Community Impact Program
#TeamUp for the Great Lakes Bay Region
#TeamUp for the Great Lakes Bay Region grant program applications are now closed for 2024.
The Dow Championship remains committed to donating to charities across the Great Lakes Bay Region and has awarded more than $2 million to local nonprofits since its inception in 2019.
All 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations in the Great Lakes Bay Region have the opportunity to be a part of the #TeamUp grant program. Each year, seven organizations are selected across each of the region’s counties (Saginaw, Bay, Midland and Isabella). An additional eight nonprofits are also selected based on the services they provide on a regional level.
Nonprofits will be chosen based on their organization’s impact on science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education; sustainability; inclusion, diversity, and equity (ID&E); community resiliency; and/or innovation. Once selected, each of the 36 nonprofits will be paired randomly with one of the 72 teams competing in the 2024 Dow Championship LPGA tournament. A total of $237,000 will be donated through this program, with each selected nonprofit guaranteed to receive at least a $4,500 grant. Additional grant opportunities will be announced at a later date.
For questions about #TeamUp for the GLBR, please contact Kiara Peterman at kpeterman@outlyr.com.
Isabella Community Soup Kitchen of Isabella County poses with the 2023 champions of the Dow Championship, Cheyenne Knight & Elizabeth Szokol. The #TeamUp Non-Profit with The Elizabethan Knights to receive an additional $11,000 to provide warm meals for anyone in need.
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2024 Selected Charities
Midland
County
Affordable Housing Alliance of Midland County
(Community Resiliency)
Greater Midland North Family Center and Greater Midland Coleman Family Center
(Community Resiliency)
Independent Community Living (ID&E)
Humane Society of Midland County (Community Resiliency)
Midland Kids First (Community Resiliency)
The Friction Theatre (ID&E)
Windover High School
(STEM)
Saginaw
County
Saginaw STEM (STEM)
Michigan Forensic Examiners (Innovation)
Child and Family Services of Saginaw (ID&E)
CAN Council (Innovation)
Saginaw County Community Action Committee, Inc. (Community Resiliency)
SVRC Industries’ Empowered Voices
(ID&E)
Mustard Seed Shelter
(ID&E)
Bay
County
Bay County Historical Society
(Community Resiliency)
United We Go (Inclusion)
New Dimensions
(ID&E)
Disability Services Resource Center (DSRC)
(Sustainability)
Saginaw Basin Land Conservancy (SBLC) (ID&E)
Saginaw Bay Community Sailing Association
(ID&E)
Studio 23 / The Arts Center
(ID&E)
Isabella
County
Community Cancer Services of Isabella County
(Sustainability)
Life Choices of Central Michigan
(Community Resiliency)
United Way of Gratiot & Isabella Counties (Community Resiliency)
Clothing INC
(ID&E)
Humane Animal Treatment Society
(Sustainability)
MMI
(ID&E)
Chippewa Watershed Conservancy
(Sustainability)
Regional
Great Lakes Bay Regional Alliance STEM Initiative
(STEM)
Barb Smith Suicide Resource & Response Network
(ID&E)
Legal Services of Eastern Michigan
(ID&E)
WCMU Public Media (ID&E)
Saginaw Spirit
(ID&E)
Mid-Michigan Adult & Teen Challenge (Community Resiliency)
Swagnew Foundation
(ID&E)
Food Bank of Eastern Michigan
(Sustainability)