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…
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,…
The State of Refugee Resettlement
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 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…
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.
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…
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…
