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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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  • Posted on April 08, 2011

    (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 April 07, 2011

    Have I got a question for you!
    At a recent board meeting a trustee asked me a question that has had me intrigued since then. We were presenting key aspects of our impact measurement system called Novah to demonstrate its ability to [...]

  • Posted on March 16, 2011

    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 06, 2011

    Is inclusion dangerous?
    Got your attention right? This is a tough topic and some think that talking about inclusion and diversity is dangerous territory. I am convinced that moving this community from great to even greater rests with [...]

  • Posted on March 06, 2011

    The Sizzle of Stability
    A former staff member was opposed to any reference in our printed materials about our staff. She thought it would draw too much attention away from our message and give a negative impression if the [...]

  • Posted on February 15, 2011

    Impact, grants and the future!
    The Philanthropy Roundtable recently asked philanthropic leaders from around the country two questions: "What is the single most daring, audacious and successful grant of the past 100 years?" and "What grant will people be talking [...]

  • Posted on January 24, 2011

    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 [...]