Gift Guide
Thank you for your support!
Your gift builds a stronger community
Each contribution supports families, children, and seniors throughout
Northwest Michigan. Every gift changes a story. Every gift strengthens our community.
Explore the Gift Guide to choose your first gift that moves our mission forward.
Want to double double your donation? Find out if your employer will match your gift contribution by using the Charity Navigator.
Economic Stability
Economic stability allows families to meet their basic needs, weather unexpected challenges, and plan for a more secure future. Through NMCAA’s tax assistance, food programs, and Laundry Project, we help neighbors fill critical gaps so they can focus on building long-term stability. Your donation strengthens these essential supports, ensuring every family has the foundation they need to thrive.
Having a hard time choosing a gift? You can choose to give to Our Greatest Need in Economic Stability here!
A suggested gift of $100 gift provides 15 people with the ability to wash their clothes—restoring dignity, confidence, and a sense of renewal during challenging times.
A recommended gift of $250 nourishes a vulnerable senior for one full month with nutritious meals—and “so much more than a meal”: friendship, safety checks, and peace of mind.
Your support of $500 gift covers free tax preparation for 10 people, ensuring accurate
refunds, reducing financial stress, and empowering families to keep more of what
they earn.
Your generous gift of $1000 provides life-changing financial and housing counseling to up to 40 clients, helping them build credit, budget wisely, and pursue long-term stability and homeownership.
Your support of any size helps fuel our food distribution truck ensuring healthy food reaches families across the region—keeping neighbors fed, connected, and
cared for.
We support NMCAA as a critical partner in our work to create local solutions that preserve the environment, strengthen the economy, and create healthy, thriving communities that people cherish, protect, and nurture. Together, we invest in our local food economy, support small family farms, and provide healthy food to people in need across the region. This work could not be done without NMCAA’s critical backbone support and steadfast vision.
Christina Barkel, Food Equity Specialist
Groundwork Center for Resilient Communities
Housing Support
Safe, stable housing is the foundation for every other aspect of a healthy, thriving life. When families have a secure place to call home, children do better in school, parents can focus on work, and individuals can build toward long-term goals. Your donation helps NMCAA provide critical housing support and stability services that keep our neighbors safe, warm, and on the path to success.
Having a hard time choosing a gift? You can choose to give to Our Greatest Need in Housing Support here!
A recommended gift of $100 replaces all the lightbulbs in a home with efficient LEDs—brightening hallways, lowering bills, and guiding a
family forward.
A suggested $250 gift provides a complete move-in bundle filled with home necessities—helping families settle in with comfort, stability, and hope.
Your generous $500 gift fully sponsors a family’s enrollment in Homebuyer Education or Money Management workshop, building confidence and long-term financial strength.
Your support in the amount of a $1000 micro-grant provides the crucial final boost a family needs to overcome down-payment or closing-cost barriers—and unlock the door to their first home.
Your support of any size helps with furnace tune-up or repair ensures reliable heat—giving families a cozy, comfortable place to call home throughout Northern Michigan.
Consumers Energy is proud to support the Northwest Michigan Community Action Agency and its incredible work across 10 counties. For more than 50 years, NMCAA has helped families move from poverty to self-sufficiency, creating brighter futures and stronger communities. We celebrate our shared commitment to spread joy in the season of giving.
Trisha Bloembergen, West Michigan Media Relations Specialist
CMS Energy & Consumers Energy
Educational Opportunity
Education empowers people of all ages to create lasting change in their lives and communities. From prenatal care to preschool, NMCAA helps families build knowledge, confidence, and stability. Your donation supports lifelong learning that strengthens families and creates a stronger Northern Michigan for tomorrow.
Having a hard time choosing a gift? You can choose to give to Our Greatest Need in Educational Opportunity here!
A recommended gift of $100 provides classroom materials that spark curiosity, creativity, and joyful learning for young children in our preschool classrooms across the region.
A suggested $250 gift equips families with essential safety items—like baby gates, cabinet locks, fire extinguishers, and smoke detectors—to keep children safe at home.
Your support in the amount of a $500 gift supports family engagement nights filled with food, activities, and educational resources that strengthen connection and community.
Your generous gift of $1000 provides upgrades for classroom environments, socialization spaces, and School Success rooms—creating spaces where children and families thrive.
Your support of any size funds the continued production of podcast episodes that amplify real stories of impact, elevate community voices, and inspires action across our region.
We have proudly supported NMCAA since 2018 because their mission translates into daily impact for children and families. With our EatMyABCs and Food-Body-Mind partnerships, classrooms are able to purchase the nutritious foods that fuel mindful learning, focus, and healthy growth. We give to NMCAA because the leadership is accountable, the administration is responsive, and the teachers and staff bring both expertise and heart EVERY DAY.
Jiying Ling, PhD, MS, RN, FAAN
MSU Research Foundation Professor
Learn More about the Gift Guide
Take a listen to this episode of The Collective Us to learn more about the Gift Guide.
Hear how Educational Opportunities, Housing Support, and Economic Stability are the core focus areas of programming. Hosts Erica Austin and Ryan Buck, are joined by Melissa Thompson, NMCAA Engagement Manager.
Throughout the episode, they share stories and sound bites from staff, clients, and volunteers that illustrate impact. They emphasize that any level of giving—one-time, recurring, matched, or legacy—creates life-changing opportunities and invite listeners to donate, volunteer, and see themselves as part of the broader community action network.
Child and Family Development
Guided by a commitment to early childhood development, NMCAA supports families and children across various programs designed to foster developmental growth and school readiness. Our educational programs provide comprehensive support, starting prenatally, for infants and toddlers through home or center-based services.
Child and Family Development
Guided by a commitment to early childhood development, NMCAA supports families and children across various programs designed to foster developmental growth and school readiness. Our educational programs provide comprehensive support, starting prenatally, for infants and toddlers through home or center-based services.