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South Haven Area Community Foundation awards $125,233 in local grants and $39,600 in scholarships
Summary
The South Haven Area Community Foundation announced 21 grants totaling $125,233 and $39,600 in scholarships for 31 students; foundation president Bob Straitz listed recipients and invited representatives to stand for recognition.
Bob Straitz, president of the South Haven Area Community Foundation, told the council the foundation has distributed about $1.6 million locally since incorporation and this year is awarding 21 grants totaling $125,233 alongside $39,600 in scholarships to 31 South Haven students.
Straitz read a long list of recipients and purposes, naming organizations that received support for emergency services drone upgrades; a spay-and-neuter program at the Elvan Humane Society; Foundry Hall for the Riverfront Concerts and Jazz Festival; the Liberty Hyde Bailey Museum’s 2026 Conference of Gardens and People; South Haven Center for the Arts and other local cultural and youth programs. He also described a youth advisory council endowment that trained young people to distribute grants and noted that the youth council itself had given $5,161 this year.
"The community foundation is about creating endowments and creating legacies," Straitz said, adding that representatives from the recipient organizations stood to be recognized.
Why it matters: The grants support a wide range of local services and cultural programming, from youth education and summer camps to public-safety equipment and arts programming. Councilmembers and attendees applauded the recipients.
What’s next: Recipients will use awarded funds for the listed purposes; the foundation will continue grantmaking and maintain the scholarship program.
