IFF Early Learning Center Coming to Grand Rapids

By Leslie SchoenDecember 10, 2019November 6, 2019 Grant Awards

In October, IFF, a mission-driven lender, developer, and real estate consultant, received $125,000 to support the creation of a high-quality early learning center on the southeast side of Grand Rapids. The center will provide approximately 110 children with full-day, yearlong learning in collaboration with the Early Learning Neighborhood Collaborative (ELNC). The center will be built…

Can you Imagine? A Future Filled with Hope!

By Leslie SchoenDecember 3, 2019November 6, 2019 Grant Awards

In October, Degáge Ministries, a Grand Rapids nonprofit dedicated to serving homeless and low-income individuals facing hardship, received $200,000 toward its Can You Imagine? A Future Filled With Hope! capital campaign, which will allow Degáge to: Increase the number of women it services in its shelter from 40 to 66, and provide beds for women…