>> HEDGE, I'M SHELLY IRWIN AND WELCOME TO COMMUNITY CONNECTION.

TODAY WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT GIVING.

WE'RE GOING TO TALK WITH THREE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE INVOLVED IN GIVING.

I KNOW WE COULD HAVE A WHOLE SLEW OF COMMUNITY CONNECTION FOUNDATIONS IN OUR AREA.

WE WILL HAVE YOU BRAG ON YOUR FOUNDATION.

DIANA.

>> WELL, OUR FOUNDATION WILL BE CELEBRATING IT'S CENTENNIAL IN A YEAR AND A HALF.

WE WERE FOUNDED IN 1922, SO WE HAVE A BIG CELEBRATION COMING UP IN 2022.

WE'RE DYNAMIC IN THE COMMUNITY, LOOKING AT COMMUNITY ISSUES AND TRYING TO ADDRESS SYSTEMIC ISSUES AND WE HAVE WONDERFUL DONORS AND OUR STAFF TEAM ARE EXTRAORDINARY.

WE'RE ALWAYS BUILDING AND ALWAYS GROWING.

>> BONNIE, SHARE YOUR WORDS.

>> SO WE JUST CELEBRATED OUR 25TH ANNIVERSARY THIS YEAR.

NOT QUITE THE WAY WE WANTED TO.

BUT WE WERE ABLE TO ACTUALLY CREATE AN ONLINE GIVING CIRCLE THIS YEAR FOR OUR 25TH ANNIVERSARY.

SO WE HAD OUR NON-PROFIT PARTNERS SHARE WITH US THE CHALLENGES THAT THEY HAD DURING THIS YEAR.

AND MANY OF THESE INCREDIBLE DONORS MADE GIFTS TO THOSE ORGANIZATIONS OUTSIDE OF OUR WORK.

BECAUSE WE WERE ABLE TO BRING TO THE FOREFRONT REALLY WHERE THEY ARE IN THIS PANDEMIC.

SPEAKING OF THAT, I WAS JUST SHARING WITH MY COLLEAGUES THAT I THINK ONE OF THE MOST INCREDIBLE PARTS OF WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE ARE AS A COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, WE'RE ABLE TO BE NIMBLE AND RESPONSIVE NO MATTER WHAT COMES TO US, WHETHER IT'S A SYSTEMIC ISSUE OR IT'S AN ISSUE THAT REARS IT'S UGLY HEAD LIKE COVID-19 DID.

AND NONE OF US COULD HAVE LOOKED INTO OUR CRYSTAL BALL AND REALLY SEEN WHAT OUR COMMUNITIES WOULD BE FACED WELL.

BUT VERY BLESSED THAT 25 YEARS AGO PEOPLE DECIDED IT WAS A REALLY GOOD IDEA TO START A COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.

>> HADLEY.

>> INTRODUCE US TO GRAND HAYEN.

>> WE'RE GETTING READY TO CELEBRATE OUR 50TH YEAR.

SO LOTS OF ANNIVERSARIES.

WE WERE FOUNDED IN 1931 WHEN 12 INDIVIDUALS FROM THE COMMUNITY EACH CONTRIBUTED $100 TO CREATE AN ENDOWMENT, AND WE HAVE GROWN CONSIDERABLY SINCE THEN.

WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR OUR DONORS, WHETHER IT'S INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES, COMPANIES, AS WELL AS ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO HELP WITH CHARITABLE GIVING.

SO WE WORK COLLECTIVELY WITH THE DONORS AS WELL AS THE IMPACT ORGANIZATIONS TO ADDRESS THE CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN WEST MICHIGAN.

SO EVEN THOUGH WE SERVE THE NORTHERN PORTION OF OTTAWA COUNTY, WHICH WE ALSO HAVE COUPERVILLE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION AND ALLENDALE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, SOME OF OUR GRANT MAKING GOES BEYOND SOME 6 OUR GEOGRAPHIC BORDERS AND SUPPORTS THE WORK THAT OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS USE IN WEST MICHIGAN.

>> HADLEY, WHAT'S THE PURPOSE OF A COMMUNITY FOUNDATION?

>> OH, TO SUPPORT THAT CHARITABLE INTENT OF OUR DONORS.

WE BUCKET IT INTO THREE MAIN AREAS SO THAT INSPIRING PHILANTHROPY, BUT THEN WE HAVE TO MANAGE THOSE INVESTMENTS THAT WE'RE ENSURING FOREVER.

AND ULTIMATELY, IMPACTING THE COMMUNITY.

