The Muskegon Community Health Project was established in 1994 through a partnership between the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and the Community Foundation for Muskegon County as part of Kellogg's Comprehensive Community Health Models of Michigan (CCHMs) initiative. Muskegon was one of three counties (along with Calhoun and St. Clair) where CCHMs served as a catalyst to bring community members together to identify and implement strategies to improve health care and delivery.