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All over West Michigan, individuals, families, nonprofits, businesses and communities are partnering with Grand Rapids Community Foundation to achieve their philanthropic goals. We are grateful for their trust and partnership.

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2025 - 2026 Donor Partnerships

The Community Foundation helps individuals, families, nonprofits and businesses achieve their philanthropic goals. Each fund has its own purpose, strengthening our community and the lives of the people here. Learn more about creating a fund at GRFoundation.org/CreateAFund.

Funds in bold were newly established during the 2025 – 2026 fiscal year.

Community Funds

  • Cascade Community Foundation Fund
    • Joyce and Tom Wisner Fund
  • East Grand Rapids Community Foundation Fund
  • Hudsonville-Jenison Community Foundation Fund
    • Hudsonville-Jenison Community Foundation – Youth Fund
      • Gordon Scripps Fund
    • Katherine and Olivia Veldink Memorial Scholarship Fund
    • Wayne D. Jones Community Fund
  • Ionia County Community Foundation Fund
    • Belding Schools Fund
      • Belding Schools Fund I – Frost Renaissance Foundation Fund
      • Belding Schools Fund II – Burger Fund
      • Belding Schools Fund III – George H. Bird Scholarship
      • Don and Emma Goodell Scholarship Fund
      • Thomas F. and Rosalyn M. Kohn Scholarship
    • Lakewood Educational Foundation Fund
      • Chuck Henney (husband of Pam, son of Wayne and Dorothy) Memorial Scholarship Fund
      • Paul and Alberta Allen Scholarship Fund for Lakewood High School
      • Ward and Elaine Van Laanen Teaching Scholarship for Lakewood H.S.
      • William R. and Jewel H. Eckstrom Future Teachers Scholarship Fund for Lakewood High School
    • Saranac Community Schools
      • Ben A. & Lucy C. Simons Memorial Education Fund
      • Edwin A. and Maxine Cahoon Compagner Memorial Fund
      • Paul and Alberta Allen Scholarship Fund for Saranac High School
      • Rob and Ruth Simmons University of Michigan Scholarship Fund
      • Saranac Community Schools Promise Scholarship Fund
      • Saranac Community Schools Scholarship Fund
      • Thomas P., Della and George Eddy Scholarship Fund
    • Alvah N. Belding Library Fund
    • Bea McCarty Family Fund
    • Belding Area Community Fund
    • Belding Education Fund
    • Belding Schools Frost Renaissance Foundation Fund
    • Dolly Parton Imagination Library Fund
      • Patricia L. Bradley Fund
    • Healthy Youth & Healthy Seniors Fund
    • Ionia County Community Foundation – Youth Fund
    • Ionia County Parks Preservation and Maintenance Fund
    • Ionia Free Fair Fund (donor fund)
    • Ionia Public Schools Scholarship Fund
    • James and Teresa McCarty Family Fund
    • Kenneth and Shirley Morris Memorial Scholarship Fund
    • Portland Community Fund
    • Roger and Alona Allen and John and Barbara Allen Kruis Scholarship for Lakewood High School
    • Ronald and Margaret Story Fund
    • Swartz Family Fund
    • The Belrockton Fund
    • W. W. Sprague Family Fund
    • William and Jewel Eckstrom Helping Hand Fund
  • Sparta Community Foundation Fund
    • Glenn S. Bradford Fund
    • Paul C. and Inez L. Miller Fund
    • Sparta Community Foundation – Clare and Helen Finch Fund
    • Sparta Community Foundation – Youth Fund
  • The Lowell Area Community Fund
  • Wyoming Community Foundation Fund
    • John and Margaret Kuiper Family Fund
    • Matthew Scothorn Memorial Fund
    • Tommy Brann Fund
    • Wyoming Community Foundation – Youth Fund

