The Charter One Bank's Charter One Foundation gave away six new grants under its Growing Communities program in support of local farmers and farmers' markets.
Some of the recipients are: The wife-husband team Melody and Lynn Nye with $3,000 to buy a cargo trailer; The Brinery received a $3,000 grant to help buy a vegetable processor; Fuhr's Valley View Fruit Farm in Imlay City will receive a $3,000 grant to help buy an automated donut-making machine and many others.
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William D. Eggers and Paul Macmillan of Dowser write about the social entrepreneurs slowly and steadily dirsupting the world of philanthropy. According to Forbes, philanthropy disruptors are those that believe “no one company is so vital that it can’t be replaced and no single business model too perfect to upend.”