The grants totaling $340,000 include:
- The Community Media Center’s Mobile Learning Lab for Information Education (MoLLIE) program to support the program which provides curriculum-linked video production and editing education for teachers and students in Grand Rapids Public Schools. The grant award is $30,000.
- Arbor Circle for its Early Impact child abuse prevention program, which targets at risk families for services before abuse or neglect occurs. The grant award is for $50,000.
- Christian Counseling Center – Project Hope for the expansion of mental health counseling for low income individuals, families and children in six urban neighborhoods and one south Kent County area. The grant award is $55,000.
- Safe Haven Ministries for its Protective Hands counseling program and outreach effort for women who are victims of domestic abuse. The grant award is $25,000.
- A grant award of $150,000 was given to the West Michigan Environmental Action Council to provide an accessible example of state-of-the-art redevelopment practices in a urban setting and to increase the organization’s capacity in outreach and advocacy.
- The Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts for its Drawing the Next Generation effort to bring new audiences to the facility and to provide programming support. The grant award is $50,000.