Grants
40 Pearl Street, NW
Suite 1100
Grand Rapids, Michigan 49503-3028
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f 616/451-8481
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Grants (2007)
The following is a list of grants awarded in this program area last year. In addition, both archived grant lists and promising projects for this program area are available at the bottom of the page. For a list of current year grants, click here.
Encouraging Civic Progress
Grand Rapids Area
East Hills Council of Neighbors
$5,000Support for planning of a Wealthy Heights initiative to redevelop 5 streets north of the Wealthy Theatre.
www.easthillscouncil.org
Grand Action Foundation
$1,000,000Funding to help establish the Michigan State University west Michigan medical school.
Guiding Light Mission
$4,250Feasibility study to explore availability of and local support for larger, more appropriate space for agency operations.
www.guidinglightmission.org
Local Initiatives Support Corporation
$15,000Matching dollars for federal grant to facilitate planning and improvement of two central city neighborhoods.
www.lisc.org/michigan/
Meet Grand Rapids
$30,000Increase local efforts to attract amatuer and professional sporting events to Kent County.
www.westmichigansportscommission.com
Michigan Architectural Foundation
$5,000Support for the publication of a Guide to Architecture for West Michigan.
www.aiami.com/MAF/maf_home.htm
Neighborhood Ventures
$8,000Support for a comprehensive effort to revitalize two central city neighborhoods - Uptown and Southtown - using Tax Increment Finance vehicles.
Somali Bantu Community of West Michigan
$9,750Funding to help better prepare children of Somali Bantu refugees for success in school.
West Grand Neighborhood Organization
$10,000Corridor improvements in the public right-of-way for a heavily traveled thoroughfare along southbound U.S. 131.