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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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  • Organizing Your Estate: A Simple First Step

    Posted on June 17, 2019

    Organizing Your Estate: A Simple First Step
    When you hear the term "estate planning" do you feel slightly intimidated? You're not alone! Many people feel that it is only for those with complicated assets or law degrees. The truth is, estate planning [...]
  • Youth Grant Committee Partners to Benefit Youth

    Posted on June 03, 2019

    Youth Grant Committee Partners to Benefit Youth
    Each year a diverse team of high schoolers works together to impact the community by serving on our Youth Grant Committee. They recently celebrated the culmination of their year by announcing $50,000 in grant partnerships [...]
  • A Legacy of Love and Belonging

    Posted on May 28, 2019

    A Legacy of Love and Belonging
    Sandy Ward plans to create a scholarship fund to honor her late husband’s passion for the arts When Sandy Ward's late husband, Cedric, was in the fourth grade, his teacher, Norma Brink, invited him to [...]
  • Welcoming Challenge Scholars Class of 2025!

    Posted on May 14, 2019

    Welcoming Challenge Scholars Class of 2025!
    Members of Union High School’s class of 2025 were officially inducted as Challenge Scholars this month. Currently in the sixth grade at Westwood and Harrison Park Middle Schools, the students celebrated this milestone with their [...]
  • Three Ways to Quickstart Your Will or Estate Plan

    Posted on April 23, 2019

    Three Ways to Quickstart Your Will or Estate Plan
    Planning what will happen to your assets after your lifetime is important. Getting started is the hardest part. Here are three easy steps to help you get started on your plans today: Get organized. Create [...]
  • Summer Camp Q & A with Ruth Bishop

    Posted on April 15, 2019

    Summer Camp Q & A with Ruth Bishop
    For over a decade, 3,500 local campers have had the opportunity to attend summer camps each year through Access Camp grants. These grants provide funding to local camps so that they can offer scholarships to [...]
  • PARTNERS in Community, Spring 2019

    Posted on March 25, 2019

    PARTNERS in Community, Spring 2019
    The spring issue of Grand Rapids Community Foundation’s magazine, PARTNERS in community, focuses on growth. Below you will find a few links to featured stories, but click here to read the entire magazine! You will [...]
  • Celebrating Black History

    Posted on March 13, 2019

    Celebrating Black History
    Donors and friends of Grand Rapids Community Foundation’s African American Heritage Fund gathered recently for a night of celebration, reflection and fellowship. During the social mixer, we honored Black history, celebrated philanthropists in our community [...]
  • Growing a Dream: Challenge Scholars Dream Fund

    Posted on February 27, 2019

    Growing a Dream: Challenge Scholars Dream Fund
    What’s in a dream? A dream is like a seed of something beautiful. Something necessary and beneficial. But it needs the right conditions to grow. It needs to germinate by means of fertile soil, adequate [...]
  • A Legacy of Family Giving

    Posted on January 29, 2019

    A Legacy of Family Giving
    How do you wish your life to be remembered? What legacy do you want to leave? These are the questions answered with effective estate planning. Generations of people have built our community’s endowment through planned [...]
  • Hopes and Dreams for 2019

    Posted on December 29, 2018

    Hopes and Dreams for 2019
    What are you most proud of in 2018? What are you striving for or working toward in 2019? The end of the year is a time for reflection, but also for dreaming and hoping. Here [...]