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


Former US Rep. Vern Ehlers of west Michigan dies at 83
Foundation: Grand Rapids Community Foundation

... scholarship at Calvin Theological Seminary; Grand Rapids Community Foundation, Challenge Scholars Program; or West Michigan...more

Despite uncertainty of 2016, philanthropy posts modest annual gains
Foundation: Grand Rapids Community Foundation

Despite uncertainty of 2016, philanthropy posts modest annual gains ... on many levels including by the major sectors receiving philanthropic...more

"Good for Grand Rapids" campaign receives Grand Rapids Community Foundation grant
Foundation: Grand Rapids Community Foundation

Those are for-profit businesses providing positive impact to its workforce and society. Laurie Craft is Grand Rapids Community Foundation...more

The Source partners with Grand Circus to offer IT training
Foundation: Grand Rapids Community Foundation

A $20,000 grant from the Grand Rapids Community Foundation helped to offset the cost of the prior bootcamp, a collaborative effort involving...more

Foundation awards minority legal scholarships
Foundation: Grand Rapids Community Foundation

Grand Rapids Community Foundation, or GRCF, administers and awards the academic scholarships, which Warner Norcross has funded for 17...more

Community Foundation awards $1.2M in college scholarships
Foundation: Grand Rapids Community Foundation

GRAND RAPIDS, MI - The Grand Rapids Community Foundation announced Monday, June 26, that it awarded $1.2 million in scholarships to...more

Partners launch program to prevent homelessness
Foundation: Grand Rapids Community Foundation

The Grand Rapids Community Foundation said last month it will give a $150,000 grant to the Community Diversion Program, which is being run by...more

First class of GRPS Challenge Scholars aims for free college
Foundation: Grand Rapids Community Foundation

Union High administrators and teachers have teamed with GRCC and the Grand Rapids Community Foundation to help as many as possible get...more

Nonprofit wins $382K grant
Foundation: Grand Rapids Community Foundation

The Grand Rapids Community Foundation is providing a $382,500 to the Senior Neighbors' Foster Grandparents: Traveling Grannies and...more

Philanthropy helps our community move forward
Foundation: Grand Rapids Community Foundation

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Grand Rapids Community Foundation is always seeking ways to connect and give back to the...more



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Students, Skateboarding and Social Enterprise


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.




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