IT'S ABOUT THE WORK ABOUT OUR ORGANIZATIONS AND WE LIKE TO REFER TO THEM AS FOR IMPACT BECAUSE THEY'RE CREATING CONSIDERABLE IMPACT WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.

>> DIANA.

>> WHEN I LOOK BACK AT THE NEWSPAPER ARTICLES THAT WERE WRITTEN IN 1922 AND 1921, IN ONE OF THE ARTICLES IT WAS TO CREATE A LARGESS FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR COMMUNITY.

I THINK THE PART OF WHAT I WOULD SAY, THE MAGNITUDE OF A COMMUNITY FOUNDATION CAN BE MEASURED IN THE NOW AND IN THE FUTURE.

GROWING THE ENDOWMENT SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO SERVE THE NEEDS AND OUR COMMUNITIES THAT MAY BE UNIQUE TO OUR COMMUNITY, OR MAYBE VERY SIMILAR TO OTHER COMMUNITIES.

IT IS--I WOULD SAY A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMUNITIES IN SUPPORT OF THOSE AREA FOUNDATION.

SO WE ARE HERE, AND WE ARE STRONG.

>> WHAT DO YOU ADD TO THAT, BONNIE?

>> CERTAINLY.

WE JUST RECENTLY CHANGED OUR MISSION STATEMENT SO WE CAN BE REMINDED DAILY OF WHO WE ARE AND WHY WE'RE HERE.

THAT MISSION STATEMENT SAYS THAT WE'RE THEY'RE IMPROVE LIVES BY BRIDGING RESOURCES.

BRIDGING RESOURCES ARE BOTH THINGS THAT DIANA AND HADLEY MENTIONED, BUT IT IS ALSO TRUST.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS DO SO VERY WELL IS POSITION THEMSELVES IN A WAY SO THAT COMMUNITIES AND BUSINESSES AND OUR GOVERNMENTAL PARTNERS ALL UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE HERE SIMPLY TO RAISE UP, LIFT UP, AND BUILD UP OUR COMMUNITY.

AND COMMUNITY IS OUR MIDDLE NAME.

SO THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, OUR BOARD AND OUR STAFF WHO ARE JUST ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE INDIVIDUALS REALLY BELIEVE THAT THAT'S WHAT WE KEEP IN THE CENTER OF EVERYTHING WE DO IS COMMUNITY.

>> AS I PREP FOR THIS, AS WE ALL PREP, THE WORDS OF COLLABORATION, COMMUNITY, ENDOWMENT KEPT COMING UP.

SO LET'S STAY WITH THE POWER OF COMMUNITY.

I'M GOING TO GO TO YOU--BACK TO YOU, HADLEY, WITH THE--WITH THIS POWER OF COMMUNITY.

>> COMMUNITY IS SO MANY WAYS, AS BONNIE MENTIONED, IT IS PART OF OUR NAME, AND PART OF WHO WE ARE.

BUT IT IS WORKING WITH OUR COMMUNITY WHETHER THAT IS WITH OUR PARTNERS WHO ARE IN THE FRONT LINES OF MANY DIFFERENT AREAS PROVIDING EXCELLENT SERVICE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS OUR DONORS AND OTHER COMMUNITY LEADERS.

IT IS THE WHOLE COMMUNITY.

WE'RE HERE TO SERVE EVERYONE BASED ON WHAT THOSE GREATEST NEEDS ARE.

IT'S ABOUT TRYING TO ADDRESS WHATEVER THE MOST IMPACTFUL NEEDS ARE AT THAT TIME.

>> WHEN I ASK YOU WHAT KIND OF NEEDS YOU'RE SEEING IN YOUR OWN COMMUNITY, THAT YOU CAN SHARE.

>> IT STARTED WITH BASIC NEEDS.

AND I THINK WE ALL PIVOTED TO ADDRESS THE BASIC NEEDS PEOPLE NEEDED WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.

SO FOOD, KEEPING PEOPLE HOUSED AS WELL AS HEALTHCARE SERVICES AND PRIMARILY HEALTHCARE SERVICES.

WE'VE SEEN SOME UPS AND DOWNS OVER THE COURSE OF THE SUMMER, WE'RE STILL EXPERIENCING NEEDS IN ALL OF THOSE AREAS.

BUT OUR PARTNERS ARE ALSO EXPERIENCING WHETHER IT'S AN INCREASE FOR DEMAND FOR OWES SERVICES.

