Dyer-Ives Foundation

02/26/2015

Only a few more days to submit your poem for the 47th Annual Poetry Competition!

Mark Doty has published eight books of poems, including FIRE TO FIRE: New and Selected Poems (HarperCollins), which won the National Book Award for poetry in 2008. He has also published five volume of nonfiction prose, most recently THE ART OF DESCRIPTION: World into Word (Graywolf), a handbook for…

01/21/2015

Check out our recent grants page to see the exciting projects we are supporting!

01/09/2015

Poet Mark Doty to Judge 47th Annual Dyer-Ives Kent County Poetry Competition!

Accepting poems by Kent County residents and students: FEBRUARY 1st - MARCH 1st, 2015 $900 in prizes, publication in VOICES--with Mark Doty's comments on winning poems. Divisions: K-8th grade, high school - college, graduate - adult. Check website for guidelines: www.dyer-ives.org.

10/24/2014

The Grantsmanship Center training at Blue35GR is wrapping up this week with proposal reviews. The group breaks out into teams and writes a full proposal directly applying the information they learned. Then the class reviews all the proposals and provides helpful feedback.

10/21/2014

We are excited to be hosting the The Grantsmanship Center all week at Blue35GR for a training with community partners on program planning and proposal development.

07/15/2013

The Dyer-Ives Foundation hosted a two part conversation in June 2013 to discuss the future of sustaining neighborhood work.

07/10/2013

"If today’s strategic grantmakers want to achieve real results, they must reconsider philanthropic strategy through a social justice lens."

06/21/2013

Dyer-Ives Foundation awards totaling $200,000 to NE, SE, SW and city-wide community impact work ...

Grandville Ave (north) planning - $50,000
Child Discovery Center greenspace - $50,000
Coit Avenue Gateway to NOBL - $50,000
Bike Safety Campaign - $50,000

Congratulations to all involved in the collaborations moving 4 great projects forward!

05/23/2013

From Policy Link today:
Inclusion Fuels Regional Prosperity
Metro regions do best economically when they have low levels of racial segregation and high numbers of immigrants and minority-owned businesses. That’s the conclusion of a new study by Fund for Our Economic Future, which also warns that job creation alone, without inclusiveness, may lead to greater inequality and lower per capita incomes.

05/17/2013

From pets to planning to combating payday lenders and more ...

May 15, 2013 Dyer-Ives Foundation awards to several community-based projects, all innovative, all valuable -

West MI Animal Welfare Network - $5,000
Next Step of West MI - $31,000
Healthy Homes Coalition - $38,200
East Hills Council of Neighbors - $43,230
ICCF - $50,000

Congratulations to each of these organizations as they continue to add value to neighborhood quality of life !!

04/11/2013

After decades of equating homeownership with the American Dream, post-housing crisis realism about the risks and rewards of owning a home have led to greater support for rental housing and a more balanced approach in national housing policy, according to a new survey of housing attitudes released to...