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.
The Grand Rapids Community Foundation is building on its "Encore" movement, which was designed to inspire individuals in their 50s and beyond...more
“We are such a philanthropic community and I wanted to see if we could do this movement in West Michigan,” Adams said. “Reaching out into...more
To address the ongoing issue of student dropouts, Toronto District School Board (TDSB) teacher Craig Morrison started a school-business program called the Oasis Skateboard Factory (OSF) to help keep teens stay in school.