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Three Rivers Grants

Competitive Grants

(applications accepted year-round)

Three Rivers Scholarships

Each year, graduates of Three Rivers High School are eligible for scholarships through both the Three Rivers Area Community Foundation and Sturgis Area Community Foundation. Applications are due annually on March 1st. For more information or to complete the 2025 Sturgis Area Community Foundation Application, click here.

Funds of the Three Rivers Area Community Foundation

  • Three Rivers Community First Fund
  • Bruce Snook Memorial Fund

  • Adam Learn #27 Memorial Scholarship Fund
  • Betty Lambertson Memorial Scholarship Fund
  • Burnell Booko Nursing Scholarship
  • Carleton and Ruth Poe Scholarship
  • Class of ’69 Wildcat Spirit Legacy Scholarship
  • David T. Stuck Founders Scholarship Fund
  • Dennis W. Lockwood & Gary Warner Scholarship
  • Dorothy Hiatt Nursing Scholarship
  • Dr. Don Schimnoski Scholarship
  • Edward “Coach” T. Johnson & Patricia Johnson Scholarship
  • Eric “Boomer” Clemence Annual Scholarship
  • Gary L. Cottingham Scholarship
  • George Haines Scholarship
  • Glenn Rifenburg Scholarship
  • James E. Clark Marketing & Charles E. Clark Management Scholarship
  • John T. Nykun Scholarship
  • Ken McEnroe Scholarship
  • Lucile J. Shafer Haring & Sheila J. Haring Scholarship
  • Pauline E. Abshire & Florence E. Warner Art Scholarship
  • Ralph & Phyllis Bence Scholarship Fund
  • Roger “Rocky” Rathburn Memorial Scholarship Fund
  • William Monroe Scholarship Fund

  • Carl & Geraldine Roberts Memorial Fund (to benefit the  Center Park United Methodist Church)
  • David & Shirley Berry Three Rivers Hunger Relief Fund (to benefit the Local Soup Kitchen & the TR Food Site)
  • Law Dog K-9 Fund (to provide assistance to the Three Rivers Police Department for future canines)
  • Southwest Michigan Land Conservancy Endowment (to benefit the Coon Hollow Preserve)
  • Belize Project (to provide educational grants to the Belize community)
  • Three Rivers Community Players Fund (to provide assistance to the TR Community Players)
  • Sports Complex (to support the development and construction of a sports complex serving Three Rivers and surrounding townships)

  • Camp Wakeshma
  • Carnegie Center Endowment Fund
  • Southwest Michigan Land Conservancy Endowment
  • Three Rivers Rotary Endowment Memorial Fund
  • Three Rivers Library Endowment Fund
  • Disabled American Veterans Fund
  • Michigan Amputee Golf Association Endowment
  • Michigan Amputee Golf Association Operating Fund (non-endowed)

  • Vic & Ruth Eichler Endowment for the Community Arts Fund
  • Three Rivers Tutorial Scholarship Fund (non-endowed)
  • Three Rivers Trail Project Fund (non-endowed)

Three Rivers Area Community Foundation Advisory Board

Ron Buckhold, President

Melissa Bliss

Kevin Kane

Kelsey McClish

Larry Daugherty

Christy Trammell

Kim Losik

Matt Nowak

Emily Daniels

Allison Ertman

Recent Three Rivers Initiatives

  • Celebrating Community Growth: New Amphitheater Coming to Three Rivers

  • Sturgis Area Community Foundation and Three Rivers Area Community Foundation Announce Merger to Strengthen Local Philanthropy

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