2025 Children and Families Summit
On April 23, 2025, the Steelcase Foundation and W. K. Kellogg Foundation reconvened a group of cross-sectional leaders to continue a conversation about redesigning systems to better support whole families.…
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 below story was posted to the Council of Michigan Foundations News page on October 21, 2024 The Investment in Families Initiative, launched by the Steelcase Foundation earlier this year,…
Moms Guiding the Way: A 10-Year Investment in Families and Systems Change
Opinion editorial from West Michigan Woman, published December 3, 2024 by Steelcase Foundation's Stacy Stout, Director of Family-Centered Philanthropy On August 3, 2024, a movement began that will transform the…
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…
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 Black and Latina…
MDHHS Bridge Michigan Article Supports Investment in Families Initiative
On August 19, 2024, Bridge Michigan published a guest commentary from Demetrius Starling, senior deputy director of the Children's Services Administration at the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services…
Steelcase Foundation partners with national think tank Capita to host policy roundtable discussion on epidemic of loneliness
https://vimeo.com/958627574/f4a4a5b330 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…
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…
