by Amirah Vosburgh | Sep 15, 2020 | Community Foundation News, Who We Are, YAC, Youth
Adapt. Adjust. Be flexible. These words seem to be key themes in our lives right now. We’re especially leaning into this mindset as our youth programming kicks off in tandem with the 2020-2021 school year. The youth in our community—and YAC members in particular—have...
by Amirah Vosburgh | Aug 4, 2020 | Community Foundation News, Education, Scholarships
This spring, we awarded $621,140 in scholarships to 220 area students. The GHACF holds over 125 scholarship funds with varying criteria, such as financial need, academic achievements, and field of study. Another factor our scholarship committee considers is if a...
by Amirah Vosburgh | Jul 14, 2020 | Community Foundation News, Grants
We are pleased to announce fifteen second-round grant awards, totaling $225,923, in support of Northwest Ottawa County and our surrounding communities. This includes $40,000 to the Tri-Cities Historical Museum for their three-part capital improvement project at the...
by Amirah Vosburgh | Jun 16, 2020 | Community Foundation News, Team, Who We Are
Traditionally our May board meeting includes an annual dinner with the board, full team, and significant others. While this year’s meeting was held via Zoom, our board chair still “passed the gavel” while we bid farewell to our outgoing board members and welcomed two...
by Amirah Vosburgh | Jun 9, 2020 | Community Foundation Stories, Education, Youth
The Excellence In Education event is a long-standing tradition at the community foundation where we recognize and honor the area’s top high school students who are graduating at the top of their classes. Each honored student is asked to select an educator who has had...
