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12 funders with a record of paying for “traverse”
Where the money went Jim and Diana Huckle Family Foundation → The Grand Traverse Bay Young Mens Christian Associ: $1.0M across 3 grants, latest 2025 Petoskey-Harbor Springs Area → Little Traverse Conservancy: $987K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Grand Traverse Area Catholic Schools → Grand Traverse Area Catholic Schools: $391K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Oleson Foundation → Grand Traverse Bay YMCA: $352K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Grand Traverse Regional Community → Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy: $312K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Frey Foundation → Little Traverse Conservancy Inc: $247K across 3 grants, latest 2023 The Shaw & Betty Walker Foundation → Grand Traverse Regional Land Cons: $225K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Rotary Charities of Traverse City → Traverse City Area Public Schools: $195K across 1 grant, latest 2021 The Broad Family Foundation → Grand Traverse Area Catholic Schools: $125K across 5 grants, latest 2025 Green Brick Foundation Inc → Traverse City Film Festival: $94K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Consumers Energy Foundation → Grand Traverse Regional Community Foundation: $65K across 4 grants, latest 2024 The Art and Mary Schmuckal Family → Grand Traverse Bay YMCA: $50K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Jim and Diana Huckle Family Foundation → Traverse Area Recreation & Transportation Trails I: $460K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Oleson Foundation → Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy: $329K across 5 grants, latest 2025 Grand Traverse Regional Community → Women's Resource Center for the Grand Traverse Area: $277K across 4 grants, latest 2025 The Shaw & Betty Walker Foundation → Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Frey Foundation → Rotary Charities of Traverse City: $150K across 3 grants, latest 2023 Petoskey-Harbor Springs Area → Rotary Club of Little Traverse Bay Sunset: $149K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Rotary Charities of Traverse City → Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians: $75K across 2 grants, latest 2022 The Broad Family Foundation → Traverse Bay Childrens Advocacy Center: $60K across 2 grants, latest 2025 Consumers Energy Foundation → Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Art and Mary Schmuckal Family → Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy: $40K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Grand Traverse Area Catholic Schools → Northwestern Michigan College: $32K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Green Brick Foundation Inc → Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy: $25K across 3 grants, latest 2025 Jim and Diana Huckle Family Foundation → Grand Traverse Regional Community Foundation: $267K across 9 grants, latest 2025 Grand Traverse Regional Community → Traverse Bay Children's Advocacy Center: $225K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Oleson Foundation → Safe Harbor of Grand Traverse: $156K across 4 grants, latest 2025 The Shaw & Betty Walker Foundation → Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy: $150K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Petoskey-Harbor Springs Area → Mclaren Northern Michigan Foundation: $115K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Rotary Charities of Traverse City → Habitat for Humanity Grand Traverse Region: $70K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Frey Foundation → Rotary Club of Little Traverse Bay Sunset: $54K across 7 grants, latest 2024 The Broad Family Foundation → Traverse Bay Childrens Advocacy Center Inc: $40K across 3 grants, latest 2023 The Art and Mary Schmuckal Family → Grand Traverse Pavilions Foundation: $24K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Green Brick Foundation Inc → Traverse City Dance Project: $22K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Grand Traverse Area Catholic Schools → Aquinas College: $21K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Consumers Energy Foundation → Grand Traverse Conservation District: $15K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Jim and Diana Huckle Family Foundation → Friends of the Grand Traverse Conservation Distric: $200K across 2 grants, latest 2025 Grand Traverse Regional Community → Traverse Area Recreation and Transportation Trails Inc: $157K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Grand Traverse Regional Community → Grand Traverse Pavilions Foundation: $150K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Oleson Foundation → Traverse Bay Children's Advocacy Center: $136K across 3 grants, latest 2025 Grand Traverse Regional Community → Safe Harbor of Grand Traverse Inc: $127K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Grand Traverse Regional Community → Salvation Army - Traverse City: $122K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Oleson Foundation → Zonta Club of Traverse City: $103K across 3 grants, latest 2025 Petoskey-Harbor Springs Area → Little Traverse Bay Humane Society: $101K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Oleson Foundation → Traverse Symphony Orchestra: $100K across 5 grants, latest 2025 Oleson Foundation → Little Traverse Bay Humane Society: $90K across 5 grants, latest 2025 Grand Traverse Regional Community → Habitat for Humanity - Grand Traverse Region: $88K across 2 grants, latest 2025 Grand Traverse Regional Community → Grand Traverse Conservation District: $76K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Oleson Foundation → Habitat for Humanity Grand Traverse Region: $75K across 3 grants, latest 2025 Oleson Foundation → The Salvation Army - Traverse City: $75K across 3 grants, latest 2025 The Shaw & Betty Walker Foundation → Traverse City Central Athletic Booster Club: $67K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Grand Traverse Regional Community → Traverse Health Clinic and Coalition: $61K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Rotary Charities of Traverse City → Grand Traverse Foodshed Alliance: $60K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Oleson Foundation → Little Traverse Conservancy: $60K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Grand Traverse Regional Community → Grand Traverse Dyslexia Association: $56K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Grand Traverse Regional Community → City of Traverse City: $52K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Rotary Charities of Traverse City → Traverse Symphony Orchestra: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Rotary Charities of Traverse City → Grand Traverse Conservation District: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Jim and Diana Huckle Family Foundation → Little Traverse Conservancy Inc: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Rotary Charities of Traverse City → Traverse Area Historical Society: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Grand Traverse Regional Community → Traverse Symphony Orchestra: $49K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Grand Traverse Regional Community → Traverse City Philharmonic: $48K across 2 grants, latest 2025 Grand Traverse Regional Community → Grand Traverse Area Catholic Schools: $44K across 3 grants, latest 2025 Frey Foundation → Little Traverse Bay Humane Society: $42K across 8 grants, latest 2024 Jim and Diana Huckle Family Foundation: $2.0M on this topic. Open the funder. Jim and Diana Huckle Family F… $2.0M Grand Traverse Regional Community: $1.8M on this topic. Open the funder. Grand Traverse Regional Commu… $1.8M Oleson Foundation: $1.5M on this topic. Open the funder. Oleson Foundation $1.5M Petoskey-Harbor Springs Area: $1.4M on this topic. Open the funder. Petoskey-Harbor Springs Area $1.4M The Shaw & Betty Walker Foundation: $642K on this topic. Open the funder. The Shaw & Betty Walker Found… $642K Rotary Charities of Traverse City: $550K on this topic. Open the funder. Rotary Charities of Traverse… $550K Frey Foundation: $493K on this topic. Open the funder. Frey Foundation $493K Grand Traverse Area Catholic Schools: $444K on this topic. Open the funder. Grand Traverse Area Catholic… $444K The Broad Family Foundation: $225K on this topic. Open the funder. The Broad Family Foundation $225K Green Brick Foundation Inc: $141K on this topic. Open the funder. Green Brick Foundation Inc $141K Consumers Energy Foundation: $130K on this topic. Open the funder. Consumers Energy Foundation $130K The Art and Mary Schmuckal Family: $114K on this topic. Open the funder. The Art and Mary Schmuckal Fa… $114K Little Traverse Conservancy: received $1.0M on this topic Little Traverse Conservancy $1.0M The Grand Traverse Bay Young Mens Christian Associ: received $1.0M on this topic The Grand Traverse Bay Young Me… $1.0M Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy: received $906K on this topic Grand Traverse Regional Land Co… $906K Grand Traverse Area Catholic Schools: received $559K on this topic Grand Traverse Area Catholic Sc… $559K Traverse Area Recreation & Transportation Trails I: received $460K on this topic Traverse Area Recreation & Tran… $460K Grand Traverse Bay YMCA: received $402K on this topic Grand Traverse Bay YMCA $402K Traverse Bay Children's Advocacy Center: received $361K on this topic Traverse Bay Children's Advocac… $361K Grand Traverse Regional Community Foundation: received $332K on this topic Grand Traverse Regional Communi… $332K Women's Resource Center for the Grand Traverse Area: received $277K on this topic Women's Resource Center for the… $277K Little Traverse Conservancy Inc: received $247K on this topic Little Traverse Conservancy Inc $247K Grand Traverse Regional Land Cons: received $225K on this topic Grand Traverse Regional Land Co… $225K Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy: received $200K on this topic Grand Traverse Regional Land Co… $200K Friends of the Grand Traverse Conservation Distric: received $200K on this topic Friends of the Grand Traverse C… $200K Traverse Symphony Orchestra: received $199K on this topic Traverse Symphony Orchestra $199K Traverse City Area Public Schools: received $195K on this topic Traverse City Area Public Schoo… $195K Little Traverse Bay Humane Society: received $191K on this topic Little Traverse Bay Humane Soci… $191K Grand Traverse