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  • 2024-2025 Annual Report

    Posted on November 19, 2025

    2024-2025 Annual Report
    In its last fiscal year, Grand Rapids Community Foundation awarded $24,180,887 in grants to nonprofit partners and scholarships to students. The organization's total assets were stewarded to $486,075,237. Other results and stories from partners are [...]
  • Partners in Community, Winter 2026

    Posted on March 05, 2026

    Partners in Community, Winter 2026
    In our new issue of PARTNERS in community, a magazine by Grand Rapids Community Foundation, we lift up the strength, stability and future focus that so many of our community’s philanthropists embody. We celebrate the [...]
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  • Is 2021 the Year to Give from Your IRA?

    Posted on February 18, 2021

    Is 2021 the Year to Give from Your IRA?
    What a year it has been. As our community dealt with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Grand Rapids Community Foundation worked hard to address the deep historic racial, social and economic inequities that exist [...]
  • A letter to our community regarding yesterday’s attack

    Posted on January 07, 2021

    A letter to our community regarding yesterday’s attack
    On January 6, the cornerstone of our democracy was threatened by a violent domestic terrorist attack on the U.S. Capitol. It was heartbreaking to witness. Regardless of our individual politics, we share disappointment and despair [...]
  • PARTNERS in community, Winter 2020

    Posted on December 21, 2020

    PARTNERS in community, Winter 2020
    The winter issue of PARNTERS in community is a letter of gratitude to you, our partners. Through the twists and turns of 2020, you have been there. You have been showing up for your neighbors, [...]
  • How to Make a Greater Impact with Your Giving

    Posted on December 10, 2020

    How to Make a Greater Impact with Your Giving
    Benefits of donating appreciated assets in 2020 There are many ways to make an impact through philanthropy. Each philanthropist who gives their time, talent or treasure to our community contributes to our region’s health and [...]
  • Supporting local nonprofits this Giving Tuesday

    Posted on November 24, 2020

    Supporting local nonprofits this Giving Tuesday
    The end of the year is filled with the spirit of giving, with #GivingTuesday as the unofficial start to the giving season. This year, the impact of COVID-19 has created unprecedented need in our community. [...]
  • Informed Impact: 2019 - 2020 Annual Report

    Posted on October 26, 2020

    Informed Impact: 2019 - 2020 Annual Report
    Informed Impact The 2019 - 2020 Grand Rapids Community Foundation annual report features nonprofit, community and donor partners working to overcome racial, social and economic justice by building and sustaining an inclusive economy and thriving [...]
  • La Lucha Fund: Partner Spotlight

    Posted on June 18, 2020

    La Lucha Fund: Partner Spotlight
    Eight community organizations came together to establish La Lucha Fund, an emergency response to the COVID-19 pandemic designed to provide financial resources directly to undocumented and mixed status families in Kent County. Erika VanDyke, program [...]
  • When a Statement Isn't Enough

    Posted on June 12, 2020

    When a Statement Isn't Enough
    When a Statement Isn’t Enough Grand Rapids Community Foundation stands with our Black neighbors who are hurting and tired from generations of racism, trauma and injustice. George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery are but [...]
  • Celebrating the Class of 2020!

    Posted on May 29, 2020

    Celebrating the Class of 2020!
    Celebrating the first class of Challenge Scholars Union High School Class of 2020 has been looking forward to graduation for years. Grand Rapids Community Foundation has been eagerly anticipating this moment alongside their friends, families [...]