Bay Harbor Foundation

Membership/Donation

The Bay Harbor Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that supports programs in the arts, education, the environment, and health and human services. Our federal identification number is 37-1491024.

The Foundation is a membership organization and all Bay Harbor community residents are encouraged to join. You are eligible if you are a resident of Bay Harbor, own property in Bay Harbor, work in Bay Harbor or have a business relationship with Bay Harbor. Immediate family members of individuals with the foregoing relationships are also eligible. Please complete the membership application form and send to the Foundation.

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Grant Recipients


The following 68 organizations have received financial support from the Bay Harbor Foundation. None of these grants would have been possible without the support of our generous donors.


ACBS-Great Lakes Boat Building School ~ Association for Harbor Arts

Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute

Bay Harbor Company-Ice Festival

Bay Harbor Company-Concours D'Elegance

Big Brothers & Big Sisters of Northwestern Michigan

Boy Scouts of America-Scenic Trails Council

Boyne Area Alano Club ~ Brother Dan's Food Pantry

C.S. Lewis Festival, Inc.

Camp Daggett ~ Challenge Mountain

Char-Em United Way ~ Charlevoix County Community

Charlevoix Historical Society ~ Charlevoix Humane Society

Child & Family Services ~ Christ Child Society

Community Against Substance Abuse. ~ Council of Michigan Foundations

Conservation Resource Alliance ~ Crooked Tree Arts Council

Emmet County Animal Shelter ~ Emmet County Care Facility

Exceptional Riders Program

Friendship Centers Emmet County ~ Girls On The Run

Girl Scouts of Crooked Tree ~ Good Samaritan Family Services

Great Lakes Chamber Orchestra ~ Great Lakes Golden Retriever Rescue

Harbor Springs Education Foundation ~ Hospice of Little Traverse Bay

Hospice of Northwest Michigan ~ Inland Seas Education Association

Interlochen Center for the Arts

Jordan River Arts Council ~ Junior Achievement of the Great Lakes

Little Traverse Conservancy ~ Little Traverse Choral Society

Little Traverse Civic Theatre ~ Little Traverse Regional Historical Society

Little Traverse Humane Society ~ Little Traverse Sailors Association

Manna Food Project ~ Maritime Heritage Alliance

Michigan Interscholastic Horsemanship

Michigan Land Use Institute-Emmet County

Miriam Behling Scholarship Fund-Golf Event

North Central Michigan College Foundation

North Central Michigan Scholarship Fund

Northern Michigan Cancer Crusaders

Northern Michigan Community Mediation

Northern Michigan Regional Hospitals

Northern Michigan Regional Hospital Foundation

Petoskey Regional Chamber Leadership Program

Petoskey-Harbor Springs Community Scholarship Fund

Petoskey Public Schools ~ Raven Hill Discovery Center

Rotary STRIVE ~ Salvation Army

Spirit Day Camp ~ Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council

Top of Michigan Trails Council ~ Womens Resource Center

YMCA of Northern Michigan ~ 81 Deserving Student Scholars