Mobilizing Collective Impact for Lasting System Change
In 2025, the Steelcase Foundation provided KConnect a three-year $300,000 grant to support its Common Agenda Road map 2.0, which provides a shared vision and goals for Kent County's collective…
Our 2026-2028 Grantmaking Focus: Where We’re Investing + Why
At the Steelcase Foundation, we envision Kent County, Michigan as a place where everyone’s inherent brilliance can shine and all people can participate, grow, and flourish. Over the next two…
Impacts of the Executive Orders – Leading Educators
Name and Role with the Organization Dr. Keli Swearingen, Senior Director for Michigan Partnerships, Leading Educators Provide a brief overview of your organization and its primary goals. Leading Educators is…
Supporting Social Emotional Learning Through Tough Stuff
In 2023, the Steelcase Foundation awarded Gilda's Club Grand Rapids a two-year $50,000 grant to support Tough Stuff, which provides in-school social and emotional support to students at Grand Rapids…
Resources for Nonprofits Navigating the Impacts of the Recent Executive Orders
Background Since taking office for his second term, President Donald Trump has signed an unprecedented number of executive orders, covering a range of topics including immigration, K-12 and higher education, diversity,…
Celebrating the 2024-25 John Lewis Fellows
Since 2023, the Steelcase Foundation has supported Legal Services Alabama's John Lewis Fellowship which trains recent law graduates for careers in public interest law and social justice work. In January,…
Dance Immersion at Grand Rapids Ballet
In 2023, the Steelcase Foundation awarded Grand Rapids Ballet a three-year $150,000 grant to support its Dance Immersion program. Dance Immersion is a year-long introduction to the art of dance…
Sparking Lifelong Curiosity Through Immerse
In 2023, the Steelcase Foundation awarded the Grand Rapids Public Museum Foundation a three-year $300,000 grant to support its Immerse Program, an innovative educational initiative that allows West Michigan schools…
Kent School Services Network
In 2023, the Steelcase Foundation awarded Kent School Services Network (KSSN) a three-year $300,000 general operating grant to implement the community school model across Kent County. KSSN’s mission is to…
Restorative Practices Research-Practice Partnership (RPP) to support Kent County Youth
In 2022, the Steelcase Foundation awarded Michigan State University a one-year $29,853 grant to establish a Research-Practice Partnership with four districts within Kent ISD (Comstock Park, Kenowa Hills, Kelloggsville, and…