Providing a flexible and cost-effective way for donors to improve their community now and in the future. The Grand Haven Area Community Foundation, located in Grand Haven, Michigan and founded in 1971, is a permanent community endowment built by gifts and bequests from hundreds of individuals, families, and organizations committed to improving and enhancing the quality of life in the Tri-Cities area. Guided by a volunteer Board of Trustees made up of community leaders, the foundation serves donors and makes grants to outstanding charitable projects and programs primarily benefiting the foundation's service area of northwest Ottawa County, Michigan. Today, the United States has more than 500 locally controlled community foundations. Community foundations have been the fastest growing sector in American philanthropy because of the flexible, effective way we enable personal philanthropic action.
Community foundations are also the fastest growing form of organized philanthropy in Michigan.
The Grand Haven Area Community Foundation is a proud member of the Council of Michigan Foundations. To learn more about Michigan Community Foundations , click here. Built upon private enterprise and supported by Congress and its tax laws, community foundations are a unique product of our democratic society. Donors to community foundations are from diverse backgrounds with a common commitment to their communities' well-being. While this web site is one way we hope to inform the Tri-Cities area about its community foundation, there are many others.