MARQUETTE, MI-- Several Upper Peninsula organizations have received grants from the Michigan Humanities Council.
The money is awarded to Michigan nonprofits in support of cultural, educational, and community-based public humanities programming.
Grants of $15,000 were given to the Alger County Historical Society, the William Bonifas Fine Arts Center in Delta County, the Museum of Ojibwa Culture in Mackinac County, and Northern Michigan University’s Beaumier Heritage Center. Houghton County’s International Frisbee Hall of Fame and Museum received $8,400.
The awards are part of more than $274,000 in grants to 24 state organizations.