Grants & Funding News

2025 UPDATES

Hiawatha Music Co-op is proud to be a 2025 recipient of a Michigan Arts & Culture Council Mission Support Grant in the amount of $33,288. Included in the award is $3,750 in federal funds provided to the Council by the National Endowment for the Arts. These grant funds will continue to help us with operational support, professional/organizational development, transporation expenses, and facility improvements/equipment updates to support the HMC Annual Traditional Music Festival.

In addition, HMC received $1,000 from Travel Marquette to support the HMC Traditional Music Festival ($500) and City of Marquette Art Week Opening Concert ($500). The City of Marquette Arts & Culture Center also provided $1,000 for Art Week. Additional funders included the Ray and Peg Hirvonen Foundation in the amount of $2,500 for the HMC Festival. HMC also received $3,000 from the Community Foundation of Marquette County to support a Master Artist Series with Michigan Troubador Neil Woodward.

We are very grateful to the Michigan Arts and Culture Council, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Ray and Peg Hirvonen Foundation, Community Foundation of Marquette County, and to the City of Marquette for the generous funding.

Hiawatha has established a giving portal with Give Lively, and is now accepting one-time donations as well as repeating regularly-scheduled donations.  This represents a wonderful new stream of revenue for the Co-op, and will help establish a financial safety net for times when the Co-op  cannot hold a festival (such as the 2 years during the COVID pandemic) or when a bad weather weekend results in below average festival income.

To donate one time or to set up a regular giving schedule, please click on the tab at the far right above labeled Donate.