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WE DID IT, SW Michigan!!

We met our $850,000 goal and earned a $50,000 grant from the MEDC for monuments to Dr. King!  Fundraising continues, though. Every dollar raised now will be used for ongoing programming, curriculum development, special events, and monument site maintenance – as well as potential future monument enhancements. Please donate to support these efforts.
Progress to $850,000
$854,516 100%

Endless Thanks to Our Contributors!

Donors at the $1,000 and over levels will be recognized at both sites.

$50,000+ Champions of Unity

AEP Foundation
Corewell Health South
Michigan Economic Development Corporation Grant
Whirlpool Foundation

$25,000+ Stewards of Unity

David & Barbara Whitwam Foundation
Frederick S. Upton Foundation
Southwestern Michigan Tourist Council
Mike & Lynn Todman

$10,000+ Seekers

Berrien Community Foundation – For Good Grants
Daniel Hopp Family Foundation
Lake Michigan College
Meijer Stores
Michigan Arts & Culture Council – Community Partners Grant
Michigan Humanities Grant
St. Joseph-Benton Harbor Rotary Club Foundation
The Schalon Foundation
United Federal Credit Union
ZOY! Adventures

$5,000+ Dreamers

1st Source Bank
J.C. & Nancy Anderson
Michele & Dave Binkley
Fettig Family
Honor Credit Union
James & Amy Marohn
North Pier Brewing Company
Toni & Richard Rabbers
Linnea Todd
Louise Todd Cope (Linnea Todd)
William & Jane Marohn Fund
Anonymous

$1963 Marchers

Andrews University
Central Indiana Community Foundation
Barbara, Marty, & Bea Craig
Les & Audrey Elwell
Tami & Peter Fauver
Grace Kelmer
Mike & Sarah Nadolski
The Sam Fund In Memory of Laura & Marcia Mussman

$1,000+ Legacy Keepers

Abonmarche Consultants
Dawn C. Ankli
Kenneth Ankli & Ann R. Miller
Benton Harbor High School Class of 1973
Benton Harbor High School Class of 1983
Alloyd Blackmon
The Boulevard Inn & Bistro
Sharon and Emanuel Brown
Beverly K. Burks
Caffé Tosi
Barry & Jody Conybeare
Cornerstone Alliance
Culture Needs and Heritage Foundation
Dock 63 and Red Arrow Transport
Ted and Ann Dosch
Sven Erickson & Christopher Florian
Judy Felland
First Congregational Church of St. Joseph
J. Paul Fletcher & Nancy Hourigan
Alexander Halbleib 
Stephen & Karen Hempel
Mark F. Hesemann
Dave and Lynn Holmgren
Holt Bosse
Insurance Management Service
Edward and Yvonne Isom
Jennifer Jacobs & John Dine
Jacquie Johnson & Mark Stanish
Judith Kinney Family
Kruggel Lawton CPA
Trevor & Kim Kubatzke
Christopher & Katie Kwon
David & Karen Laetz
The Lannert Group
MacDonald Action Foundation
John & Mabel Mayfield
Meryle Merritt
MJG Inc.
Phil & Melissa Molloy
Region IV Area Agency on Aging
Reitz, Dunning & Lemons Family
Shurn’s Auto Service Center
Roy & Gloria Shurn
Leonard Shustek & Donna Dubinsky
Silver Beach Pizza
Silver Harbor Brewing Company
Tom Starks
St. Augustine of Canterbury Episcopal Church
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Sturgis Bank and Trust Company
Margaret Trumbull
Greg & Janice Vaughn
Richard & Donna Vavra-Musser
Richard P. Villa
Wales Wealth Management Group
Dana L. Wales
Gary & Leslie Wood
Brian Ziebart

$500+ Activists

2nd Chance Ministries
David Baute
Thomas & Janet Gourley
Bill & Kathleen Hanley
Thomas & Colleen Hurst
Robert & Joan Judd 
Steve & Pamela Klyn
Laura Lukas
John & Stacy Lynch
Donna Metz
Larry & Jenny Schanker
Janet Sullivan

Tenneco Inc, South Bend, IN
Towards Justice
Molly Triemstra
John & Diane VonderHaar
Steve Wessell
Trishonda Woods

