Closed — 2026 application deadline passed
Michigan KZCF Capital Grants — 2026
Eligible Kalamazoo County nonprofits, public entities and schools may seek up to $100,000 for capital projects including renovations, construction, land acquisition and equipment. Deadline: September 23, 2026 by noon.
FundingUp to $100,000. KZCF commits $500,000 annually for three to five organizations, with grants expected to average about $100,000.
DeadlineSeptember 23, 2026 by noon. KZCF does not publish a controlling time zone on the current Capital Grants page; do not infer one.
Last verifiedSeptember 23, 2026
Required next actionThe controlling KZCF Capital Grants page states the 2026 application deadline was September 23, 2026 by noon. At the September 23 evening verification, that deadline had passed even without inferring the unpublished time zone. Do not create new ORIGINAL outreach, a replacement queue record, or a new applicant package for this closed 2026 cycle. Continue only non-lifecycle closeout, award monitoring, and future-cycle monitoring.
Broad Eligibility
501(c)(3) nonprofits, registered religious institutions, and public entities including schools and educational institutions; applicant must have operated for at least two years, serve Kalamazoo County, and align with a KZCF WHEN priority.
Atlas Analysis
Formal Atlas Opportunity and N9+ scoring remain deferred under the Michigan verification gate. KZCF's current controlling page verifies a September 23, 2026 by-noon deadline, capital support including equipment purchases, up to $100,000, $500,000 committed annually for three to five organizations, eligible 501(c)(3) nonprofits, registered religious institutions and public entities including schools and educational institutions, a two-year operating-history requirement, Kalamazoo County location/programming, and WHEN-priority alignment. The current page does not publish a deadline time zone or a universal match/cost-share requirement. Equipment is expressly eligible, but no clinical-technology, telehealth, medical-device, vendor/procurement, or applicant-specific N9+ pathway can be treated as verified until the linked 2026 application template/live form is fully reviewed. As of September 22, 2026, new cold ORIGINAL outreach is independently barred by the Michigan lane's 48-hour rule because fewer than 48 hours remain before the published September 23 noon cutoff, regardless of the unresolved time zone.
Kalamazoo Community Foundation (KZCF) is accepting 2026 Capital Grant applications for eligible organizations and projects in Kalamazoo County. Funding may support building renovations, new construction, land acquisition, and equipment purchases.
Funding and deadline
Maximum award: Up to $100,000.
KZCF has committed $500,000 per year to fund three to five organizations annually, with grants expected to average approximately $100,000. Larger projects may be considered for multiyear commitments at the discretion of the Community Impact team.
Deadline: September 23, 2026 by noon. KZCF does not separately publish a time zone on the controlling page.
Eligibility
Applicants must be a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, registered religious institution, or public entity such as a governmental agency, public school, educational institution, city council, public library, or municipal office. Applicants must connect to a KZCF WHEN priority, have operated for at least two years, and be located in or provide programming in Kalamazoo County.
Organizations may apply once per year for this grant type.
Application requirements
The online application must be completed in one session and requires a project budget and project timeline. KZCF provides application templates to help applicants prepare before entering the online system. Funded partners must submit a brief report describing the project, how grant funds were spent, and available project photographs.
The controlling public page does not state a mandatory match or cost share, solicitation number, separate vendor registration requirement, reference requirement, grant-specific procurement rule, or formal addenda process.
Authoritative source: Kalamazoo Community Foundation — Capital Grants.
Atlas fit assessment
Atlas Opportunity Score: 82/100. The explicit eligibility of equipment purchases and the $100,000 ceiling make this a meaningful Kalamazoo County capital funding opportunity.
N9+ Fit Score: 24/100, conditional. Equipment is explicitly eligible, but KZCF does not identify clinical technology, telehealth, medical equipment, or remote examination as a program priority. A role for the Nonagon N9+ device and platform would require an independently verified applicant-led project, alignment to a KZCF priority, and confirmation that the specific equipment cost is allowable.
Dr. Miltie, LLC is not an eligible prime applicant under the published applicant classes, and no direct-vendor solicitation is published.
Source verificationReferenced source · kzcf.orgAtlas last verified this record September 23, 2026. Always use the funder's current application materials, amendments and portal instructions as the controlling source.View source and application materials ↗
