Most Recent Grants Given
The Tri-County Electric People Fund has granted over $1.6 million to families and organizations with special needs since January 1993. Use this page to view the most recent grants given. You can also view all grants given since 1993.
January 25, 2012
Eight grants totaling $14,941.93, including:
• $1,600 to Barryton Area Mobile Food Pantry, to purchase food pantry items;
• $5,000 to St. Vincent DePaul of St. Mary’s, Charlotte, to provide utility and rent assistance;
• $500 to Cornerstone Worship Center, Vestaburg, to purchase food pantry items;
• $2,500 to a Mecosta County family to help with dental expenses;
• $2,500 to another Mecosta County family to help with dental expenses;
• $401.45 to an Ionia County family to assist with housing expenses; and
• $454.48 to a Montcalm County family to assist with housing expenses; and
• $1,986 to another Montcalm County family to help with housing expenses.
December 14, 2011
Seven grants totaling $12,824.57, including:
• $1,119.86 to Pregnancy Services of Ionia County, to purchase 14 infant car seats;
• $3,000 to East Montcalm Baby Pantry in Stanton, to stock baby supplies such as formula and diapers;
• $5,000 to Housing Services of Eaton County, Charlotte, to help families with housing payments;
• $900 to a Mecosta County family to help with housing expenses;
• $370 to another Mecosta County family to purchase tires for their car;
• $1,204.94 to a third Mecosta County family to assist with housing expenses; and
• $1,229.77 to a Clinton County family to help with home repairs and other expenses.
November 9, 2011
Ten grants totaling $10,537.85, including:
- $500 to Christmas Outreach, Mt. Pleasant, for food pantry expenses;
- $1,000 to Hope’s Pantry in Stanton, for food pantry expenses;
- $4,000 to Enrich of Ionia County, as a challenge grant toward roof repairs;
- $1,000 to Richland Township Library, Vestaburg, to purchase books;
- $500 to Yes Center, Inc., Grand Ledge, for their after school program;
- $500 to Basic Need Center, St. Johns, to purchase pantry items;
- $223.36 to an Isabella County family for medical needs;
- $314.49 to a Montcalm County family for utilities expenses;
- $1,700 to an Isabella County family to buy a range, and insulate their home; and
- $300 to an Isabella County family for eyeglasses.
October 4, 2011
Five grants totaling $14,938.62, including:
- $1,500 to M-46 Tabernacle Pantry, Riverdale, for food pantry expenses;
- $5,000 to God's Helping Hands of Mecosta County, for their Christmas Food Box program;
- $3,550 to Reynolds Township Library, Howard city, to purchase early literacy station software;
- $2,388.62 to an Isabella County family to help with a new well; and
- $2,500 to a Mecosta County family to assist with a new roof.
August 17, 2011
Three grants totaling $4,333.90, including:
- $2,500 to Grand Ledge Emergency Assistance for their emergency assistance program.
- $635 to Edmore Recreation for a dugout at the Little League field.
- $1,198.90 to the American Red Cross in Big Rapids to purchase disaster readiness supplies.
July 13, 2011
Six grants totaling $9,100, including:
- $1,500 to Central Michigan Red Cross in Mount Pleasant for food pantry items.
- $1,000 to the Village of McBrides toward playground equipment for Robert Lee Davis Memorial Park.
- $2,000 to Clinton County Juvenile Court in St. Johns to help with a new summer program for youth ages 12-16.
- $2,000 to St. Mary’s Society of St. Vincent DePaul, Charlotte, for their utility and rent assistance programs.
- $2,100 to Habitat for Humanity in Clinton County to help repair the asphalt parking lot at the ReStore location.
- $500 to the Child Abuse Prevention Council, Grand Ledge, to purchase program materials.
May 25, 2011
Seven grants totaling $8,306.89, including:
- $1,000 to Hope's Pantry in Stanton for food and personal care items.
- $980 to Fremont Township Fire Department in Winn to purchase handheld flashlights.
- $1,500 to Project Starburst in Big Rapids, to offer prescription medicine assistance.
- $60 to an Isabella County family for the purchase of eyeglasses.
- $1,850 to a Montcalm County family toward plumbing expenses.
- $2,500 to a Mecosta County family for a new well.
- $416.89 to a Clinton County family toward housing expenses.
April 13, 2011
Five grants totaling $9,044, including:
- $500 to Ionia County YMCA to buy equipment for recreation programs.
- $1,544 to Vermontville Public Library toward e-reader start-up costs.
- $2,600 to Eaton Community Hospice in Charlotte to purchase furniture.
- $2,500 to a Mecosta County family toward housing expenses.
- $1,900 to a Clinton County family toward housing expenses.
March 2, 2011
Seven grants totaling $7,407.88, including:
- $350 to Odd Fellow & Rebekah Camp of Michigan, at Baldwin, to help provide underprivileged, foster, and other at-risk children age 7-15 with a week-long summer activity program;
- $2,500 to EightCap, Inc., of Greenville, to help with expenses for Camp Wah-Wah-Tay-See, an overnight summer camp experience for at-risk or low-income individuals age 5-65;
- $2,500 to Tamarack District Library in Lakeview to purchase an early literacy station
- $420 to a Montcalm County family, to pay for one year of Lifeline service;
- $502.31 to a Mecosta County family for medical expenses;
- $964 to another Mecosta County family, to help with housing expenses; and
- $171.57 to an Eaton County family to help with housing expenses.
