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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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New Grants Are Announced In the fall of 2008, when it became obvious that the economic situation nationally and locally would have a profound effect on families in Kent County, local philanthropists gathered to determine [...]
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Grand Rapids Community Foundation was honored to receive five PRoof awards recently from the West Michigan Public Relations Society of America. Gold Award for Special Event or Observance—Move and New Building Campaign Art Direction/Design: Jane [...]
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Recently, the Community Foundation was fortunate to welcome Thomas C. Rogerson, managing director, BNY Mellon Wealth Management,to speak at its annual Spring Philanthropy Forum. Tom delivered a wonderful and engaging presentation. Below you may watch [...]
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Attorney Marilyn Lankfer of Varnum, Riddering Schmidt and Howlett was recently presented with Philanthropic Leadership Award from Grand Rapids Community Foundation. This annual award recognizes professional advisors (attorneys, CPAs and financial planners) for their work [...]
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To understand the scope of the Community Foundation's commitment to education, please watch this video. Four Grand Rapids Public elementary schools received nearly $139,000 in total grants from the Meijer Good Schools for Grand Rapids [...]
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This article featuring the Community Foundation's Encore program appeared in the April 16, 2009 edition of Rapid Growth. The piece features Kate Luckert Schmid, Community Foundation program director (pictured below). Click here visit the Rapid [...]
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For the sixth consecutive year, Grand Rapids Community Foundation is pleased to be named one of West Michigan’s 101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For by the Michigan Business and Professional Association. Award winning [...]
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Focus on essential needs Nonprofits that provide food, clothing, housing and heating help are facing reduced funding from public and private sources at the same time that requests for services are going up. Consider directing [...]
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Alberto Ibarguen chats with Roberta King from GRCommFound on Vimeo.
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Grand Rapids Community Foundation recently elected Arend D. Lubbers to a four years term as a Trustee. Dr. Lubbers served as president of Grand Valley State University from 1969 to 2001 and was the [...]
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Introducing Citizen Journalism in Grand Rapids from GRCommFound on Vimeo.Grand Rapidians will have the opportunity to become citizen reporters with a soon-to-be established network of neighborhood news bureaus in the city, thanks to a $128,000 [...]
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As 2008 comes to a close, you, like many other people might be breathing a sigh of relief and hoping that 2009 brings a more stable market and greater economic prosperity for all people. At [...]