by GHACF team | Jun 27, 2017 | Donor Impact Stories, Donors, Funds, Ways to Give
Donor Advised Funds are charitable accounts that enable families and individuals to philanthropically invest in the causes that they care about most. Debra and Robert Mann had a desire to help the community they love – that’s why they opened the Debra and Robert...
by GHACF team | Jun 22, 2017 | Community Foundation News, Community Foundation Stories, Team, Who We Are
Come on in… welcome to our new home. As a local charitable organization, our physical office is a place where hundreds of donors, grantees, and volunteers gather every year. Our website is an important role in maintaining those relationships, and we’re excited to make...
by GHACF team | Jun 4, 2017 | Donor Impact Stories, Donors, Funds
Carol and Winfield Hall were friends of the Foundation who supported many great community causes. One of the Hall’s passions was music, and another was their church. When Carol passed away, a portion of her estate was left to support the music department at the First...
by GHACF team | May 28, 2017 | Grant Impact Stories, Grants
The Board of the Grand Haven Area Community Foundation (GHACF) is pleased to announce seven second-round grant awards totaling $285,000 to support the northern Ottawa County community, including a $125,000 grant to the Ottawa County Parks Foundation for their Grand...
by GHACF team | May 14, 2017 | Community Foundation Stories, Youth
Mindfulness….hopefully this is a term you have seen or heard recently. In our schools, we have been talking about and sampling lessons around mindfulness. It’s good stuff. Some of it seems obvious, but it’s far too easy to take for granted. Mindful.org defines...
