SENIOR LEADERSHIP TEAM LaSandra Gaddy President and CEO Danielle R. Brown, CPA Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Jessica Hermann-Wilmarth, CFRE Vice President, Development Ashley René Lee Vice President, Strategic Communications Kate Luckert Schmid Vice President, Program
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
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Caitlin Townsend Lamb (Chair)
A FULL PLATE FOR ALL INVESTING IN FOOD SYSTEMS
Reneé Williams (Immediate Past Chair) Mercedes Barragan Kyle D. Caldwell Karen Dujovny Ken Fawcett, M.D. Lynne Ferrell Elaina Juarez James Logan Tim Long Laura Radle
Tel: 616.454.1751 Fax: 616.580.1040 Email: info@GRFoundation.org Website: GRFoundation.org
Grand Rapids Community Foundation is a nonprofit organization that connects people, passion and resources. For more than a century, people who care about the future of Kent County have built the Community Foundation through their time, financial resources and thought partnership. Our partners— donors, nonprofits, leaders, doers and more—consistently trust us to help bring key issues to the forefront to build community will, investment and collaboration needed to inspire change.
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publication of Grand Rapids Community Foundation Contributing writers: Ashley René Lee, LaSandra Gaddy, Audra Hartges-Stern, Grace L. Swanson and Tammy Danh.
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6 20 YEARS OF BLACK LEGACY FUND
7 CARING FOR THE PLACE THAT RAISED YOU
10 DIANA R. SIEGER CONSTANT DONOR LEVEL PARTNERS 5
INVESTING IN OUR NEXT
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PARTNERS IN PROGRESS
Photography: Alfield Reeves Photography, Isabel Media Studios, Ducks Films
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CONGRATULATIONS DANIELLE
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THIS & THAT
PARTNERS in community
WINTER 2026 | Issue 104