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  • Partners in Community, winter 2024
    Partners in Community, winter 2024
    Discover the latest issue of PARTNERS in community! Welcoming LaSandra Gaddy as Grand Rapids Community Foundation's new president and CEO, our winter edition features inspiring stories on wellness investments, insights from Our Mental Health Collective, [...]
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  • Posted on April 04, 2017

    Staycationing? Plan for Summer Camp Now!
    If you're home this week with the kids, you might be getting a little anxious about summer break and how to make those months away from school productive. There's always summer camp! If you've thought [...]
  • A Planned Gift Mystery Solved

    Posted on April 02, 2017

    A Planned Gift Mystery Solved
    From time to time, we receive unexpected bequests from kind strangers. A few years ago, Grand Rapids Community Foundation was named beneficiary of a life insurance policy held by Joy Brown Baker. It was a [...]
  • Posted on March 16, 2017

    Spring 2017 Current
    The spring issue of Current with new philanthropists, a great story about Linda and Jim Payne's CGA, our grant to make new greenspace in the City of Grand Rapids and more. Click for the PDF.Spring [...]
  • Posted on February 16, 2017

    Local Funders Collaborate to Help Grow Healthy Nonprofits
    This year marks 15 years for the Nonprofit Technical Assistance (NPTA) Fund. This Fund represents a broad collaboration that has included 14 Grand Rapids-area funders. Since its inception, the NPTA Fund has awarded over $2.3M [...]
  • Grand Rapids Gets a Little Greener

    Posted on February 06, 2017

    Grand Rapids Gets a Little Greener
    It isn’t often that there is an opportunity to create a significant green space in a growing community. And as Grand Rapids continues to the lead the state in population and housing growth, there remains [...]
  • KConnect – The Ultimate Duh!

    Posted on December 06, 2016

    KConnect – The Ultimate Duh!
    Caring for our community and the people who live here is part of our DNA as Grand Rapidians. When we see a need, we do something to address it. More often than not, our approach [...]
  • Giving Tuesday, is it Worth it?

    Posted on December 01, 2016

    Giving Tuesday, is it Worth it?
    Earlier this week it was Giving Tuesday and Grand Rapids social media was all a buzz with giving promotion and nonprofit endorsements. Even if you don’t “do” Facebook, you might have received an email or [...]
  • Whose Etiquette Matters?

    Posted on October 10, 2016

    Whose Etiquette Matters?
    Insight by Jessica Ledesma, Challenge Scholars Assistant I could never describe what it felt like to “not belong” until my junior year of high school when I was invited to attend a Rotary luncheon featuring [...]