Funds at MGCF
We differentiate among our funds by geographic area because each community is distinctive. Any fund that serves the area in general or a specific location not included in the geographic areas is a Michigan Gateway fund.
Key:
U = Unrestricted Fund
D = Designated Fund
FI = Field of Interest Fund
S = Scholarship Fund
A = Agency or Organizational Fund
DA = Donor Advised Fund
SP = Special Project (Temporary)
NE = Non-endowed
Buchanan Area Funds
Ann Desenberg Fund (D)
Advanced Test Prep (NE)
B R & Marjorie Desenberg Fund for the Buchanan District Library (D)
Buchanan Area Fund (U)
Buchanan Area Senior Center Endowment
Buchanan Art Center Endowment (A)
Buchanan City Parks & Recreation Fund
Buchanan Class of 1973 Scholarship (NE)
Buchanan Class of 1977 Scholarship
Buchanan Class of 1978 Scholarship (NE)
Buchanan Class of 1979 Scholarship (NE)
Buchanan Education Fund (FI)
Buchanan Garden Club (NE)
Buchanan Promise (S)
Buchanan Kickstart To Career
Buchanan Summer Concert (NE)
Buchanan Summer Concert Endowment
Buchanan Youth Fund (FI)
Buchanan-Galien Lions Club Edu. Fund (S)
Carol D. Baker Memorial Scholarship (S)
Catherine & Louis Desenberg Fund (DA)
Detgen Music Enrichment Fund (NE)
Ellis Memorial Scholarship Fund (S)
First Presbyterian Church Improvement Fund (D)
George & Lavonne Sullivan Endowment for Downtown Buchanan (D)
Hike for Higher Education Scholarship (S)
Ida L. hacking Scholarship (S)
Janet Funk Racht Memorial Scholarship (S)
Janet L. Mottl Scholarship (S)
Jason Kuntz History Club Scholarship (S)
Mary Ella Powell Memorial Scholarship (S)
McClellan Buchanan Student Academic Enrichment
McCoy’s Creek Trail Fund (D)
Pears Mill Fund (D)
Raymond R. Ricordati, Jr. Lake Michigan College Memorial (S)
Redbud Area Ministries Endowment (A)
Roma Holmes Scholarship (S)
Roti Roti Art Center of Buchanan (E)Sandstrom/Falkenstein Family Fund (DA)
Rotzien Scholarship Fund (F)
Sandstrom/Falkenstein Family Fund (DA)
Schwartz Scholarship Fund (F)
Smith Scholarship Fund (S)
Strayer Family Fund (DA)
Thaddeus Russell Stephens Scholarship (S)
Trull Family Scholarship (S)
Unity Hospital Education Fund (FI)
Walkden Memorial Scholarship (S)
Walter E. Schirmer Buchanan District Library Fund (D)
Walter E. Schirmer, Jr. Fund (FI)
Walter E. Schirmer, Jr. Memorial Scholarship (S)
Niles Area Funds
Ann Coulston Memorial Scholarship
Ann S. Cone Fund Families and Youth
Baxter Memorial Scholarship
Brandywine Class of 1967 Memorial Scholarship
Brandywine Class of 1973 Alumni Scholarship
Brandywine Schools Improvement Fund (NE)
Carol Thurston Scholarship
Contois Scholarship
Fay Frazee Scholarship
Greater Niles Senior Center Endowment
Help for Homes Fund
James & Hannah Sarley Scholarship
Jane S. Davis Scholarship
Janet Long Brand Diewald Scholarship
Jay and Cecile McCombs Scholarship
Jeanne Griffin Scholarship
J.W. & Virginia Sarley Scholarship
Lakeland Healthcare Aux. Endowment
Low Family Community Improvement Fund (NE)
Mahlon J. & Thelma C. Smith Fund
Mary Swan Scholarship
Dr. James M. & Leila F. Munro Scholarship
Niles Area Fund
Niles District Library Endowment
Niles Education Fund
Niles Music Club Fund
Niles Youth Fund
O.W. Coolidge Scholarship
Ralph & Margaret Vosburgh Family Memorial Scholarship
Stephen Tyler Memorial Scholarship
Terrill Alan Powell Musical Education Fund
United Way of Greater Niles & Southwest Michigan Endowment
Cass County Community Funds
Caryl Beck-Miller Pets Alive Scholarship
Cass County Community Fund
Cass County Council on Aging Endowment
Cass County Fair Association Endowment
Cass County Mental Health Foundation Fund (NE)
Cass County Youth Fund
Cass District Library Endowment
Cassopolis Schools Foundation Fund (E)
Cassopolis Schools Foundation Fund (NE)
Diamond Lake Youth Sailing Fund (NE)
Diamond Lake Youth Sailing Fund (E)
Dowagiac Area Historical Fund (E)
Helen Indergaard and Dale Cropsey Education Scholarship
Helen Singer Memorial Scholarship
Heritage Southwest Intermediate School District Endowment
Joseph Norton Sheteron Memorial Scholarship
Leland and Robert Alexander Memorial Fund
LifeCare Ambulance Service Endowment
Lloyd Bywaters Memorial Scholarship (NE)
Lyons Family Reading Program (NE)
Marabeth Wright Memorial Scholarship
Marcellus Area Emergency Services Fund
Marcellus Township Hudson Memorial Building Fund
Marcellus Township Wood Memorial Library Fund
Newberg Fire and EMS Association Fund
Parternship for MEANDRS Fund
Rev. William Carl & Myrtle A. Schilling
Memorial Education Endowment
Sam Adams Backpack Program Fund (NE)Underground Railroad Society of Cass County
Woodhouse Family Fund
Michigan Gateway (MGCF) Funds
Active Community Life Fund
Ann Desenberg Fund for Fernwood
Auble Memorial Scholarship
Berrien County Cancer Service Endowment
Bill Weaver Memorial Scholarship
Corrie Listenberger Bair Memorial Fund
Dick Conrad Memorial Scholarship Fund
Fernwood Education Fund
Galien Ambulance Scholarship
Galien Twp. School district Scholarship
George Romney Endowment
Healthy Youth Healthy Seniors Fund
IN-MI Trail Be Healthy Berrien (NE)
IN-MI River Valley Trail Fund (NE)
Kathy’s Garden Fund (Fernwood)
Kiwanis Club of Niles Community Fund (NE)
Lake Michigan SteamWorks
Lakeland Allied Health Scholarship
Lucille B. Coles Fund for the Niles-Buchanan YMCA
Mahlon J. and Thelma C. Smith YMCA Capital Fund
Michigan Gateway Administrative Fund
Michigan Gateway General Fund
Michigan Gateway Youth Fund
Michigan Nature Association Endowment
Midge & Tim Tyler YMCA Mem. Endowment
Niles-Buchanan Rotary Scholarship
Niles-Buchanan YMCA Endowment
Niles-Buchanan YMCA-DLYC Swim Scholarship Fund (NE)
Niles-Buchanan YMCA/Marcellus Swim Scholarship Fund (NE)
Raymond E. Babcock Memorial Scholarship
Ross Sanders Renovation Fund
Semper Fi/Corporal Ian Stewart USMC Memorial Scholarship (NE)
Spurgetis Family Fund (DA)