$100+ Advocates

William & Judy Allen
Tom & Kathryn Altholz
Maria Ambre
Cheryl D. Autry
Amy Scrima & Brian Bailey
Joseph Barrett
Calvin Bell
Benevity Fund
Benton Harbor DDA Board Members
Martha Bertsch
Jean Bloomquist
Megan & Jesse Bolinder
Barbara J. Boyd
Robert & Denise Briggs
Veronica & Thomas Buckley
Gladys Peeples-Burks
Harold & Pamela Bush
Pam Bylsma
Jane Carter
Kathy R. Catania
Lynne Clayton
Coastline Children’s Film Festival
Jayme Cousins
Michael & Phyllis Damschroder
Alvin & Deborah Davis
Thomas Debit
Kathleen DeVries
Charles L. Dewitte
Cecilia & George Dixon
Julia Gourley Donohue
Lisa Cripps & Bill Downey
David Driscoll
Robert & Cynthia Ehrenberg
Ilse Erickson
Mr. & Mrs. Carol Flowers
Forté Coffee
Becky & David Foster
Scott & Kim Jorgensen Gane

Margaret Q. Gay
Jimmy and Sarah Gendernalik
Paul Gillespie
Mark Glenn
God’s Mercy Seat Ministries
Melanie Goff
Mary Golichowski
Laura Goos  
John D. Gotto
William & Nancy Graham
Great Lakes Scientific
Marilyn J. Griffiths
Robert & Leslie Haemer

Gregory Hankamp
Robert & Janeen Harrison
Bob & Marilyn Havenga
The Hodgson Family
Laurence & Sheryl Holland
Lisa Hubbs
Charles & Mary Jo Jager
Kathryn Jarvi
Heather Johnson
Peter & Karen Johnson
Atty. S. Jack & Julie Keller
David & Elaine Kirshenbaum
Robert & Mary Kynast
Janice & Tuck Langland
Eric & Audrey Lester
Richard & Sharon Linden
Kristy Mahlo
James & Marion Maier
Katherine Manning
Bernice Mason  

Gregory Mauchmar
Michael E Mayle
Patrick M. Moody
Mary McKay
Morton House Museum
Anne Odden
Dorothy Parker
Christopher Parrett
Barbara Peeples
Lisa P. Peeples-Hurst
Barbara Pence
Joyce Perkins
Kristine E. Peterson
Ben Phillips
Michelle Priefer
John & Kristen Proos
Carl “Sonny” Pusey
Gabriele Radies
Selena Randall
Dan and Laura Robinson
Janice & James Sanders
Andrew Sawyer
Doug & Peggy Schaffer
Linda Schmidt
Connie Schreiber
Ashley Schulte
Barbara and Gary Senner
Marcy Simpson
Van Simpson
Jennifer Smith
Sherwood Snyder
Kimberly Sparkmon
Brook Thomas
Christopher Thomas
Terry Unterman & Roberta Glick
Soroya Pierre-VanArtsen
Gretta VanBree
Debi VanDenBoom
Dan Velez
Jan Versaw
Deborah Vickers & Wilhemina Kaeding
Timothy Walls
Jeff & Laurie Walter
Sandy Warren
Rebecca Wehmer
Tala Welch
Richard & Susan Westin
Evelyn Wilson
Jaclyn Winship
Edith Woods
Mamie Yarbrough
Bruce D. Zoschke
Anonymous

$1+ Believers

Jill Adams
Brianna Allen
Patricia Allred
Fai Amoroso
Daniel & Elizabeth Anderson
Stacey Assell
Tyler Augst
Michael Ault
Julie Baigorria
Tiana Batiste-Waddell
Elynda & Donald Bedney
Jerome Beene
Jamie and Joe Beer
Barbara Belfino
Timothy & Janice Bell
Julie Christian Bender
Bethany Benton
Shelley Bixby
Mary Blue
Hannah Bogner
Christie Bowman
Shacola Bratcher
John Brady
Hope Bretana
Michelle Bronakoski
Lisa Brooks
Elizabeth Brown
Septembra Brown
James & Emma Bruin
William Buhrfiend
Andrew & Kim Capes
Brian Carroll
Tracey A. Carter
Linda Cheek
Lynne M. Christiano
Tanya Christie
Miguel Clark
Ethel Clark-Griffin
Laura Claude
Tammy Clem
Rob & Susan Cleveland
Jasmin Closson
Phyllis Croce
Eileen Cropley-Elliott & Scott Elliott
Megan Dado
Dar Davis
Janice Dawson
Jill DiFranco Trust
Candice Elders
Jennifer Fischer
Erick Fisher
Jennifer Fleeman
Alice Ford
Judy Frankland
Nancy Fuller
Jessica Gardner
Gane Possible with Kim Jorgensen Gane
Jackson Gearhart
Joely Gibson
Laura Gilbert
Alex Giorgio
Mark Goff
Mario Goncalves
Todd & Emily Graham
Deborah Gray
Susan Greco
Valerie Greer
Sue E. Griffin
John & Jo-Anne Gruchot
Lyle Gurd
Calandra Hackler
Kelli Hahn
Marynell Halbleib
Joyce Hampton
George S. Hanns

