The Housing Solutions Fund is designed to increase the supply of housing units in Charlevoix County across a variety of price points.
Donor Name: Charlevoix County Community Foundation (C3F)
State: Michigan
County: Charlevoix County (MI)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 12/15/2025
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
The Fund works to achieve this purpose by being committed to mixed-income neighborhoods and developments, increasing housing choice, and ensuring that development is compatible with local goals and objectives.
Funding Information
This cycle encourages grants up to $25,000.
Grant Period
The grant period is one year.
Eligible Projects
- Will benefit people who will be year-round residential occupants
- Will maintain affordability beyond the first applicant on some or all housing units
- May support pre-development activities
- May support capacity building efforts for housing organizations
Pre-development expenses include but are not limited to:
- Land acquisition
- Project consultants
- Feasibility studies
- Preliminary financial analyses/pro formas
- Legal fees
- Architectural designs, drawings, and site plans
- Engineering fees
- Environmental and soil testing
- Site preparation
- Appraisals
- Financial application preparation and fees
- Zoning and rezoning requests
- Title searches
- Market studies
- Analysis of infrastructure availability
- Insurance fees
- Marketing expenses.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible applicants include:
- 501(c)(3) tax-exempt nonprofit organizations
- All units of government
- All educational institutions (preschool through college)
- Organizations described above that serve Charlevoix County residents
- Organizations that do not discriminate in hiring of staff or the provision of services
- Eligible organizations must be current with follow ups for all previous grant awards from C3F and be in good standing with the IRS.
For more information, visit C3F.
