Grand Rapids Community Foundation (MI)

Grand Rapids Community Foundation leads the community in making positive, sustainable change. Through its grantmaking and leadership initiatives it helps to foster academic achievement, build economic prosperity, achieve healthy ecosystems, encourage healthy people, support social enrichment, and create vibrant neighborhoods.

Web Address

www.grfoundation.org

Social Media Links

Twitter - @GRCommFound

Community Foundation Background

People Building Stronger Communities

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Recent News from Grand Rapids Community Foundation

40 employers join Thursday hiring event tied to racial equity initiative
Foundation: Grand Rapids Community Foundation

... Michigan Works! the Associated Builders and Contractors Western Michigan Chapter, Grand Rapids Community Foundation, Rockford...more

GRCF has priorities!
Foundation: Grand Rapids Community Foundation

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - Grand Rapids Community Foundation is focusing its funding on these priorities. Watch to see how you can partner with...more

Students, alumni unite to host third annual TEDxGVSU event
Foundation: Grand Rapids Community Foundation

... Rhoda Klomega, Grandville High School English teacher Jen Ward and President of the Grand Rapids Community Foundation Diana...more

Ionia County ISD super appointed to community foundation board
Foundation: Grand Rapids Community Foundation

IONIA — An Ionia County schools leader has been named to the advisory board of a community foundation that allocates grant money to...more

McGregor Lakes Area Foundation supports community organizaitons
Foundation: Grand Rapids Community Foundation

The foundation is currently an affiliate of the Grand Rapids Community Foundation. Through its growing endowment fund, the foundation...more

Brandy Arnold: Conversing with the city
Foundation: Grand Rapids Community Foundation

We worked with the Grand Rapids Community Foundation as they bring forward their new framework they're using for grant-making. It's this...more

Diversity is our strength: GR receives grant to create welcoming task force for new Americans
Foundation: Grand Rapids Community Foundation

... award the City of Grand Rapids with a $12,500 matching grant — alongside funds from Fifth Third Bank, the Grand Rapids Community...more

Affordable housing nonprofits dealt blow in dissolution of the land bank
Foundation: Grand Rapids Community Foundation

... to be personnel and personal issues," said Laurie Craft, the vice president of community investment at the Grand Rapids Community...more

Community foundation grant helps preserve natural resources
Foundation: Grand Haven Area Community Foundation, Grand Rapids Community Foundation

The Board of the Grand Haven Area Community Foundation, together with the foundation's Youth Advisory Council, recently announced...more

Roundtable: West Michigan foundation execs wrestle with changes, new opportunities
Foundation: Grand Rapids Community Foundation

In the grand scheme of nonprofit, philanthropic history, if we come in at 2015 or 2016, ... work out a strategy that makes the most sense,' your clients are going to keep giving. .... Now we have...more

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