Community Response Grants

Community Response Grant (available 2011-2012)

The Junior League of Lansing (JLL) offers Community Response Grants to quickly provide critical funds in the greater Lansing community. Our priority is supporting children and families at risk with key result area focusing on poverty: access to housing, food and support services. If your organization has an immediate need that will positively impact women and children in the Lansing area, please consider applying for this grant.

Meets Immediate Needs

The Community Response Grant was established to meet immediate needs of the greater Lansing community. Applicants must be a non-profit agency with 501 (c)(3) status and located within a 25 mile radius of Lansing. Applicants should support the overall mission of the JLL, its commitment to voluntarism and improving the community by helping children and families at risk in our area.

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For the fiscal year 2011-2012, JLL will be distributing a total of $3,000.00. Only 25% of the total monies will be available at each review session. Applications will be reviewed four times per year. Applications for the 2011-2012 fiscal year should be received at the JLL office no later than one of the following deadlines: September 1, 2011; November 1, 2011; February 1, 2012; and April 1, 2012. Please note that our office closes at 12 pm Monday through Thursday if you are dropping off the application in person.

Click here to apply online or download the forms below and mail them to the JLL office. The address can be found on the form.

Applicants that do not receive a grant in a particular quarter automatically remain in the applicant pool and are considered for the remaining quarter(s) in the fiscal year. Applicants that are not selected will receive a letter notifying them of their status at the end of the fiscal year.

If you have further questions, please contact:

Jaimie Hutchison

Community Vice President 2011-2012

517-285-2118

Past Recipients

2010-11, to date

  • $300, Child and Family Services of Michigan/Operation Good Cheer - Christmas gift giving program for children in out-of-home placements
  • $450, Downtown YMCA Wellness Center Exercise Program with Footprints - Exercise program for at risk girls at the Residential Treatment Facility Footprints
  • $250, MSU Community Music School - Financial aid for students in children's music programs
  • $500, Hannah’s House - New freezer for the shelter
  • $250, MSU School of Social Work Foster Youth Alumni Services Program - Care Package Program **given by JLL Community Service Committee

2009-10

  • $300, American Red Cross – Scholarships to babysitting classes for kids
  • $800, MSU Community School – Financial aid to needy children enrolling in music classes.
  • $1,100, Help A Willing Kid – Purchase and establish a permanent location for their program. 
  • $1,100, Main Street Association – Drug abuse prevention education programming.

2008-09

  • $1,000, Highfields – Winter clothing and boots
  • $1,100, Education Options Program – Support at risk teens

2007-08

  • $1050, Haven House – Mattress covers
  • $500, Jumps Start – Infant car seats
  • $250, R.J. Scheffel Toy Project – Wooden toys & memory boxes for Ele’s Place
  • $1,100, Ballentine Stepping Stones – Emergency needs (bus tokens etc, clothes, etc.)
  • $500, Fairview Lansing School – Sarah DeRuiter Listening Center
  • $500, Haslett Family Learning Center – Day care scholarships

2006-07

  • $1,100, Expectant Parents Organization
  • $200, Ronald McDonald House – Playground equipment
  • $900, Shared Pregnancy Services – Just for teen’s mom’s class
  • $1,100, Head Start – Covered 5 parent’s emergency dental needs

2005-06

  • $825, North Network Center - GED program which focuses on low income families.  Funding used for part time teacher.
  • $400, William Donley School Association – Books
  • $625, Shared Pregnancy – Volunteer materials and to start a class for new parents.
  • $625, Child Abuse Prevention
  • $825, Michigan Women Work – Summer Girls Club for middle school girls.

 

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