by GHACF team | Mar 6, 2018 | Community Foundation News, Grant Impact Stories, Grants
We are pleased to announce eight first-round grant awards totaling $168,452 to support the northern Ottawa County community, including a $10,000 grant to Grand Rapids Opportunities for Women (GROW) for their Lakeshore expansion. GROW is focused on supporting women and...
by Holly Cole | Feb 27, 2018 | Definitions, Grants
You have this great idea—if only you had funding to make it a reality. Where do you start? What’s the process? Is it hard? How many grant rounds are there? First things first, are you eligible to receive a grant from the Community Foundation? Your organization...
by GHACF team | Dec 5, 2017 | Education, Grant Impact Stories, Grants
We are pleased to announce eleven third-round grant awards totaling $687,500 to support the northern Ottawa County community, including a $145,000 grant (payable over two years) to the Ottawa Area Intermediate School District (OAISD) for World-Class Classroom...
by GHACF team | Oct 23, 2017 | Grants
We’re hosting another round of Facebook mini-grants! We’re giving away three $500 mini-grants — completely on Facebook. Nonprofits submit a photo and 200-word description of how they’d use the money, we post an album of all the entrants on Facebook,...
by GHACF team | Oct 6, 2017 | Grant Impact Stories, Grantees, Grants, Health & Human Services, Recipients
Guest post by Jeremy Monteith For over 90 years, The Salvation Army has been serving Grand Haven and North Ottawa County residents. We are guided by a simple mission: To preach the gospel of Jesus Christ while working to meet human needs in His name without...
by GHACF team | Aug 10, 2017 | Grant Impact Stories, Grantees, Grants, Recipients
Last month we announced that we were giving away three $500 mini-grants on Facebook, and 2400 likes later, we have the winners! While there were fewer entrants this time around, the online participation was higher than in the previous two rounds, with several photos...