Strategy 3
Systemic Change + Movement Building Grants
$1,523,312.30 ($3,021,583.05)
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.
2024 Grantees List
Investment in Families Initiative Grants - $898,679.29 ($6,679,769.15)
The Investment in Families Initiative is a 10-year $10 initiative, partnering with a cohort of Black and Latina mothers aim at supporting their individual and collective well-being. The initiative seeks to positively change the behaviors of systems and policies to maximize well-being for all Michigan families.
DataWise Consulting
Investment in Families Research + Evaluation
Grant: $164,500 ($568,000)
Steelcase Inc.
Chargeback for IIF Staff
Grant: $172,032.29
UpTogether
IIF Payment Facilitation
Grant: $412,560 ($1,650,240)
Women’s Resource Center
IIF Strategic Partner and Host + MDHHS FIS Worker
Grant: $149,587 ($729,843.05)
Community Collaboration + Mobilization Grants - $608,272. ($70,000)
Boys & Girls Club of Grand Rapids Youth Commonwealth
Partner Story Mini Grant
Grant: $250
Center for Urban Families
Brilliant Leaders Facilitation
Grant: $1,500
Council of Michigan Foundations
Office of Foundation Liaison Support
Grant: $15,000
Council of Michigan Foundations
2024 Membership Dues
Grant: $12,450
Exponent Philanthropy
2024 Membership
Grant: $890
Fusion Partnerships
More Than a Shop
Grant: $1,500
Grand Rapids Community Foundation
2023 Support for Nonprofit Technical Assistance Fund
Grant: $30,000 ($30,000)
Grantmakers for Education
2024 Conference
Grant: $3,625
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations
CEO Learning & Action Group
Grant: $10,000 ($10,000)
Heart of West Michigan United Way
Annual Campaign
Grant: $450,000
Hispanics in Philanthropy
Individual Membership
Grant: $257
Howard Community College Education Foundation
Children’s Learning Center
Grant: $2,500
Kent County
Childcare Task Force Facilitation
Grant: $10,000
Mission Investors Exchange
2024 Membership
Grant: $3,300
Reginah Byrd
FIERCE Leaders Program Partner Story Mini Grant
Grant: $250
United Way of Athens and Limestone County
Annual Campaign