Independent Bank has a long history of corporate giving, supporting many local events in addition to statewide and national non-profit organizations. The following is a list of many of our recent contributions and sponsorships:

Donations made in 2019 and 2020

4-H Future Farmers of American


ABC Greater MI Chapter     sponsorship            

Adams Christian School sponsorship

Adopt-a-Highway- sponsorship via Ionia Public Schools 

All Saints Academy sponsorship

Allen Neighborhood Center

Alzheimer’s Association Bay City 

American Cancer Relay For Life sponsorship

American Heart Association

American Legion-MI National Veterans Family Organization-various communities 

American Youth Soccer

Ann Arbor Summerfest

Arenac Community Funds 

Arenac County Education sponsorships 

Ascension St. Mary’s Foundation 


B Foundation (Belding)

B Strong Together 

Bad Axe Chamber (Christmas in Whoville Parade)

Bad Axe Lions Club 

Bad Axe Police Department 

Bad Axe Public Schools 

Bad Axe Rotary 

Baruch Senior Ministries

Base Camp Urban Outreach

Bay Area Chamber of Commerce 

Bay Area Community Foundation

Bay Area Thunder Hockey

Bay Area Women’s Center 

Bay City Art In The Park

Bay City Central Booster Club 

Bay City Garden Club

Bay City Lions Club

Bay City Optimist Club 

Bay City Players 

Bay City Rotary 

Bay City Schools sponsorships

Bay City Wolves Hockey

Bay County Toys For Tots

Bay County Women’s Volleyball

Bay Future Economic Development 

Bay Port Chamber of Commerce

Bay Port Festival & Parade

Bay Shore Camp & Family Ministries 

Bay Veterans’ Foundation    

Be Fit Festival

Belding Area Schools sponsorships

Belding Chamber of Commerce

Bellevue Schools Boosters Club

Bellevue Lions Club    

Bellevue Antique Tractor Show

Bethany Christ Services sponsorship

Big Brothers Big Sisters (Saginaw)

Big Rapids Elks Lodge

Big Rapids High School

Birch Run / Bridgeport Chamber sponsorships            

Bluewater Thumb Youth For Christ 

Boomerang TCSA, Traverse City Boots For Kids

Botanic Garden, Traverse City 

Boy Scouts of America - Bay City 

Boys & Girls Club (Great Lakes Bay Region)

Bridgeport/ Birch Run Chamber of Commerce 

Bridgeport Schools’ sponsorship

Bronson Children's Hospital


Cadillac Area YMCA

Cadillac Schools sponsorships

Caro Chamber Of Commerce 

Caro Community Schools 

Caro High School -  Operation Graduation 

Caro Rotary Club 

Caro Volunteer Firefighters’ Association

Carson City Sponsorship

Carson City Food Pantry

Carson City Frontier Days & Parade

Cascade Charter Township Fireworks

Cascade Community Foundation 

Caseville Cheeseburger Festival annual sponsor

Caseville Chamber Shanty Days annual sponsor

Caseville Community Chest annual sponsor

Caseville Kiwanis Club annual sponsor

Caseville Public Schools Sponsorships

Cass City Public Schools sponsorships 

Cass City Chamber of Commerce sponsorships

Cass City Fire Department sponsorships

Cass City Freedom Festival 

Cass City Rotary Club 

Catholic Charities West Michigan

Cedar Springs High School sponsorships

Cedar Springs Public Library

Cedar Springs Rotary Club

Cedar Springs Theatre

Central MI Alzheimer’s Walk    

Charlotte Schools Sponsorships

Charlotte Chamber of Commerce

Charlotte Community Library

Charlotte Frontier Days

Cherryland Humane Society

Child Advocacy Center of Tuscola County

Children's Miracle Network

Chili Dawg, Ionia sponsorship    

Christ The King Lutheran School sponsorships

Christmas In Ionia sponsorship

Charter Township of Shelby - (Veteran’s Memorial Run) 

Church World Service Sponsorship

City of Marlette Farmers’ Market             

City of Eaton Rapids 4th of July sponsorship    

City of Grosse Pointe Foundation    

City of Ionia Fireworks    

City of Leslie Downtown Development Authority 

City of Marlette County Fair Days & other sponsorships

City Rescue Mission

Clio Area Chamber of Commerce 

Clio Area Human Services

Clio Community Council     (Fireworks sponsor)