Designated and Nonprofit Endowment Funds

  • Anonymous Funds (2)
  • Actors’ Theatre Company Endowment Fund
  • Alano Club of Kent County Endowment Fund
  • Allen I. and Helen J. Hunting Research and Innovation Fund for GVSU
  • Allen I. and Helen J. Hunting Reserve Fund to support Grand River Restoration
  • Alvah N. Belding Library Fund
  • American Red Cross Agency Endowment Fund
  • Aquinas College Frey Scholars Fund
  • Arbor Circle Endowment Fund
  • Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired Endowment Fund
  • Association of Fundraising Professionals West Michigan Chapter Fund
  • August and Anna Behrens Fund for Girl Scouts of Michigan Shore to Shore
  • B. Kenneth Larm Fund
  • Baxter Community Center Endowment Fund
  • Belding Area Community Fund
  • Belding Education Fund
  • Belding Schools Frost Renaissance Foundation Fund
  • Belding Schools Fund I – Frost Renaissance Foundation Fund
  • Belding Schools Fund II – Burger Fund
  • Belding Schools Fund III – George H. Bird Scholarship
  • Ben A. & Lucy C. Simons Memorial Education Fund (Saranac Community Schools)
  • Calvin College Service Learning Center Fund
  • Camp Blodgett Endowment Fund
  • Camp Fire – Harriet D. and Mary Dively Fund
  • Camp Henry Endowment Fund
  • CASA of Kent County Endowment Fund
  • Cascade Community Foundation Fund
  • Catherine’s Health Center Fund
  • Cedar Springs Education Foundation Fund
  • Center for Community Leadership Fund
  • Charles L. and Stella A. Royce Fund for the benefit of St. Cecilia Music Society
  • Charlotte M. Raniville Fund for the Benefit of Mary Free Bed Guild
  • Cherry Health Fund
  • Children’s Advocacy Center of Kent County Endowment Fund
  • Christian Rest Home Foundation Fund
  • Chuck Henney (husband of Pam, son of Wayne and Dorothy) Memorial Scholarship Fund
  • City of Belding Park Maintenance Fund
  • City of Grand Rapids Affordable Housing Fund
  • Community Endowment Fund for AL-Tawheed Islamic Center
  • Comprehensive Therapy Center Endowment Fund
  • D. A. Blodgett – St. John’s Scholarship Fund
  • David G. Dvorak, MD Scholarship Fund
  • Dolly Parton Imagination Library Fund – ICCF
  • Don and Emma Goodell Scholarship Fund
  • Douglas Leon Spalding Memorial Fund
  • Dr. Ali and Dr. Nadia Metwalli Fund for AL-Tawheed Islamic Center
  • Dr. Edwin P. and Florence H. Creaser Fund
  • Dwelling Place Fund
  • East Grand Rapids Community Foundation Fund
  • Edward J. & Frances T. Frey Memorial Fund for St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
  • Edward J. Frey Junior Achievement Fund
  • Edwin A. and Maxine Cahoon Compagner Memorial Fund
  • Estate of Minnie C. Blodgett for Clinic for Infant Feeding
  • Everett L. and Mary E. Ladd Family Fund
  • Everett L. and Mary E. Ladd Family Fund for Alano Club of Kent County
  • Everett L. and Mary E. Ladd Family Fund for American Cancer Society
  • Everett L. and Mary E. Ladd Family Fund for Dwelling Place of Grand Rapids
  • Everett L. and Mary E. Ladd Family Fund for Grand Rapids Symphony Society
  • Everett L. and Mary E. Ladd Family Fund for St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
  • Everett L. and Mary E. Ladd Family Fund for UMRC-Porter Hills Foundation
  • Fallasburg Forever Fund
  • Festival of the Arts in Grand Rapids Fund
  • Frank and Ann Battistella Grand Rapids Art Museum Fund
  • Fred Meijer Mid-West Michigan Rail-Trail Endowment Fund
  • Fred Meijer West Michigan Trails Maintenance Fund
  • Fred Meijer WM Trails Paving Fund
  • Frey Foundation Grand Rapids Symphony Endowment Fund
  • Friends of Grand Rapids Parks’ Park Maintenance and Improvement Fund
  • George E. and Erma C. Evans Designated Fund for the Salvation Army
  • George W. Romney Fund – Enrich of Ionia County Volunteer Center
  • George W. Romney Fund – Heart of West Michigan United Way Volunteer Center
  • Gerald L Olson Fund for Ronald McDonald House Charities West Michigan
  • Gerald R. Ford Council Boy Scouts of America Fund
  • Girls Choral Academy Endowment Fund
  • Glenn S. Bradford Fund
  • Godwin’s Golden G, Inc. Education Fund
  • GR Chapter of the American Guild of Organists Endowment Fund
  • Grand Rapids Adventist Academy Merit Fund
  • Grand Rapids Ballet Agency Endowment Fund
  • Grand Rapids Children’s Museum Fund
  • Grand Rapids Civic Theatre Endowment Fund
  • Grand Rapids Jaycees Foundation Douglas B. Wicks Fund
  • Grand Rapids Lions Club Activities Commission Fund
  • Grand Rapids Maya Lin “Ecliptic” Art Maintenance Endowment Fund
  • Grand Rapids Public Library Foundation Fund
  • Grand Rapids Symphony Foundation Endowment Fund
  • Grand Rapids Symphony Mosaic Scholarship Fund
  • Grand Rapids Youth Commonwealth Endowment Fund
  • Grand River Conservation Easement Stewardship Fund
  • Grandville Athletic Boosters Endowment Fund
  • Grandville Calvin Christian Schools Foundation Fund
  • Gregory Noel Evans Scholarship Fund for Lowell Area Schools
  • GROW Bonnie Miller Endowment Fund
  • Guardian Angel Homes Fund for People with Disabilities
