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03.27.2019
Donors Create New Funds
KZCF donors established eight new funds since the December 2018. These include Unrestricted Funds, A...
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03.27.2019
5th Annual Find Your Cause
When you picture a philanthropist, what do you see? We hope you see yourself because philanthropy is...
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03.25.2019
Meet Our New Trustees
In January 2019, Kalamazoo Community Foundation officially welcomed Sydney Parfet and Von Washington...
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12.06.2018
Recent Grants Impact Equity
KZCF recently checked in with several nonprofits who received grants from the Love Where You Live (L...
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10.02.2017
2017 scholarship update
The Kalamazoo Community Foundation awarded more than $1 million in scholarships to 350 area student...
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07.12.2017
Everyone needs to read
Rob Smith believes in walking the walk when it comes to being an example for his children.
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02.21.2017
Grantmaking highlights
There were three grantmaking rounds in 2016. We awarded 21 grants to Kalamazoo County nonprofits in...
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01.18.2017
Grantmaking highlights
We awarded 23 grants totaling $1.2 million to Kalamazoo County nonprofits in the second round of 20...
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10.18.2016
A journey comes full circle
Laurel Clark, a past recipient of the Community Foundation’s Clarence L. Remynse Scholarship, grew...
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07.05.2016
Grantmaking update
We awarded 18 grants totaling nearly $894,000 to Kalamazoo County nonprofits in our first grantmak...
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05.11.2016
Help Now! Fund Update
More than $218,000 has been donated to the fund, with more than $117,000 disbursed to address the i...
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03.17.2016
New name for old funds
We've changed the name of our Spirit of Community Funds to Love Where You Live Funds.
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12.30.2015
Dual track giving
Imagine what Kalamazoo County will be like 25 years from now. The year will be 2040. What exciting ...
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12.30.2015
KZCF: Then and now
A few things have changed since the Community Foundation was born in 1925.
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09.29.2015
Equity for all
Here, in their own words, are the personal perspectives of three partners working towards equity for...
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09.29.2015
Recent grant highlights
We awarded 12 grants totaling nearly $1.2 million to Kalamazoo County nonprofits in our most recent ...
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09.25.2015
KZCF: Then and now
A few things have changed since the Community Foundation was born in 1925. Here we reflect on our le...
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06.25.2015
KZCF: Then and now
A few things have changed since the Community Foundation was born in 1925.
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04.10.2015
KZCF: Then and now
A few things have changed since the Community Foundation was born in 1925.
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12.02.2014
Connecting with community
Over the summer we hosted a series of focus groups to help us create our new vision and strategic pl...
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11.07.2014
Food Resources
We envision a community where every person
matters and where all people can reach full potential....
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09.12.2014
It's good to be home
Our new space at the corner of East Michigan
Avenue and Pitcher Street in downtown Kalamazoo is mor...
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05.20.2014
Hello, My Name Is...Joanna
Joanna Donnelly Dales joined the Community
Foundation’s team in 2007 and has been our vice preside...
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02.20.2014
Building Relationships
What began as an organization to celebrate local black heritage, the
Southwest Michigan Black Heri...
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02.20.2014
Helping Students Succeed
Kalamazoo Center for Youth and Community (KCYC)
helps young people who live in poverty in Kalamazo...
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02.20.2014
Hello, My Name Is...Kari
Kari Benjamin joined the Community Foundation
last summer as a member of our Community Investment ...
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12.13.2013
In His Words: Dick St. John
Dick St. John discusses why he and his wife,
Jan, chose to create an Unrestricted Fund at the Comm...
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12.12.2013
Hello, My name is...Katie
Katie Paauwe, our receptionist/office assistant, is the newest member of the Community Foundation te...
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10.28.2013
Those Little Libraries
If you love learning and libraries, Kalamazoo County is a great place to
live. In fact, it’s home t...
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07.12.2013
2013 Community Meeting
Register today for our 2013 Community Meeting, scheduled for 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, August 20 at the ...
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05.14.2013
Love Kzoo Mural Update
An update on one of the winning projects from last summer's Love Kzoo post-Community Meeting worksho...
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03.22.2013
Hello, my name is...Felix
Felix Brooks Jr., the community investment officer for The Learning
Network of Greater Kalamazoo, i...
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12.14.2012
Hello, My Name Is...Carol
If anyone is passionate about helping Kalamazoo County students reach
their educational dreams, it’...
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10.12.2012
Hello My Name Is...Jan
Meet our Finance/Human Resources Coordinator, Jan Winling, who joined the Community Foundation in 20...
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09.18.2012
A bloomin' great time!
Even Master Gardeners and black-thumbed plant destroyers agree: Thanks to Kalamazoo in Bloom, May is...
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06.11.2012
Hello, My Name Is...Valerie
If anyone knows what it takes to keep the Community Foundation firing on all cylinders, it's Communi...
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05.23.2012
The Power of a Little Button
Tthe Bully Button was created to build awareness about the negative
effects of bullying by using a ...
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05.23.2012
Seed for the Kilns
When the City of Kalamazoo Parks and Recreation Department had to
eliminate its Senior Ceramics Pro...
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05.23.2012
Educating Everybody
Humanities for Everybody
is a program that offers free classes in art history, literature,
philo...
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04.27.2012
Creating a Circle of Giving
The Kalamazoo Giving Circle for women recently created to support local efforts that help local girl...
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11.04.2011
Remembering Art Hoekstra
Local community organizer and antiracism champion Art Hoekstra died on November 1, 2011.
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