Your Invitation

Involvement of businesses, foundations, individuals and our communities has been vital to the Trailway’s success so far. Now, private funds totaling $8 million are required for matching public funds. We invite you to become a part of our efforts to successfully complete this exciting movement to connect all of our citizens to our neighboring communities, and to enable all of us, for generations to come, the opportunity to experience the beauty of the Kalamazoo River and southwest Michigan.

Make an Online Contribution

Click here to access the Kalamazoo Community Foundation Giving web page and make a secure contribution. Be sure to select "Other" from the drop-down list and type "KRVT Fund" in the appropriate box.

Make a Gift by Mail

Make checks payable to Kalamazoo Community Foundation or KCF, and mail to:

KRVT, PO Box 50467, Kalamazoo, MI 49005

Volunteer Your Time

Help is needed with fundraising, physical Trail projects, and Trail use activity planning. Please fill out and send the form below to indicate your interest.

Name   

Address

City       State Zip

Phone     Email

I would like to volunteer to: (mark all that apply)

Help with fundraising by calling on not more than 5 individuals or businesses

Help with physical projects on the Trail

Help plan activities that use the Trail

Join us as we celebrate the rediscovery of the River!

Project Costs

The proposed budget for completing the Kalamazoo River Valley Trailway includes acquisition, construction, engineering and maintenance.

Downtown Connection                                       $460,000.00

Kalamazoo Riverfront                                      $1,576,000.00

Parchment/Cooper/Kalamazoo Township     $2,219,000.00

Comstock                                                          $3,111,000.00

Galesburg                                                            $855,000.00

Charleston                                                           $625,000.00

Augusta/Fort Custer/Battle Creek                 $1,017.750.00

Portage Creek                                                  $1,536,250.00

Kal-Haven/Kalamazoo                                    $2,100,000.00

Subtotal                                                       $13,500,000.00

Trail Maintenance                                           $2,000,000.00

Capital Campaign                                               $500,000.00

Total                                                             $16,000.000.00

Revenue Sources

Capital Campaign $8,000,000.00

Matching Public Funds $8,000,000.00

Total $16,000.000.00

Tax Advantages of Giving

There are many ways to participate in the Kalamazoo River Valley Trailway campaign with a charitable gift. All gifts are tax-deductible. Gifts made to the Endowment Fund will support ongoing trailway care and maintenance, and are also eligible for the Michigan Community Foundation Tax Credit.

Four-year pledges are desirable and will be sought in most cases, and may include gifts of cash and/or assets, such as stock or other securities. Gifts to the campaign may also be one-time pledges.

Memorials & Naming Opportunities

All donors to the Trailway project will be acknowledged.  In addition, naming opportunities will be available which will include naming of Trail segments for significant gifts.

Your gift to the Kalamazoo River Valley Trailway Endowment Fund is a gift to a component fund of the Kalamazoo Community Foundation. Because the Community Foundation has exclusive legal control over the contributed assets, your gift is subject to the Community Foundation’s authority to redirect donations received to another beneficiary without approval if the purpose of the fund is no longer widely beneficial or necessary, incapable of fulfillment, or inconsistent with the charitable needs of the community.