2006 Grants — Community Capital Projects
The following is a list of all grants awarded in the last calendar year. In addition, archived grant lists are available at the bottom of the page.
American Cancer Society - $100,000
www.cancer.orgSupport for the Hope Lodge capital campaign to provide a facility for out-of-town cancer patients and their families.
Baxter Community Center, Inc. - $8,500
www.baxtercommunitycenter.orgA challenge grant for the "Opening Doors" capital campaign to renovate and improve this inner-city community center.
Calvin College - $100,000
www.calvin.eduSupport for the preservation of the historic Ladies' Literary Club in central Grand Rapids for community use.
Fair Housing Center of West Michigan - $46,000
www.fhcwm.orgSupport for the capital campaign to renovate a former bank facility, located in an older neighborhood, into a home for this non-profit agency devoted to fair housing.
Goodwill Industries of Northern Michigan - $25,000
www.goodwillnmi.orgSupport for the construction of a new homeless shelter to replace the current overcrowded, deteriorated facility.
Grand Rapids Youth Commonwealth - $100,000
www.grkidsandcops.orgSupport for a capital campaign to overhaul Camp O'Malley located in Kent county along the Thornapple River southeast of Grand Rapids.
Harbor Springs Area Historical Society - $100,000
www.harborspringsareahistoricalsociety.orgSupport for "A Museum Grows in Harbor Springs" capital campaign to renovate the original city hall building into a historical museum.
Hope Network Foundation - $25,000
www.hopenetwork.orgSupport for the "Taking Pride in Hope" capital campaign.
Inland Water Route Society - $10,000
www.iwrhs.comSupport for the acquisition of a former Village Hall building for adaptive re-use as a historical museum.
Inner City Christian Federation - $225,000
www.iccf.orgSupport for the "Pillars for Opportunity" capital campaign to renovate the former Mary Free Bed/D.A. Blodgett facility in the East Hills neighborhood of Grand Rapids into the headquarters for this housing non-profit.
Pine Rest Foundation - $500,000
www.pinerest.org/foundationSupport for the "Pine Rest Campaign 2006" consisting of four construction/renovation components: a new dementia center, an expanded child and adolescent inpatient service center, a center for psychiatric residential services, a renovated education and training facility, and an additional multi-use facility.
United Church Outreach Ministry - $25,000
www.ucomgr.orgSupport for the acquisition and renovation of a building to provide better accessibility and more space to house United Church Outreach Ministry - a community resource center and food pantry.
Urban Family Ministries - $24,400
www.urbanfamilyministries.orgSupport for the renovation of a donated former book warehouse building in an inner city neighborhood to be used as a youth center.