Publications

• Posted on May 05, 2011 – Posted by: Roberta King

  Foundation is Named Best and Brightest Elite Winner

  For the eighth consecutive year, Grand Rapids Community Foundation has been named one of “West Michigan’s 101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For” by the Michigan Business and Professional Association (MBPA). This annual…

• Posted on May 05, 2011 – Posted by: Roberta King

  Community Foundation Announces $253,350 in Education Grants

  2011 Meijer Good Schools revealed and Good Classroom winners recognized Grand Rapids, Mich., May 4, 2011 – Three Grand Rapids Public elementary schools received $120,000 in total grants from the Meijer Good Schools for…

• Posted on May 04, 2011 – Posted by: Roberta King

  Foundation Brings Home Silver and Gold at PRoof Awards

  Grand Rapids Community Foundation won three silver and two gold awards at the West Michigan Public Relations Society of America’s PRoof awards on April 28, 2011. The Community Foundation also celebrated the award for…

• Posted on May 03, 2011 – Posted by: Roberta King

  Facebook Grant Giveaway: An Experiment in Crowdsourced Grantmaking

  During the last week of April we tried a social media experiment—we encouraged our Facebook audience to be grantmakers. We asked the 650 people who ‘liked’ the Community Foundation on Facebook to name their…

• Posted on April 14, 2011 – Posted by: Roberta King

  Community Foundation Awards $375,000 in New Grants

  In 1940, Grand Rapids Community Foundation made its first grant to a fledgling art school in Grand Rapids. It was followed by subsequent grants of $100 each in 1941 for the Kendall Memorial School…

• Posted on April 08, 2011 – Posted by: Roberta King

  (Re-)Engaging Boomers for Community Good

  10 Nonprofits Awarded $5,000 Each to Create Encore Teams People 50+ want to make a meaningful difference in the community, but lack the platform to do good work.Nonprofits make a meaningful difference, but lack…

• Posted on March 16, 2011 – Posted by: Roberta King

  Community Foundation Receives Pillar Award

  Women’s Resource Center honored Grand Rapids Community Foundation at its 2011 Pillar Awards luncheon on Wednesday, March 16. The Pillar Award recognizes employers who make significant efforts to empower women in the workplace. The…

• Posted on March 15, 2011 – Posted by: Roberta King

  Community Foundation Wins Wilmer Shields Rich Communication Awards

  Grand Rapids Community Foundation is the recipient of one gold award and two bronze awards for excellence in communication from the Council on Foundation’s Wilmer Shields Rich Awards Program. Each year, this program recognizes…

• Posted on February 16, 2011 – Posted by: Roberta King

  Community Foundation Grants Help Veterans and Chronically Homeless People

  The Board of Trustees of Grand Rapids Community Foundation recently approved two grants. The Friends of Michigan Veterans Home, Inc. will receive a grant award for $35,000 to help provide live video feeds into…

• Posted on February 09, 2011 – Posted by: Roberta King

  Grant Improves Access to Local Fruits and Vegetables

  To address the need for access to fresh produce in underserved urban communities, Grand Rapids Community Foundation has awarded a $150,000 grant to Fair Food Network’s Double Up Food Bucks program. The program will…

• Posted on January 24, 2011 – Posted by: Roberta King

  New Faces on Committees

  Grand Rapids Community Foundation recently added several community members to two of its committees. Joining the Audit Committee is Dori Danko, assistant director of, and accounting instructor at School of Accounting, Seidman School of…

• Posted on December 20, 2010 – Posted by: Roberta King

  IRA Rollover Returns

  Foundation, nonprofit leaders and donors in Michigan and throughout the nation are applauding President Obama’s signing of the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization and Job Creation Act of 2010, which includes a reinstatement of…