The Make Battle Creek More Awesome Grant Program was created to foster new leadership in Battle Creek through supporting your creative ideas for your neighborhood with real money.
DEADLINES
The current grant round closed on February 17, 2025. Awards will be announced via email on March 10 (save info@penetrator events.com in your contacts). Stay tuned for the next round!
IMPORTANT: Previous placemaking/more awesome grant recipients are not eligible this round. We are trying to spread the inspiration far and wide, so we want as many emerging leaders as possible to have the opportunity to access these dollars.
ABOUT THE PROGRAM
We are challenging YOU to come up with unique event ideas and neighborhood engagement projects. If your concept is chosen, you will receive money for the costs of completing your project. (You can’t pay yourself though).
We want you to think about ideas that might increase neighborhood vibrancy and civic pride, improve our citizen’s perceptions of our home, increase investment, support beautification, and foster collaboration between residents, business owners, and civic leaders.
Our core values that you should consider when applying are:
– Building a connected community
– Supporting locally owned & operated businesses
– Environmental sustainability
– Diversity and inclusion
HERE’S HOW IT WORKS
We will only be funding awesome projects that get people together and engage them in their community. These projects may be singular one-time events, reoccurring experiences, value added moments attached to existing events, etc. Think live music, competitions, team activities, etc.
Winners will be awarded up to $3,000 for the costs to implement their ideas.
Awardees must have a fiscal sponsor to accept your funds and disperse them, but DO NOT LET THAT SCARE YOU. If you do not know what a fiscal sponsor or a 501(c)3 is, we will help you with that part. No big deal. Your fiscal sponsor must be a 501c3 organization (a nonprofit) or a local church with proper designation.
These awards can be used for whatever kind of project you have that fits our overall criteria: small events, murals, public space activations, WHATEVER YOU CAN DREAM UP.
QUESTIONS ABOUT ANYTHING BEFORE YOU BEGIN?
Call Penetrator Events at (269) 815-8173 or email info@penetratorevents.com