Name and Role with the Organization: Shannon L. Harris, Executive Director - Our Community’s Children Brief overview of your organization and its primary goals: Our Community’s Children (OCC) is a…
The sanctuary was pin-drop silent and electric as a group of about 100 immigrant parishioners heard the last report-out from a small group in a mass “house meeting.” House meetings,…
Name and Role with the Organization: Sarah Schoettle, Managing Attorney Brief Overview of Your Organization and What You Do: The Michigan Immigrant Rights Center (MIRC) is a legal resource center…
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…
In 2024, City of Rest received a one-year $30,000 grant to support its Grand Rapids Alternative Correctional Experience or GRACE program, which offers skills training, mentoring, and vocational education to…
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…
In 2022, Comprehensive Therapy Center (CTC) received a three-year $75,000 grant to support Therapy & Fun, a summer program for children ages 3-14 with developmental differences that provides summer speech,…
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…
In fall of 2023, the Steelcase Foundation launched the inaugural cohort of the Brilliant Leaders Fellowship, which invests in the professional development and social and emotional growth of local community…
In 2023, Better Wiser Stronger, received a two-year $50,000 grant to support Teach Me 2 Tie, an eight-week program for young men in grades 6-8 who live in the 49507…