Foundation Audio Recordings
- Giving in Grand Rapids Podcast #10
Each year, teachers and students from Grand Rapids Catholic, Christian and public schools have the opportunity to apply for Excellence in Education grants. This year, 41 teachers and 21 students are winning grants that total $117,500. To hear how these grants are making a difference in our city's classrooms, we talked with a few teachers and students at the annual Excellence in Education award celebration.
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Thomas Czerney, a local professional advisor specializing in wealth management services with Beene Garter, demystifies charitable gift annuities. He explains how a charitable gift annuity works, describes who would benefit from this type of planned gift and walks listeners through an example.
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Local philanthropist Judy DeLapa discusses her role as an advisor of the DeLapa Family Donor Advised Fund. Prior to establishing this fund, Judy and her husband Jim operated a family foundation. Judy shares her beliefs about giving and her experiences involving her family's next generation in philanthropy.
Listen | download mp3 - Giving in Grand Rapids Podcast #7
In this episode, we talk with Marilyn Zack, vice president of development with the Community Foundation about the many ways people can give and make a difference in our community before the year ends. Marilyn will touch on the options for making a gift and the benefits of doing so before 2007 comes to a close.
Listen | download mp3 - Giving in Grand Rapids Podcast #6
In September, Diana Sieger celebrated her 20th year as President of the Grand Rapids Community Foundation. Under her leadership, the Community Foundation has grown from $35 million in assets in 1987 to over $237 million today. To mark this special occasion, Diana sat down with us to talk about Community Foundation milestones in gifts and grants over the last two decades as well as community philanthropy.
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In this episode, we talk with Wendy Lewis Jackson, Executive Director of the Grand Rapids Education Reform Initiative about the Meijer Good Schools for Grand Rapids program, which provides grants to Grand Rapids Public elementary schools for academic achievement. We were with Wendy as the first Meijer Good Schools for Grand Rapids grants were awarded. Hear the celebration at one school and learn more about this unique program.
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This episode features a conversation with several donors, who like the Community Foundation, are celebrating their 85th birthday this year. Hear what they say shaped who they are today, their advice for younger generations and their beliefs about giving.
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In this episode we talk with Carol Karr, an attorney with Miller Johnson who specializes in estate planning, probate and taxation. Carol will answer the question “what happens if you don’t have a will?” And she will provide easy steps for beginning the estate planning process.
Listen | download mp3 - Giving in Grand Rapids Podcast #2
This episode of the Giving in Grand Rapids Podcast features an interview with Harvey Lemmen. Mr. Lemmen is a longtime Grand Rapids Community Foundation donor. Later this year, Mr. Lemmen will celebrate his 85th birthday as will the Grand Rapids Community Foundation.
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Local philanthropist Tom Fox and accomplished speaker Mary Fisher talk at our spring philanthropy event.
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