MIS Cares is a donor advised fund of the NASCAR Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit entity. MIS Cares’ mission is to assist and inspire youth
within our community.
Michigan International Speedway and its sister company Americrown combined donated nearly a million dollars in 2016 to local service groups and organizations through
cash donations, work programs, grants and sponsorships, as well as tickets and merchandise that clubs raffle to raise money.
In 2016 alone, Michigan International Speedway and its catering and concession partner Americrown along with MIS Cares donated or paid
out more than $682,630.82 to local charities and service groups through cash donations and work programs.
MIS Cares, the speedway’s charity arm, awarded $69,950 in cash donations to local charities through its grant program during the
track’s annual Community Luncheon. All of these deserving recipients share the MIS Cares mission to assist and inspire youth in our local
community.
Additionally, MIS created The Michigan Heritage, a recognition and celebration of the automobile and its importance to the race track and the
manufacturers competing in NASCAR, in 2013. Each manufacturer and MIS donated $10,000 to be given to a youth-related, STEM-related
charity in Michigan every year.
This past spring MIS Cares awarded 12 scholarships to seniors in Lenawee and Jackson Counties. The scholarship is open to any graduating
senior in Jackson or Lenawee County who is entering a STEAM-related (science, technology, engineering, art, mathematics) field at a college,
university or trade school in the state of Michigan. Thanks to
support from the community, MIS Cares has been able to award
$36,000 in scholarships to local high school students in the first
four years of the program.
The NASCAR weekends at MIS allowed MIS Cares to drop the
green flag to raising money for local organizations. MIS Cares and
the NASCAR Foundation sold 50/50 raffle tickets, raising $118,910
in June and $135,035 in August. The fans have been the driving
force behind the track raising $459,055 during the 50/50 raffle in
two years.
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