"Butterfly Dreams," a 45-inch bronze by artist Jordan Rose, anchors the revitalized garden at Center Road and Saginaw. Dedicated September 2025, with new plantings the same year. Grant: $1,000 (2024) — the Touch the Earth Garden Club sculpture.

The William Ray Perry House was built in 1894. It is one of the most historically significant sites in Genesee County and a living-history window into Grand Blanc's earliest days. Grants: $18,500 (2008–2015) — the house, a passive-park plan, and a historic marker.

A garden marking a century of education at the Perry Center, the state's first consolidated school, which opened its doors in 1922. Grant: $9,000 (2021) — Perry Center Centennial Garden.

Housed in the 1885 First Congregational Church beside City Hall and run by the Heritage Association since the 1970s, the museum preserves Grand Blanc's story. Open Wednesdays. Grants: $35,000 across six awards (2011–2025) — from a front-door rain canopy to floors, A/V upgrades, and a wheelchair project.

Grand Blanc Youth Arts offers six programs in music, visual art, and performance, from the Katsi Marimba Band to the Children's Choir. Grant: $5,500 (2024) — Youth Arts Programming.

Grand Blanc's Summer Arts Academy caps each season with a youth showcase. This year, it's taking place on June 26 at 6:30 p.m. at Mason Elementary School. Grants: $18,500 across three years — Summer Arts Academy.

A celebration of local makers and artists. Browse the booths, talk to the creators, and take a piece of Grand Blanc home. The 2026 Summer Art Fair is August 1-2. Learn more here. Grant: $3,000 (2006) — Grand Blanc Arts Council community events.

From beginning band to the marching field, instrumental music gives students an outlet, a discipline, and a community. Grant: $16,940 (2016) — GBHS Instrumental Music Boosters.

The largest branch in the Genesee District Library system, named for Joseph McFarlen and a fixture on Perry Road since 1973. The Fund has helped support its children's reading area, roof, air conditioning, and ADA upgrades. Grants: $48,337 across six awards (2013–2022).

A space of remembrance honoring local service members. Take a quiet moment to consider the neighbors who served. Grant: $6,760 (2021) — Lt. William Rust Veterans Park Honor Project.

Concerts, games, plays, and showcases are just some of the public events that turn a school district into a gathering place. Grants: dozens of classroom and program awards over the years, from flexible seating to the Parents as Teachers program.

The Genesee District Library's summer reading program keeps kids reading through the break. It's a literacy tradition! Grant: $1,000 (2016) — McFarlen Library Summer Reading Challenge.

Connect with the local businesses that keep Grand Blanc thriving at a Chamber mixer, luncheon, or Winterfest. Grant: $1,000 (2022) — Winterfest sponsorship.

Service above self. Rotary members tackle local needs and global causes alike. Learn more here.

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FISH provides food, a clothes closet, Christmas baskets, and housing help to neighbors facing hard times. Grants: $78,000+ since 2013.

Old Newsboys puts new shoes, boots, and warm clothing on Genesee County youth. Grant: $1,000 (2022) — Shoe/Boot Program for Grand Blanc Youth.

A hub for connection, wellness, and lifelong learning for older residents. Grants: $7,600 (2008–2012) — computer lab, shuttle bus, and operations.

The Miracle League gives children and adults with disabilities the chance to play ball on a fully accessible field. Every player gets a turn at bat.

Family Promise helps families experiencing homelessness find stability and a path back to their own front door. Grant: $3,000 (2021) — Grand Blanc area program support.

Signature green space and a home base for much of this list — the playscape, the pavilions, the volleyball courts. So much of the Fund's recreation giving lives here. The hub of the Fund's park grants since 2007.

A pollinator garden in Rust Park, planted to give monarch butterflies a place to rest and refuel on their migration. Grant: $853 (2019) — Monarch Power in Rust Park, Phase II.

Cheer on the next generation at the diamonds where local leagues play all summer long. Grant: $20,000 (2019) — Youth Baseball Infield Upgrades.

Take a hike or bike on the Iron Belle Trail. Locally, the Fund has invested in the non-motorized pathways that knit Grand Blanc into that wider network. Grants: $11,000 (2019–2024) — non-motorized pathway projects.

An off-leash spot for four-legged residents to run and socialize. The Dog Park is located in Bicentennial Park. Grant: $5,000 (2012) — Grand Blanc Dog Park.

A free, open-air bodyweight fitness court built for all ages and abilities. Pull up the companion app and work through a circuit under the sky. You can find this outdoor gym directly behind City Hall. Grant: $10,000 (2023) — National Fitness Court.

An inclusive playground designed so youth of every ability can play side by side. Grants: $40,000 (2014–2015) — the Playscape project.

Grab a few friends and bump, set, and spike at the sand volleyball courts at Bicentennial Park. Grant: $24,900 (2011) — Sand Volleyball Complex Development.

A summer drop-in program that invites youth and families to try something new outdoors. Show up, jump in, see what sticks. View the upcoming programs through Genesee County Parks here. 

Pack a basket and claim a table under the pavilion. It's a joy that public park space makes possible. Grant: $55,000 (2011–2013) — Pavilion II construction.