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Giving in Grand Rapids

Podcast with Charlie Georgalas

11-9-10 4:37pm

Roberta King interviews Charlie Georgalas about the Community Foundation's investment strategy. 

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Local Author to Speak at Metz Society Luncheon

8-27-10 8:47am

We are delighted to have local author Adam Schuitema as our guest speaker at this year's Metz Society Luncheon.  Adam is the author of Freshwater Boys, a collection of fiction-based short stories that are set in West Michigan.  In this podcast Adam tells a little about his work and reads excerpts from his book. 

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Estate Planning for the 40 and Under Crowd

6-24-10 9:14am

Creating an estate plan is important at any age.  Chris Brown, an attorney specializing in estate planning and taxation at Miller Johnson speaks with Amanda St. Pierre of Grand Rapids Community Foundation about the process and provides some tips to create a plan that provides for the people, places and things that matter most to you.  

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Roth IRA Conversions with Lori Baker

6-7-10 1:49pm

New tax legislation now allows all taxpayers to convert traditional individual retirement accounts, or IRAs, to Roth IRAs.  To understand why this may be an attractive option for you, we spoke with local CPA Lori Baker, partner at Baker Spindler Holtz.

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Charitable Bequests with Tom Kyros

3-23-10 2:55pm

For an estate planner's explanation of charitable bequests, we talked with local attorney Tom Kyros, partner at Varnum LLP.

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Investment Performance with Charlie Georgalas

11-10-09 12:00am

In this podcast, hear Charlie Georgalas, Managing Director of Colonial Consulting Corporation talk about Grand Rapids Community Foundation's investments, long-term vs. short-term investing, and recent investment performance.

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Gifts of Retirement Assets: When, How and Why?

6-25-09 12:00am

Hear Jason Brinks, certified financial planner with Crowe Wealth Management describe how and why you may consider making charitable gifts using retirement assets.

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The Basics of Life Insurance Giving

6-5-09 12:00am

Listen to Paul Freihofer, vice president of Fox Insurance Agency discuss the benefits of giving charitable gifts of life insurance and learn just how simple the process really is!

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Good for Education

6-5-09 12:00am

Hear Cris Kooyer, education and youth program officer provide a strategic overview of the Community Foundation's Good for Education plan.

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Grant from Knight Foundation Brings Citizen Journalism to GR

1-29-09 12:00am

The Community Foundation was awarded a $128,000 grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to establish neighborhood news bureaus with the Community Media Center as its partner.

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