SOME ARE STRUGGLING BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO REOPEN SO WE STILL HAVE THE COMMUNITY PARTNERS THAT HAVE HAD TO REMAIN CLOSED, OR COMPLETELY CHANGE WHAT THEY'RE ABLE TO OFFER BASED ON THOSE RESTRICTIONS.

SO THAT'S IMPACTING THEM CONSIDERABLY.

AS WELL AS OUR SCHOOLS.

SO SCHOOLS ARE VERY CLOSE PARTNERS WITH US.

WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THEM AND ALL OF THEIR SHIFTS THAT THEY'VE HAD.

MOST OF THEM GO BACK TO NUMBER PERSON LEARNING, THEY'RE REMOTE AND THE CHALLENGE THAT BRINGS FOR THE FAMILIES AND STUDENTS.

>> COVID RESPONSE SPECIFICALLY WHEN IT COMES TO THE GRAND RAPIDS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.

>> WELL, YOU KNOW, AS BONNIE AND HADLEY KNOW, IN ORDER TO DO COMMUNITY, IT'S ABOUT DEVELOPING TRUST.

THAT REALLY IS THE MOST CRITICAL THING.

I WOULD SAY THE COMMUNITY RESPONSE IN GRAND RAPIDS AREA AS IT HAS BEEN IN BARRIE COUNTY AND GRAND HAVEN IS THAT WE'VE BANDED TOGETHER WITH MANY FUNDERS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

I WOULD SAY THE RACIAL DISPARITIES AND THE SENTRIES OF SYSTEMIC RACISM HAS REALLY BEEN MAGNIFIED BECAUSE OF THE COVID PANDEMIC, AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT THE WAY THAT WE'RE APPROACHING ALL OF THAT IS ARM IN ARM WITH OTHER FUNDERS, WORKING WITH THOSE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE BLACK-LED AS WELL AS FOUNDED BY, AND DEVELOPING TRUST IN IN THE VARIOUS COMMUNITIES AND LATIN X COMMUNITY TO REALLY BUILD ON WHAT IS REALLY NEEDED.

I'M GOING TO TELL YOU THAT THE NEEDS DON'T END WITH THE NOW.

THE NEEDS ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO GROW.

SO WE ARE REALLY, REALLY INTENTION IN OUR LEADERSHIP AND IN OUR FUNDING RELATIVE TO REALLY ADDRESSING THOSE HORROR RICH HORRIFIC DISPARITIES THAT WE'RE SEEING IN OUR COMMUNITIES.

WE'LL CONTINUE TO, BECAUSE IT'S NOT GOING TO LET UP.

>> BONNIE, WHAT ARE DOING IN BARRIE COUNTY.

>> WE LOOK A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN OUR URBAN SISTERS.

WE ARE--OUR VILLAGERS ARE STRUGGLING TO KEEP THEIR MAIN STREET ALIVE.

WE'RE WITNESSING THE REAL DESTRUCTION OF SOME OF OUR MAIN STREET BUSINESSES IN A WAY THAT I NEVER COULD HAVE ANTICIPATED.

AND PART OF WHAT WE REALLY DO IS WORK REALLY CLOSELY WITH OUR LOCAL UNITED WAY AROUND THE ISSUES THAT EFFECT THE POPULATION, FOCUSING ON BUILDING FAMILY--SOME SORT OF FAMILY ASSET AND FAMILY WEALTH SO THAT FOLKS CAN LIVE A LIFE THAT IS AT LEAST--THEY'RE ABLE TO KEEP A ROOF OVER THEIR HEAD, EAT, AND SEND THEIR CHILDREN TO SCHOOL WITH A FULL BELLY TO LEARN.

AND THEN THE OTHER THINGS WE STRUGGLED WITH IS ACCESS TO BROADBAND, AND ACCESS TO NOT ONLY OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE TRYING TO LEARN, BUT OUR SENIORS WHO NEED TO THEN UTILIZE BROADBAND TO ACCESS HELP AT THIS POINT IN TIME WITH TELEHELP.

UNDERSTANDING WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS REALLY HELP CHANGE POLICY SURROUNDING BROADBAND IN THE LAST MILE AND ACCESS TO THAT.

NOT ONLY IN RURAL PLACES BUT WE KNOW BECAUSE OF ITS AFFORD YOU ABILITY ISSUES, A LOT OF OUR FOLKS ARE NOT ABLE TO ACCESS BROADBAND EITHER.

