by GHACF team | Feb 29, 2024 | Arts & Culture, Community Foundation News, Diversity & Inclusion, Economic & Community Betterment, Education, Environment, For Impact Organizations, Giving, Grantees, Grants, Health & Human Services, YAC, Youth, Youth Impact Stories
In 2023, the Grand Haven Area Community Foundation’s Youth Advisory Council (YAC) granted the largest amount in its history: $110,600 in awards. Our YAC’s 20 high school students from Northwest Ottawa County give of their time as they meet throughout the year to...
by GHACF team | Feb 28, 2024 | Donors, Funds, Giving
For the last eight years, the Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy at Grand Valley State University has published an 11 Trends in Philanthropy Report. Key highlights from this year’s edition include that Donor Advised Funds are one of the fastest-growing...
by GHACF team | Feb 27, 2024 | Uncategorized
The 2024 National Study on Donor-Advised Funds has arrived! It reveals that DAFs are “varied and flexible philanthropic vehicles that support a wide range of giving patterns and preferences.” Did you know that with just $5,000, you can open a DAF here at GHACF? This...
by GHACF team | Feb 27, 2024 | Giving, Grant Impact Stories, Grantees, Grants, Recipients
The Women’s Resource Center (WRC)’s programs address the systemic and structural inequities women of color and women with criminal histories face. As part of our fall grant cycle, we awarded WRC a grant supporting the launch of the New Beginnings program in Ottawa...
by GHACF team | Feb 20, 2024 | Economic & Community Betterment, For Impact Organizations, Grant Impact Stories, Recipients
As part of our commitment to Economic & Community Betterment, last year we supplied a grant to The Community Foundation for Muskegon County (CFMC) for the Food, Agriculture, Research, and Manufacturing (FARM) business accelerator. A collaboration between CFMC, the...
