Giving Center

Basic Needs

A healthy community creates a compassionate social, economic, and political environment where people have full opportunities to meet basic needs for themselves and their families, to build assets, and to advance themselves.

Hastings Elks Lodge Kids Christmas & Pumpkin Patch Fund

The Fund shall be used for support of the Kids Christmas and Pumpkin Patch Programs and other future programs that impact handicapped and/or needy children within the service area of the Hastings Elks Lodge 1965.
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Hastings Food Pantry Fund

To help alleviate hunger for Barry County residents by providing the Hastings Food Pantry assistance in purchasing food and covering other pantry related expenses
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Helping Hands Fund

The fund shall be used to assist families and individuals experiencing economic distress.
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Kay D. Loftus Fund for Children

To be determined by Kay after Christmas of 2008.
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Kermeen Family Fund

To support needs that are unmet through traditional sources for the elderly and youth populations.
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Kids At Heart – CASA for Kids Inc., Barry/Eaton County Fund

The fund shall be used for support of the charitable, scientific, literary or educational purposes of CASA for Kids, Inc, Barry/Eaton County and its affiliated agencies, as determined from time to time by the Foundation.
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Kyomi’s Gift Fund

Kyomi's Gift is an outstretched hand that offers support and genuine caring to children and their families when the children require extraordinary care. https://www.kyomisgift.org/
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Lifecare Ambulance Fund

Transportation of Patients Ambulance service, servicing portions of Calhoun, Kalamazoo, Cass, St Joseph and Barry counties (15818 transports).
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Love for Lennon, Inc Fund

Love for Lennon, Incorporated is a non-profit organization formed by local citizens in April of 2005 to assist special needs children in Barry County with the goal to improve their quality of life.
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Love of Barry County Donor Advised Fund

To help provide funding for educational, benevolent, charitable or public purposes within or outside the County of Barry.   The focus will be faith based, along with seven elements of a healthy community.
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Orangeville Community Outreach Fund

Dedicated to uplifting the quality of life for the citizens of Orangeville and its surrounding areas.
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Orangeville Veterans Fund

This fund will provide grants for charitable projects in the Orangeville Area(Veteran's Memorial)
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Practice Aloha Fund

 Donor advised fund to support charitable projects, programs and activities in Barry County.
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Revitalize Delton

This fund was established to enhance the quality of life for the residents of the Delton area and promote economic growth to build a strong and thriving community by working with residents, businesses, visitors, and all stakeholders.
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Route 66 Operating Fund

To support the operations of the Route 66 Business District.2022-2023 Partner FormNashville Route 66 Business District Partner Form
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Safety Net Fund

The Barry County United Way will present distribution recommendations to assist families and individuals experiencing economic distress.
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Serenity Village of Barry County Fund

To support the mission to provide free housing and services for the terminally ill and their loved ones, allowing the patient peace and dignity in their final days.
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Starting Over for Success Fund

Starting Over for Success (S.O.S) is a 501(c)(3), non-profit organization established in 2008 to provide services to the ex-offender population in Barry and adjoining counties in the State of Michigan. SOS assists this population in rebuilding their lives through relevant job training, gainful employment, transportation and access to community resources. Mission: “Rebuilding people and communities - one individual at a time.…
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Steve & Sharon Jacobs Memorial Fund

This fund provide funds for Barry County Commission on Aging, the Barry County Animal Shelter for spay and neuter programs, food, and blankets for animals throughout Barry County. Steve and Sharon Jacobs had a storybook marriage. He was the son of a newspaper publisher in Hastings, and she was the daughter of a newpaper publisher in Freeport. They loved animals…
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