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• Posted on June 02, 2015 – Posted by: Laurie Craft

  Grand Rapids' Homelessness Problem

  Last week, the Coalition to End Homelessness released the results of its annual Point in Time count and the numbers reflected a significant (15%) increase in the number of homeless individuals in our community on [...]

• Posted on May 27, 2015 – Posted by: Roberta King

  Challenge Scholars Campaign Tops Goal

  Grand Rapids Community Foundation announced today that it has exceeded the $32 million goal for its innovative Challenge Scholars program by raising $33.6 million toward the first phase of building the scholarship endowment. The public [...]

• Posted on April 20, 2015 – Posted by: Roberta King

  One Hundred New Philanthropists: Erica Curry VanEe and Brian VanEe

  With two Union Square condos—one of them an Airbnb rental* business—on Grand Rapids’ West Side, Erica Curry VanEe and Brian VanEe are all about making the West Side the best side for everyone. These big [...]
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  Posted on March 30, 2015 – Posted by: Roberta King

  Our LGBT Fund: Shelley Padnos and Carol Sarosik

  In August, 2014, Donor Advisors, Shelley Padnos and Carol Sarosik, created Our LGBT Fund , a Field of Interest Fund at the Community Foundation. It was created with a matching gift of $100,000. Through this [...]

• Posted on January 28, 2015 – Posted by: Roberta King

  Impacting Kent County and beyond

  Sometimes we hear that Grand Rapids Community Foundation is all about the city of Grand Rapids. While we award a significant number of grants in the city, we also make grants across the county. And [...]

• Posted on January 02, 2015 – Posted by: Roberta King

  Paul Keep Named Chair of Grand Rapids Community Foundation Board of Trustees

  Paul Keep was recently elected Chair of Grand Rapids Community Foundation’s Board of Trustees. The incoming Vice Chair is Laurie Finney Beard. Keep has been a member of the Board of Trustees since 2010 and served [...]

• Posted on December 22, 2014 – Posted by: Marilyn Zack

  IRA Rollover Extended for 2014

  The IRA Charitable Rollover has been extended for 2014! This legislation was just passed a few days ago and there will be very short window in which you may be able to complete an IRA Charitable [...]

• Posted on December 15, 2014 – Posted by: Roberta King

  One Hundred New Philanthropists: Laurie Finney Beard

  Like many people, her family’s influence shaped Laurie Finney Beard’s views about giving. She cites her father, whom she describes as generous with his time and financial support for many charitable organizations, as an important [...]

• Posted on November 24, 2014 – Posted by: David Harrison

  Boomerang Giving Launches

  What if there was one thing everyone eligible for senior discounts could do today that would reap rewards for the rest of our lives?  The newly launched organization Boomerang Giving asks you to take the Boomerang [...]

• Posted on November 17, 2014 – Posted by: Meredith Fennema

  The future of the IRA Charitable Rollover

  People 70 ½ and older are probably aware of the IRA Charitable Rollover that has been in play since 2006. In short, the rollover allows individuals aged 70½ and older to donate up to $100,000 from [...]

• Posted on November 14, 2014 – Posted by: Meredith Fennema

  Our ideas for giving in response to Ebola

  The Ebola epidemic in West Africa is the largest and longest Ebola outbreak in history. It has killed more people than all other Ebola outbreaks combined. The majority of cases are in three countries: Guinea, Liberia [...]

• Posted on October 08, 2014 – Posted by: Roberta King

  Our LGBT Fund Exceeds Goal

  Our LGBT (lesbian, gay biexual, transgender) Fund, a new field of interest fund at Grand Rapids Community Foundation has reached $270,000 in community donations, exceeding the original goal and 1:1 match set in August. Shelley [...]