The Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational (GLBI) announced today the 36 nonprofits that will be participating in the 2023 #TeamUp for the Great Lakes Bay Region charitable program. More than 100 nonprofits in the Great Lakes Bay Region applied for this opportunity. Seven charities were selected from four of the region’s counties — Saginaw, Bay, Midland, and Isabella — and eight regional nonprofits were also selected.
The following 501(c)(3) nonprofits were selected based on their organization’s impact to science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education; sustainability; diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I); community resiliency; and/or innovation.
Each of the 36 nonprofits will be paired randomly with two of the 72 teams competing in the 2023 LPGA event. A total of $237,000 will be donated through this program with each selected nonprofit guaranteed to receive at least one $4,500 grant. There will be additional grant opportunities available to each organization. At the conclusion of the final round, each of the top 10 teams will receive a $5,000 contribution and the first-place team will earn an additional $11,000. Selected nonprofit organizations will also have the opportunity to earn bonus funds during the Dow GLBI.
Tournament staff will continue to #TeamUp with the Midland Area Community Foundation, Bay Area Community Foundation, Saginaw Community Foundation and the Mt. Pleasant Area Community Foundation as well as the Dow Great Lakes Bay Region Grant Team to manage the program.
“We are so grateful to have the continued support of the Dow Great Lakes Bay Region Grant Team and the community foundations,” said Wendy Traschen, Tournament Director for the Dow GLBI. “Working together has allowed us to build a charitable giveback program that we are proud to have a part of our event. It is incredibly rewarding to see the lasting impact #TeamUp for the Dow GLBR has had in the communities that we live and work in. We look forward to working alongside our selected nonprofits leading up to the Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational.”
Midland County
- Cleveland Manor (DE&I)
- The Bridge Food Center (Innovation)
- Family & Children’s Services (Community Resiliency)
- Safe & Sound Child Advocacy Center (Community Resiliency)
- The Breaking Bread Village (DE&I)
- Little Forks Conservancy (Sustainability)
- West Midland Family Center (Community Resiliency)
Saginaw County
- Major Chords for Minors (Community Resiliency)
- Saginaw Community Food Club and Kitchen (Community Resiliency)
- Women of Colors (STEM)
- Partnership Center (DE&I)
- Saginaw-Shiawassee Habitat for Humanity (DE&I)
- One Week, One Street (Community Resiliency)
- PartnerShift Network (Community Resiliency)
Bay County
- State Theatre of Bay City/Bay County (Community Resiliency)
- Do-All, Inc. (DE&I)
- Bay Area Women’s Center (Community Resiliency)
- Bay County Habitat for Humanity (Sustainability)
- Dow Bay Area Family YMCA (DE&I)
- Bay Veterans Foundation (Innovation)
- Boys & Girls Clubs of the Great Lakes Bay Region (DE&I)
Isabella County
- Isabella Community Soup Kitchen (Sustainability)
- The Care Store (Sustainability)
- HopeWell Ranch (DE&I)
- Mt. Pleasant Discovery Museum (STEM)
- R.I.S.E. Advocacy, Inc. (Community Resiliency)
- Friends of Isabella Seniors (Community Resiliency)
- United Way of Isabella and Gratiot Counties (Community Resiliency)
Regional
- Mid-Michigan Children’s Museum (STEM)
- Camp Fish Tales (Sustainability)
- Midland Local Section of the American Chemical Society (STEM)
- CMURC (DE&I)
- Special Olympics Michigan (DE&I)
- Girls on the Run Great Lakes Bay (DE&I)
- Hidden Harvest (Community Resiliency)
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Great Lakes Bay Region (Community Resiliency)
For more information, visit www.dowglbi.com/community-impact.