Christopher Hathaway
Darlene Hawkins
Ashley A. Hines
David Hoffman
Jason Hoffman
Jesse Holston
Jeannette E. Holton
Missy Howse-Kurtz
Christina Humphreys
Angie Hunter
Cory Imler
Mark Ishaug
Steven Jacobs
Michael & Lisa Johnson
Yolanda Jones
Flora Kamala
Sue Kellogg
Jerome & Dawn Kemmer
Jena Kennedy
Nevine Khalil
Kingdom Investment Networking Group LLC
Carlyn Klemm
David & Victoria Koch

Oscar & Irene Konieczny
Amanda LaFay
Anthony & Ginger Lamar
Eli Landsman
Lilah Landsman
David & Sue Lea
Leonel Leal
Sondra Levin
Hannah Locklear
Jim Long
Ann Marie Marlow
Hannah Marrish
Susan Matheny
Todd McClain
Ruthie McCoy Haralson
Molly McFadden
Doris McIntosh Brown
Jessica McIntyre
Emily McKenna
Beth McKim
Shannon McRae
Landon Mensinger
Mark Miller
Kerry Mindeman
Lauren Moore
Pamela Morris
Anita Morse
Gabriel Murdock
Marlo Murphy
Karen S. Nason
Brenda Nieb
Nolan O’Brien
Deb Panozzo
Brooklyn Parsons
Harriet Peeples
Emily Peters
Leslie Pickell
Jon & Diane Pilarski
Emily Pines
Jerry Price
Haley Priem
Jolene Prosper
Eric Richard
Shyrita Richard
Cynthia S. Richel
Kristen Robinson
Rachel Rogalske
Justine Ruiz
Tina Sarantos
Donna Schinto
Juliana Schmatz
Antonette Sdao
Amy Semenak
Claudia Shagen
Gabrielle Shimulunas
Nathan Shotwell
Michael Sleep
David Slye
Alvin Smith
Christopher Smith
Allene Smith
Dolleen Smith
Michael Smith
Joseph Sova
Trinity Steen
Kathleen A. Szabo
Ying Tan
Nick & Elaine Thomopoulos
Juhelia Thompson
Alayne Thorpe
Sarah Tollefson 
Jennifer Tomshack
Andrae Townsel
Kyle Trewhella
Sherrie Tucker
Derek Vander Heide
Kayla VanderPloeg
Alex & Sara Vanderveen
Dana Walsworth
Gloria Weberg
Andrew Wendelborn
Pam Wheeler
Heather Wiker
Chandra Williams
Mary L. Wilson
Douglas Wold
Bobbie Jo Wrenfrow
Mark Yaney
Daimei Zhu
Anonymous

 

As of 2/16/24. For corrections and information, email info@unifiedmonuments.org.

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About Berrien Community Foundation

The BH/SJ Arts and Culture Social Justice Group has partnered with Berrien Community Foundation to serve as the Unified Civic Monuments Project’s fiduciary and fund manager.

The Berrien Community Foundation was established in 1952 by William Vawter and a group of concerned business people, much like the rest of the community foundation movement that started in the Midwest. The Foundation is an innovative means by which concerned citizens can put charitable dollars to work for the benefit of Berrien County residents.

It is a union of numerous gifts, bequests, and other contributions that form endowments and other funds. The spendable portion of the Foundation’s endowments are used to make grants to agencies and institutions serving the residents of Berrien County.d