Strategy 3
Systemic Change + Movement Building Grants
$1,094,019.04 ($2,993,235)
2025 Grantees List
Partnerships and Foundation-led initiatives that directly leverage the Foundation’s power to influence and inform philanthropy and policy and use our expertise to drive and support larger-scale social change.
Investment in Families Initiative Grants – $928,190.29 ($2,945,680)
A first-of-its-kind, 10-year participatory research project partnering directly with family leaders in Kent County to understand what they need to flourish and what systems need to change to make that possible.
Antoinette Chapman
Collaboration Partner
$250 ($2,000)
DataWise Consulting
Research + Evaluation Partner
$142,000 ($1,704,000)
kyle lim
Collaboration Partner
$250 ($2,000)
Lake Michigan Credit Union
Initial Funding for Child Savings Accounts
$5,500
Steelcase Inc.
Chargeback for Programmatic Costs
$161,069.93
The Aspen Institute
Collaboration Partner
$53.83
Treetops Collective
Collaboration Partner
$718.35
UpTogether
Direct Cash Payment Delivery Partner
$412,560 ($1,237,680)
Women’s Resource Center
Program Delivery Partner
$198,298.18
Young Money Finances
Program Delivery Partner
$7,500
Community Collaboration + Mobilization Grants - $165,900.75 ($47,555)
AVK Collaborative
Project
$19,845 ($12,555)
AYA Youth Collective
Partner Storytelling
$250
Brina Williams
Partner Storytelling
$250
City of Rest
Partner Storytelling
$250
Council of Michigan Foundations
Network Development + Conference Attendance
$15,925
Council of Michigan Foundations
CMF Leadership Fund
$10,000 ($20,000)
Council of Michigan Foundations
Program Delivery
$10,000
Davenport University
Partner Storytelling
$250
Girls Choral Academy
Partner Storytelling
$250
Grand Rapids African American Health Institute
Partner Storytelling
$250
Grand Rapids Community Foundation
Nonprofit Technical Assistance Fund
$30,000
Grantmakers for Education
Network Development + Conference Attendance
$4,418
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations
Network Development
$10,000
GSO Solutions
Service Delivery
$30,000
Leading Educators
Partner Storytelling
$250
Lourdes Jordan
Partner Storytelling
$250
Michigan Advocacy Program
Partner Storytelling
$250
Nonprofit Network
Service Delivery
$255
Our Community's Children – City of Grand Rapids
Partner Storytelling
$250
President and Fellows of Harvard College
Program Delivery
$3,000
Stephanie Collier
Partner Storytelling
$250
Streams of Hope
Partner Storytelling
$250
The Other Way Ministries
Partner Storytelling
$250
The Skillman Foundation
Reimbursement
$3,220.71
Together West Michigan Education Fund
Partner Storytelling
$250
Trustees of Tufts College
Program Delivery
$9,062
Urban Core Collective
Reimbursement
$1,425.04
West Michigan Center for Arts + Technology
Partner Storytelling