The Greater Rochester Area Foundation makes grants to individuals for educational scholarships, and to nonprofit organizations located in or serving the citizens of Rochester, Rochester Hills, and Oakland Township, Michigan. The Foundation manages and awards grants from more than 50 individual funds in the general areas of arts and culture, civic beautification, community development, education and scholarships, health and human concerns, recreation, science, and youth. Our areas of interest are education, the arts, health, social services, the conservation and preservation of historical and cultural resources, and the needs of youth and elderly. We focus our grants on capital projects and new, creative endeavors. Human services, education, health care, arts and culture, and public benefit.
Primary focus is metropolitan Detroit.