Faces of West Michigan 2024 Special Section
GRAND RAPIDS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
185 OAKES ST. SW, GRAND RAPIDS, MI 49503 | 616-454-1751 | GRFOUNDATION.ORG
Grand Rapids Community Foundation aims to create a West Michigan where opportunity, prosperity, and belonging are the right of everyone who calls this region home. As the Community Foundation has stepped into a new century of service, its staff is hard at work listening to partners, testing theories, and pushing toward racial, social, and economic justice.
LaSandra Gaddy, the Community Foundation’s president and CEO, brings a renewed commitment to equity and social change. She and the organization’s staff know progress requires vulnerability and new approaches.
The Community Foundation responds to community needs by providing grants to nonprofits, scholarships to students, and other forms of support to communities experiencing inequities. The time, financial resources, and thought partnership of countless philanthropists has made it possible for the Community Foundation to award more than $277 million since its inception.