  • Habitat for Humanity of Kent County Endowment Fund
  • Harry Dolan Camp O’Malley Scholarship Fund
  • Helen Tichelaar-Wyman Family Scholarship Fund
  • Home Repair Services Endowment Fund
  • Hoyt Edward and Mary Ann Kremer Memorial Fund
  • Hudsonville Christian School Foundation Fund
  • Hudsonville-Jenison Community Foundation Fund
  • Humane Society of West Michigan – Clarence and Catherine Thielman Endowment Fund
  • Humane Society of West Michigan – Elsie Eggebrecht Fund
  • Humane Society of West Michigan Agency Endowment Fund
  • Indian Trails Camp – Paul Clark Blanding Memorial Scholarship Fund
  • Indian Trails Camp Endowment Fund
  • Ionia Community Foundation Fund – Admin
  • Ionia County Community Foundation Fund
  • Ionia County Parks Preservation and Maintenance Fund
  • Ionia Free Fair Fund
  • Ionia Public Schools Scholarship Fund
  • Jenison Christian School Endowment Fund
  • Jenison Public Education Foundation Fund
  • John Arnold Endowment Fund for Feeding America West Michigan Food Bank
  • John Ball Zoological Society Wildlife Conservation Endowment Fund
  • Joyce and Tom Wisner Fund
  • Katherine and Olivia Veldink Mem Sch at Jenison PS
  • Katherine and Olivia Veldink Memorial Scholarship Fund
  • Kathryn and Dennis Sullivan Charitable Fund
  • Kenowa Hills Education Foundation Fund
  • Kent County Agricultural Preservation Fund
  • Kent District Library Fund
  • Ladies Literary Club Fund for Literacy Center of West Michigan
  • Lakewood Educational Foundation Fund
  • Laureen Kennedy Child Care Fund
  • LCTV Endowment Fund
  • Leonard and Eileen Newman Designated Fund
  • Lois A. Birch Kalman Fund
  • Look Memorial Fund
  • Lowell Area Historical Museum Endowment Fund
  • Lowell Area Schools Education Foundation Endowment Fund
  • Martens Hundred Club – Annual Dinner Sub Fund
  • Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital Barbara Hoffius Pediatric Fund
  • MDOT – M-6/92nd Street Wetland Mitigation Site Endowment Fund
  • Meijer Wealthy Theatre Fund
  • Melinda M. Bendall Domestic Cat Benefit Fund
  • Mental Health Foundation of West Michigan Fund
  • Nellie H. Stevens Grand Rapids Teachers’ Travel Fund
  • Noorthoek Academy Endowment Fund
  • Norm and Marilyn Leven Fund for Boys & Girls Clubs of Grand Rapids Youth Commonwealth – Steil Club
  • Northview Education Foundation Endowment Fund
  • Opera Grand Rapids – Betty Van Andel Fund
  • Opera Grand Rapids Fund
  • Padnos Family Temple Emanuel Fund for Cantorial and Education Services
  • Parkinson’s Association of West Michigan Endowment Fund
  • Paul and Alberta Allen Scholarship Fund for Lakewood High School
  • Paul and Alberta Allen Scholarship Fund for Saranac High School
  • Portland Community Fund
  • Renew Mobility Designated Endowment Fund
  • Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) Fund
  • Rita Didrichsons Fund
  • Rob and Ruth Simmons University of Michigan Scholarship Fund
  • Rochelle Rollenhagen Endowment Fund for Lamont Civic Association
  • Roger and Alona Allen and John and Barbara Allen Kruis Scholarship for Lakewood High School
  • Ronald McDonald House Fund
  • Rosa Parks Sculpture Maintenance Fund
  • Rotary Club of Lowell Foundation Fund
  • Russel and Mary Warner Fund
  • Safe Haven Ministries, Inc. Endowment Fund
  • Sarah and Mike Julien Designated Fund
  • Saranac Community Schools Promise Scholarship Fund
  • Saranac Community Schools Scholarship Fund
  • Saranac School Support of Cahoon Compagner Memorial Fund
  • Senior Meals on Wheels of Western Michigan Fund
  • Senior Neighbors Agency Fund
  • Senior Neighbors Fund
  • Sparta Community Foundation – Clare and Helen Finch Fund
  • Sparta Community Foundation – Paul C. and Inez L. Miller Fund
  • Sparta Community Foundation Fund
  • Spirit of Solidarity Fund
  • St. Cecilia Music Society Building Endowment Fund
    • Kim S. Mitchell Fund
  • The Arc Kent County Endowment Fund
  • The Belrockton Fund
  • The Economic Club of Grand Rapids Endowment Fund
  • The Fred and Lena Meijer Fund for Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Foundation
  • The Ivan K. Blough Greater Lowell Chamber Foundation Scholarship Fund-agency
  • The Kathy Timmer Specialized Language Development Learning Center Memorial Fund
  • The Lowell Area Community Fund
  • Thomas F. and Rosalyn M. Kohn Scholarship
  • Thomas P., Della and George Eddy Scholarship Fund
  • Unity Christian High School Education Support Fund
  • Ward and Elaine Van Laanen Teaching Scholarship for Lakewood H.S.
  • Wege Wealthy Theatre Fund
  • West Michigan Center for Arts and Technology Fund
  • West Michigan Dental Foundation Fund
  • West Side Christian School Fund
  • Widowed Persons Service Fund
  • William S. Martens Hundred Club Fund
  • Women’s Resource Center Founder’s Circle Endowment Fund
  • World Affairs Council of West Michigan Endowment Fund
  • Wyoming Community Foundation Fund
  • Wyoming Public Schools Educational Fund
  • YWCA Women and Girls Development Fund in Honor of Judy Lloyd