Pavilions Foundation: received $174K on this topic Grand Traverse Pavilions Founda… $174K Traverse Area Recreation and Transportation Trails Inc: received $157K on this topic Traverse Area Recreation and Tr… $157K Safe Harbor of Grand Traverse: received $156K on this topic Safe Harbor of Grand Traverse $156K Rotary Charities of Traverse City: received $150K on this topic Rotary Charities of Traverse Ci… $150K Rotary Club of Little Traverse Bay Sunset: received $149K on this topic Rotary Club of Little Traverse… $149K Habitat for Humanity Grand Traverse Region: received $145K on this topic Habitat for Humanity Grand Trav… $145K Grand Traverse Conservation District: received $141K on this topic Grand Traverse Conservation Dis… $141K Safe Harbor of Grand Traverse Inc: received $127K on this topic Safe Harbor of Grand Traverse I… $127K Salvation Army - Traverse City: received $122K on this topic Salvation Army - Traverse City $122K Mclaren Northern Michigan Foundation: received $115K on this topic Mclaren Northern Michigan Found… $115K Zonta Club of Traverse City: received $103K on this topic Zonta Club of Traverse City $103K Traverse City Film Festival: received $94K on this topic Traverse City Film Festival $94K Habitat for Humanity - Grand Traverse Region: received $88K on this topic Habitat for Humanity - Grand Tr… $88K Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians: received $75K on this topic Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa a… $75K The Salvation Army - Traverse City: received $75K on this topic The Salvation Army - Traverse C… $75K Traverse City Central Athletic Booster Club: received $67K on this topic Traverse City Central Athletic… $67K Traverse Health Clinic and Coalition: received $61K on this topic Traverse Health Clinic and Coal… $61K Grand Traverse Foodshed Alliance: received $60K on this topic Grand Traverse Foodshed Alliance $60K Traverse Bay Childrens Advocacy Center: received $60K on this topic Traverse Bay Childrens Advocacy… $60K Grand Traverse Dyslexia Association: received $56K on this topic Grand Traverse Dyslexia Associa… $56K Rotary Club of Little Traverse Bay Sunset: received $54K on this topic Rotary Club of Little Traverse… $54K City of Traverse City: received $52K on this topic City of Traverse City $52K Little Traverse Conservancy Inc: received $50K on this topic Little Traverse Conservancy Inc $50K Traverse Area Historical Society: received $50K on this topic Traverse Area Historical Society $50K Traverse City Philharmonic: received $48K on this topic Traverse City Philharmonic $48K Little Traverse Bay Humane Society: received $42K on this topic Little Traverse Bay Humane Soci… $42K Traverse Bay Childrens Advocacy Center Inc: received $40K on this topic Traverse Bay Childrens Advocacy… $40K Northwestern Michigan College: received $32K on this topic Northwestern Michigan College $32K Traverse City Dance Project: received $22K on this topic Traverse City Dance Project $22K Aquinas College: received $21K on this topic Aquinas College $21K 12 funders, 46 recipients, grants matching “traverse” only. Ribbon width is proportional to the total given; each funder has its own colour (smaller funders in gray). Hover a name to isolate its flows, click a funder to open it. Drag to move around; zoom with the buttons, a double-click, or the wheel after clicking the map. Largest: $87,005 to WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER FOR THE GRAND TRAVERSE AREA — human services
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Largest: $200,000 to GRAND TRAVERSE BAY YMCA — grant for splash program
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Largest: $10,000 to Rotary Club of Little Traverse Bay Sunset — parker w. rose scholarship fund
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Largest: $4,000 to GRAND TRAVERSE AREA CATHOLIC SCHOOL — towards the two senior scholarship awards (annual award)
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Largest: $9,250 to LITTLE TRAVERSE SAILORS — spring 2023 grant cycle - little traverse sailors scholarship and local rate grant
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Largest: $10,000 to GRAND TRAVERSE REGIONAL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — grand traverse area local journalism fund
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Largest: $29,000 to TRAVERSE CITY FILM FESTIVAL — general operation
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Largest: $50,000 to GRAND TRAVERSE AREA CATHOLIC SCHOOLS — general operating
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Largest: $200,000 to Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy — operational purposes
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Largest: $195,000 to TRAVERSE CITY AREA PUBLIC SCHOOLS — systems change accelerator / emerging needs fund
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Largest: $5,000 to TRAVERSE CONNECT FOUNDATION — traverse connect foundation
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Largest: $196,500 to GRAND TRAVERSE AREA CATHOLIC SCHOOLS — tuition grants and scholarships to needy students attending grand traverse area catholic schools and teacher salary support
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