Michigan Community Foundation of Marquette County 2026 Basic Needs Grant Cycle

Community Foundation of Marquette County is accepting 2026 Basic Needs Grant applications for programs serving Marquette County residents. Applicants may request up to $10,000 for food, clothing, essential needs, safe shelter, outreach, and directly related personnel costs. The Foundation lists a September 30 deadline but does not publish a cutoff time or time zone, so ORIGINAL outreach remains on verification hold.

FundingUp to $10,000 per request. Partial awards may be made. The Foundation does not publish a total cycle allocation on the current Basic Needs grant page.

DeadlineSeptember 30, 2026. The current Foundation page lists the deadline date but does not publish a cutoff time or time zone. ORIGINAL outreach is not authorized until the controlling deadline is fully verified.

Last verifiedSeptember 24, 2026

Required next actionVerify the controlling 2026 Basic Needs application inside the Foundation's GOapply portal, including exact deadline time/time zone, any match or cost-share requirement, required forms and attachments, applicant-specific eligibility, and any current amendments or portal instructions. Before any ORIGINAL outreach, complete authoritative same-opportunity deduplication across Atlas, Zoho CRM Deals, Atlas_Email_Queue and send history; verify the business Contact/email, Email_Opt_Out, permanent hard-bounce history, organization eligibility, and attachment correctness. Do not infer a deadline time zone.

Broad Eligibility

General Foundation eligibility includes 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations, organizations with a qualifying fiscal sponsor, educational institutions, government entities, Tribal organizations, and religious organizations for non-religious purposes. Programs must serve local residents within Marquette County. The Basic Needs cycle prioritizes food insecurity, essential clothing, critical household and hygiene needs, transportation assistance, emergency or transitional shelter, homelessness prevention, and related safety/stability services.

Atlas Analysis

Atlas Opportunity Score 74/100. Strong basic-needs and human-services relevance with a current open cycle and up to $10,000 per request, but the award size is modest and the public page does not establish an N9+ or QC Healthcare pathway. N9+ Fit 0/100; do not force N9+. Dr. Miltie, LLC is not established as an eligible prime applicant. ORIGINAL outreach is blocked because the Foundation publishes September 30 without a cutoff time or time zone and the signed-in application materials, required attachments, match/cost-share treatment, and full submission controls remain unverified.

Source verificationReferenced source · cfofmc.orgAtlas last verified this record September 24, 2026. Always use the funder's current application materials, amendments and portal instructions as the controlling source.View source and application materials ↗