Strategy 3

Systemic Change + Movement Building Grants

$1,094,019.04 ($2,993,235)

People of all ages gather at a long table, collaboratively shaping clay and sharing creative learning in community.

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 participator 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

Program Delivery

$9,062

Urban Core Collective

Reimbursement

$1,425.04

West Michigan Center for Arts + Technology

Partner Storytelling

$250