by Chris Riker | Dec 8, 2020 | Giving, Grant Impact Stories, Grants
Throughout our 49-year history, our Greatest Needs Fund has existed to provide support for the future needs that we can’t always anticipate. No year has demonstrated this more than 2020. While we have all been challenged by the upheaval that our world has faced since...
by GHACF team | Oct 29, 2020 | Diversity & Inclusion, Grant Impact Stories, Grants
Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) are important values of the foundation and one of our Community Impact grant priority areas. This summer, when events of racial injustice spurred national conversation, we joined forces with local partners to support the LEDA...
by GHACF team | Oct 13, 2020 | Community Foundation News, Economic & Community Betterment, Grant Impact Stories, Grants
When Spring Lake Township realized the historic DeWitt School needed repairs, they turned to a lesser known, yet critical partner in the community to help: the North Bank Communities Fund (NBCF). The NBCF was established by a group of civic leaders to permanently...
by GHACF team | Sep 29, 2020 | Community Foundation News, Grant Impact Stories, Grants
Initial Challenge Match Realized Thanks to community support from hundreds of donors and fund holders, more than $675,000 was raised and matched by the GHACF, which has allowed us to continue aiding community relief and recovery in response to COVID-19. The outpouring...
by Holly Cole | 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 Holly Cole | May 28, 2020 | Grant Impact Stories, Grants, Health & Human Services
When we established the Emergency Human Needs Fund in mid-March as a way to help our for-impact partners in Ottawa County, we couldn’t imagine the outpouring of support we’d receive from the community. Over the course of ten weeks, the community coalition that we...