Donor Advised Funds

  • Anonymous Donor Advised Funds (7)
  • Aaron and Cheryl Molhoek Family Fund
  • Allan R. and Claudia A. Carlson Advised Fund
  • Andrulis Family Fund
  • Andy and Christina Keller Fund
  • Andy and Tracy Van Solkema Family Fund
  • Andy Lubbers Memorial Fund for Mental Health
  • Anne Heyboer Vander Heide Fund
  • Arvin L. and Pearl M. Tap Fund
  • Barbara Mayo-Johnson Donor Advised Fund
  • Bassett Sharing Fund
  • Beth Dornan Family Fund for Good
  • Betsy and Mike Redman Family Fund
  • Beverly and William Heyne Fund
  • Bill and Karen Lawrence Family Funds (2)
  • Bing and Jean Goei Family Fund
  • Bjork Bradford Donor Advised Fund
  • Bob and Ellen Nelson Family Fund
  • Bradley J. and Jennifer J. Taylor Family Fund
  • Brent & Page Rector Charitable Fund
  • Bruce C. Young Fund
  • C. John Gill and Rita Williams Family Fund
  • C. Robert and Patricia Muth Fund
  • Center for Systemic Change Advised Funds (2)
  • Chamberlain & Mathis Family Fund
  • Chardoul Family Giving Fund
  • Charles and Stella Royce Fund for the Arts
  • Charles R. and Bette Fuller Family Fund
  • Chester and Elaine Maternowski Family Fund
  • Chris and Joan Panopoulos Family Fund
  • Colleen and Bob Tobin Family Fund
  • Colliers International Fund
  • Courtade-DeLessio Family Fund
  • Crawford and Laurie Craft Family Fund
  • Dan and Sara Peterson Family Fund
  • Daniel and Alice Trapp Family Advised Fund
  • Daniel and Susan Oumedian Family Fund
  • Daniel W. Miller and Susan L. Wright-Miller Fund
  • Darooge Family Charitable Fund
  • Dave and Amy Engbers Family Foundation Fund
  • David and Marilyn Hunting Funds (2)
  • David and Phyllis Koslow Fund
  • David G. and Mary L. Annis Family Fund
  • David M. and Cara V. Cassard Fund
  • David Wayne Williamson Fund
  • DeLapa Family Fund
  • Diana R. Sieger Charitable Fund
  • Dick and Barb Musser Family Fund
  • Dick and Barbara Young Fund
  • Doug and Peggy Hoogerhyde Fund
  • Douglas DeBoer Memorial Fund
  • Dr. Alfred B. Swanson and Dr. Genevieve de Groot Swanson Advised Fund
  • Dr. Jack and Katy Lukens Family Fund
  • Dr. Jack and Lija Romence Children’s Fund
  • Dr. Lisa Sostecke Fund
  • Dyer-Ives Neighborhood Fund
  • E. Alan Rumbaugh Advised Fund
  • Earl and Donnalee Holton Advised Fund
  • Eleanor Hager Defoe Fund
  • Elizabeth Tinney Donley Fund
  • Engen Family Fund
  • Eugene G. and Jean P. Lyons Family Fund
  • Fahnenstiel Spruit Family Fund
  • First National Bank of Michigan Charitable Fund
  • Flowerland Fund
  • Founder’s Fund
  • Frank B. and Virginia V. Fehsenfeld Charitable Fund
  • Frey Foundation Fund
  • Furniture Manufacturers’ Heritage Advised Fund
  • Gail and James Fahner Family Fund
  • Gail Gunst Heffner and Kenneth W. Heffner Family Fund
  • Gene and Tubie Gilmore Fund
  • Glen and Betsy Borre Fund
  • Greenridge Dream Team Foundation Fund
  • Hascall Family Donor Advised Fund
  • Hebrews 13:16 Fund
  • Heerspink Family Advised Fund
  • Hendrik and Gezina Meijer Fund
  • Herbert and Glenna Knape Family Fund
  • Hildenbrand Community Fund
  • Holly Cope Jacoby Fund
  • Iain and Michaele Charnley Family Fund
  • J & N Fund
  • James and Almeda VanderWaals Foundation Fund
  • James and Linda Payne Family Foundation Fund
  • James and Shirley Balk Family Fund
  • Jamie Hale Memorial Fund
  • Janet A. Haynes and Kelsey Haynes Advised Fund
  • JCT Donor Advised Fund
  • Jeff and Julia Poole Family Fund
  • John and Claire Bissell Advised Fund
  • John and Margaret Kuiper Family Fund
  • John and Melinda Kopec Fund
  • John and Thea Brophy Family Fund
  • John R. and Betsy W. McIntyre Family Fund
  • John R. Bertsch Fund
  • Judson M. and Lynn E. Lynch Family Advised Fund
  • Kate Pew Wolters Fund
  • Keith and Kathryn Klingenberg Family Fund
  • Ken and June Holtvluwer Fund
  • Kendall Meijer Charitable Fund
  • Kevin and Ann Kuske Charitable Fund
  • Kevin Yon Creative Fund
  • Khan and Liza Nedd Family Fund
  • Kip and Chris Barber Fund
  • L.R. and Marjorie B. Roegge Donor Advised Fund
  • Lafayette Fund
  • Laura A. Young Fund
  • Laurie Finney Beard Family Fund
  • Leonard and Karen Rinke Fund
  • LGR Sweeter Impact Fund
  • Liesel Litzenburger Meijer Fund
  • Linn Maxwell Keller Donor Advised Fund
  • Loeks Family Funds (10)
  • Louis H. & Nancy A. Moran II Fund
  • Louis Padnos Iron & Metal Company Fund
  • M & M Fund
  • Mankoff Family Fund
  • Margaret P. Idema Fund
  • Mark and Colleen Van Putten Donor Advised Fund
  • Martin and Melissa Balk Family Fund
  • Martin J. and Susan J. Allen Family Fund
  • Mary and Bob Darrow Fund
  • Matthew and Vicki Bissell Advised Fund
  • Matthew Kutsche Memorial Fund
  • McKania, Too Fund
  • Michael and Kate Herrema Foundation Fund
  • Michael and Valerie Feehan Fund
  • Mike and Sue Jandernoa Advised Fund
  • Mike and Sue Taylor Fund
  • Moore Family Advised Fund
  • N. Jene Stella Memorial Fund
  • Nancy and Doug Slade Dynamic Donor Advised Fund
  • Norm and Marilyn Leven Family Fund
  • Ogland-Hand Family Fund
  • Padnos/Sarosik Fund
  • Paine and McGovern Family Fund
  • Park Avenue Partners (2)
  • Patricia A Macholan and Thomas R Macholan Fund
  • Patricia P. and Armen G. Oumedian Family Fund
  • Patrick and Nanci Dalton Family Fund
  • Peter C. and Emajean Cook Fund
  • Peter C. and Emajean Cook Grandchildren’s Fund
  • Peterson Memorial Fund
  • Pimm Donor Advised Fund
  • Plaster Creek Stewards Fund
  • Radle Family Fund
  • Ray McCahill Family Fund
  • Richard and Elizabeth Gillett Family Fund
  • Richard C. and Shirley E. Cooper Advised Fund
  • Richard E. Smoke Advised Fund
  • Richard Roane and Leandro Robles Families Donor Advised Fund
  • Richenthal and Sage Family Fund
  • Rimbaud Fund
  • River City Fund
  • Roach Family Fund
  • Robert and Deborah White Fund
  • Robert and Julia Currier Family Fund
  • Robert and Mary Barss Fund
  • Robert J. and Katherine M. Daverman Fund
  • Robert N. and Catherine R. Alt Family Fund
  • Roger and Jacquelyn Vander Laan Family Fund
  • Roger and Sally Ciapara Donor Advised Fund
  • Roth Family Fund
  • Ruth D. Fitzgerald Charitable Fund
  • Ruth Jones Hairston Fund
  • S. Kaibab Fund
  • Sadler Family Fund
  • Sarah and Mike Julien Fund
  • Simon and Mary Vander Kooy Fund
  • Skoog Rogers Fund
  • Sligh Memorial Fund
  • Stan and Jackie Vander Roest Fund
  • Steele A. and Mary D. Taylor Advised Fund
  • Steve and Amy Ruis Fund
  • Stuart and Barbara Hoffius Family Fund
  • Swartz Family Fund
  • Terrence and Maureen O’Rourke Fund
  • The ACH Fund
  • The Banks Family Charitable Fund
  • The Butts Fund
  • The David and Cathy Heldt Charitable Fund
  • The Ebenezer Fund
  • The Freihofer Family Fund
  • The Heuschkel Family Fund in Memory of Emilie
  • The Mackay Charitable Fund
  • The Moore Brower Charitable Fund
  • The Myers Family Fund
  • The Sebastian Foundation Fund
  • The Supp Family Donor Advised Fund
  • Thomas E. and Geraldine K. Hogan Fund
  • Thomas P. Merchant Donor Advised Fund
  • Timothy Fund
  • Tom and Mickie Fox Family Advised Fund
  • Tommy Brann Fund
  • Virgil and Louise Phelps Advised Fund
  • W. W. Sprague Family Fund
  • W.K. Kellogg Foundation Trustee Donor Advised Fund
  • Warner Norcross & Judd Fund
  • Waters Corporation/Cassard Family Donor Advised Fund
  • Wayne D. Jones Community Fund
  • Wayne Titche Donor Advised Fund
  • Wellcome Opportunity Fund
  • West Michigan Edward Jones Foundation Fund
  • Whitsett Family Fund
  • William and Beatrice Idema Fund
  • William and Jewel Eckstrom Helping Hand Fund
  • William E. and Norma Sprague Charitable Fund
  • William J. Barrett Donor Advised Fund
  • Wood/Willey Family Fund
  • Zack Family Fund

