Opportunity Overview
Four County Community Foundation is accepting applications for its fourth quarter 2026 grant cycle. The Foundation supports projects serving communities in portions of Lapeer, Macomb, Oakland and St. Clair counties in Michigan. Current grant funds address education, health, community, youth and adult needs.
Deadline and Submission
The Foundation lists quarterly deadlines of January 1, April 1, July 1 and October 1. The current official application page requires completed applications by 11:59 p.m. on the deadline day. For the fourth quarter 2026 cycle, the deadline is therefore October 1, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. The Foundation does not publish a time zone on the controlling page, so Atlas does not infer one. Applications are submitted through the Foundation’s current Foundant online grant portal.
Eligible Applicants and Geography
Published guidelines identify eligible IRS tax exempt organizations, schools and governmental agencies operating in the Four County Community Foundation service area. The service area covers listed communities in Lapeer, Macomb, Oakland and St. Clair counties.
Funding Priorities
General grantmaking supports progressive ideas in education, health and community, including youth and adult programs. Current health focused funds include Healthy Seniors/Healthy Youth and Healthy Futures, which support projects involving health and nutrition, family counseling, smoking and vaping prevention and cessation, and mental health care. Education opportunities include 21st Century Education grants and related school funds. The Youth Advisory Committee also offers Grant Tank awards of up to $3,000 for student written or student driven projects benefiting youth.
Application Requirements
The official grants page lists a project description with one or two measurable outcomes, a project line item budget including revenues and expenses, IRS Form 990 or 990 EZ, an IRS tax exempt determination letter, and the Foundation’s Grant Request Budget and Expense Report Form among the required materials.
Key Policies
Published guidelines state that grants will not be made for sectarian religious programs or projects already completed. Grants are not normally made for operating budgets, wages, or basic educational or municipal functions, and grants are ordinarily made for one year. Priority is given to projects not adequately served by existing resources, projects that help generate other funds or community resources, collaborative projects, and projects with direct impact in the Foundation service area.
The current public materials do not publish a universal award ceiling for the general community grant cycle, a mandatory match or cost share percentage, a separate vendor registration requirement, or a specific procurement rule.
Atlas Analysis
Atlas Opportunity Score: 0 pending full verification. This is a legitimate Michigan health and education funding pathway with nonprofit, school and governmental eligibility across the Foundation’s service area, but formal scoring remains deferred while the complete live application requirements and any current-round project-specific restrictions are verified.
N9+ Fit Score: not yet assigned. The health-focused funds create a possible applicant-led pathway, but the public guidelines do not specifically establish telehealth, remote physical examination technology, clinical devices, equipment, or vendor costs as allowable. Atlas will not represent the Nonagon N9+ device and platform as an approved cost without project-specific confirmation from the Foundation or the live application.
QC Healthcare fit remains unscored and conditional. The published program supports health and mental health projects, but does not establish a general contracted clinical-services pathway. Dr. Miltie, LLC is not a verified eligible prime applicant under the published nonprofit, school and governmental eligibility categories.
Official sources: Four County Community Foundation Grants and Grant Guidelines.