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)
HOW WE GIVE: INVESTING IN A FUTURE THAT LASTS
Reneé Williams (Immediate Past Chair) Mercedes Barragan Kyle D. Caldwell Karen Dujovny Orli Dujovny Ken Fawcett, M.D. Lynne Ferrell 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 West Michigan 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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CULTIVATING ARTS AND CULTURE ACROSS OUR COMMUNITY
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SUPPORT STUDENTS CAN COUNT ON
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PARTNERS IN PROGRESS
publication of Grand Rapids Community Foundation Contributing writers: Ashley René Lee, LaSandra Gaddy, Audra Hartges-Stern, Grace L. Swanson and Tammy Danh. Graphic Design: Michele Keren Design, Photography: Alfield Reeves Photography, Isabel Media Studios Copyediting: Joan Huyser-Honig
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FALL 2026 | Issue 106
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