IIF Year 1 Impact Report + Video
The Steelcase Foundation is excited to share our Year 1 Impact Report and video for the Investment in Families Initiative, which reveals the powerful impact of centering families in the…
Investment in Families Initiative – Year 1 Video
In 2024, the Steelcase Foundation launched the Investment in Families Initiative, a 10-year participatory research project in partnership with a cohort of 30 family leaders in Kent County, MI, aimed…
Supporting Whole Families Through Little Lights
In 2024, The Other Way Ministries received a three-year $195,000 grant to support its Little Lights Program, which provides high-quality, affordable childcare and early childhood education for low-income children ages…
Each One Teach One Intensive Mentorship Program
Since 2020, the Steelcase Foundation has supported Realism is Loyalty’s Each One Teach One Intensive Mentorship program, which provides community-based individual behavior and health services for youth engaged in the…
A Continuum of Support at Refugee Education Center
In 2023, the Steelcase Foundation awarded Refugee Education Center a three-year $300,000 grant to support its continuum of refugee youth programming and services, which include early childhood care, extracurricular support,…
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…
Supporting Families through FitKids360
In 2022, Health Net of West Michigan received a three-year $180,000 grant to support FitKids360 as the program transitioned to become an independent 501(c)(3) organization. FitKids360 is a seven-week healthy…
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…
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…