by GHACF team | Mar 5, 2024 | Education, For Impact Organizations, Grant Impact Stories, Grantees, Grants, Recipients
Opportunity Thrive works to improve educator well-being through assessments, one-on-one coaching, and improving staff culture. This fall, we awarded a Community Impact grant to support its Educator Wellness Coaching Program within participating Northwest Ottawa County...
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...
by GHACF team | Jan 24, 2024 | Community Foundation Stories, Economic & Community Betterment, Education, For Impact Organizations, Grant Impact Stories, Grantees, Grants, Recipients
We granted Junior Achievement of the Michigan Great Lakes $40,000 over two years for a new, permanent education staff position focused on the Lakeshore area to deliver impactful K-12 learning experiences to the youth of these areas. Junior Achievement helps inspire...
by GHACF team | Jan 4, 2024 | Arts & Culture, Community Foundation Stories, Education, For Impact Organizations, Grant Impact Stories, Grantees, Grants, Recipients
We granted $30,000 over three years to West Michigan Symphony so that the Link Up Beginner Music Education Program can return to three concerts for the first time since 2019. Grants that support education are one of our six priorities, as the youth of Northwest Ottawa...
by GHACF team | Dec 7, 2021 | 50th Anniversary, Economic & Community Betterment, Grant Impact Stories
In continuation of our 50th anniversary celebration, our foundation recently granted $50,000 to local municipalities to improve the quality of life and promote a healthy, inclusive, collaborative, and diverse community in Northwest Ottawa County. This fall, Northwest...
