Grant Awardees

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  • Boys and Girls Club of Greater Kalamazoo
    Objective: To expand career development opportunities for low-income youth.  Expected Outcome: Increase workforce and career opportunities for low-income middle and high school students; Establish a program supported by strong partnerships with local businesse; Create a solid system to engage parents and guardians.

    Robert Ezelle, Chief Professional Officer
    Greta Faworski, Director of Administration and Development
    (269) 349-4485
    915 Lake Street
    Kalamazoo, MI 49001-3022

    The UMKC has been working with the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Kalamazoo to develop and administer an Alumni Survey to collect feedback from BGC alumni which we hope to use as a marketing tool to further develop programs and initiatives to aid members of the Kalamazoo Boys and Girls Club.

  • Douglass Community Association    
    Objective: To strengthen internal management of operations and programs that empowers Kalamazoo’s Northside residents to improve their quality of life.  
    Expected Outcomes: A change in mission from delivery of social services to a needs based provider of empowerment programming that would improve the quality of life of local residents.

    Tim Terrentine, Executive Director
    (269) 343-6185
    1000 West Paterson Street
    Kalamazoo, MI 49007

  • ERACE/CE
    Objective: To strengthen organizing and training capacity to advance racial equality in Southwest Michigan.           
    Expected Outcomes: Strengthening of collaborations in the local and regional anti-oppression movement; Assisting with the planning of the 2010 Race Exhibit scheduled in Kalamazoo; Establishing the ERAC/CE Organizing and Training Team with sufficient support and leadership.

    Jo Ann Mundy (269) 365-4819
    Julie Kaufman (269) 352-4027
    Art Hoekstra (269) 207-0393
    P.O. Box 146
    Kalamazoo, MI 49004-0146

  • Hispanic American Council  
    Objective: To provide staff leadership and improve technology systems to enhance education and human development programs for Hispanics in Southwest Michigan. 
    Expected Outcomes: Increasing the level of professionalism; Improving the technical infrastructure to better serve a growing population of Hispanics in the Greater Kalamazoo area.

    Ramon Berlanga, Executive Director
    (269) 385-6279 
    930 Lake Street, Suite A
    Kalamazoo, MI 49001

    The UMKC provided the Hispanic American Council with a "resource inventory" of health- and family-care organizations in Kalamazoo, MI.  The link below includes contact information and brief descriptions of each organization in an easily accessible document.

    • Hispanic American Resource Inventory

  • Michigan Interfaith Voice (ISAAC)
    Objective: To strengthen its interfaith organizing in Kalamazoo.
    Expected Outcomes: Positioning the organization; Recruiting new member congregations; Building core teams; Providing training for task forces; Building relationships with public officials and facilitating energies and resources to reduce racial disparities in health as well as organize on issues affecting low-income communities.

  • Michigan Organizing Project (KHAN) 
     Objective: To strengthen leadership skills of the organization’s members and improve its financial and organizational stability.       
    Expected Outcomes: Leadership development and social justice education in local churches as well as an ability to organize around larger social justice issues; Improved access to healthcare and housing; Improved local climate for immigrants.

    • (269) 344-1967
    930 Lake Street
    Kalamazoo, MI 49001

  • Michigan Organizing Project           
    Objective: To organize and educate the Kalamazoo community on healthcare, housing, and immigration issues.        
    Expected Outcome: An improved ability to engage in organizing campaigns; Raise funds form foundations and individual; Expand grassroots leadership and improve access to shelter and housing for the homeless.

    John Musick, Executive Director
    Adrian Vazquez, Associate Organizer
    (269) 344-1967
    930 Lake Street
    Kalamazoo MI 49001

  • New Latino Visions   
    Objective: To enhance organizational leadership to advance racial equality in Southwest Michigan through multiculturalism, education, youth and community development programs. 
    Expected Outcomes: More efficient operation of existing and services, new program ventures; Positioning of New Latino Vision to be a powerful and dynamic agent of change.

    Andrea Juarez, Executive Director

  • Northside Association for Community Development          
    Objective: To improve technology and administrative systems and make capital improvements to provide more services to Kalamazoo’s Northside residents.           
    Expected Outcomes: Increased productivity and improved morale of staff; Improved networking and communications; Enhanced program and fiscal reporting systems; New job training opportunities in the community; Increased workforce opportunities for low-income residents.

    Mattie Jordan-Woods, Executive Director
    (269) 344-5490
    1308 N. Burdick Street
    Kalamazoo, MI 49007

  • Northside Economic Potential Group           
    Objective: To support the Chief Executive Officer position as the organization implements a new business model.     
    Expected Outcomes: Implementation of a new business model that would enable the organization to increase its fee for service income through the forging of new partnerships and an increase in its fundraising activities.

    Rosemary Burt, Executive Director
    (269) 342-5655
    526 N. Burdick Street
    Kalamazoo, MI 49007