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  • 2023-2024 Annual Report

    Posted on November 08, 2024

    2023-2024 Annual Report
    In a pivotal year, Grand Rapids Community Foundation awarded $16,078,689 in grants to nonprofit partners and scholarships to students. The organization's total assets were stewarded to $448,331,707. Other results and stories from partners are highlighted [...]
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  • Partners in Community, winter 2025

    Posted on February 17, 2025

    Partners in Community, winter 2025
    The latest issue of PARTNERS in community, a magazine by Grand Rapids Community Foundation, focuses on love and legacy. Waiting for you are features on donor partners who love West Michigan and have built their [...]
  • Welcoming New Trustees

    Posted on February 11, 2025

    Welcoming New Trustees
    Grand Rapids Community Foundation recently welcomed two new members to our Board of Trustees: Mercedes Barragan and Tim Long. Both Barragan and Long's terms as trustees began January 1, 2025. The Board of Trustees serves [...]
  • 2023-2024 Annual Report

    Posted on November 08, 2024

    2023-2024 Annual Report
    In a pivotal year, Grand Rapids Community Foundation awarded $16,078,689 in grants to nonprofit partners and scholarships to students. The organization's total assets were stewarded to $448,331,707. Other results and stories from partners are highlighted [...]
  • Supporting local causes through IRA giving

    Posted on October 17, 2024

    Supporting local causes through IRA giving
    Some donor partners evaluate giving strategies on an annual basis, deciding how to give based on advantages that may change year to year. As we approach the end of the calendar year, many of the [...]
  • Partners in Community, fall 2024

    Posted on September 14, 2024

    Partners in Community, fall 2024
    The latest issue of PARTNERS in community, a magazine by Grand Rapids Community Foundation, is here for you to read and enjoy! The magazine is full of inspiring stories about students and education. You'll read [...]
  • Isabel Landero Represents Youth on Board of Trustees

    Posted on July 11, 2024

    Isabel Landero Represents Youth on Board of Trustees
    Grand Rapids Community Foundation is passionate about addressing our community’s most critical needs today. By involving youth in philanthropic decision-making, the Community Foundation is investing in the future. In July, Isabel Landero joined the Board [...]
  • Supporting Community Philanthropy Today and for the Future

    Posted on June 05, 2024

    Supporting Community Philanthropy Today and for the Future
    West Michigan has a longstanding tradition of giving. Kent County is home to generous donor partners who support nonprofits working to overcome inequities across a spectrum of issues, including expanding equitable access to food, education [...]
  • Memories we Make & Legacies we Leave

    Posted on May 08, 2024

    Memories we Make & Legacies we Leave
    Grand Rapids Community Foundation is truly fortunate to have the opportunity to journey through life with our partners. People from all walks of life have chosen to treat us as family, by giving gifts during [...]
  • 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 where all people can apply their talents and creativity to fuel our future. We believe education is a key that unlocks these possibilities. In recent [...]
  • Salsa Night: A Night of Dancing for a Great Cause

    Posted on April 26, 2024

    Salsa Night: A Night of Dancing for a Great Cause
    Video produced by local filmmaker José Guadalupe Jiménez Jr. with the song "Agradecida" by Yaremi Mora. Salsa Night Somos Comunidad Fund invited community to join them for a Salsa Night in April. Hosted at Grand [...]
  • 10 Years of Our LGBTQ Fund's Impact

    Posted on March 21, 2024

    10 Years of Our LGBTQ Fund's Impact
    Our LGBTQ Fund was established to provide a safe, welcoming and healthy environment for LGBTQ+ communities by increasing wellness and prosperity levels, visibility, acceptance, support and access to resources. In 2014 Shelley Padnos and Carol [...]
  • 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, [...]