Giving Impact

For more than a decade, access to pathways for continuing education has been consistently identified as a growing need for the Holland/Zeeland area. Post-secondary education is crucial in creating greater…

Drug overdose deaths increased 29% in 2020 across the United States according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). There has been rising abuse of drugs like Fentanyl,…

Childcare and preschool are pressing needs in our community. They provide critical early education experiences to prepare children for kindergarten, are a major expense in household budgets, and also significantly…

Local nonprofits are critical to our ability to create a fully thriving community for all who live and work in Holland and Zeeland. Our strengthening the nonprofit sector (SNS) investments…

Housing Next’s mission is to partner with local governments, developers, and nonprofits in West Michigan to remove barriers to the creation of housing at all price points. In 2017, the…

  You can’t be what you can’t see. That’s the guiding principle for one of the community’s new nonprofit organizations, I AM Academy, which empowers Black youth by providing representation,…

Jubilee Ministries, a nonprofit working to strengthen neighborhoods in the greater Holland area through the development of attainable housing options, was recently extended a five-year, $250,000 line of credit through…

Nonprofit leadership transitions are critically important and often challenging for boards to navigate. The decisions made at these junctures have substantial, lasting effects on organizations. Each year, CFHZ dedicates a…

As part of the Community’s Endowment response to a moment of opportunity to make progress towards racial equity in the Holland/Zeeland community, the Youth Advisory Committee (YAC) designated $25,000 of…

In 2017, the Community Foundation made a five-year, $500,000 commitment from the Community’s Endowment to fund Housing Next. Seven other local partners also stepped forward to support this work. Led…