Grants & SPONSORSHIPS
2025 Grant Cycle Schedule

Spring Capital, Special, & School Grants – Closed April 3, 2025
Proactive Grant (healthcare workforce) – closed June 1, 2025 
Fall Programmatic Grant – Opens September 2, 2025
Proactive Grant (Food Security) – Opens September 2, 2025

Grants

The WEHF considers the following municipalities to be included in Marquette County’s West End. The cities of Ishpeming and Negaunee and the following townships; Champion, Ely, Humboldt, Ishpeming, Michigamme, Negaunee, Republic, Richmond and Tilden.

Competitive grant funding for programs and services targeted to residents of the West End are preferred. In some cases, funding for programs and services for Marquette County and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula may be considered.

Areas of concern are: 1) chronic disease education, 2) health, 3) wellness, 4) mental health, 5) nutrition, 6) physical fitness, and 7) social and emotional support.

Programs addressing education for: 1) Diabetes, 2) Asthma, 3) Arthritis, 4) Cancer, 5) Heart Disease, 6) Prenatal Health, 7) Dementia, 8) Obesity, 9) Suicide Prevention, and other health-related issues qualify for WEHF grant funding.

Grants are only awarded to organizations with an IRS 501(C)(3) or other non-profit designation, governmental units, and school districts.

Generally, an organization may only receive grant funds once in a calendar year. In special instances, multi-year programs might be awarded grants. The range of WEHF Competitive Grants is from $1,000 to $10,000, with a total of $50,000 gifted.

Competitive grant cycles are set by the WEHF Board of Directors based on available funding. Generally, the WEHF accepts grant applications for the Spring Capital Grant Cycle on or before April 1. The Fall Competitive Cycle applications are due on or before October 1.

Important Update For Grant Applicants

As of September 1, 2024, we have a new grant system. If your organization needs to submit reports, or needs access to information from past grant cycles, prior to September 2024, please scroll down to the ‘Past Grants for Reporting’ section and use the appropriate links to log in.

After logging in, you may need approval to access your organization’s profile. The WEHF does not get notified when you request to join an existing Organization’s account. If you receive the below message after logging in, the Organization’s account owner will be notified you are requesting access. If you do not hear back after 72 hours from the Organization you requested access to, please email manager@westendhf.org with your name, email, and organization and we can look into your request manually.

Example message:

Open Grants:

Click here to view resources to help your organization with applying.

There are no open grants at this time.

Closed Grants

Spring Capital Grant – Applications closed April 3, 2025. 

Special Grants – Applications closed April 3, 2025. 

School Grants 2025-26 –Applications closed April 3, 2025. 

Applicants on the new grant portal

2024 Fall Programmatic Grantees submit reports here.

(choose awards, and then navigate to West End Health Awarding to submit reports)

2025 Spring Capital, Special, & School Grantees submit reports here.

Past Grants – for reporting

Click the links below to sign in to your grant portal and submit your reports. If you run into issues please email manager@westendhf.org.

2023 Spring Capital Grantees submit reports here.

2023 Proactive Grantees submit reports here.

2023 Programmatic Grantees submit reports here.

2024 Special Grantees submit reports here.

2024 Proactive Grantees submit reports here.

2024 Schools Grants submit reports here.

2024 Spring Capital Grantees submit reports here.

Sponsorships

Sponsorships are different than grants. Sponsorships give the West End Health Foundation the ability to partner with organizations and agencies that are working to improve the community we serve – the West End of Marquette County.

Programs, services, or events should take place in the West End or serve West End residents. In some cases, sponsorships are given to support programs, services, or events that are not held in the West End but benefit Marquette County.

Organizations requesting a sponsorship should be a governmental entity or a non-profit organization certified by the IRS.

The West End Health Foundation provides sponsorships of $1,000 or less for
• Organizations that address health and wellness
• Organizations that improve the lives of children and teens
• Organizations that improve the lives of adults and seniors
• Organizations that improve the health of the community

All decisions related to sponsorships are made by the WEHF Board of Directors. Board meetings are held every other month, except in July and August. For this reason, we ask that all sponsorship requests be submitted at least 90 days prior to the program or event, so the Board will have adequate time to act on the sponsorship request. Submitting a sponsorship application does not guarantee a sponsorship as funding is limited.

Sponsorship requests and questions regarding sponsorships and eligibility can be addressed to WEHF Manager at manager@westendhf.org or by telephone at (906) 226-6591 ext. 107.

Recent Grant News

The West End Health Foundation awarded $46,000 in grant funding to the Spring Capital Grant Recipients.  Read more here.