderson Memorial Scholarship Fund
Angels of Action Fund
Artworks: Big Rapids Area Arts & Humanities Fund
Babb Ford and Horan Family Fund for St. Mary’s Catholic School
Babb Ford Scholarship Fund
Prabhakara and Sharada Baliga Fund for BRPS Special Ed
Barry Barratt Scholarship Fund
Batdorff Safety Net Fund
Charles R. & Marian D. Beadle Advised Fund
Big Rapids Garden Club Endowment Fund
Big Rapids Hospital Foundation Fund
Big Rapids Public School Anonymous Scholarship Fund
Big Rapids Realty Advised Fund
Big Rapids Student Success Endowment Fund
Harold Boerma Eagle Scout Scholarship Fund
Chippewa Watershed Conservancy Endowment Fund
Class of 1974, Linda Willette Scholarship Fund
Class of 1983 Scholarship Fund
Sarah Marie Comer Memorial Fund
Jerome A. Conrad M.D. Family Scholarship Fund
Rita Conrad Family Scholarship Fund
Cran-Hill Ranch Endowment Fund
Don MacConnel Fund for Big Rapids Middle School Science
William F. DuBois II, MD & Catherine DuBois Fund
Eagle Village Fund
Mary Eckels Fund
Edward Jones Scholarship Fund
Friends of the Big Rapids Community Library Fund
W.I. Godbold Community Fund
A. Donald and Susan H. Grant Advised Fund
Ronald A. Ham Memorial Scholarship Fund
Sara L. Ham Memorial Scholarship Fund
Stuart Hamel Scholarship Fund
Healthy Youth and Seniors Fund
Don and Jean Hitzemann Family Scholarship Fund
Don and Jean Hitzemann Unrestricted Fund
Horticulture and Technology Scholarship Fund
Peter A. Jordan Family Music Fund
Lake-Osceola State Bank Community Support Fund
Dennis Lerner Advised Fund
Lerner, Csernai & Fath Financial Group Advised Fund
Cindy and Karl Linebaugh Family Community Needs Fund
Little Kevin Hockey Hope Fund
Manna Pantry of Big Rapids Endowment Fund
MCYAC Hope Scholarship Fund
Mecosta County Community Fund Administrative
Mecosta County Community Foundation Board of Trustees Charitable Fund
Mecosta County Community Foundation Community Needs Fund
Mecosta County Special Project Fund
Mecosta County EMS Fund
Mecosta County Habitat for Humanity Fund
Mecosta-Osceola Great Start Fund
Mecosta-Osceola United Way Fund
Michcon Legacy for Mecosta-Osceola United Way Fund
Mildred A. Miller Swede Hill Park Fund
Robert D. Miller Scholarship Fund
Timothy Misenar Charitable – Discretionary Fund
Timothy Misenar Charitable – Field of Interest Fund
Ben Mondrella Memorial Fund
Morley Stanwood Education Association Scholarship Fund
Morley Stanwood Walton Erickson Trust Fund
MSHS Class of 2020 Scholarship Fund
William D. Olendorf Memorial Scholarship Fund
Alyce Peterson for Project Starburst Fund
Riley MacKenzie Fund
Riverwalk Fund
Riverwalk Endowment Fund
Rotary Club of Big Rapids Fund
Schinderle Fund
Schuberg Designated for Immanuel Lutheran Church of BR Fund
Schuberg Designated for St. Mary’s Catholic School of BR Fund
Alice Stephenson Schuberg Fund
Carl A. Schuberg Fund
Shamrock Invitational Fund
Judy and Rod Shroyer Family Fund
Solid Ice – Endowment Fund
Solid Ice – Flexible Fund
Spirit of the Season – Endowment Fund
Spirit of the Season – Flexible Fund
Noah Stauffer Scholarship Fund
St. Mary’s Elementary School Education Enrichment Fund
Scholarship for St. Mary’s School Fund
St. Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Church Fund
St. Peter’s Lutheran School Fund
STAGE-M Leon Keys Memorial Fine Arts Camp Fund
Jenine Stickler Memorial Fund
Ken and Aletha Sutherland Family Scholarship Fund
Ken and Aletha Sutherland Family for Tamarack Dist. Library Fund
Ken and Aletha Sutherland Family for Wheatland Twp. Library Fund
Lynn and Gary Trimarco Scholarship Fund
Jacob and Gertrude VanDyke Scholarship Fund
Voca Lyrica Scholarship Fund
Wheatland Music Organization Endowment Fund
Women’s Information Services, Inc. Fund
Youth Endowment of Mecosta County Fund