Field of Interest Funds

  • Armand F. and Gretchen B. Burch Fund
  • Arthur H. Holmes Fund
  • Black Legacy Fund
    • Louise J. Johnson Fund
    • The Jubilee Fund in Honor and Memory of Ardie Lee Burger, Sr.
    • Ralph E. Mathis and Yvonne L. Mathis Family Endowment Fund
  • Bruce Alexis Cornelius Memorial Fund for Mental Health Agencies
  • Cathleen Kaiser Fund for Education
  • Cecilia Hoagland Fund for Local Veterans
  • Challenge Scholars Fund
    • John & Suzie Mackeigan Fund for Challenge Scholars
  • Charles Evenson Fund for the Environment
  • Cherry (Mrs. James) Carpenter Fund for Children
  • Consumers Energy Fund
  • Dr. Sandra Last Challenge Scholarship
  • Duncan Littlefair Literary Fund for Children
  • E. Alan Rumbaugh Fund for the Environment
  • Elizabeth J. Steed Johnson Fund for Healthcare and Community Health
  • Emma Sherwood Evans Disbursing Account
  • Emma Sherwood Evans Trust Fund
  • Estate of Annette Richards
  • Field of Interest Fund for the Benefit of Older Adult Living Communities in Kent County
  • Fund for Arts and Social Engagement
  • Fund for Children
    • Norma Olsen Fund for Abused Children
    • The George and Kaye Wilsted Fund for Children
  • Fund for Economic Prosperity
  • Fund for Education
    • Alicent Epps Jasperse Memorial Fund for Academic Achievement
    • Art Folkringa and Gussie Farris Fund
    • David G. and Mary L. Annis Fund for Education
    • Gerald Olson Fund for Education
    • Laura Hill Fund in memory of Thomas and Helen Egleston
    • Nancy Balck Fund
    • Stemanie White Fund
    • William S. and Kay C. Farr Family Education Fund
  • Fund for Health
  • Fund for Neighborhoods
  • Fund for the Environment
  • George M. Ames Fund
  • George M. and Lucinda Ann Edison Memorial Trust Fund
  • Gordon and Janet Moeller, Food Security Fund
  • Gordon and Mary Bowman Fund
  • Healthy Youth & Healthy Seniors – Ionia Community Foundation
  • Healthy Youth & Healthy Seniors Fund
  • Herbert and Doris Vander Mey Fund for Education
  • Hill Machinery Fund for Challenge Scholars
  • Homeless Prevention Endowment Fund
  • Hudsonville-Jenison Community Foundation – Youth Fund
  • Hydro-Chem Systems Fund for Children
  • Ionia County Community Foundation – Youth Fund
  • James and Shirley Balk Fund for Education
  • John, Margaret and Maryellen Berry Fund
  • Karl Hascall Fund For Children With Disabilities
  • Kathryn and Dennis Sullivan Charitable Fund
  • Kathryn L. Adamson Fund for Children
  • Kathryn L. Adamson Fund for the Elderly
  • Ken, Melinda and Andrew Krei Youth Fund
  • Kenneth H. and Margaret L. Childs Fund for Education
  • Kenneth M. Sweers Fund for the Homeless
  • Ladies Literary Club Fund for Literary Arts
  • Leonard and Eileen Newman Fund for the Arts
  • Lucy E. Barnett Trust for the Elderly
  • Marilyn and Budge Sherwood Fund
  • Martin and Eileen Shedleski Family Fund
  • Mary I. and David D. Hunting Family Fund
  • Molly Bradshaw Fund for Challenge Scholars
  • Our LGBTQ Fund
    • Balas Sellman Fund
    • Connie Bellows and Darlene Zwart Fund
    • The Dunes Resort Fund
  • Patricia Haan Timmer Fund for Downtown Charities
  • Robert D. Mieras Fund for Dance and Music
  • Somos Comunidad Fund
  • Sparta Community Foundation – Youth Fund
  • SVI – Social Venture Investors Fund
  • The J. Leslie Livingston Memorial Fund
  • William H. and Inetta P. Martindill Fund
  • William S. Folz Fund for Cancer Research
  • Wyoming Community Foundation – Youth Fund
  • Youth Enrichment Fund
  • Youth Fund