IF YOU DON'T HAVE HIGH SPEED BOND BAND AVAILABLE FOR YOUR STUDENTS, THEY HAD TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR BECAUSE THE CURRICULUMS WERE BASED ON BEING ABLE TO ACCESS THESE LEARNING PLATFORMS IN A MUCH DIFFERENT WAY THAN MANY FAMILIES HAVE ACCESS TO.

SO TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE COMPLEXITY OF WHAT COVID HAS UNCOVERED IS REALLY I THINK WHERE WE ARE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND ALSO TRYING TO BE CREATIVE IN A WAY THAT WE UTILIZE SOME OF THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE.

I WAS JUST SHARING WITH DIANA AND HADLEY THAT WE RECENTLY GAVE A GRANT TO EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THE OUR MOM AND POP RESTAURANT AS WELL AS GIFT CARDS.

AND THEN TAKING THOSE GIFT CARDS AND GOING OUR FOOD BANKS AND UNITED WAY AND VETERAN'S AFFAIRS TO DISTRIBUTE FOOD TO THOSE FOOD INSECURE.

THEY'RE ABLE TO PAY THAT FORWARD TO THEIR EMPLOYEES WHO THEMES ARE REALLY CONSTRAINED WHEN IT COMES TO BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE FOR THEIR FAMILIES.

>> TRULY.

>> SO THE UNCOVERING THAT I THINK COVID HAS DONE IS REALLY AT THE FOREFRONT OF EVERYTHING THAT I'M DOING RIGHT NOW.

>> THANK YOU, BONNIE.

DIANA, WOULD YOU TALK ABOUT THE STRENGTH OF ENDOWED FOUNDATIONS?

LET'S BRING THIS TERM INTO THE CONVERSATION.

>> WELL, LIKE I SAID, IN THE BEGINNING.

THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION HERE IN GRAND RAPIDS THAT I THINK THE STRENGTH OF WHAT I WOULD SAY COMPOUNDING THE INITIAL GIFTS, AND INTO ENDOWMENT.

SOMETIMES PEOPLE WILL LOOK AT ENDOWMENTS LIKE WE'RE HOLDING TIGHT OUR MONEY AND NOT LETTING IT GO.

THAT'S NOT THE CASE AT ALL.

WE'VE HAD FUNDS THAT HAVE BEEN STARTED AT, LET'S SAY, $500,000 THAT ARE NOW WORTH MILLIONS.

AND SO WE'RE--THAT MEANS A GREATER AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT IS GIVEN OUT BECAUSE OF THAT.

ONE OF THE FORMER WAYS THAT ALL COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS IN MICHIGAN USED, AND SOME STILL DO, GOOD FOREVER.

WE'RE HERE SO THAT WE CAN ADDRESS NOW AS I SAID THE NOW AND THE FUTURE.

AND SO ENDOWMENT IS SO CRITICAL FOR THE STABILITY OF OUR COMMUNITIES AND BUILDING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS AND TRUST, IT'S ALSO BUILDING THE RESOURCES SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO DO OUR WORK.

TRULY, TRULY, TRULY THE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT ARE ALL OF OUR FOUNDATIONS POUR INTO OUR COMMUNITIES ARE SO CRITICAL.

AND PARTNERING WITH GOVERNMENT ENTITIES REALLY MAGNIFY THAT AS WELL.

THE USE OF ENDOWMENT DOLLARS IS SO CRITICAL.

BUT IT IS ALSO THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE HAVE WITH MANY OTHER ORGANIZATIONS JUST AS CRITICAL.

THE POWER OF ENDOWMENT IS UNBELIEVABLE.

>> YES.

HADLEY, WOULD YOU TALK ABOUT YOUR EBB DO YOUMENTS AND THEN LET'S MOVE INTO THE TALK OF COLLABORATION.

MENT.

>> SURE.

SO I ABSOLUTELY AGREE WITH EVERYTHING DIANA JUST SAID ABOUT THE ENDOWMENT AND HOW IMPORTANT THESE TWO COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS DO THEIR WORK NOW AND WELL INTO THE FUTURE, FOREVER, TO BE ABLE TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITIES.

WHETHER IT'S AN ORGANIZATION THAT HAS AN ENDOWMENT THAT IS SET UP WITH US THAT THEY'RE THEN ABLE TO ACCESS SOME OF THOSE FUNDS EVERY YEAR OR THE UNRESTRICTED ENDOWMENT.

