Healthy Youth - Healthy Seniors Endowment Fund

This Fund provides grants to programs designed to improve the health of young people and seniors on Washtenaw County.  Suggested grant request is in the $2,000-$5,000 range.

Funding Priorities

Because the Fund has been established using a portion of the State of Michigan's Tobacco Settlement funds, grants are provided to smoking cessation and prevention programs for young people (under 18) and/or seniors (over 65)

What is Not Funded

The Healthy Youth-Healthy Seniors Endowment Fund does not typically award grants for:

• construction projects (new building or routine maintenance)

• annual giving campaigns

• normal operating expenses (except for start-up purposes)

• fundraising events

• religious or sectarian purposes

• computer hardware equipment

• individuals

• political purposes

• loans

• re-granting

For the application process and deadlines, click here.

Examples of Past Grants

Turner Geriatric Clinic - Senior Smoking Cessation  Program - $2,544

Washtenaw County Tobacco Reduction Coalition - Distribution of the Smoking Prevention CD-ROM - $2,000

Corner Health Center - Theatre Troupe/Peer Education Project - $12,500

Insite Mentoring Program - Smoking Prevention CD ROM Project - $6,000

Parents Together - After School Tobacco Reduction Program - $7,529

Turner Geriatric Clinic - Smoking Cessation and Prevention Program - $14,750