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Strategy 2

Strategic Partnership to Meeting Community Needs

$5,566,225.48 ($3,639,559)

2025 Grantees List

Our grantmaking reflects our commitment to public education, the role family well-being plays in students flourishing, and change across systems.

Rapid Response + Emerging Action Grants $95,000 ($25,000)

To support time-bound and emerging community needs we provide grants of up to $30,000 for one year, or $60,000 for two years for newly developed programming addressing specific community needs.

Grandville Avenue Arts + Humanities

Project

$30,000

Latino Community Coalition (fiscal sponsor GAAH)

Project

$25,000 ($25,000)

Point Source Youth

Program Evaluation

$25,000

Samaritas

Service Delivery

$15,000

OP3 Grants - $5,471,225.48 ($3,614,559)

Our OP3 grantmaking focuses on three areas where we believe we can make the greatest impact for Kent County youth and families.

Defending + Strengthening Public Education
Whole-Child Learning, Whole Family Supports
Post-Secondary Access & Success

Through this strategy, we support mission and vision aligned partners programming, special projects, and general operating grants, approved on a quarterly basis.

A Glimpse of Africa

Service Delivery

$30,000

Affinity Mentoring

General Operating Support

$50,000

African Resource Center of West Michigan

Program Delivery

$25,000

Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

Project

$212,901

Arbor Circle Corporation

Program Delivery

$50,000 ($100,000)

AYA Youth Collective

General Operating Support

$100,000 ($200,000)

Baxter Community Center

Program Delivery

$75,000 ($75,000)

Boys & Girls Club of Grand Rapids Youth Commonwealth

General Operating Support

$100,000 ($200,000)

Building Blocks Foundation

Program Delivery

$35,000

Camp Blodgett

Program Delivery

$75,000

CASA of Kent County

General Operating Support

$35,000 ($35,000)

Catherine's Health Center

Service Delivery

$60,000

Catholic Charities West Michigan

Project

$100,000

Children's Advocacy Center

Project

$30,000

Cook Museum of Natural Science

Program Delivery

$49,872.50

Covenant House Michigan – Grand Rapids

Program Delivery

$30,000 ($30,000)

Davenport University

Project

$150,000 ($150,000)

Educate Tomorrow

Program Delivery

$30,000

Endless Opportunities

Program Delivery

$20,000 ($20,000)

Family Futures

Program Delivery

$50,000 ($50,000)

Family Promise of West Michigan

General Operating Support

$75,000

FitKids360

General Operating Support

$60,000

Free 2 Teach Foundation

Service Expansion

$30,000

Friends of Grand Rapids Parks

Program Delivery

$25,000

Gilda's Club Grand Rapids

Program Delivery

$30,000 ($60,000)

Girls Choral Academy

Program Delivery

$30,000

Grand Rapids African American Health Institute

Program Delivery

$36,000 ($36,000)

Grand Rapids African American Museum and Archives

Project

$30,000

Grand Rapids Art Museum

Program Delivery

$175,000

Grand Rapids Ballet Company

Program Delivery

$50,000

Grand Rapids Children's Museum

Program Delivery

$100,000 ($200,000)

Grand Rapids Civic Theatre

Program Delivery

$75,000

Grand Rapids Initiative for Leaders

Program Delivery

$25,000 ($50,000)

Grand Rapids Pride Center

Service Delivery

$25,000

Grand Rapids Public Museum Foundation

Program Delivery

$100,000

Grand Valley State University

Program Delivery

$30,000 ($30,000)

Grand Valley State University

Program Delivery

$50,000 ($100,000)

Grandville Avenue Arts + Humanities

General Operating Support

$100,000 ($200,000)

Habitat for Humanity of Kent County

Program Delivery

$25,000 ($25,000)

Health Net of West Michigan

Service Delivery

$50,000

Heart of West Michigan United Way

General Operating

$450,000

Hope Network

Program Delivery

$30,000 ($60,000)

ICCF Community Homes

Program Delivery

$50,000 ($100,000)

Immigration Law & Justice Michigan

Service Delivery

$30,000

Issue Media (fiscal sponsor WMEAC)

Program Delivery

$20,000 ($20,000)

KConnect

General Operating Support

$100,000 ($200,000)

Kent School Services Network

General Operating Support

$100,000

Launch Michigan

General Operating Support

$25,000 ($50,000)

Leading Educators

Program Delivery

$200,000

Legal Services Alabama

Program Delivery

$30,000 ($60,000)

Literacy Center of West Michigan

Program Delivery

$50,000 ($100,000)

Meaning in Colors

Program Delivery

$25,000 ($50,000)

Michigan Advocacy Program

Service Delivery

$50,000

Michigan League for Public Policy

Project

$50,000

Michigan State University

Program Delivery

$65,000 ($130,000)

Michigan State University

Project

$164,366.98

New City Networks

Program Delivery

$25,000 ($25,000)

Oakdale Neighbors

General Operating Support

$20,000 ($40,000)

Osofomaame

Program Delivery

$35,000 ($35,000)

Our Community's Children – City of Grand Rapids

Project

$25,000 ($25,000)

Project ESME

Program Delivery

$15,000

Ready for School

Service Delivery

$57,860 ($125,809)

Realism is Loyalty

General Operating Support

$100,000 ($200,000)

Refugee Education Center

General Operating Support

$100,000

Safe Haven Ministries

Program Delivery

$75,000

St. Cecilia Music Center

Program Delivery

$25,500 ($27,500)

Steepletown Neighborhood Services

Program Delivery

$50,000 ($50,000)

STEM Greenhouse

Program Delivery

$100,000 ($100,000)

Streams of Hope

Program Delivery

$30,000 ($30,000)

Teach Plus Incorporated

Program Delivery

$45,000 ($45,000)

The Center for Michigan

Project

$25,000

The Leadership Academy

Project

$75,000

The Other Way Ministries

Program Delivery

$65,000 ($65,000)

The PLAYGROUNDgr

Program Delivery

$40,000

The Source

Program Delivery

$75,000

Treetops Collective

General Operating Support

$50,000

Urban Core Collective

Project

$112,500 ($225,000)

West Michigan Asian American Association

Program Delivery

$25,000 ($50,000)

West Michigan Center for Arts + Technology

Program Delivery

$75,000 ($150,000)

West Michigan Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Foundation

Program Delivery

$75,000

Women's Foundation of Alabama

Program Delivery

$77,225

YMCA of Greater Grand Rapids

General Operating Support