THAT HAS BEEN ONE OF OUR GREATEST FOCUSES, THE UNRESTRICTED ENDOWMENT, WHICH ALLOWS THE FOUNDATION THROUGH COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND BOARD MEMBERS TO BE ABLE TO GRANT OUT FOR WHATEVER IS NEEDED AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

WE CALL IT OUR GREATEST-NEEDS FUNDS, BUT IT IS UNRESTRICTED TO SERVE WHATEVER THE MOST--THE GREATEST NEED IS AT THAT POINT IN TIME OR INTO THE FUTURE.

YOU TALKED OR ASKED ABOUT COLLABORATION AS WELL.

AND YOU KNOW, BOTH DIANA AND BONNIE HAVE TOUCHED UPON THIS SINCE THEY'VE BEEN SPEAKING.

THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION COLLABORATE WITH MANY DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS, MUNICIPALITIES, COMMUNITY LEADERS, BUT ALSO WITH EACH OTHER.

AND UNIQUE FOUNDATION WITHIN THE STATE BECAUSE OUR COUNTY HAS TWO COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS.

SO FOR COVID RESPONSE, AND FOR MANY OTHER PROGRAMS, WE WORKING DIFFERENT AREAS BECAUSE WE'RE SERVING ORGANIZATIONS THAT SERVE THE WHOLE COUNTY.

THAT COLLABORATION IS SO IMPORTANT, AND MORE SO THIS YEAR, I THINK, TO BE ABLE TO EACH HELP EACH OTHER SERVE THE COMMUNITIES, EACH TAKE A PIECE OF WHAT WE'RE DOING IN THOSE FIRST DAYS IN MARCH TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO RESPOND, HOW WE CAN COLLECTIVELY POOL OUR FINANCIAL RESOURCES TO GET IT OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY QUICKER SO THAT THOSE WHO NEED TO BUY FOOD AND GET IT INTO THE FOOD PANTRIES CAN DO SO RIGHT AWAY, SO PEOPLE WHO HELP THOSE WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE HOUSED CAN HELP WITH UTILITY PAYMENTS AND RENT.

AND TELEHEALTH, TO BE ABLE TO STILL PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES.

WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO IT ON OUR OWN.

IT WAS THROUGH THE COLLABORATION OF MANY, ALSO THE HUMAN SERVICES ORGANIZATIONS.

JUST SO IMPORTANT BACK TO WHAT BOTH LADIES SAID ABOUT TRUST IN RELATIOSHIPS.

>> THE CONNECTIONS OF COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.

>> SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT COLLABORATIONS, ONE OF MY FAVORITES PIECES OF COLLABORATION RIGHT NOW IS WORKING THROUGH SOME HOUSING ISSUES THAT WE HAVE.

SO WE COLLECTIVELY WROTE A GRANT AND RECEIVED MONEY FOR A PILATE PROGRAM.

IT'S CALLED A MOD PILOT PROGRAM.

IT'S A MODULAR HOME THAT WE BROUGHT INTO THE CITY OF HASTINGS, AND THEN IT IS SOLD AT A LEVEL WHERE IT IS AFFORDABLE FOR A STARTING FAMILY.

AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE ALSO BEEN ABLE TO WORK WITH OUR LOCAL CHAMBER, AND THE CITY OF HASTINGS, AND LOOKING AT HOW THEY COULD MANEUVER SOME OF THE COST THAT REALLY MANY OF OUR MANUFACTURERS AND OUR BUILDERS HAVE TO DEAL WITH, AND THEN BECAUSE THIS IS A COMMUNITY-WIDE EFFORT IN BUILDING MORE AFFORDABLE-TYPE HOUSING FOR OUR FAMILIES THAT ARE JUST STARTING OUT, THEY'RE ABLE TO WORK IN A DIFFERENT WAY WITH US SO IF IS NOT AS EXPENSIVE, WE CAN KEEP THE COSTS DOWN.

SO THIS IS OUR FIRST--OUR TOE IN THE WATER AS IT COMES TO HOUSING.

BUT WITHOUT THOSE PARTNERSHIPS, WITHOUT THE TRUST, AND WITHOUT REALLY LOOKING AT THE TRUE OPPORTUNITIES TO BUILD THAT ABILITY FOR A FAMILY TO OWN A HOME, WHICH IS STARTING THE FOUNDATION TO THEM ACTUALLY BEING SUSTAINABLE AS A FAMILY.

SO I JUST CAN'T TALK ENOUGH ABOUT COLLABORATION AND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS.

>> THANK YOU FOR THAT.

DIANA, CAN YOU FOCUS ON EQUITY?

>> WE HAVE BEEN FOR YEARS ACTUALLY DECADES, REALLY, ADDRESSING THAT.

