The Rapid Response + Emerging Action Grant fund provides support of up to $30,000 over one year to support projects that address emerging or time-bound community needs; and provides up to $60,000 over two years to newly developed programming that address specific community needs. Application process and first payment are typically completed within one month.
2024 Grantees List
Afterschool Alliance
America After 3 p.m. Oversample in Kent County
Grant: $25,000
Athens Renaissance School
STEAM Studios Support Contracts
Grant: $30,000
Building Blocks Foundation, Inc.
IEP Summer Speech Intensive
Grant: $25,000
First Steps Kent
Ready by Five Millage Awareness Campaign
Grant: $30,000
Grand Rapids Public Schools
Strengthening the Influence and Role of the Ombuds
Grant: $30,000
Migrant Legal Aid
Bridge to Higher Education for Farmworker Teens
Grant: $30,000
Our Kitchen Table
A Sense of Place Supplemental “Brown Bag” Food Strategy
Grant: $30,000
South End Community Outreach Ministries
Support for Low-Income, High Needs Students
Grant: $25,000
Tanner Elementary School
Timbers Laser Design