By Barb Pert Templeton
A recent meeting of the Marine City Commission had officials honoring a local group for its support.
Marine City Mayor Jennifer Vandenbossche introduced a certificate of appreciation.
She said the Community Foundation has most recently helped the city with the new marina and donations to the city’s Tot Lot.
The certificate read:
In recognition of your gracious support of projects, programs, facilities and activities both financial and otherwise. Your commitment to helping us improve the entire community is honorably recognized and appreciated.
“And in addition to helping the municipality the community foundation also helped many of the non-profits around our community, so we’d like to thank them for that,” Vandenbossche said.
Marine City Mayor Jennifer Vandenbossche presents St. Clair Community Foundation Vice President Jackie Hanton, a certificate of appreciation during a recent city commission meeting.
Jackie Hanton, vice president of the Community Foundation of St. Clair County, then took a few moments to thank the city commission.
“We greatly appreciate the city of Marine City, all the commissioners support and the publics support for all the projects,” Hanton said.
She said with the marina coming along with the Bridge to Bay Trail work that’s planned and just being able to connect the region and all the beautiful waterfronts through out St. Clair County, the foundation appreciates the work the city is doing as well.
A little background
The Port Huron District Foundation was incorporated on November 8, 1944. The purposes established by the foundation were to promote, encourage and aid the work of benevolent, charitable, hospital, scientific, literary, or educational organizations of the City of Port Huron and the vicinity. initial projects were identified as: Girl Scout overnight camp cabins, land for Boy Scouts Camp, and the development of the Memorial Recreation Park. The Memorial Park project being their first priority. This project was completed in 1946 and was a great success. It was declared by National Recreation Association’s, Wally Weber, “to be one of the best facilities in the Midwest for high school use.”
On December 18, 1985, the Articles of Incorporation were amended to reflect the new name of the foundation as The Community Foundation of St. Clair County. The purpose of the foundation established therein was to receive and accept moneys and other properties, both real and personal, to be administered exclusively for charitable purposes.
St. Clair Community Foundation Vice President Jackie Hinton took a few minutes at a recent city commission meeting to thank officials for recognizing the foundation’s work in the county.
The Foundation engages donors in philanthropy through the management, investment and grant making activities of its endowed funds. The Foundation also seeks out other nonprofit, private and government partners in broad collaborative efforts that improve the quality of life for all residents.
Gifts come to the Foundation from individuals, groups, civic organizations, businesses, and private foundations. Contributions in any amount are appreciated.
All donations to the Foundation are deductible as a charitable gift for federal income tax purposes.
Grants are awarded from grant requests from Donor Advised Funds which are reviewed and approved by the Foundation President. Other grant applications are reviewed by the Foundation staff and the Grants Committee. A grant applicant may also be asked to make a brief presentation to this committee regarding their request. The committee then makes its recommendations to the Board of Trustees who ultimately make the final decisions on awards.
Some $4.6 million dollars in grants were awarded in 2022.
Source: stclairfoundation.org