Clio Fighting MS 

Clio Fire Department 

Clio Rotary Club     

Central Michigan University (CMU) sponsorships and CMU Scholarship        

Community Up

Compete for a Cause, Okemos 

Comstock Park Community Conscious Capitalism Great Lakes Bay Region 

Cornerstone Schools Partnership Program         

Covenant Health Care Foundation


Dakota High School sponsorship

Delta College Sponsorship 

Detroit Regional Chamber sponsorship

Dewitt Downtown Development Authority 

Divine Shepherd Christian Church sponsorship        

Downtown Development Authority - Lansing 

Ducks Unlimited

Dwelling Place Of Grand Rapids

    

    

East Side Soup Kitchen

Eaton Rapids Community Alliance

Eaton Rapids Lions Club

Eaton Rapids Medical Center

Eaton Rapids Rotary            

Elkton Community Club        

Elkton Lions     Club

Enrich Of Ionia

Ensley Township Fire Department - Annual charity sponsor 

Equestrian Center sponsorship

Eaton Rapids Public School  Education Foundation

 

Fair Housing Center of West Michigan  

Family Literacy Center, Lapeer 

Family Promise Of Grand Rapids

Ferkowicz Farm Day in Marlette 

Ferris State Latino Economic

First Presbyterian Church of Ionia charity event

Fish Point Wildlife Association, Sebewaing        

Flint Bankers Forum, Community Support

Flint Fair Housing

Fraternal Order of Police - multiple communities

Ford Council, Lansing/Eaton County

Forgotten Harvest

Foster Closet of Isabella County

Fostering Future Scholarship, Lansing area, scholarship

Foundation for Haslett School, Lansing 

Fred Thwaites Grand River Trail

Fremont Pathfinder Elementary, Newaygo student lunch debt donation

Friends of the Historic Masonic Temple, Bay City Charity Sponsor

Friends of the Thumb Octagon Barn, Cass City 

Friends of Franklin Library, Bloomfield Hills 

Friends of Grand Rapids Parks

Friends of Pine Ridge Cemetery Bay City 

Friends of the Fred Meijer Trail

Friends of the White Pine Trail

Friends of Williamston Parks

Futskills Academy


Garber High School, Essexville 

Gilda's Club

Gleaners Community Food Bank

Goodwill Industries International

Grand Rapids Lions

Grand Rapids Public Library

Grand Traverse Catholic Schools, Traverse City 

Grace Centers of Hope

Grand Rapids Chamber of Commerce

Grand Rapids Create Youth Adventure

Grand Rapids Jaycees

Grand Rapids Score (Service Corps of Retired Executives)

Grand Traverse YMCA

Grant High School, Newaygo 

Great Lakes Bay Hispanic Leadership, SVSU 

Great Lakes Children’s Museum

Great Lakes Bay Manufacturers Association 

Greater Brighton Area Chamber of Commerce

Greater Lansing Food Bank

Greenstone Eaton County Livestock sponsor

Greenstone Ingham County Fair 4-H

Greater Thumb Area Fraternal Order of Police

Gus Macker Basketball, Belding Sponsorship

Grand Valley State University sponsorships

Groundswell Program


Habitat for Humanity (Rescue Ranch, Lapeer/Tuscola/Mecosta/other localities)

