Grantees
Operations, Programming, Pilots and Pilots Grants (OP3) $4,075,276.65 ($5,133,420.14)
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.
Affinity Mentoring
Social Emotional Growth and Safety through Diverse, Inclusive, and Equitable Mentoring
Grant: $75,000 ($75,000)
African Resource Center of West Michigan
FutureNow!
Grant: $25,000
Ann + Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
Michigan Fatherhood Survey
Grant: $195,901 ($424,302)
Athens Renaissance School
STEAM Studios
Grant: $75,000 ($30,000)
AYA Youth Collective
Comprehensive Health Initiative for Youth
Grant: $100,000 ($200,000)
Baxter Community Center
Birth Equity Through Doulas of Color
Grant: $30,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of Grand Rapids Youth Commonwealth
Be You Wellness and Workforce Readiness Programming
Grant: $100,000 ($200,000)
Boys & Girls Clubs of North Alabama
Doors to the Future
Grant: $250,000
Camp Blodgett
STEM Squad
Grant: $35,000
CASA of Kent County
A Voice for Every Child
Grant: $16,948
Catholic Charities West Michigan
Child Welfare Residence Program
Grant: $100,000 ($200,000)
Cherry Health
Just Health: A Medical Legal Partnership
Grant: $100,000 ($100,000)
Comprehensive Therapy Center
Therapy + Fun
Grant: $25,000 ($50,000)
Covenant House Michigan – Grand Rapids
Opening the Female Floor
Grant: $25,000 ($25,000)
Diatribe Inc.
49507 Project
Grant: $50,000
Ebony Road Players
Growing the West Michigan Community by strengthening the infrastructure of Black Theatre
Grant: $25,000 ($25,000)
Girl Scouts of Michigan Shore to Shore
New Troop Development Project
Grant: $50,000
Girls Choral Academy
Leadership Capacity Grandville Avenue Girls Choir Success
Grant: $20,750
Grand Rapids Art Museum
Empowering People to Connect through Art, Creativity, and Design
Grant: $175,000
Grand Rapids Children’s Museum
Community Belonging + Engagement
Grant: $100,000 ($200,000)
Grand Rapids Civic Theatre
City Wide Drama Club
Grant: $114,000 ($114,000)
Grand Rapids Symphony
Fostering a Love of Music for Community Families
Grant: $150,000 ($300,000)
Grand Valley State University
REP4: Rapid Education Prototyping for Change, Learners, Community + Equity
Grant: $250,000 ($500,000)
Grand Valley State University
Storytime GR: A Citywide Summer Literacy Program
Grant: $35,000 ($35,000)
Grandville Avenue Arts and Humanities
Community-Led Evaluation for Cook Library After School
Grant: $50,000 ($50,000)
Health Net/FitKids360
Capacity Building for Greater Impact
Grant: $60,000 ($120,000)
ICCF Community Homes
Youth Resident Engagement Program
Grant: $100,000 ($200,000)
KConnect
Collective Impact in Kent County
Grant: $125,000
Leading Educators
Equity in Literacy Fellowship
Grant: $50,000 ($550,000)
Learn to Read Council of Athens and Limestone Co.
Sustaining LTR Programs for Adult and Student Advancement
Grant: $15,000 ($15,000)
Literacy Center of West Michigan
Family Literacy Program
Grant: $30,000 ($30,000)
Math Medic Foundation
Scholarship + Grant Fund
Grant: $30,000
Micah Center/Together West Michigan
Problems to Proposals – Issues Campaign Development
Grant: $50,000 ($50,000)
Michigan Afterschool Partnership
Expansion of MASP Services to Kent County
Grant: $75,000 ($150,000)
MSU Extension
Youth + Teen Mental Health First Aid
Grant: ($96,368.14)
Oakdale Neighbors
The Learning Café
Grant: $25,000
Opera Grand Rapids
Children’s Opera
Grant: $15,000 ($30,000)
Puertas Abiertas
Operational Support
Grant: $30,000 ($60,000)
Realism is Loyalty
Each One Teach One Intensive Mentoring Program
Grant: $100,000 ($200,000)
Refugee Education Center
Hands Connected Learning Center and Network Expansion
Grant: $100,000
Rende Progress Capital
Three-Year Capacity Building to Impact Excluded Entrepreneurs
Grant: $149,000 ($88,750)
Samaritas
Children and Adolescent Psychiatry Extender Model
Grant: $50,000 ($25,000)
Solutions to End Exploitation
Collective Research to Disrupt Labor Trafficking
Grant: $15,177.65
Special Olympics Michigan
Building Tomorrow’s Champions – Unified Champion School Expansion
Grant: $50,000 ($50,000)
STEM Greenhouse
STEM Scholars After School Enrichment Program for Middle School Students
Grant: $30,000
STEM Greenhouse
Accessible STEM Education for High Schoolers
Grant: $100,000 ($400,000)
Streams
Circles Grand Rapids Expansion
Grant: $25,000 ($25,000)
The Leadership Academy
Extension of West Michigan Leadership Academy
Grant: $150,000 ($150,000)
The StoreHouse
Online Inventory Management System
Grant: $45,000
United Methodist Community House
UMCH Child Development Center
Grant: $168,000 ($250,000)
Urban League of West Michigan
Cure Violence
Grant: $100,000 ($100,000)
Vibrant Futures
The Bridge
Grant: $50,000
West Michigan Center for Arts and Technology
Teen Arts + Tech Program
Grant: $50,000
WMEAC/Issue Media Group
Voices of Youth Project
Grant: $15,000 ($15,000)
Women’s Resource Center
Finding a New Home for WRC