Operating and Special Interest Funds

  • 185 Oakes Street Historic Building Fund
    • Eleanor Alten Gilleo Fund
    • Stanley W. and Karen J. Hall Fund
  • Administrative Fund
  • GR Community Foundation Reserve Fund
  • GRCF Matching Gifts
  • Jackman and Helen Palmatier Fund
  • Tom and Mickie Fox Building Endowment Fund
  • Special Interest
    • Catalyzing Community Giving
    • Challenge Scholars Dream Fund
    • Challenge Scholars Program Fund
      • Armen Oumedian Challenge Scholars Fund
      • James and Shirley Balk Family Fund for Challenge Scholars
    • Kent County COVID-19 Recovery Fund
    • Kent County Nonprofit Leaders Sabbatical Fund
    • Nonprofit Technical Assistance Fund
    • On The Ground Grand Rapids
    • Rosa Parks Sculpture Project
    • Rx Kids Kent County

Scholarship Funds

  • Anonymous Scholarship Fund
  • Achille and Irene Despres, William and Andre Scholarship Fund
  • Aim High Jerry Clay Scholarship Fund
  • Alan R. Ryan Scholarship Fund
  • Altrusa Scholarship Fund
  • Armando “Frank” Quaglia Veterans Scholarship
  • Armen Oumedian Challenge Scholars Fund
  • Arts Council of Greater Grand Rapids Scholarship Fund
  • Audrey L. Wright Scholarship Fund
  • Black Men Building Resources Scholarship Fund
    • Phil Pearson Fund
  • Bob and Aileen Elliott Scholarship Fund
  • Bob Zylstra Science, Technology and Engineering Scholarship
  • Camilla C. Johnson Scholarship Trust Fund
  • Carolyn Gallmeyer Fund
  • Chad Vollmer Scholarship Fund
  • Challenge Scholars Scholarship Fund
    • David and Kay Wagner Fund for Challenge Scholars
    • David B. and Susan D. Lipner Fund for Challenge Scholars
  • Christine Soper Scholarship Fund
  • Darooge Family Scholarship Fund
  • David and Laurie Russell Family Scholarship for Habitat for Humanity of Kent County Families
  • Donald and Florence Hunting Memorial Fund
  • Donald J. DeYoung Education Fund
  • Donald M. Wells Scholarship Fund
  • Dorothy B. and Charles E. Thomas Fund in support of the Ringold Scholarship
  • Dorothy J. Thurston Scholarship Fund
  • Dr. Jack and Katy Lukens Family Scholarship Fund
  • Dr. Patricia E. Newby Close Up Scholarship
  • Dr. Richard J. Woltersom STEM Scholarship Fund
  • Dr. William E. and Norma Sprague Scholarship Fund
  • Economic Club of Grand Rapids Scholarship Fund
  • Edwin F. Doyle Scholarship Fund
  • Elmo Wierenga Ottawa Hills Alumni Scholarship Fund
  • Folds Grand Rapids Scholarship
  • Forrest Arthur Pletcher Memorial Fund
  • Fred and Lena Meijer Scholarship Fund
  • Fred and Lena Meijer Scholarship Fund for the Children of Team Members
  • Fred, Miriam, Bob, and Fritz Briscoe Scholarship Fund
  • FredK Scholarship Fund
  • General Scholarship Fund
    • Karen A. Chase Fund
    • University Club of Grand Rapids Scholarship Foundation Fund
  • George & Louise Egeler Fund Supporting Youth Enrichment Fund
  • Gerald M. Crane Memorial Music Scholarship Fund
  • Geraldine Geistert Boss Scholarship Fund
  • Gladys A. Snauble Scholarship Fund
  • Grand Rapids Chamber ATHENA Eileen DeVries Scholarship Fund
  • Grand Rapids Combined Theatre Scholarship Fund
    • Cedric and Sandy Ward Scholarship Fund
  • Grand Rapids Scholarship Association Fund
  • Grand Rapids University Prep Founders’ Scholarship
  • Gretchen Slack Appelt and Doris Ann Slack Scholarship Fund
  • Guy D. and Mary Edith Halladay Trust Fund
  • Hackett Family Scholarship Fund
  • Harry J. Brown and Lucille B. Brown Scholarship Fund
  • Harry J. Morris Jr. Emergency Services Education Scholarship Fund
  • Hill Machinery Fund for Technology Scholars
  • Horning Marshall Scholarship for the University of Michigan
  • Jacob R. and Mary M. Van Loo; Lenore K. Van Loo; and Anne Van Loo Eldred Scholarship Fund
  • John M. and Alicent Epps Jasperse Scholarship Fund
  • John T. and Frances J. Maghielse Scholarship Fund
  • Josephine Ringold Scholarship Fund
  • Keith C. VanderHyde Scholarship Fund
  • Kenneth and Shirley Morris Memorial Scholarship Fund
  • Kenneth Vonk Fund
  • Ladies Literary Club Scholarship Fund
  • Lavina A. Laible Scholarship Trust Fund
  • Llewellyn L. Cayvan String Instrument Scholarship Fund
  • Lobbestael Frederick Family Scholarship Fund
  • Margery J. Seeger Scholarship Fund
  • Mathilda Gallmeyer Scholarship Fund
  • Matthew Warren Smith Memorial Scholarship Fund
  • Melbourne and Alice E. Frontjes Scholarship Fund
  • Michael J. Wolf Scholarship Fund
  • Mildred E. Troske Scholarship Fund
  • Miller Johnson Michigan Diversity Scholarship Fund
  • Nika Marie Social Impact Scholarship
  • Norm and Marilyn Leven Challenge Scholars Fund
  • Northouse Nursing Scholarship Fund
  • Noyes L. Avery, Jr. and Ann E. Avery Scholarship Fund
  • Olson Family Scholarship Fund
  • Orrie and Dorothy Cassada Scholarship Fund
  • Patricia P. and Armen G. Oumedian Scholarship Fund
  • Paul Collins Scholarship Fund
  • Peggy (Kommer) Novosad Scholarship Fund
  • Pullen/Lambers Family Memorial Scholarship Fund
  • Reach for Your Goal Scholarship Fund
  • Robert J. Dunlap Scholarship Fund
  • Robert L. and Hilda Treasure Mitchell Scholarship Fund
  • Roger and Jacquelyn Vander Laan Family Scholarship Fund
  • Ronald T. Smith Family Scholarship Fund
  • Rosemary Cook Education Scholarship Fund
  • Sherman L. and Mabel C. Lepard Scholarship Fund
  • Stephen D. Lankester Scholarship Fund
  • The Jack Family Educational Fund
  • The Joshua Esch Mitchell Aviation Scholarship Fund
  • Thomas D. Coffield Scholarship Fund
  • TowerPinkster Scholarship Fund
  • University of Michigan G R Alumnae Trust Scholarship Fund
    • Anita Gilleo Scholarship Fund
  • University of Michigan Grand Rapids Alumnae – Margaret Appelt Kerr Fund
  • University of Michigan Grand Rapids Alumnae – Meta Prange Murphy/Lucille Prange Fund
  • University of Michigan Grand Rapids Alumnae – Rosemary Scott Fund
  • Violet Wondergem Health Science Scholarship Fund
  • Virginia Valk Fehsenfeld Scholarship Fund
  • Vivian M. Kommer Scholarship Fund
  • Walter C. Winchester Scholarship Fund
  • Warner Norcross & Judd Scholarship Fund
  • West Michigan Financial Services Charitable Foundation Scholarship
  • William R. and Jewel H. Eckstrom Future Teachers Scholarship Fund for Lakewood High School

