Great Lakes Bay Foundation

“Expenses advertising 2,000 supplies 213 equipment rental 175 telephone 70 web site 17,844 travel - other 610 mileage 209 speaker fees/curriculum costs 4,500 name badges 315 miscellaneous 20 contracted services 1,060 contracted services 3,220 event meals 186 event meals 16,056 gifts 2,150 bank charges 213 misc program costs 4,482 total 53,323”

“Grants receivable 24,000 26,372 accounts receivable 70,025 33,250 total 94,025 59,622”

“Accounts payable and accrued expenses 113,690 10,965 deferred revenue 0 34,000”

“The mission of the great lakes bay foundation is to encourage, support and celebrate regional collaboration and initiatives that will improve the economic vitality and quality of life in the great lakes bay region.”

“Institute for leaders/ambassadors - the great lakes bay region includes bay, isabella, midland, and saginaw counties. These four counties are natural partners by geography. Increasingly, that partnership is enhanced through efforts focused on specific issues and goals. Combining this natural partnership with prepared leaders, we can accomplish great things. Our region can only be strengthened through the leadership of individuals who are knowledgeable, informed, and ready to advocate and bring resources to the table. Developing such leaders is accomplished through the great lakes bay regional alliance institute for leaders. The institute for leaders curriculum expands participants' knowledge of the great lakes bay region, and introduces powerful, successful scenarios and concepts from other regions or at the state level. The institute for leaders begins in january with a class and orientation dinner. The class meets eight times, january through june, taking july and august off, and will wrap up for the year in october. Each session focuses on a different topic such as economic sustainability, social issues, government, and offers a combination of top-notch presenters, tours, discussions and networking. Throughout the institute for leaders, participants are expected to apply their advanced leadership skills and knowledge to plan creative approaches to opportunities existing in the great lakes bay region; accordingly, our curriculum includes a trained facilitator to aid in this process. We now boast of over 280 graduates of the institute for leaders. These ambassadors are our allies and are the key to the individual communities' effective collaboration on any issue or opportunity for the great lakes bay region. The great lakes bay regional alliance institute for leaders represents a long-term investment in providing the leadership essential to creating positive individual and collective futures of bay, isabella, midland and saginaw counties.”

“Art wave - artwave is a multi-year celebration of the high quality art and entertainment choices found in the great lakes bay region. Each month, artwave spotlights events and activities in one of the counties in our region, promoting awareness and encouraging everyone that great arts and entertainment from music concerts and museum exhibits to sporting events and film festivals can be found right here. The artwave campaign focuses on one county at a time, on a predetermined schedule selected to coincide with already planned activities/exhibitions.”

“Stem impact initiative - the great lakes bay region has an opportunity to be a national leader in developing a pipeline of talent in science, technology, engineering, and math that drives regional prosperity. This stem talent can propel existing businesses as well as attract new organizations that need people with stem skills. The key to that leadership is enlightened cooperation between employers and the many people who are dedicated to training the workforce of tomorrow. Such region-wide, cross-functional cooperation is virtually unheard of around the country, giving the great lakes bay region the ability to take the lead in this gamechanging area. A roadmap for achieving stem leadership has been provided by the great lakes bay region stem impact initiative. After extensive research and expert analysis, the initiative identified specific steps that will result in a robust stem talent pipeline.”