To maximize organizational potential and secure a sustainable future of service to our community.

Supporting the Black Impact Collaborative’s exploration of seven impact areas for the immediate and post COVID-19 recovery for Black and African American people living in greater-Grand Rapids. This partnership was made possible by the Lucy E. Barnett Trust for the Elderly and Fund for Community Good.

To provide flexible capital for excluded entrepreneurs facing the economic consequences of COVID-19. This partnership was made possible by the Kent County COVID-19 Recovery Fund and Fund for Community Good.

To support the high demand for culturally responsive mental health services to children and adults.

To provide trusted employment, youth development, and health education supports in communities of color.

Kent County Coronavirus Response Fund to meet immediate needs related to the COVID-19 pandemic. This partnership was made possible by the Lucy E. Barnett Trust for the Elderly.

Multilingual translation and interpretation services related to COVID-19 information and community resources.

To support the distribution of funds through the La Lucha Fund.

To support the community school model that ensures students have access to physical health, mental health, and human services within their schools.

To provide direct financial support to people who are undocumented or mixed status families in Kent County in partnership with Movimiento Cosecha, Grand Rapids Area Mutual Aid Network and LatinxGR.

In support of a new 53-unit affordable living community for older adults in Grand Rapids. This partnership was made possible by the Lucy E. Barnett Trust for the Elderly.

To explore new approaches for how critical services can continue to be provided as the organization transitions to independence.

To explore opportunities for program and operational growth.

To help Latinx owned businesses navigate the economic consequences of COVID-19. This partnership was made possible by the Kent County COVID-19 Recovery Fund and Fund for Community Good.

To pursue relocation opportunities that better position the organization to address growing demand for services.

To finalize the development of a comprehensive community plan to address child & family housing insecurity & racialized disparities in Kent County.

Supporting program expansion and outreach efforts to provide low-cost legal services to immigrants to secure legal status, citizenship, and family unity.

For consulting services to help meet technical and organizational capacity needs.

To support the development of a community collaborative to decrease the number of homeless families in Kent County and address social determinants of health.

To expand innovative, shoulder-to-shoulder school improvement work with educators in Grand Rapids Public Schools through the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning network.

To match FEMA support for the Fire Safety program to target underserved Spanish-speaking households in Wyoming.

To align and integrate the work of public, private, and nonprofit sectors in order to dissolve systemic inequity across the prenatal to career continuum, while improving outcomes for all.

To put systems in place and build the capacity of the organization for long-term sustainability, leadership development and mission-driven impact.

To engage communities with limited access to public art and cultural enrichment opportunities in the inaugural Project 1. This partnership was made possible by the Leonard and Eileen Newman Fund for the Arts.

To support the #BAX50 campaign and address pressing capital improvement needs, essential to providing a safe, efficient environment positioning them for sustainability and long-term community impact. 

To support pre-campaign efforts toward the goal of establishing a permanent home and to encourage continued efforts toward organizational sustainability and archiving collections.

Arts enrichment programming at the Grand Rapids Home for Veterans.

To create authentic empowerment of neighbors and families to influence the challenges and barriers they face in community. 

Supporting the 2019-2020 Poetry Empowered program.