Unrestricted Funds

  • Adrian Van Daalen Fund
  • Allan and Claudia Carlson Family Fund
  • Allen I. and Helen J. Hunting Fund
  • Allen S. & Barbara P. Marcus Fund
  • American Box Board Community Fund
  • Anna Bissell Charity Trust Fund
  • Arthur D. Wolf Foundation Trust
  • Arthur J. and Sue H. Hoover Fund
  • B. Kenneth Larm Fund for Community Good
  • Ben H. Lee, Jr. Fund
  • Biem H. and Irene G. Vandermass Fund
  • Bill and Claudia Hardy Fund
  • Bonnie Miller Community Fund
  • C. John Gill and Rita Williams Fund
  • Carol E. Greene Fund for Community Good
  • Carol Karr and Kevin Briggs Fund
  • Chalmers and Esther Quaintance Fund
  • Charles D. and Irene A. Worden Fund
  • Charles W. Loosemore Fund
  • Charlotte M. Raniville Fund
  • Chester A. Hall Fund
  • Clara T. Limbert Fund
  • Clare and Grace Jarecki Fund
  • Cornelia De Fouw Fund
  • Dallas and Helen Darling Fund
  • Diana Sieger Leadership Fund
  • Diane S. Farage Fund
  • Dirk and Victoria Hoffius Fund
  • Don VandenBos Jr. Fund
  • Dr. Jack and Katy Lukens Fund
  • Earle Vande Poel Charitable Fund
  • Edward H. Blickley Fund
  • Edward M. Herpolsheimer Fund
  • Eileen Slootmaker Fund
  • Eleanor J. Roberts Fund
  • Elizabeth Herkner Fund
  • Elizabeth J. Steed Johnson Trust
  • Employees of Autocam Fund
  • Engineered Protection Systems Fund
  • Englebert J. and Lelah Sexton Vogt Trust
  • Erin Slade Memorial Fund
  • Estate of Curtis M. Wylie
  • Estate of Dr. Clifford T. Nelson
  • Estate of Isabelle and Herman Slanger
  • Estate of Melanie L. Muir
  • Estate of Ralph A. Voigt
  • Estate of Zoe F. Whitworth Trust
  • Eugene D. Conger Fund
  • Fishell Fund
  • Francis J. O’Connor Fund
  • Frank H. and Virginia L. Merlotti Fund
  • Fund for Community Good
    • Bill and Barbara Van’t Hof Fund
    • Bob and Lois De Boer Fund
    • Brownie Eberhard Beckering Fund
    • Doug and Alix Thompson Fund
    • Eleanore and Robert Howieson Fund
    • Elmer and Mable Slemons Fund
    • Ernest & Lorraine Malkewitz Fund
    • Grand Rapids Japanese Business Association Fund
    • James and Bebe Glerum Fund
    • Joy A. Brown-Baker Fund
    • Judge W. Baldwin Ogden and Judy Ogden Fund
    • Kenneth L. and Elizabeth A. Foster Fund
    • Laurie and Crawford Craft Family Fund
    • Lester P. Jones Jr. Fund
    • Lynne M. Black Fund
    • Malcolm/Magolan Family Fund
    • Marjorie and Robert Neubig Fund
    • Martha J. Porter Fund
    • Miner S. and Mary Ann Keeler Fund
    • Norman and Mary De Graaf Fund
    • Phil and Cherry Jacobus Fund
    • Rita Champion-Balczak Fund
    • Robert and Claire Schaefer Fund
    • Robert F. and Ella M. Topp Family Fund
    • Roth Family Fund for Community Good
    • Schaub Family Fund
    • The David B. and Susan D. Lipner Fund
    • Theodore J. Vogt Fund
    • Thomas P. Sibley Fund
    • Tom and Jan Czerney Fund
    • William and Patricia Edison Fund
  • Gasper J. Amodeo Fund
  • George and Louise Egeler Fund
  • George and Mary Metz Charitable Fund
  • George L. and Esther B. Young Trust
  • Geraldine F. Masters Fund
  • Gertrude Lindberry Fund
  • Glen C. Mason Fund
  • Grace L. Schouten Memorial Trust Fund
  • Graham F. “Deck” and Ruth B. Stewart Fund
  • Hale J. Mackay Fund
  • Harvey and Margaret Brower Fund
  • Harvey E. Lemmen Fund
  • Haslinger Family Fund
  • Henry A. Fox Family Fund
  • Herbert and Doris Vander Mey Fund for Community Good
  • Isabel McLeod Fund
  • Jabin Family Fund
  • James and Margaret Black Estate
  • James and Mary Jane Lamse Fund
  • James R. Van Vulpen Fund
  • Jane and Sam Kravitz Fund for Community Good
  • Jane N. and James C. Welch Foundation Fund
  • Janet A. Haynes Fund
  • Janet E. Berg Fund
  • Jeanette Shelly Warner Fund
  • Jim McKay and Twink Frey Fund
  • John C. Whitcomb Fund
  • John W. and Margaret Bertsch Fund
  • Joseph and Helen Tulos Fund
  • Karl E. Herpolsheimer Fund
  • Keith C. VanderHyde Fund
  • Ken Betz and Pat Brewer Fund
  • Kenneth and Christina Gilchrist Fund
  • Kent Charitable Fund
  • Leon W. Hall Fund
  • Leonard and Dora Rosenzweig Fund
  • LGR Sweeter Impact Fund BAF
  • Louis A. Cornelius Trust
  • Margery Seeger Fund
  • Marian A. Aldrich Fund
  • Marilyn Lankfer and Jeffrey Schad Fund
  • Marion Stuart White Fund
  • Marvin Stahl Fund
  • Mary A. and Lenore G. Smith Fund
  • Mary D. Morman Trust
  • Mary I. and Robert C. Pew Fund
  • Mary Jane Kirchgessner Trust
  • Mary K. White Fund
  • Max H. and Lois Doering Fund
  • Minnie E. Haven Fund
  • Mr. and Mrs. David G. Frey Fund
  • Mr. and Mrs. Edward C. McCobb Fund
  • Mrs. Imogene W. Wickett Fund
  • Mrs. L. C. Gardner Fund
  • Olga H. Cassard Fund
  • Orianna D. Hooker Fund
  • Orville and Jean Bulman Estate
  • Our Centennial Fund
  • Paul C. and Inez L. Miller Fund
  • Paul L. Steketee Fund
  • Perry M. and Hazel A. Lawr Fund
  • Rafael O. Diaz Fund
  • Ralph A. Voigt Corporate Fund
  • Rená Guttrich Fund
  • Robert and Adelaide Hoover Fund
  • Robert J. Kulms Trust
  • Robert L. and Gloria M. Ellcey Fund
  • Schuil Family Fund
  • Selene Van Vleck Unrestricted Fund For Community Good
  • Split Interest Receivables
  • Stanley C. Hall Fund
  • The Sebastian Foundation Unrestricted Fund
  • The Vander Beek Family Fund
  • Theodore R. and Caroline Schoonbeck Fund
  • Thomas and Vita “Vickie” Bergers Community Fund
  • Tom and Sally Kyros Fund
  • Waddell-Cioni Fund
  • Walter D. Idema Charitable Trust
  • Walter D. Idema Fund
  • Willard and Barbara Schroeder Fund
  • William E. and Sue Kincaid Fund
  • William J. Chaille Fund
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2025 - 2026 Grant Partnerships