Hampton Township Fire Department

Hampton Township Senior Home

Harris Nature Center

Heartside Ministry

Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital

H. H. Dow High School

Hidden Harvest festival, Saginaw 

Hills and Dales Foundation – Cass City 

Historical Society of Caseville

Holy Cross Services, Lansing Area, homeless shelter 

Holy Trinity charities

Hope College

Hope on the Hill

Hospital Hospitality House of Saginaw, Bay City 

Hudsonville Area Chamber of Commerce

Human Development Commission-Walk for Warmth

Humane Society of West MI, Grand Rapids 

Huron County 4-Leaders, Bad Axe 

Huron County Medical Care Facility

Huron County Community Foundation, Bad Axe 

Huron Valley Ambulatory Camp


IM Fostering Hope

IM Kids 3rd Meal

Ingham County Sheriff Shop with a Hero

International  Student Club- SVSU Intercultural Night sponsor

Ionia Area Chamber of Commerce

Ionia County  Economic Alliance Support

Ionia County Community Foundation

Ionia Crop Walk

Ionia Fairgrounds

Ionia Free Fair

Ionia Public  Schools - sponsorships

Ionia Rotary Club

Isabella County Restoration House 

Islamic Center of America


Jackson Co 4-H, Lansing/Eaton County, sponsorship

Japanese Cultural Center, Saginaw 

John Glenn High School, Bay County

Junior Achievement, Grand Rapids sponsor

Junior Achievement of Southeast Michigan (to include Genesee County) sponsor

Junior Bronco PTSO, Bellevue playground equipment donation


Kent County Parks

Kettering University

Key North Classic, Caseville 

Kid's Food Basket, Grand Rapids 

Kingston Fire Department, Marlette 

Kingston Girls Sports sponsor 

Kingston High School sponsor

Kiwanis Club of Bay City

Kiwanis Club of Charlotte-dictionary project sponsor

Kiwanis Club of Traverse City

Knights of Columbus, Cass City 


Lake City Area Chamber of Commerce

Laker Giving Tree, Pigeon Rotary club

Lansing Little League

Lansing Regional Chamber

Lapeer Co 4-H Lapeer Days & Fireworks

Lapeer Habitat for Humanity

Leelanau Christian Neighbors Baby Pantry

Leelanau Peninsula Chamber of Commerce

Leslie Boys Basketball

Leslie Festival

Leslie Public Schools sponsorships 

Leslie Township sponsorships

Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, Saginaw 

Literacy Council of Bay County

Little League Baseball, Standale 

Livonia Symphony Orchestra

Love In The Name Christ

Love Inc. 

Lapeer Zonta Club of Midland


Mac Naugton Elementary Youth

Macomb County Habitat    

Macomb Family Services

Marlette Livestock sponsorship

Marlette Schools sponsorships 

Marlette Women’s Group

Marshall Frederick Museum, SVSU 

Mason Area Chamber of Commerce

Mason Optimist Club

Mason Schools sponsorships

McLaren Bay Medical Foundation

McLaren Bay Region charity sponsorships

McLaren Thumb Region Foundation 

McLaren Hospice, Bay City 

Mecosta County Chamber sponsorships

Methodist Children's Home

MEMSPA Foundation Library, Lansing 

Mercy Health Medical Center sponsorships

Meridian Township Fireworks, Okemos 

MI Apple Association, East Lansing 

MI Children’s Trust Fund, Lansing 

Michigan Jumpstart Coalition

MI Library Association, Bay City 

MI Nordic Fire Festival, Charlotte 

Michigan Women’s Foundation

MI Youth sponsorships 

Michigan Chamber of Commerce

Mid-Michigan Children's Museum, Saginaw Sponsorship/Financial Literacy 

Mission Rest Mohawks For Munson

Mobile Medical Response

Michigan State University – sponsorships  

Munson Healthcare sponsorships

Muskegon Area First

Muskegon Rescue Mission 

Mustard Seed Shelter, Saginaw


National Association for Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

National Kidney Foundation.

National Wildlife Turkey Foundation, Charlotte 

Neighbors Helping Neighbors

New Directions

Newaygo County Autism Walk (Christmas walk and other events) 

