Impacts of the Executive Orders – AYA Youth Collective
Name and Role with the Organization: Lauren Gamelin VanKeulen, CEO & Co-Founder, AYA Youth Collective Brief Overview of Your Organization and What You Do: AYA Youth Collective exists to create…
Approaching Systems Change Through Felt Difference and Centering Community Voices
The Investment in Families Initiative, launched by the Steelcase Foundation earlier this year, will follow 30 family leaders and their families in Kent County, centering their voices in exploring the…
Moms Guiding the Way: A 10-Year Investment in Families and Systems Change
On August 3, 2024, a movement began that will transform the future for families in Michigan. Thirty family leaders, in partnership with the Steelcase Foundation and the Investment In Families…
Michigan Children and Families Summit
On October 3, 2024, the Steelcase Foundation and W. K. Kellogg Foundation convened a group of cross-sector leaders to continue a conversation about the causes and impacts of loneliness in…
Williams, Waters: We must address the epidemic of loneliness
A newly released nationwide survey conducted by Making Caring Common at Harvard University and supported by the think tank Capita shows that loneliness has reached epidemic proportions: almost half of adults are lonely.
Supporting Nonprofits Through Power Building Education
In 2023, the Steelcase Foundation and several area foundations partnered with A New Hope Consulting to facilitate four community learning sessions to provide nonprofits insights on the different structures for…
Press Release – Investment in Families Initiative Kicks Off With Cohort Selection and First Gathering
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 5, 2024 CONTACT: Mariam Robinson, mrobinson@martinwaymire.com GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - The Steelcase Foundation held its first gathering on Saturday to welcome the 30 family leaders living…
Steelcase Foundation partners with national think tank Capita to host policy roundtable discussion on epidemic of loneliness
The Steelcase Foundation hosted a policy roundtable discussion in Lansing on May 15 with Capita, a leading national think tank with a global focus. The goal of the roundtable was…
Press Release – Investment in Families Initiative Partners with Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, Hiring Two team Members to Support Cohort Success
Pictured (left to right): Michelle Bryk, Jenny Gomez , Gina Lucia Abbas, Stacy Stout FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 1, 2024 CONTACT: Angela Minicuci, aminicuci@martinwaymire.com, 248-765-0558 New partnership, team…
Press Release – Steelcase Foundation announces Women’s Resource Center partnership, new position for the Investment in Families Initiative
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 8, 2024 CONTACT: Angela Minicuci, aminicuci@martinwaymire.com, 248-765-0558 GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – In a strategic move toward community-centric philanthropy, the Steelcase Foundation is partnering with the Women's…