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• Posted on June 19, 2012

  2012 Scholarships Top $800,000

  In recent years, Grand Rapids Community Foundation has averaged $650,000 in annual scholarship awards, but this year after receiving 1,877 scholarship applications, it has awarded 574 scholarships totaling $844,250. Thirteen Michigan colleges and universities…

• Posted on June 12, 2012

  Five Organizations Receive Community Foundation Grants

  Grand Rapids Community Foundation’s Board of Trustees recently approved five major grants totaling $764,500. The largest grant was awarded to Dwelling Place of Grand Rapids to aid in the support of affordable and quality housing…

• Posted on June 06, 2012

  Changing how we think of homelessness

  At Grand Rapids Community Foundation, we work to create a community that has all of the great qualities that West Michigan has—and to make it better. As an optimist, this is a great place to…

• Posted on May 31, 2012

  Grant Brings Summer Jobs to Grand Rapids Youth

  Grand Rapids Community Foundation is helping local youth gain valuable work experience for the second summer in a row with funds from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. A $900,000 grant was provided to the Community Foundation…

• Posted on May 23, 2012

  Cumulative Grants Awarded from Youth Grant Committee Tops $1 Million

  Following an initial gift of $1M by the W. K. Kellogg Foundation in the late 80’s, the Grand Rapids Community Foundation created the Youth Field of Interest Fund in 1994 and used it encourage high…

• Posted on May 02, 2012

  Community Foundation Celebrates Innovative Teachers at Annual Education Awards Celebration

  An annual education awards celebration hosted by Grand Rapids Community Foundation will take place on Wednesday May 2 from 5:30-7:30pm at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park. The ceremony honors local teachers, students, principals and…

• Posted on April 27, 2012

  Get Out There and Hug a Tree Today!

  Arbor Day is the perfect time to stop and take notice of the tremendous value trees have on our community. While the beauty of a tree is evident, only recently has research begun to prove…

• Posted on April 16, 2012

  News at the ground level! The Rapidian is all about our community!

  My dad was an editor extraordinaire. He was a valued employee at The Detroit News for more than 45 years starting as a carrier and climbing the ladder to become the highly regarded Sports Editor…

• Posted on April 04, 2012

  Community Foundation Named One of the Best Nonprofits to Work For

  This week, The Nonprofit Times (NPT), a national publication, named Grand Rapids Community Foundation one of its top 50 Best Nonprofits to Work For in 2012. The Community Foundation ranked sixth on the list. For…

• Posted on March 26, 2012

  John Arnold's Passing

  We were deeply saddened to learn of John Arnold's passing over the weekend. He was truly a visionary leader in his work to end hunger in West Michigan and he undoubtedly leaves our community a…

• Posted on March 20, 2012

  Partners for a Racism Free Community Designation

  Recently, Grand Rapids Community Foundation received a Full Partner Designation from Partners for a Racism-Free Community. For this designation, the Community Foundation had to demonstrate that it met six standards that contribute to a racism-free…

• Posted on February 15, 2012

  The Social/Nonprofit Sector - what will it look like decades from now?

  Provocateur: a person who provokes trouble, causes dissension, or the like; agitator. OR, according to the Sieger definition, is it a person who causes one to step out of their zone and look at the…