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  • Partners in Community, winter 2024

    Posted on March 04, 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, [...]
  • Support for Students: Scholarships and much more

    Posted on April 29, 2024

    Support for Students: Scholarships and much more
    As a community foundation, we strive for a vibrant community. One where all people can apply their talents and creativity to fuel our future. We believe education is a key that unlocks these possibilities. In [...]
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  • Remembering Lena Meijer

    Posted on January 16, 2022

    Remembering Lena Meijer
    We honor the memory of Lena Meijer, whose gifts were compassion, love and caring. Our community has benefitted greatly from generosity of the Meijer family. In 2006, Grand Rapids Community Foundation awarded Fred and Lena [...]
  • PARTNERS in community, winter 2021

    Posted on December 14, 2021

    PARTNERS in community, winter 2021
    As we approach our centennial year, Grand Rapids Community Foundation is renewing our commitment to this community using the power of collaboration with our partners to ensure all voices are heard. In the winter [...]
  • Planning personal and impactful gifts

    Posted on October 21, 2021

    Planning personal and impactful gifts
    Donor partners give in ways that are personal to them and impactful for our community. In 1929, Grand Rapids Community Foundation received its first major bequest from the estate of Mary Metz. Since then, [...]
  • PARTNERS in community, fall 2021

    Posted on September 16, 2021

    PARTNERS in community, fall 2021
    The fall issue of PARTNERS in community explores the ways Grand Rapids Community Foundation and our partners are adapting, using our collective power and resources to overcome the most pressing issues of the day. [...]
  • PARTNERS in community, summer 2021

    Posted on June 22, 2021

    PARTNERS in community, summer 2021
    The summer issue of PARTNERS in community explores the ways Grand Rapids Community Foundation and our partners share our collective power and resources to overcome the most pressing issues of the day. Inside you [...]
  • Partner Spotlight: Shannon Cohen, Inc.

    Posted on March 29, 2021

    Partner Spotlight: Shannon Cohen, Inc.
    The stories of incredible strength, resilience and inspirational collaboration that have emerged over the last year are certainly worth celebrating. But, as we celebrate the silver linings of a difficult year, we should also examine [...]
  • PARTNERS in community, Spring 2021

    Posted on March 24, 2021

    PARTNERS in community, Spring 2021
    The spring issue of PARTNERS in community explores the ways Grand Rapids Community Foundation is working alongside our partners toward recovery and renewal. As we continue to navigate two pandemics - COVID-19 and the existing [...]
  • Partner Spotlight: African Resource Center

    Posted on March 03, 2021

    Partner Spotlight: African Resource Center
    Grand Rapids Community Foundation's Board of Trustees recently approved a $10,000 grant partnership with African Resource Center to support their work in providing trusted social, academic and mentoring support for student refugees from Africa as [...]
  • Informed Impact: 2019 - 2020 Annual Report

    Posted on October 26, 2020

    Informed Impact: 2019 - 2020 Annual Report
    Informed Impact The 2019 - 2020 Grand Rapids Community Foundation annual report features nonprofit, community and donor partners working to overcome racial, social and economic justice by building and sustaining an inclusive economy and thriving [...]
  • La Lucha Fund: Partner Spotlight

    Posted on June 18, 2020

    La Lucha Fund: Partner Spotlight
    Eight community organizations came together to establish La Lucha Fund, an emergency response to the COVID-19 pandemic designed to provide financial resources directly to undocumented and mixed status families in Kent County. Erika VanDyke, program [...]
  • Celebrating the Class of 2020!

    Posted on May 29, 2020

    Celebrating the Class of 2020!
    Celebrating the first class of Challenge Scholars Union High School Class of 2020 has been looking forward to graduation for years. Grand Rapids Community Foundation has been eagerly anticipating this moment alongside their friends, families [...]