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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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In the year since receiving the $200,000 matching grant fund from the New York-based JEHT Foundation, the Grand Rapids Community Foundation has awarded $275,000 in grants to local programs that support the Michigan Prisoner Reentry [...]
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In 1945, the Grand Rapids Community Foundation began awarding graduate-level scholarships to nurses to draw them back to Grand Rapids to address the shortage of nursing specialists in the community. Today, with the ongoing construction [...]
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The Board of Trustees of the Grand Rapids (Michigan) Community Foundation recently awarded $407,396 in grants to programs that will address the health and recreation needs of local families. The grants include: The Salvation Army [...]
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Grand Rapids Community Foundation’s Youth Grant Committee announces its 2007 grant awards. The grants, totaling $48,130 will be presented to area nonprofits on May 16. The Youth Grant Committee is comprised of high school students [...]
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Grand Rapids Community Foundation welcomes Mary Fisher to its spring family philanthropy event on May 8. She will speak about family relationships, philanthropy and her work as an AIDS activist. Mary is a Michigan native, [...]
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The Grand Rapids Community Foundation took home two gold PRoof awards and one silver PRoof award from the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA), West Michigan Chapter. The Community Foundation’s Creating Community for a Lifetime [...]
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Virginia and the nation are grieving for the senseless loss of life on the campus of Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia. At this time, the Grand Rapids Community Foundation is aware of three funds that [...]
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The Board of Trustees of the Grand Rapids (Michigan) Community Foundation recently approved $352,174 in grants to address a variety of issues in our community. The grants include: Arbor Circle Corporation is one of five [...]
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An estate plan is a legal document that identifies what should happen to the things you own after you are gone. Your estate may include your home, car, jewelry, art, stocks or retirement savings—all of [...]
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The Grand Rapids Community Foundation was named one of West Michigan’s 101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For. It is the fourth year that the Community Foundation has been awarded this distinction. The award [...]
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Social Enrichment: Creating a Magnetic West Michigan This year, as Grand Rapids Community Foundation celebrates its 85th anniversary and $100 million in grant awards, we are writing about our grantmaking impact in our six funding [...]
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The Grand Rapids Community Foundation is sad to note the passing of community activist, philanthropist and friend, Gene Proctor. Gene was the the recipient of the Grand Rapids Community Foundation’s 2006 Outstanding African American Philanthropist [...]