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


Assets and Giving for Grand Rapids Community Foundation

Assets

2019 - 346,436,963
2018 - 346,686,730
Domestic Grants

2019 - 13,888,250


    

Recent News from Grand Rapids Community Foundation


Community Updates: Friday, May 6 | The Rapidian
Foundation: Grand Rapids Community Foundation

A view of the Grand Rapids Community Foundation building on Cesar E. Chavez Avenue. /John Rothwell. The Rapidian, a program of the...more

Missing Detroit Teen In GR + World of Winter Festival Begins | Grand Rapids, MI Patch
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Grand Rapids Community Foundation celebrates the memory of local philanthropist Lena Meijer. Click to learn more about Lena Meijer's dedication to...more

$10,000 grant brings more music to help heal at Mary Free Bed | WOODTV.com
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Now, thanks to a new grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, the hospital will ... Grand Rapids Community Foundation reflects on 100...more

Grand Rapids Community Foundation reflects on 100 years | WOODTV.com
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From awarding grants and scholarships to working to overcome racial, social and economic disparities, GRCF has helped thousands of people in...more

Career tech donation tips recent anonymous giving past $1B in Kalamazoo - MiBiz
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News coverage in the nonprofit section of MiBiz is made possible by advertising support from the Grand Rapids Community...more

City approves affordable housing fund - Grand Rapids Business Journal
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Partnership with GR Community Foundation will bolster efforts to eradicate racial and ethnic disparities. By. Chelsea Carter. -. October 1,...more

New fund aims to help affordable housing need in Grand Rapids - FOX 17
Foundation: Grand Rapids Community Foundation

... two resolutions that would create the "Grand Rapids Affordable Housing Fund" and list the Grand Rapids Community Foundation as its...more

What's the Grand River's water quality? Electronic signs at major access points would let you know
Foundation: Grand Rapids Community Foundation

The Grand Rapids Community Foundation is putting forward $32,500 to the project, and the Grand Rapids Downtown Development Authority...more

Heart of West Michigan United Way receives $100K toward rent relief
Foundation: Grand Rapids Community Foundation

“We are so grateful to the Community Foundation and eager to bring relief to renters who have struggled to afford stable housing during the...more

Mural project aims to reclaim southside Grand Rapids neighborhoods
Foundation: Grand Rapids Community Foundation

... Frey Foundation, Spectrum Health, Grand Rapids Community Foundation, Wege Foundation, The National Endowment for the Arts and...more



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