Newaygo County Kids Day, Little League and other sponsorships

Newaygo County PCA Safe Sleep

Noah Project, Muskegon 

North Branch Area Schools donations and sponsorships

North Branch Lions Club

North Huron Schools sponsorships 

North Kent Connect, Grand Rapids 

North Star Reach

Northern Lakes Economic Antrim

Northern MI College

Northern Vision

Northview Education Foundation sponsorship

Northwest MI sponsorships 

Northwest MI Supportive Housing


Oakland University scholarship & sponsorships

Okemos Education Foundation

Olivet College

Olivet High School sponsorships

Osteopathic Foundation of West Michigan, Muskegon 

Owendale Lions Club

Owendale-Gagetown Area Schools sponsorships 


Peace Ranch Rehabilitation

Pinconning Area School District 

Pigeon Chamber of Commerce

Plainfield Township Firefighters 

Pleasant Lake Fireworks and other sponsorships

Portland Community Fund

Portland Service Group

Positively Warren

Potterville  Schools sponsorships 

Project Connect

Pulse 3 Foundation, Saginaw


Ramesh Foundation, Saginaw 

Recycle Ionia

Red Cross

Red Flannel Festival, Cedar Springs 

Reese Schools sponsorships 

Region VII Area Agency

Resonate Church

Resurrection Cemetery

Resurrections of the Lord Catholic Church

Revive Ministries

Reynold Township Library

Right Place Breakfast

River Country Chamber of Commerce

Riverside Saginaw Film Festival

Rockford Boys Youth Lacrosse

Rockford Chamber of Commerce

Rockford Education Foundation

Rockford Octoberfest sponsor

Rockford Rotary

Ronald McDonald House, Lansing area sponsorship

Rural Partners


Sacred Heart Rehabilitation, 

Saginaw Safe & Sound Child Advocacy Center 

Saginaw Arts and Enrichment

Saginaw Bay Symphony Orchestra

Saginaw Children’s Zoo

Saginaw Community Foundation

Saginaw County Chamber 

Saginaw Futures

Saginaw Intermediate School District sponsorships

Saginaw Spirit Hockey sponsorship

Saginaw Township Recreation Center Courts sponsorship

Saginaw Valley Church of the Nazarene

Saginaw Valley State University (SVSU) sponsorships and scholarships

Salvation Army of Big Rapids

Samaritas

Sand Lake Chamber 4th of July sponsorship

Saranac American Legion Auxiliary

Saranac Community Association

Saranac Community Schools sponsorships

Saranac Library, summer reading program

Sebewaing American Legion

Sebewaing Beautification

Sebewaing Chamber sponsorships (fireworks, sugar festival)

Sebewaing Police Department sponsorship 

Sebewaing Rotary Beet Feet- 5K run

Sleepers State Park

SowHope Gala, Sharing Opportunities with Women ;Grand Rapids area, sponsor

Sparrow Ionia Hospital sponsorships

Sparta Area Chamber sponsors

Sparta Education Foundation

Special Olympics of Huron County

Spectrum Health Foundation

St John’s Lutheran

St Joseph's Church

St Mary School

St Patrick Parish

Standish Area Chamber of Commerce sponsor

Standish Knight of Columbus 

Standish Relay For Life

Standish-Sterling Schools sponsorships

Sterling Area Health Center Health & Wellness Fair

Strokes for Freedom, White Cloud 


Tall Ships 2019, Bay City 

Tart Trails, Traverse City

Traverse City Schools sponsorships 

Traverse City Waves Softball sponsor

Traverse City West Hockey sponsor

Thumb Animal Shelter

Thumb Area Community Theatre

Thunder Across The Thumb, Caro 

Tompkins Historical Society Car Show, Pleasant Lake 

Touching Souls, Eaton County

Traverse Bay Children’s Advocacy

Traverse City Chamber of Commerce

Tri City North Little League

Tri County Sports

Trinity Lutheran sponsorships  

Tuscola County 4-H Small Livestock-MSU Extension, Caro 

Tuscola County Pumpkin Festival

Tuscola County Senior Citizens


Underground Railroad, Saginaw 

Unionville Veteran's Memorial

United Way, Bay, Saginaw and numerous other areas. 

USA Football & Little League, Sebewaing 


Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW)-various communities

Vienna Business Development Authority

Vienna Township Car Show sponsorship

Village Beverly Hills Memorial Parade

Village of Cass City Summer festival

Village of Bellevue sponsorship

Village of North Branch sponsorship

Village of Sebewaing sponsorship

Village of Stockbridge Festival


Warner Middle School sponsorship

Wee Ones Preschool, Olivet sponsor

West Catholic High School

West MI Christian School, Muskegon 

Western High School sponsorship

Wexford Habitat

Wexford Missaukee sponsorships

White Cloud Library

White Cloud Public Schools sponsorship

White Cloud Rotary

White River sponsorship  

Whitetails Unlimited, Caro 

Wilderness Trails Zoo, Bridgeport 

Williamston Chamber of Commerce

Williamston Depot Museum

Williamston Food Pantry

Williamston Township  sponsorship

Women's Resource Center


Youth Haven sponsorships

Youth Health & Fitness sponsorships

YWCA Art Festival, Bay City