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• Posted on April 01, 2010 – Posted by: Diana Sieger

  Is there ever a good day to be homeless?

  I'm sure it was the warm sunny weather or a pre-April Fool's Day idea of a joke but a tweet on Twitter caught my attention yesterday. Actually it wasn't from someone I know or follow…

• Posted on April 01, 2010 – Posted by: Roberta King

  Community Foundation Named Best and Brightest

  For the seventh consecutive year Grand Rapids Community Foundation has been named to the list of "101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For." The competition is sponsored by by the Michigan Business and…

• Posted on March 30, 2010 – Posted by: Roberta King

  Multimedia Contest Gives Teens a Chance at Cash Awards

  The 32 Kent County high school students who make up Grand Rapids Community Foundation’s Youth Grant Committee want to get teens thinking about philanthropy. That’s why they’re challenging their peers to create a video,…

• Posted on March 15, 2010 – Posted by: Diana Sieger

  What is this thing called Leadership?

  Here's a "sneak preview" of my article in our newsletter Current "hitting stands" this week:I often muse that writing about what Grand Rapids Community Foundation does would be easier if we only funded solutions for…

• Posted on March 09, 2010 – Posted by: Roberta King

  Donnor Advisors: Arvin and Pearl Tap

  Wanting to be good stewards of the many gifts bestowed upon them, Arvin and Pearl Tap established a private family foundation. For many years, the couple received great pleasure in supporting specific faith-based organizations. Through…

• Posted on March 08, 2010 – Posted by: Roberta King

  Paul M. Keep Joins Foundation's Board of Trustees

  Paul M. Keep was recently elected to a four-year term on Grand Rapids Community Foundation's Board of Trustees. Paul is editor of The Grand Rapids Press, a position he's held since July 2009. Prior…

• Posted on March 01, 2010 – Posted by: Roberta King

  New Grants Total $635,000

  Grand Rapids Community Foundation’s Board of Trustees recently approved grants totaling $635,000 to the following nonprofit organizations in Kent County. Catherine’s Health Center received $100,000 to help the organization refurbish and move into the…

• Posted on February 24, 2010 – Posted by: Diana Sieger

  Rough waters ---> great leadership!

  I've been struggling with a variety of situations and issues relating to community politics and GRCF strategies. How to convey this in this blog presents a challenge. The original intent behind this blog initiated in…

• Posted on February 08, 2010 – Posted by: Diana Sieger

  What's Your Art? Go to whatsyourartgr.com!

  Last April, I called together the CEOs from our area's larger arts and cultural organizations along with our colleagues from the Frey and Steelcase Foundations to discuss the impact of the recession and how they…

• Posted on February 04, 2010 – Posted by: Roberta King

  Donor Advisors: Herb and Glenna Knape

  In 1950, newlyweds Herb and Glenna Knape built a small house on Fisk Lake with one bedroom and a nursery. By 1960, both the house and the family had grown… the house to five bedrooms,…

• Posted on January 11, 2010 – Posted by: Diana Sieger

  Social networks and philanthropy

  For the past 18 months, I have been an active participant on Twitter and Facebook. Some view this as "who cares what you had for dinner" or "what's the big deal about tracking every moment…

• Posted on December 21, 2009 – Posted by: Roberta King

  Grant Launches Arts Awareness Campaign

  Last spring and summer in two meetings, Grand Rapids Community Foundation gathered local arts leaders to discuss their needs and issues surrounding short-term growth and sustainability in light of the economic downturn. The consensus of…