MAJOR GRANTS

The Trustees recognize that The Carls Foundation is a continuing illustration of Bill Carls’ lifetime of generosity. Some of the recipients of major grants have been:

Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute
  • The Carls Stem Cell Processing Lab
    		•  $1,000,000

     

    The Beaumont Foundation – William Beaumont Hospital
  • The Carls Pediatric Medical Center
    		•  $5,000,000

     

    Central Michigan University
  • The Carls Center for Clinical Care and Education
    		•  $1,500,000

     

    Community Foundation of Southeast Michigan
  • The Greenways Initiative
    		•  $1,000,000

     

    Detroit Institute for Children
  • Renovation of Orthotic and Dental Clinics
    		•  $750,000

     

    DMC - Children’s Hospital of Michigan:
  • Marie Carls Communication Disorders Center
    		• $275,000
  • Cochlear Implant Program
    		• $123,000
  • The William Carls Ambulatory Care Center
    		• $2,000,000
  • Hospital’s Endowment Fund
    		• $1,000,000
  • Expansion of the Ambulatory Care Center
    		• $2,000,000
  • Mobile Hearing Unit
    		• $167,000
  • The Carls Ear Institute
    		•  $1,500,000
  • The Carls Endowed Chair Otorinolaryngology
    		•  $1,500,000

     

      DMC - Huron Valley Sinai Hospital:
     
  •  The Marie Carls Unit
    		• $200,000
     
  •  The Center for Women and Children’s Health Care
    		•  $200,000
     
  •  The Krieger Endowment Fund
    		• $200,000

     

    The Detroit Science Center
  • The Power of Air Show
    		•  $1,000,000

     

      Detroit 300, Inc.
     
  • Project and Conservancy Endowment
    		•  $1,000,000

     

      Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy:.
     
  •  Gateway Protection Project
    		•  $100,000
     
  •  Bowers Harbor Preserve
    		•  $250,000
     
  •  Lasting Landscapes
    		•  $1,000,000

     

      Munson Medical Center:
     
  • The Women’s Center
    		•  $500,000
     
  • Out-Patient Diabetes Education
    		•  $250,000
     
  • The Speech and Hearing Department
    		•  $120,000
     
  • Endowment Fund for Patient Services
    		•  $500,000
     
  • Munson Manor Hospitality House
    		•  $300,000

    Munson Hospital has honored Mrs. Leni Carls, whom Mr. Carls married in 1983, by establishing The William and Leni Carls Speech and Hearing Clinic and naming the Endowment Fund for her.

      The University of Michigan – Mott Children’s Hospital
     
  •  Universal Infant Hearing Research
    		• $375,000
     
  •  Distraction Osteogenesis Research
    		• $447,000

     

      War Memorial Hospital:
     
  • The Speech and Hearing Clinic
    		•  $518,000

     

      YMCA of Metropolitan Detroit/Huron Valley YMCA
     
  • William and Marie Carls Family YMCA
    		•  $3,000,000

     

    The typical, and by far most numerous, grants made by The Carls Foundation are in the $5,000 to $50,000 range, to organizations with 501(c)(3) status, whose programs are effective and innovative, and fall within the stated purpose and mission.