Grand Rapids

Neighborhoods of Focus

Our grantmaking centers the people who face long-standing barriers to quality health care, early childhood care and education, good jobs and good food.

We’re investing in 17 Neighborhoods of Focus in the Grand Rapids community. They were identified based on disaggregated data of census tracts that demonstrate how systems and policies have affected opportunities available in different areas of the city. Learn more about our Neighborhoods of Focus from three WKKF-funded reports highlighting the data published in collaboration with the Community Data and Research Lab of the Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy at Grand Valley State University and IFF.

• Economic Inclusion in Grand Rapids: Data Update.
• Health Equity in Grand Rapids’ “Neighborhoods of Focus”: Social Determinants of Health Report.
• Split by More Than the Grand River: How Uneven Access to Affordable Child Care Divides Kent County.