Hope Starts Here
Shining a light in the darkest of moments.
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What We Do
Fund a Life is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that provides urgent financial support to individuals and families facing life-altering challenges. Whether it’s a devastating diagnosis, a tragic accident, or an unexpected crisis, we step in when life turns upside down.
We issue one-time grants that offer immediate relief to help people navigate their hardest moments with dignity, hope, and support.
Our average grant is around $5,000, and to date we’ve awarded over $1,000,000 to more than 160 families across Michigan and beyond. Every grant is made possible by the generosity of our community, donors, and Mission Partners.
We know that while money can’t buy miracles, it can lift the weight of crisis by giving people space to breathe, heal, and move forward. That’s the power of community. That’s the heart of Fund a Life.
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Who Are The Fund A LIFE Grant Recipients?
The people we help aren’t statistics, they’re families, neighbors, and community members facing life-altering challenges. Fund a Life grant recipients are individuals navigating some of the hardest chapters of their lives. From, life-threatening diagnoses to sudden loss, traumatic injury, or personal tragedy. Every story is different but they all share one thing in common: the need for hope and support. Below are a few of their stories.
The Roszell Family
A Grant That Made Mobility Possible
Funding a wheel-chair-accessible van after an ALS diagnosis.
Amanda’s Journey
Strength Through Years of Cancer Treatment and Seizures
Supporting a mother of four through breast cancer and a brain tumor.
The Graves Family
Starting Over After a Devastating House Fire
Providing emergency relief after their home and belongings went up in flames.
Who are the Fund a Life grant recipients?
Our grant recipients are people just like you - individuals and families facing overwhelming obstacles of all kinds - emotional, physical, logistical, familial, and everything in between. Some of their stories might make you smile, and some might make you cry.
But we hope that every story will inspire you to ignite hope and make a difference in the lives of those around you.
From a terminal cancer diagnosis to igniting hope & funding lives
In 2012, Mark Howell was 30 years old. His beautiful wife of two years, Christina, had just given birth to their first child, a son named Gabriel. Life was good.
And then Mark’s doctor told him he had six weeks to live.
In the aftermath of his doctor’s terrifying prediction, Mark’s friends, family, coworkers, neighbors, and the Brighton, MI community came together to raise over $200,000 for Mark and his family to go outside the restrictions of their health insurance in search of a treatment - in search of a cure.
Although it would take much more than money to save his life, the money raised provided key resources and precious hope that took all of the extra stress out of the most stressful of situations.
“To simply say ‘thank you’ has never felt like enough. That’s why my ‘thank you’ now comes in the form of dedication, to use my journey to benefit others, and to work harder so that no life goes without hope when they need it.”
- Mark Howell, Founder
Our Mission Partners
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Fund a Life
Fund A Life, NFP is a 501(c)(3) registered non-profit with its headquarter offices in Brighton, MI
PO Box 406, Brighton, MI 48116 | 844.386.3543 | info@fundalife.org | www.fundalife.org
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