MARQUETTE, MI-- The Cliffs Natural Resources/Eagle Mine Marquette County Community Fund has released a list of recipients for its latest round of funding.
Thirteen organizations are slated to receive more than $1 million in contributions.
The fund was created in 2012 as a joint charitable alliance between Cliffs Natural Resources and the Eagle mine. It remains open to additional grant applications, which are due by September 30.
Recipients and funding amounts are as follows:
U.P. Children’s Museum $200,000
UPSET $200,000
Forsyth Twp. Public Library $150,000
Kaufman Auditorium $100,000
Marquette Women’s Center $100,000
Marquette Twp. Ice Rink Building $100,000
Republic Twp. Munson Park $75,000
Great Lakes Recovery Center $50,000
NICE Community Schools $36,000
Marquette City Band $25,000
Negaunee Historical Society $6,500
Michigan Youth Opportunities $5,000
Aspen Ridge Middle School $3,500