Grand Rapids Community Foundation allocates resources, implements initiatives and invites partnerships that seek to advance racial, social and economic justice in Kent County. Together with community partners, we strive to connect people, passion and resources to respond to community needs. Learn more about our grant partnerships and how to apply for them at GRFoundation.org/Grants.

Grant Awards
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Black Legacy Fund

Our Black Legacy Fund, led by community volunteers, builds on the legacy of giving in Black communities in greater Grand Rapids.

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Challenge Scholars Dream Fund

The Challenge Scholars Dream Fund supports projects that boost the success of Challenge Scholars students.

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Fund for Community Good

Our Fund for Community Good allows us to invest in partners throughout Kent County who share our commitment to becoming actively anti-racist across a broad spectrum including education, the environment, health, arts and social engagement, neighborhoods and economic prosperity.

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Our LGBTQ Fund

Our LGBTQ Fund aims to support LGBTQ+ communities in West Michigan by enhancing wellness, visibility, acceptance and access to resources.

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Somos Comunidad Fund

Somos Comunidad Fund partners with Latinx communities in Kent County to support Latinx focused and driven initiatives.

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Youth Fund

Youth Fund volunteers, also known as our Youth Grant Committee members, are students who assess youth issues and award grants from the Youth Fund to improve the lives of local students.

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In addition to our Fund for Community Good (unrestricted) and the Field of Interest funds listed above, the Community Foundation also administers many funds that are designated to a specific purpose. Learn more about what these funds look for on our website.

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2025 - 2026 Honor, Memorial and Estate Gifts

In Honor

We recognize the following people in whose honor gifts were made to Grand Rapids Community Foundation.

David Gries
Gail Gunst Heffner
Marilyn Elder
Mary Veldink
Nancy Toledo Jimenez
Patricia Gardner
Rosa Fraga
Synia Gant-Jordan
Teresa McCarty

Each year, people we know and love pass away, but their legacies remain with us. Grand Rapids Community Foundation remembers the following people who were honored by others with gifts in their memory and those who chose to make gifts through their estate plans to benefit the community.

In Memory

Chester Hall
Clare Colwell
Daniel Mankoff
David Schroeder
David Williamson
Gloria Heuschkel
James McCarty
Kay Farr
Marilyn Leven
Matthew Smith
Michael Magee
Raleigh Smith
Rená Guttrich
Sam Kravitz
William Farr

Estate Gifts

Kenneth and Elizabeth Foster
Charles F. Pletcher
Dorothy N. Schowalter
John R. Davies
Kenneth Vonk