GRANTS

• Brookelyn Elias Promise: $3,196 - Create laundry for youth with housing instability
• Casa of Kent County : $5,000 – One new computer and software
• Children’s Healing Center: $5,000 – three AED units
• Code on Wheels: $7,500 – 6 laptops to increase functional workstations
• Feral Car Solutions - $3,000 – Trapping equipment
• IKUS: $4,675 – 8 shower chairs for youth campsite
• Kent Intermediate Schools: $5,000 – Revitalize and expand sensory garden
• Larlen Communications: $3,750 – Mobile podcasting system
• New City Neighbors: $7,500 – Update and expand unheated greenhouse structures
• Remembrance Ranch: $3,000 – Color printer
• WGVU Public Media: $4,500 – Literacy kits area children
• West MI Center for the Arts: $5,800 – Large format printer for technology studio

Total: $57,921

Grant Applications for the 2026 grant cycle will be available beginning November 1, 2026.

• Arts In Motion: $ 2,000 - Computer & Software
• Camp Casey: $ 5,000 - Campout for children with cancer
• Ele’s Place: $ 5,000 - On-site supplies in area schools
• Equest Center: $ 5,000 - Horse-drawn cart for therapeutic programs
• Friends of GR Parks: $ 6,969 - Multi-use trails and bridges in Ball Perkins Park.
• Humane Society: $ 5,000 - Expand Youth Programs & Learning Camps
• Mel Trotter Ministries: $ 4,575 - Add six on-site family suites/Update play area
• HSB: $ 1,095 - 2-way security radios for active threats
• School Emergency Response Coalition: $ 7,500 - 3 AED & 3 mannequins to train students/staff

Total: $42,139