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Longtime North Kent Connect Executive Director, Claire Guisfredi, Announces Retirement

North Kent Connect (NKC), a one-stop resource center in northern Kent County committed to improving lives and moving people forward out of crisis, announced...

Christina Tazelaar appointed to Kent District Library Board of Trustees

Christina Tazelaar has been appointed to the Kent District Library Board of Trustees by the Kent County Board of Commissioners. She represents Region 6,...

Karrie Roy joins the Literacy Center of West Michigan

Karrie Roy has joined the Literacy Center of West Michigan as Family Literacy Program Director. Karrie previously worked for Grand Rapids Public Schools as...

Hope Network adds Lynn M. Ferris and Sandi (Gabrielse) Judson to Board of Trustees

Hope Network, a leading statewide organization that provides healthcare and life services to 34,000 people in more than 240 Michigan communities annually, announces the...

Hope Network adds Jennifer Jurgens and Gavin Mohr to Board of Trustees

Hope Network, a leading statewide organization that provides healthcare and life services to 34,000 people in more than 240 Michigan communities annually, announces the...

Urban League Appoints New Director

C. Dennis Triggs, II has been appointed as the Director of the Urban League's Center for Employment and Economic Success, effective August 14. Dennis...

Hand2Hand announces Jodi Joseph next Executive Director

Hand2Hand announces Jodi Joseph as the next Executive Director of the fifteen-year-old nonprofit. Thirteen years ago, Joseph began volunteering at her church's Hand2Hand program....

Shaun Shira to lead The Rotary Club of Grand Rapids

Shaun Shira has been appointed 2023-24 president at the Rotary Club of Grand Rapids. Shira is Major & Planned Gifts Director at the Grand...
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Family Promise of Grand Rapids to build transitional housing at Wyoming church

The city of Wyoming has approved a nonprofit’s plan to acquire a church and convert half of it into transitional housing while the other...

Samaritas to sell 5 Michigan facilities as it exits operation of senior communities

Detroit-based Samaritas is bowing out of senior living communities after more than 50 years of operating sites around the state. The move is part of...
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Grand Valley State University names new director of philanthropy research center

Grand Valley State University’s Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy has tapped a new leader with nearly three decades of experience in higher education...
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Equity is a ‘core value’ for incoming Kalamazoo Community Foundation CEO

After serving for nearly a decade as the CEO of YWCA Kalamazoo, Grace Lubwama is leaving the organization in the coming months to take...
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West Michigan housing organization may have to cut services as funding flatlines

GRAND RAPIDS — A West Michigan housing services and education nonprofit may have to cut back services this year as public funding support flatlines...
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Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area names new CEO 

The Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area has tapped a nonprofit leader with more than a decade of experience in Ottawa County nonprofits as...
Plans for Genesis Non-Profit Housing Corp.’s $16.2 million project to convert a former funeral home to senior housing.

Grand Rapids OKs zoning change for 55-unit affordable senior housing project

GRAND RAPIDS — The city of Grand Rapids approved a nonprofit developer’s rezoning request for a retooled affordable housing project at the site of...
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Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area names new CEO 

HOLLAND — The Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area has tapped a leader with more than a decade of experience in Ottawa County nonprofits...
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Grand Rapids Art Museum announces new director and CEO 

A longtime arts educator and curator from the Columbus Museum of Art in Ohio is taking over leadership of the Grand Rapids Art Museum.  The...
Lead teacher Chris Lee works with children at Gilden Woods Early Care and Preschool in Troy in 2021.

Michigan communities stretch child care grants to address a lingering shortage

GRAND RAPIDS — Even as the COVID-19 pandemic recedes, quality child care remains hard to come by for many Michigan families. That’s due in...
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Inside Track: Montana Major paves her own road in arts equity 

Montana Major has worked her way through the local arts nonprofit scene, starting by creating her own nonprofit organization at only 22 years old....
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Ronald McDonald House West Michigan plans $2M expansion to meet growing needs

GRAND RAPIDS — A West Michigan nonprofit that provides free temporary housing for families of children receiving medical care plans to renovate and expand...

Upcycle Bikes expands into new Grand Rapids space to meet growing demand

An emerging Grand Rapids-based nonprofit that assists workers without vehicles to have local transportation plans to scale up with a move into its first physical location.
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Grand Rapids native to help craft KConnect’s policy agenda for lawmakers

Born and raised in Grand Rapids, Shayla Young won a prestigious Gates Millennium scholarship just before graduating from Central High School in 2008 that...
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Nonprofits explore non-traditional leadership structures to avoid burnout, grow diversity

Nonprofit organizations are increasingly turning to alternative leadership structures with shared responsibilities to help combat burnout as well as open doors for more diverse...

New Community Transformation Fund gets $500K boost from Frey Foundation

A local venture capital fund supporting minority-owned businesses received an investment from a philanthropic entity.

Nonprofit reopens Lift Zone for Latin American learners

A Latin American-focused nonprofit in Holland reopened its WiFi hotspot at a new location to help families access the internet.