2024 Grantees List
Rapid Response + Emerging Action Grants $210,000
Grant fund provides support of up to $30,000 over one year for projects that address emerging or time-bound community needs; and up to $60,000 over two years for newly developed programming that address specific community needs. Application process and first payment are typically completed within one month.
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
Grant: $10,000
Operations, Programming, Pilots and Pilots Grants (OP3) $4,681,570 ($4,177,799.55)
Provides investment and partnership to mission and vision aligned nonprofits for existing programs, special projects, and to pilot new interventions to advance their work. Grant accountability supports organizational development, change theory, and measurable outcomes based on the type of support provided.
A Glimpse of Africa
Health Navigation for African Immigrant and Refugee Families.
Grant: $30,000 ($30,000)
African Resource Center of West Michigan
FutureNow! Youth Empowerment
Grant: $25,000 ($25,000)
Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
Grant: ($212,901)
Arbor Circle Corporation
Grant: $50,000
Athens Renaissance School
Grant: $15,000
Baxter Community Center
Grant: $75,000 ($150,000)
Boys & Girls Clubs of Grand Rapids Youth Commonwealth
Be You Wellness and Workforce Readiness Programming
Grant: $100,000
Catherine’s Health Center
Mental Health Support for Student Success
Grant: ($60,000)
CASA of Kent County
Grant: $35,000 ($70,000)
Catholic Charities West Michigan
Child Welfare Residence Program
Grant: $100,000 ($100,000)
Children’s Advocacy Center
Healing the Story, Healing the Pain, Halting the Cycle
Grant: $30,000 ($30,000)
Cook Museum of Natural Science
STEAM-Based Education Program for Limestone County + Athens City Schools
Grant: $91,045 ($49,872.50)
Covenant House Michigan – Grand Rapids
Grant: $30,000 ($60,000)
Diatribe Inc.
Operational Support for Diatribe Expansion + Growth
Grant: $125,000 ($125,000)
Disability Advocates of Kent County
Grant: $60,000 ($60,000)
Endless Opportunities
Grant: $20,000 ($40,000)
Family Promise of West Michigan
Room to Grow Advancement Campaign
Grant: $75,000 ($75,000)
Grand Rapids African American Health Institute
Grant: $36,000 ($72,000)
Grand Rapids African American Museum and Archives
Grant: $50,000 ($30,000)
Grand Rapids Art Museum
Connecting Children + Young Adults to Empowering Arts + Cultural Experiences
Grant: $200,000 ($175,000)
Grand Rapids Community Foundation
Challenge Scholars
Grant: $125,000
Grand Rapids Pride Center
SPARK Youth Program
Grant: $25,000 ($25,000)
Grand Rapids Symphony
Fostering a Love of Music for Community Families
Grant: $150,000
Grand Rapids Whitewater
Grant: $250,000
Grand Valley State University
REP4: Rapid Education Prototyping for Change, Learners, Community + Equity
Grant: $250,000
Health Net of West Michigan
Addressing Social Determinants of Health in an Alternative School Setting
Grant: $50,000 ($50,000)
ICCF Community Homes
Youth Resident Engagement Program
Grant: $100,000
Immigration Law + Justice Michigan
Grant: $30,000 ($30,000)
KConnect
Collective Impact for Equitable System Change
Grant: $100,000
Michigan Advocacy Program
Grant: $50,000 ($50,000)
Michigan Afterschool Partnership
Expansion of MASP Services to Kent County
Grant: $75,000
Michigan League for Public Policy
Grand Rapids Community Engagement
Grant: $50,000 ($50,000)
Michigan State University
Kent ISD Restorative Practices Research-Practice Partnership
Grant: ($164,366.98)
New City Kids Inc.
Grant: $25,000 ($50,000)
Osofomaame
Grant: $35,000 ($70,000)
Our Community’s Children – City of Grand Rapids
Grant: $25,000 ($50,000)
Project ESME
Project ESME
Grant: $25,000
Puertas Abiertas
Operational Support
Grant: $30,000
Refugee Education Center
Grant: $100,000 ($100,000)
Safe Haven Ministries
Safe + Thriving Godfrey-Lee Community
Grant: $75,000 ($75,000)
Samaritas
Children and Adolescent Psychiatry Extender Model
Grant: $10,000
St. Cecilia Music Center
School of Music in the Classroom
Grant: $21,750 ($53,250)
Steepletown Neighborhood Services
Grant: $50,000 ($100,000)
Streams
Grant: $30,000 ($60,000)
The Leadership Academy
Grant: $75,000 ($75,000)
The Other Way Ministries
Grant: $65,000 ($130,000)
Treetops Collective
General Operating Support
Grant: $50,000 ($50,000)
United Methodist Community House
Child Development Center