All over Kent County, individuals, families, nonprofits, companies and communities are partnering with Grand Rapids Community Foundation to achieve their philanthropic goals. We are grateful for their trust and partnership.
The Community Foundation helps individuals, families, nonprofits and corporations 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.
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Cascade Community Foundation Fund
East Grand Rapids Community Foundation Fund
Hudsonville-Jenison Community Foundation Fund
Ionia County Community Foundation Fund
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Anonymous Fund (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
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 C.F. golf sub fund for registration fees
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
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
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
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
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
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Anonymous 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
BAF La Familia de Baker-Reyes Foundation Fund
BAF Alejos Family Advised Fund
BAF Troy and Jennifer Butler Family 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 Fund
Bill and Karen Lawrence Family Fund 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
C. John Gill and Rita Williams Family Fund
C. Robert and Patricia Muth Fund
Center for Systemic Change Advised Funds (2)
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
Mary I. and David D. Hunting Family Fund
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
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
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
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Armand F. and Gretchen B. Burch Fund
Arthur H. Holmes Fund
Black Legacy Fund
Bruce Alexis Cornelius Memorial Fund for Mental Health Agencies
Cathleen Kaiser Fund for Education
Cecilia Hoagland Fund for Local Veterans
Challenge Scholars Fund
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
Fund for Economic Prosperity
Fund for Education
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
Hydro-Chem Systems Fund for Children
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 SULL2
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
Patricia Haan Timmer Fund for Downtown Charities
Robert D. Mieras Fund for Dance and Music
Somos Comunidad 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
Youth Enrichment Fund
Youth Fund
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185 Oakes Street Historic Building 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
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Achille and Irene Despres, William and Andre Scholarship Fund
Aim High Jerry Clay Scholarship Fund
Alan R. Ryan Scholarship Fund
Altrusa Scholarship Fund
Anonymous 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
Bob and Aileen Elliott Scholarship Fund
Bob Zylstra Science, Technology and Engineering Scholarship
Camilla C. Johnson Scholarship Trust Fund
Carolyn Gallmeyer Fund
Challenge Scholars Scholarship Fund
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, Miriam, Bob, and Fritz Briscoe Scholarship Fund
FredK Scholarship Fund
General Scholarship 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
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
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
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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
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
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.
Our Black Legacy Fund, led by community volunteers, builds on the legacy of giving in Black communities in greater Grand Rapids.
The Challenge Scholars Dream Fund supports projects that boost the success of Challenge Scholars students.
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.
Our LGBTQ Fund aims to support LGBTQ+ communities in West Michigan by enhancing wellness, visibility, acceptance and access to resources.
Somos Comunidad Fund partners with Latinx communities in Kent County to support Latinx focused and driven initiatives.
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.
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.
We recognize the following people in whose honor or memory gifts to Grand Rapids Community Foundation were made.
B. Kenneth Larm
Bob Dunlap
Ms. Anita M. Gilleo
Morris and Shirley Kleiman
C. H. Runciman
David P. Schroeder
Dodie Neller
James E. McCarty
Jeanne Blaser Owens
John Ott
Lillian VanderVeen
Matthew Smith
Matthew Warren Smith
Nancy Cok
Rena Guttrich
Sandra Ward
Shirley Slauter
Thomas & Helen Egleston
Virginia Ferris
William S. Farr
Each year, people we know and love pass away, but our memories and their legacies remain with us. Grand Rapids Community Foundation remembers the following people who made gifts through their estate plans to benefit the community.
B. Kenneth Larm
Bob Dunlap
Ms. Anita M. Gilleo
Morris and Shirley Kleiman