I WOULD SAY THAT THE PANDEMIC, AS I SAID PREVIOUSLY, REALLY MAGNIFIED IT.

YOU KNOW, THE IN PARTICULAR PHILANTHROPY ISIS IS UNDER SCRUT IN EQUITY, ARE WE ADDRESSING THE DEEP-ROOTED PROBLEMS IN EACH COMMUNITY?

I THINK THAT WE'RE GETTING THERE.

AND I'M TALKING ABOUT ALL OF PHILANTHROPY, AND SPECIFICALLY FOUNDATIONS.

I THINK WE NEED TO FACE FACTS, THOUGH, THAT MANY OF OUR FOUNDATIONS YOU CAN SEE VISUALLY THE THREE OF US ARE WHITE, THAT MEANS THAT WE ARE ALSO GOOD ALLIES, BUT REACHING DEEP IN OUR COMMUNITIES IN OURAND IN OUR STA AND REALLY THOSE WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE, HOW THEY WISH TO SEE THEIR COMMUNITIES EVOLVE.

WE'RE LISTENING TO COMMUNITIES.

OUR WORK IN PARTICULAR WITH RACIAL EQUITY IS NOT ONLY LISTENING, BUT HAVING COMMUNITY COMMUNITY--THEY'RE THE EXPERTS OF THE EXPERTS OF US.

AND SO THAT'S THE BIG SECRET THESE DAYS.

STANDING ALONG SIDE, AND REALLY BEING A GOOD FUNNEL OF RESOURCES TO VARIOUS COMMUNITIES.

THAT'S OUR WORK.

>> WONDERFUL.

HOW DO WE FIND OUT MORE ABOUT GRAND RAPIDS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.

>> GR FOUNDATION.ORG AND VARIOUS SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS.

GRCOMMFUNND.

WHILE WE'RE ALL WORKING REMOTELY, OUR OFFICE PHONE NUMBER IS (616)454-1751.

>> THANK YOU.

HADLEY.

>> DHCAH.ORG .

(616)842-6378 AND VARIOUS SOCIAL MEDIA.

>> YES, THAT'S A GIVEN THESE DAYS.

AND BONNIE, TAKE US HOME.

I'LL GIVE YOU A MINUTE WITH YOUR CLOSING COMMENTS AND YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION.

>> I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THE BARRIE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION HAS ONLY BEEN AROUND FOR 25 YEARS.

WE REALLY LOOKED AT OUR WEST MICHIGAN COLLEAGUES, AND THEY'VE GIVEN US ALWAYS INSPIRATION TO DO MORE AND BE MORE.

DIANA AND HADLEY, I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT YOUR COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS AND WHAT YOU DO AND HOW YOU ARE BRAVE SOULS IN SOMETIMES A VERY LONELY PLACE.

AND I JUST APPLAUD YOU.

>> I APPLAUD YOU, TOO.

>> TO GET OUR INFORMATION IT IS BARRICF.ORG AND THEN VARIOUS SOCIAL MEDIA AND (269)945-0526.

>> DO YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING?

I NEED TO GIVE YOU THAT 30 SECONDS OF GOODBYE.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

SO JUST SO APPRECIATE THOSE WHO GIVE TO THE FOUNDATION AND OUR PARTNERS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.

AND WE--IF YOU'RE LOOKING TO GIVE AS WE WRAP UP 2020, WE ALL HAVE THE IMMEDIATE NEEDS THAT WE'VE BEEN SPEAKING ABOUT TODAY.

BUT ALSO, IF YOU'RE LOOKING TO GIVE TO HELP INTO THE FUTURE, OUR UNRESTRICTED GREATEST NEEDS FUNDS IS SOMETHING TO CONSIDER.

THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR DONORS AS WELL AS OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS WHO ARE JUST DOING TREMENDOUS WORK.

>> COLLABORATE, COMMUNITY, PARTNERSHIPS, COVID-19.

LOTS OF "C"s IN THERE BUT WE ALL KNOW THAT YOU PLAY IN THE SAME WEST MICHIGAN SANDBOX.

AS ALWAYS, IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU FOR WATCHING COMMUNITY CONNECTION.

TAKE CARE.

>> IF YOUR ORGANIZATION WOULD LIKE TO BE CONSIDERED FOR A COMMUNITY CONNECTION SEGMENT OR YOU HAVE AN EVENT YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE ADDED TO OUR COMMUNTY CALENDAR, E-MAIL YOUR