Elevating Community Brilliance + Expertise

$486,000 ($318,567)

2024 Grantees List

Early-Stage Operations + Planning Grants $350,000 ($200,000)

Multi-year investments and technical support for emerging 501(c)(3) nonprofits that are vision and mission aligned to the Foundation and are focused on driving social change through placed-based programming and services. Through a competitive application process, grants of $150,000 over three years are awarded to support strategic and operational planning and to build the infrastructure of selected organizations whose work is based in Kent County, MI.

Code on Wheels

Grant: $50,000

The Delta Project

Grant: $50,000

Ebony Road Players

Grant: $50,000 ($50,000)

Girls Growing 2 Women

Grant: $50,000 ($50,000)

Math Medic Foundation

Grant: $50,000 ($50,000)

Mosaic Film Experience

Grant: $50,000

Young Money Finances

Grant: $50,000 ($50,000)

Brilliant Leaders Care + Coaching Mini Grants $55,000 ($5,000)

$5,000 Care + Coaching Mini grants were provided to Brilliant Leaders fellows to continue their personal leadership journeys and promote self-care.
Grantee Technical Assistance + Program Delivery – $81,000 ($113,567)

Baxter Community Center

Grant: $5,000

Diatribe Inc.

Grant: $5,000

First Steps Kent

Grant: $5,000

Friends of Grand Rapids Parks

Grant: $5,000

Grand Rapids Pride Center

Grant: $5,000

Grand Rapids Public Schools

Grant: $5,000

Grandville Avenue Arts + Humanities

Grant: $5,000

Kent School Services Network

Grant: $5,000

Realism is Loyalty

Grant: $5,000

The Leadership Academy

Grant: $5,000

Urban Core Collective

Grant: ($5,000)

West Michigan Center for Arts + Technology

Grant: $5,000